Word: brassing
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...attended the start of the Loan drive are over, and the first flush of enthusiasm has worn off, the real work of the campaign is yet to begin. For the first two days there was a general air of elation and confidence which was fostered by the demonstrations and brass bands that were so much in evidence Saturday. That confidence must not be allowed to become overconfidence. Reports of large oversubscriptions of individual towns and many of the newspaper headlines which seem to indicate that the Loan is already sure to succeed must not be allowed to produce a spirit...
...announced yesterday, the Saturday date being the one which is in keeping with the Fuel Administration Regulations. The assembly will be at the Boston Opera House, to which an admission fee will be charged, whose amount has not yet been decided. Voluntary contributions will also be received. A large brass band will be part of the entertainment...
...have no Germans to kill and thus get warm, nor will any one come along and put us out of our miseries. So we suffer. The one solace is to watch the band. That marvelous sound-producing organization is even more handicapped by cold than we. The instruments of brass are helpless in the breeze, the drums alone are audible above a sea of discord. The agony of the band is the one factor that prevents a regimental mutiny and how long they can keep down the surly private is hard to tell. What we want is heat...
...lost upon them. The rooms in Massachusetts served as barracks until March, 1776, when the troops were withdrawn from Cambridge. A committee was appointed soon afterward by the general court to estimate the damages, which remained to be made good." These damages consisted mainly in the disappearance of many brass locks, which were probably needed for other more important purposes...
...less than 3,000 persons must take part in the pageant to make it a success, and a brass band of at least 70 pieces will be secured...