Word: snow
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Exeter has an active snow-shoe club...
...they could be certain of not having a cold tramp to the pond only to find the ice in poor condition or the games of hockey all monopolized by the muckers. It may seem a poor time to agitate this subject now that the ice is covered with snow, but in this uncertain weather any day may bring skating, and advantage should be taken of this interval so that all may be ready for the first opportunity...
...Association is unwilling to cover the track on Holmes with water, Jarvis Field still remains. It is true that the ground is higher than Holmes Field but this fact does not make it impossible nor even very difficult to flood the field. A low embankment either of earth or snow would be sufficient to keep the water from running off, and if the field is flooded when the ground is frozen hard there will be no danger of the water's sinking through the soil before ice can be formed. The city of Cambridge last year, when the plan...
Notwithstanding the fact that there was an inch of snow on the ice, many men enjoyed the skating on Fresh Pond yesterday afternoon. There was a narrow escape from drowning, a man and a girl breaking through the ice about fifty feet from the shore but two '89 men wrenched some boards from a neighboring fence and with the assistance of the crowd succeeded in landing the unfortunate pair. In all justice to the rescuers it is fair to state that one of them occupies a high position on them CRIMSON board of editors...
During the recess, the Weston electric car made a trip from the Square to the Port when the ground was covered with snow. It was fairly successful, but an immense amount of sand was required on the rails. Some improvements are going to be made on the car by connecting the motor with both axles and by using the new style polygonal wheels...