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...North, who gave complete devotion to the master who rescued him from other men's brutality, is graphically and convincingly treated in this film version. Jack Mulhall as the kindly miner never leaves one in doubt as to the heart of gold that throbs beneath his mackinaw. And Walter Long, the would-be oppressor of the helpless, is villainous enough for anyone's taste. There isn't too much snow and for once, for a wonder, the dog-hero, though highly talented, doesn't make one wish for an all-canine cast...
After leaving Chicago, the men will go to Milwaukee where they will study the operation of the flour mills and tanneries. Thence, the itinerary includes Calumet, Houghton, Ishpeming, Marquette, and Mackinaw City, before the arrival on July 12 of the party in Grand Rapids, where it will observe the work of the great furniture companies. Detroit, and the Ford Motor Company will be the next objectives, after a study of which the embryo business men will visit the Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester. After a stop-over at the Dutchess Bleachery of Wappingers Falls, the travellers will advance...
...ribbons for the straw hats of the athletic teams were all prepared by Collins and Fairbanks. The style of hat to be worn is a fine quality Mackinaw. The colors are : university crew, crimson and black, vertical stripes; university nine, five horizontal stripes, alternate black and crimson; university lacrosse, crimson, black and crimson, horizontal; freshman crew, crimson and white vertical stripes; freshman nine, black, crimson and black, horizontal; bicycle club, crimson, white and crimson, horizontal
...striking the ground during the whole contention. The old writers lay special stress upon the fact that this game tended to increase the power of self-control; that it was thought to be excellent mental training. In June, 1763, the great Pontiac assembled the Chippewas and Sacs at Fort Mackinaw to have a game of baggatiway; of course every one attended, from the commandant to the lowest corporal, when, in the midst of the game, the Indians turned upon the whites and butchered nearly the whole assemblage. Thus baggatiway or lacrosse is associated with history. The gentlemen who recently...