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...opening games of the Leiter Cup series will be played this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The teams will have the exclusive use of three diamonds on the northwestern portion of Soldiers Field. The games today will be: Gin Rickeys vs. Patchworks, north diamond; Grasshoppers vs. Texas Leaguers, south diamond; Miners vs. Indians, west diamond...
...chapel services to announce that greater pains will be taken in the future to accommodate the students. The middle doors will be opened exclusively for students and more seats will be reserved. It is hoped that hereafter a seat can be held until five minutes before the services be gin for every student who desires to attend...
...almost every case the use of alcohol has been joined with the use of tobacco in bringing on this trouble. Tobacco strikes at the nervous system, and as one of the secondary results no doubt the stomach may be affected. Among the stronger alcoholic fluids, are Brandy, Rum, Gin and Whiskey. They vary greatly in strength, but the average may be put at 50 per cent. Brandy is made from wine, Whiskey from grain, wheat and rye; Rum is made from molasses. Dyspepsia is one of the most common accompaniments by the use of alcohol, due in part to congestion...
...Cotton Industry." The lecturer opened with an account of the early history of this manufacture. In 1787 the first cotton mill was started in Beverly. At that time to separate the lint from the seeds was the hardest work. This difficulty was removed by the invention of the cotton gin in 1793. About 1810 power looms were put into general use. The speaker then continued to briefly trace the history of the industry down to the present time. During the war of the Rebellion the status of the cotton manufacture was upset. The raw material increased from...
...provided themselves with neatly japanned water pots instead of a fire engine, and they have resolved when a fire breaks out to form a circle round about it, and to pour water on it from their watering pots while singing that beautiful song, "Water, bright water, for me, but gin for the masculine fire ladies:" They have signed a pledge never to go up a step ladder in public, no matter how confident any one of their number may be as to the shapeliness of her ankles, and have agreed that in case they cannot put out a fire...