Word: ironical
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Sale. Bed-room set, consisting of Ash bureau, washstand, 2 chairs and iron bedstead with wire mattrass. Apply at Samuel Tuft's, furniture mover, Lyceum Hall...
...glad to see that the owners of both Beck and Manter Hall have awakened to the need of having strong and efficient fire-escapes. If private owners are willing to make the pecuniary sacrifice necessary for the construction of iron fire-escapes we cannot quite conceive what pretext the college authorities have for leaving the majority of the dormitories in the yard without these safeguards. The most crying need is felt in Thayer, whose light and unsatisfactory construction has been the subject of much complaint for years...
...learn the tricks of the trade and how to be generally useful. This is the main deck." - It was broad and very smooth and clean and sunny - "These old guns are not much use now; they're muzzle loading smooth bores and would stand no chance against a modern iron-clad; those two on the other side are breech loading steel guns, and are used for salutes." Tables were placed between the guns, and at each was a crowd of fine specimens of the American marine, some playing dominoes, some writing letters and some reading. Above from the beams were...
...Chamberlain will try to beat the Harvard record of 37 feet, putting the 16 lb. shot, and will use an iron shot...
...35ft. 11in. and Chamberlain's 37ft. 10 1 2in., thus giving him the event and breaking the inter-collegiate record of 37ft. 10in. Mr. R. D. Smith explained that probably this record would not be allowed to stand as the rules of the Inter-collegiate Association demand a solid iron shot instead of the leather covered substitute used...