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Word: targets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...iron target will probably be bought by the Rifle Club for their range at Mt. Auburn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 10/20/1876 | See Source »

...somewhat faint at present, but a prospect, nevertheless - of a shooting-match next spring between the two colleges. This should act as an incentive to all those who shoot: last year we saw how rapid the improvement was, when the practice of the club was regular. We hope a target will be up within a week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/6/1876 | See Source »

...RIFLE-CLUB, composed of undergraduates, will be formed this winter, and target-practice will be begun early in the spring. A range has been secured not far from the Square, and all obstacles to the formation of the club are now removed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 11/12/1875 | See Source »

...bring it to the shoulder before the birds had disappeared. These difficulties they had not foreseen, and could not exist in duck-shooting, which we determined to try that afternoon. But, alas for our high hopes, ducks there were none, and after an hour's shooting at a target, in hopes of attracting the birds, we returned home to sup off the ducks that little boy had shot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TRIP TO PLYMOUTH. | 11/20/1874 | See Source »

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