Word: sat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...front or behind the finish-line frequently thinks the race won by a runner who was a full yard behind. A man 20 or 25 yards away knows nothing at all about a close finish, and the camera knows no more than the man. The writer of this article sat five yards behind the finish line, and thought Sherrill had won, but he has had too much experience to advance such an opinion against the decision of a judge who stood exactly on the line, and had his eye on the tape. - Spirit of the Times...
After the procession about eight hundred people sat down to dinner in Union Hall. The dinner was followed by music and several speeches, the principle of which were made by the mayor, Captain J. P. Richardson, Lieut.-Governor Ames, Judge Charles Devens, Generals Banks and Hincks, ex-Mayor Fox, Dr. McKenzie, and the earliest war mayor, Hon. C. T. Russell...
SENIORS. The order lists should be handed in at once, as Pach Bros. wish to begin printing them. They may be taken to the studio, handed to me, or put in my room, 37 Matthews. A large number of men have sat but not selected proofs. Please do so at once, or make an appointment at the studio or with me for a new sitting...
...expenditure of a great amount of energy to attend to the request on the postal cards I have sent, and if those to whom they are sent will attend to it, the sittings will be finished in time. A number who have set have not selected proofs or sat over. This should be attended to at once...
...most enjoyable and informal club dinners ever sat down to in Denver, was that given last night, at the Albany Hotel, by the Rocky Mountain Harvard Club. About 8 p.m. the Harvard graduates at present in the city, were called together in the main parlor, and a permanent organization effected. Joseph N. Baxter, '75, was chosen president, and the Rev. Thomas Van Ness vice-president, and Chambers Baird, '82, secretary. After the constitution of the club had been adopted the members, with their guests, repaired to the elegant dining room, which was fitted up with neat floral designs...