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...morning of Feb. 18, Eliot House Building Manager Francisco Medeiros noticed that roughly ten feet of the bottom half of a twenty foot downspout on O entryway was missing. He immediately reported it to Harvard University Police Department...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 9 Downspouts Stolen From Lowell House | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

...idea what to do to get along without a cistern has been successfully rigged up by Lena Bloom, over at the county seat, who turned about six feet of her downspout up so the rainwater runs into a washtub that sets on a barrel, and if there is a light shower she invariably gets enough in the tub to do a washing, but a heavy downpour will not only fill the tub but will overflow and fill the barrel. . . . With the downspout lifted, her supply is ample although she has some trouble getting the washtub, when it is full, down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Bumpkins' Biographer | 2/17/1947 | See Source »

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