Word: plug
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...demonstration was held in the meeting room of the gymnasium by the Cleveland men. The number present, owing to the change from Holden was only about a hundred, including many Lawmen. Those present decided to march in the Independent procession on Wednesday to escort Carl Schurz and to wear "plug hats. They also voted to invite the Cleveland men of the drum corps to march with them, as their previous invitation to the whole corps was not accepted by the drum corps. A subscription was taken up to pay for a band, and the under graduates present who are going...
...sophomores will have as their procession costume a long black Ulster trimmed with orange and the regulation "plug...
...possibly be urged ; first, that uniforms may not be ready, and second, that the band and drum crops have not had sufficient practice to warrant them in appearing in public. The first objection is easily disposed of ; while it would certainly be better to appear in uniform, yet a plug hat, as in years past, is all that is really essential. As to the second point ; the brass band has already had a number of rehearsals, and even if the rumor which appeared in your columns a few days ago, that the band had learned a new tune...
Collins and Fairbanks, hatters, have a large stock of old "plug" hats for campaign purposes, which they are selling at 30 cents each. Call and choose. Letters painted to order...
...Brine, of 11 Harvard Row, is the authorized dealer to provide "plug" hats, his did being 25 cents...