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Word: wall (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...over the garden wall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/17/1883 | See Source »

...Fifth avenue and Twenty-sixth street, on Wednesday, February 21, at 6.30 P.M. All Harvard men from any quarter, whether members of the club or not, are cordially invited. The price of tickets for the dinner is six dollars. Tickets may be obtained of Charles C. Beaman, Jr., 52 Wall street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/14/1883 | See Source »

...looking objects. Moreover, in summer they would give an easy access for thieves or other evil-disposed persons to the students' rooms, and so many ladders could not be thoroughly watched. Another plan proposed was that of short balconies extending on the outside of the building around the fire wall. These would enable students, in case of fire, to go from one section of the hall to another. The objection to this plan was, that to reach these balconies entrance would have to be forced, in a great many cases, into the student's room which communicated with the balcony...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRE-ESCAPES. | 2/12/1883 | See Source »

...does not seem to us to be that it is easy to make home runs; for since the erection of the high board fence, with its trellis-like attachment, it is almost impossible to make a home run on the hardest hit ball. It has been proposed that the wall of the church and the side of the fence be marked off into sections by a judicious use of whitewash, and that whenever the ball strikes on the fly in one section it be called a home run; in the next lower section, a three-base hit, etc. We respectfully...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/10/1883 | See Source »

...that I would suggest for this state of affairs is, that the umbrella racks be removed to the auditor's room, where the paper boy or a waiter might be put in charge over them. The racks would not take up an unnecessary amount of room ranged along the wall, and could be easily disposed of, as now, when not in use. In this way men could have some hope of seeing their umbrellas again when they had put them in the racks, and the dining-hall would not be littered up by the dripping things...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/8/1883 | See Source »

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