Word: putting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...familiar with Major Higginson's generous gift of "The Soldiers' Field," and it remains with us to show our appreciation of the gift when the field is put into condition...
...Professor White, as the former room used by him. Sever 30, was inconveniently small. This new room has a platform built against the back wall, on which the stereopticons may be placed. The wall opposite has been painted white, for use as a screen; dark shades have been put in all the windows, and a new chandelier has been added, to be lighted by electricity...
When the furniture-moving business of Mr. Samuel Tufts was bought by Messrs. Colby Brothers, the undersigned was left without work and without protection for his storehouse valued at $5,000, on which he was depending for his living. Under these circumstances he decided to put on some teams of his own and thus keep his storehouse going. As it has been frequently asserted that he started his business to rob Messrs. Colby Brothers and to run them out, after advising them to come to Cambridge and buy out Mr. Tufts, the undersigned wishes publicly to deny all such allegations...
...dirt floor of the baseball cage is now carefully raked and rolled every morning. A netting back-stop has been put up and the wall at the pitcher's end has been white-washed...
...After the team is selected no pains will be spared to put the members (of the U. of M. base ball nine) into the best possible shape to show the expert scholars of Harvard and Yale how real live persons from the west play ball. Manager Abbott hopes to be able to arrange a date with Captain Anson's colts. Smoking and drinking will be discouraged in every possible manner, as tending to injuriously affect the nerves. The Daily prophecies that the U. of M. base ball team for '91 will set a pace which will be of such...