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...York men were F. Pfeiffer, 138 pounds; R. Cronson, 141 pounds; O. T. O'Neil, 137 1/2 pounds, and F. Miller, 150 1/2 pounds; total weight, 567 pounds. The choice of position was won by the Columbia team, and, after a desperate struggle of ten minutes, they pulled the ribbon five and one-half inches over the mark...
...hats for the lacrosse team came Wednesday. They are of white flannel, trimmed with red silk ribbon...
...every game there are points, so in the tug-of-war there are tricks for gaining a fair advantage, used by the participants. The present tug-of-war team consists of four men, each man having the advantage of a thick cleat which is fastened to the floor. The ribbon is started at a point midway between the two teams, each side pulling for ten minutes, according to the Mott Haven rules, and at the end of that time the team, which has the ribbon on its side, is declared the winner. It is plain that the great strength...
...certain sum of money, a ticket to Waltham, and a note addressed to Miss D. M. Contents of said note as follows: "He is dark, very dark, and the handsomest fellow you ever saw. You can't mistake him. He had on a straw hat with a black ribbon around it, and had the sweetest little mustache! a greenish coat (to suit the character, I reckon), and trousers a little lighter. He left at Somerville. Come out in the 5 o'clock train next Saturday and I think...
...this happened two years ago. But tonight, as I hear again the waves upon the beach, I cannot drive the thoughts of that time from my mind. And I hold a bit of blue ribbon in my fingers; and, as I look, I cannot keep back the tears. "If I should not see you then, you would not forget me?" I have not forgotten, Mira...