Word: makers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...mile bicycle race was the first event. W. D. Greenleaf was the only entry. He covered the distance in 6m 23 1-5s. Brown, '91 acted at pace-maker in several of the laps. The 100-yards dash was run in one heat. Six men started, M. I. Mott, J. P. Lee, O. K. Hawes, J. H. Rhoades, C. S. Baxter and T. S. Lee. J. P. Lee won in 10 2-5s with Hawes second by about a yard and a half. In the mile walk there were three entries, R. C. Wood, C. T. R. Bates...
...putting. His best throw was 37 ft. C. N. Cogswell, '88, and Gibson, '88, appeared for the broad jump. Gibson won with a jump of 20 ft. 6 in. Cogswell's best jump was 20 ft. Davenport, '90, ran an exhibition mile. G. P. Cogswell, '88, acted as pace-maker for the last three-quarters. Time, 4m. 50s. E. Norton, L. S., and K. Brown, '91, rode the 2-mile bicycle race. Davis, '91, and Bailey, '91, acted alternately as pace-makers. Brown finished first in 6m. 4 1-5s., and Norton made a good second. Noble, '88; Mandell...
...Wheelwright won the '90 running broad jump over Wolff, at 18 ft. 5 in. Pennypacker put the shot 38 ft., winning over Gibson. Bodley and Bell now ran two-thirds of the distance of the 220 yards hurdle race for '91. Bell acted as pace-maker for Bodley this time. Bodley covered the distance in 18 3-5s. Harlow and Noble started to race the same distance. Noble finished but Harlow struck on the fourth hurdle and hurt his knees so that he was obliged to stop. Mandell and Merrill now ran the '89 220-yards dash. Mandell...
...alarm was rung in from box 61 night before last for a fire in a large three-story wooden buiding on Mill street, just off Holyoke st. The building is occupied by five shops-the ground floor by a shell-builder and a rod-maker, the second floor by a carpenter, and the third by another carpenter and a slater. The building was valued at about $2,500 and was an utter loss. All except one lost a large part of their stock, in fact little was saved except a few shells and a large part of the slater...
...labor is cheapest for the manufacturer? Statistics show that the highest wages are the cheapest, and that low wages are the most expensive. A shoe which costs the employer 38 cents here costs the German manufacturer 80 cents, owing to the difference in the skill of the laborer. A maker of gunny-bags here found that he could compete with the maker in India who only paid 12 cents a day for wages. He said further that if he could get his raw materials free, he could send his goods to India and drive the manufacturer there out of business...