Word: stumping
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...convention of the National Republican League. The work of the club both outside and inside the college will be continued with renewed activity during the campaign. A number of the speakers of the club have been engaged during September speaking throughout Massachusetts, and will continue their work on the stump until after election...
George B. Magoun of the freshman class was seriously injured last Monday at his father's country seat at Islip, L. I. His injuries were received by the unexpected explosion of a charge of powder which had been placed in a stump. The powder had been placed by a workman and the fuse lighted. Magoun, thinking the powder had failed to ignite had stooped over the stump with a lighted match for the purpose of lighting the fuse when the explosion took place. Magoun's face was the mark for the flying fragments while his head and arms were frightfully...