Word: raw
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tennis tournament was continued yesterday afternoon, some good playing being shown, in spite of the raw weather. The second drawing of the singles was finished with the following result: Hopkins beat Frost, 6-2, 6-5 ; Johnson beat Brewer, 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 ; Sawin beat Barret, 6-4, 6-0 ; Peirson beat Hamlin, 5 6, 6-2, 8-6. In the third drawing Bancroft was beaten by Sawin...
...science of volunteer commanders, crude as it might be, was by the active co-operationand passive obedience of their men made equal to all emergencies, and the endurance shown by the raw troops, in spite of poor rations, cooking and health regulations, was astounding. The army of the Potomac averaged twenty-five miles per day on several marches, and some other marches, both of union and confederate troops, compare favorably with, nay exceed the European average rate of fast marching. There was little or no pillage committed by our volunteers, and even when greatly incensed they were always subservient...
...speaker of the evening, Mr. Rowland Hazard, of Providence, confined his remarks to that branch of industry which employs wools as its raw material. The distaff and spindle and the hand card were first used in wool manufacturing, and these were improved from time to time through the various changes until quite recently, when James Hargraves used the first cylinder cards and the spinning jenny. Now a couple of boys at the end of a spinning mule can do the work of five or six hundred women with the old-fashioned wheel. The speaker reviewed the introduction and increase...
...result of the game was to be expected, as such a selection of picked men, all old players, playing well, have an advantage over any single club which is likely to have some raw material at the beginning of the season. Their opponents complimented our team on their play, and with good solid work said they ought to do well in their coming college games...
...invention of the cotton gin in 1793. About 1810 power looms were put into general use. The speaker then continued to briefly trace the history of the industry down to the present time. During the war of the Rebellion the status of the cotton manufacture was upset. The raw material increased from 10 1-2 cents in 1861 to $1.90, and then dropped to about 20 cents in 1865. The wages had risen almost in proportion, and from that time up to 1873, the demand was far greater than the supply. Prices were high and much money was made...