Word: firmness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...loss of an umbrella or hat was of frequent occurrence. On Broadway, one woman of 200 pounds weight got caught in a drift. The frantic efforts of her escort to extricate her were without avail. Extra aid was summoned and after repeated attempts she was rescued and placed upon firm ground...
John Amee, of the firm of Amee Brothers, was elected president of the Cambridge Bicycle Club at the annual meeting on Monday evening...
...formed by wire netting, which extends the whole length of the building, completely protects the windows and rafters, and prevents the sudden rebounding of batted balls, while the entire sides and one end are protected by cord netting. Thus the whole interior of the cage is inclosed in a firm network which prevents in jury to the building and insures to the players perfect freedom from the danger of hard rebounding or glancing balls. By a system of pulleys one of the nets can be moved inward a distance of eight feet from the side and held in that position...
...complete set of gymnasium apparatus, chest weights, rowing weights, rings, bars, etc. A running track is constructed, encircling the entire room nine feet above the floor, having twenty laps to a mile. The floor of the track is bedded with prepared felt covered with canvas, which gives a firm elastic footing. In the floor of the gymnasium the lines of a tennis court are inlaid in white maple. All the gymnasium apparatus is arranged so as to be easily movable with pulleys, so that the floors can be cleared for tennis in a few moments...
...wants of Harvard men, is to send an agent West in the spring for the purpose of advancing his trade interests in that section of the country. Mr. Dunne has always had uniform success with his patrons and has established a reputation among college men which places his firm in the front rank of the merchant tailors who supply the demand made by students of the country for exclusive and novel goods...