Word: surpass
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Last Friday, C. H. Taylor 1900, captain of the Rifle and Pistol Club, made the following consecutive 10 shot scores in an attempt to surpass the American 50 shot pistol record: 97, 94, 95, 94, 92, 472 total. This score beats the best previous amateur performance by 4 points and the professional or world's record by 2 points. The shooting was done in the presence of witnesses...
...second summer season at the Castle Square Theatre bids fair to surpass the first in attracting and holding public patronage. When one considers that here are produced all the favorite operas that have stood the test of time, in the coolestand handsomest theatre in the country, by a stock company which has never been excelled in the history of comic opera, and at prices of 25 cents to 50 cents for seats, is it surprising that all Boston and its environs flock there to be entertained? The patronage is distinctly high class, as would be expected from the singing...
...attraction will blow again. The Ideal Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Club has been re-engaged for promenade concerts for the summer, and will play while the audiences are gathering, and between the acts. The remarkable success of last year's summer season is widely known and the management will surpass its record during the coming hot months...
Next week, grand opera will have the stage again, and the opera selected for production is Gounod's "Faust." This opera is an extraordinary favorite, and a great week is assured. The feature of the Castle Square production is the wonderful electrical effects, which surpass anything of the kind ever seen in Boston. The presentation is an exceedingly elaborate one, entailing a great amount of labor and expense...
...Thrums." Maclaren's pathos on the other hand is indescribably quick, poignant, and as the French say-saisissant. And if all his two volumes were on the same level with "Doninie," "Drumsheugh's Love Story," and "A Doctor of the Old School," here would be work that would surpass Mr. Barrie's best. As it is, these three sketches-said Mr. Copeland-and "A Window in Thrums" far exceed any imaginative prose writing in Lowland Scotch since the author of Meg Dods, Edie Ochiltree, and Jeanie Deans, laid down his swift and tired...