Word: closing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Saturday's meeting of the New York Athletic Club in Tammany Hall in the heavyweight boxing between Jas. Pilkington and R. Guiteras the judges decided in favor of Pilkington after a close and exciting contest. Guiteras was loudly applanded...
...hissing occurred in Sever 11 Wednesday afternoon at Prof. James' lecture. Every American citizen has a right to hiss anything that displeases him, and this right was exercised in a good cause on that occasion. The lecture room was packed to its fullest capacity and of course the closeness was almost unbearable. Last year a man fainted at the very corresponding lecture in this course. In spite of this, a man near the windows attempted to close the few windows that were open. The rest of the audience very properly hissed him. Some men seem to have a mania...
...give the look of comfort to a room which a fire does. But the plan has its advantages: A room can be heated in a very short time, and the temperature regulated easily, though I have always noticed that the rooms heated in this way are very hot and close." Nevertheless, we will venture to assert that no one who had endured the rigors of minus zero degrees in e. g. Weld, would ever venture to raise such objections if steam were to be introduced into our buildings. On the question of the desirability of steam-heat for dwellings...
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Lotta will probably retire from the stage at the close of the season. Some one has finally succeeded in capturing the heart of the charming lady...