Word: plain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...apparent. The gentlemen who are present but not writing, wander about and give you the annoying impression that they are reading over your shoulder; or they rattle newspapers; or some one comes in and tells one of them a story in plain hearing,-a good story maybe, but not appropriate to the paper; or one of them picks up a blue book after its writer has gone out and reads it and shakes with ill-suppressed mirth thereat. This last is maddening even if it is not your book and you are not supposed to be looking at the reader...
...silver cups won by the Rovers at Harvard are of plain silver and stand about eight inches high. The design is of goblet shape. The following inscription is engraved on them: "Rovers versus Olympics, Jarvis Field, Dec. 20th, 1890." The following men will get a cup: D. Shay, J. Buckly, J. King, G. Adams, H. Waring, J. Culligan, R. Bell, H. Wilde, W. Mercer, P. Gavin and T. Kenny...
...Glee. Banjo and Mandolin clubs gave a concert last evening in Eliot Hall, Jamaica Plain. The programme was well received...
...BRUEGGER, Sec.GLEE, BANJO AND MANDOLIN CLUBS.- Barge for Jamaica Plain leaves Bartlett's at 6.50 sharp...
RUSSELL B. BEALS, Sec.CONCERT AT JAMAICA PLAIN.- If twenty men sign the blue book at Bartlett's before six o'clock tonight, a barge will leave for Glee Club concert at Jamaica Plain tomorrow evening...