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...reclaimed land, which is now covered with gravel, will be plowed up in the spring and brought under cultivation, and in case the ground is then found fertile enough to grow grass, the tract of fifteen acres will be added to the "play ground...
...distance the ell will extend beyond it. The front piazza will be extended in front of the ell in its new position and there will be a piazza ten feet wide between the ell and the main building. The necessary piles are almost all down and the gravel which is being dredged out of the bed of the river above the Boylston street bridge is being used to fill in with. The city of Cambridge which owns the house is doing the work. The architect is George A. Moore of Boston...
...grading will be thrown over the dike in the extreme western corner of the field to obtain room for an extension of the track. After leveling and removing all dirt from the drain trenches the whole will be filled to an average death of six inches with clean gravel, and the surface loam will then be replaced, covering the gravel with a layer of some ten inches. The gridiron will be sodded some time in August and will probably be quite ready for use in October. The diamond will be located on the southern corner of the field, where...
...most valuable gift that the Museum has received for some time is the famous Calaveras skull, which was found a number of years ago in the auriferous gravel beds of California, and which had been in the possession of the late Prof. J. D. Whitney up to the time of his death. This skull, together with the manuscript and printed matter relating to it, is of paramount importance in connection with the antiquity of man on the Pacific Coast of America. For the present it has been placed in a private cabinet in Professor Putnam's office at the Museum...
...played over, it is hoped that more men will join the club. The links are naturally good, the turf being rather better than that at the Cambridge club, while the course as a whole is decidedly interesting. There is one very sporty hole of 90 yards, just beyond a gravel pit, half full of water, and another on the side of a steep hill. Captain Gannett has arranged two team matches, one with the Agawam Hunt Club for May 1, and another with the Country Club for May 8. Men who play golf are urged to come...