Word: canada
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...five heavy gold medals, most of which are first prizes, and eight silver cups, with a large number of smaller prizes of various kinds. They were won in the many games in which Mr. Dohm participated, usually running the quarter or the half mile, throughout the United States and Canada, as well as across the Atlantic...
Question: "Resolved, That Canada ought to be soon annexed to the United States...
Negotiations are under way for an international intercollegiate cricket match, between the colleges of the United States and Canada. It is proposed to pick an eleven from the cricketers at Harvard, Pennsylvania and Haverford to compete against a similar composed Canadian team. The date and place of the match have not yet been definitely decided, but the game will probably be played at Manheim, Philadelphia during the first week of July...
...born November 26, 1822, entered Phillips Exeter Academy in 1837 and Harvard College in 1839. He graduated in 1843, returned to Buffalo and began the study of law in the office of Millard Fillmore. In 1852 he was appointed attorney for the Great Western Railway Company of Canada and since then his time has been devoted largely to the service of this and other corporations...
Best general references: Fifth Special Report of U. S. Commissioners of Labor, 198-236; Forum, XIV, 514-527 (Nov-1892); New Eng. Mag. XI, 785-797 (Feb. '95); E. L. Fanshawe, Liquor Legislation in U. S. and Canada...