Word: tailed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...work of ridding the trees on the University grounds of gypsy and brown-tail moths has occupied five men during the past seven months and has cost about $600. Twenty-five bushels of brown-tail moth nests have been cut from the trees and burned. These nests were found in large numbers near the University Museum. The nests of the gypsy moth were painted with creosote. These were numerous in the Yard and were found even on the walls of the buildings...
...launch was yesterday afternoon taken a short distance down the harbor by Mr. Lawley on a trial trip. She was not pushed for speed, but ran smoothly and well until the tail-head guide of the low pressure cylinder broke and obliged her to return to the yard. This accident was a trifling one and the repairs to be made will be simple, so that she will be ready today for another trial. She will probably be brought up to the boat-house on Monday...