Word: thaws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...columns of the paper but it also serves as a timely warning. In the forlorn interval between snow and rain when the weather cannot make up its mind what to do and finishes off a morning of October sunshine with an afternoon of December show ending in a February thaw, the daily Infirmary list approaches a ward notice of registered voters. According to statistics the weeks ahead are the lowest on the curve of average health, and the gentleman in the street-cars dragging the huge cod-fish over his back does a thriving business...
During the past winter, which ended its erratic course with the thermometer among the seventies, we had a championship hockey team playing every day on artificial ice, and a tennis squad playing indoors during rain and thaw. The crew men, as well as the baseball a had anticipated the outdoor season by practising under cover. With the calling out of football candidates for spring training, one can say with truth that sport lovers defy the seasons. Although Dr. Johnson had in mind the serious side of life when speaking of inclement weather, he would rejoice to add further comment were...