Word: silver
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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FOUND.- An ornament of oxidized silver: either a sleeve button or a "charm" for watch guard. Probably lost at my house on Tuesday evening, December...
...players already intoxicated by the ducat breath of victory. "Ube sunt, o pocula?" said he, "is a question I must ask of my friend Mr. Louis Clark, translating for his benefit, 'Where's them cups?' " He assured the guests that they had enough money collected to buy thirteen fine silver cups, one for each player, besides a great silver punch bowl, to be called the "Cumnock Cup" in honor of the first victorious captain for the foot ball association of Harvard. On this punch bowl was to be left space on which to record the deeds of victorious teams...
...Jarvis field under the association rules. These two clubs have always been fierce rivals, so each side will play to win. The game has been thoroughly advertised so it is expected that a large number of people will witness the game. The prizes are valuable, consisting of a silver cup to each member of the victorious team. The field is to be set one hundred and twenty yards long by sixty wide, somewhat larger than usual to insure a good passing game and to prevent the ball from going out of play so often...
Tremont.- Rosina Vokes in The Silver Shield...
...annual indoor championship meeting of the National Guards of Pennsylvania, at the Armory in Philadelphia next Saturday. The events open to amateurs are 50 yards dash, 440 yards run, I mile run, 2 mile bicycle race, feather weight boxing. light weight boxing and middle weight boxing. Gold and silver prizes will be given, to the first and second men respectively in each event. The events will be handicap. The entrance fee is 50 cents, and the entry blanks may be obtained of C. R. Bardeen, 51 Weld...