Word: livonia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...swamps of the Neva it rises. It costs in lives 10,000 horses, 100,000 men. As Peter takes possession, the Swedes attack. Peter beats them at Poltawa and they flee to the Turks. Peter follows, is surrounded, nearly annihilated. Then he and Katharina overcome their enemies. Livonia, Esthonia, Ingria, Karelia. the Ukraine are Peter's. Sweden, Poland, Turkey are humbled...
...following captains, whose elections had already been approved by the Minor Sports Council, were seconded by the Athletic Committee: Charles Hickling Bradford '26 of Boston, captain of wrestling; Brenden Dempsey Leahey '26 of Lowell, captain of the rifle team; Allen Eugene Reed '26 of Livonia, New York, captain of lacrosse; Andres Gregorio Carillo '26 of Havana, Cuba, captain of fencing; and Robert Palmer Outerbridge '28 of Superior, Wisconsin, captain of Freshman fencing...
...University lacrosse management announced yesterday that the Morgan cup, which is awarded annually to the Harvard player who does the most for the sport, was given this year to Allen Eugene Reed '26, of Livonia...
Allen Eugene Reed-'26, of Livonia, N. Y., was unanimously elected captain of the 1925 lacrosse team yesterday at a meeting of the men who played against Yale on Saturday. Reed played second defense on the team this year and has been one of the steadiest and at the same time one of the most aggressive players throughout the season. He never played lacrosse before this spring, having devoted himself to basketball, winning his numerals on last year's Freshman team, and playing on this year's University squad...
Then there are Lovaina's girls. They are young tadies of many parts--waitresses ostensibly but only occasionally--but we supose that they too are things of the past. But they must have been charming when they had their day. Indeed they we so charming that Livonia gave up in despair the attempt to bring them up in the way they should go. "I tell you, I give up truyin ave those girl," confides Lovaina to the author, "I think they like ruin best. I turn my back--they ruin...