Word: comfortable
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...five transports which will bring the 1450 teachers to Boston will be given up entirely to women. Leaving Cuba about June 26, they will arrive about July 1, after which the teachers will at once be brought to their rooms in Cambridge. Every effort will be made to secure comfort on the transport ships, and special decks are to be fitted up for the accommodation, of the men in the party...
Before leaving the island, the teachers will divide themselves into groups as much as possible, each group being made up of friends and headed by an encargada or chaperon. This system is expected to add greatly to the health and comfort of the teachers and will simplify the arrangements for caring for them. During the summer the same salaries will be paid to the teachers as if they had remained in Cuba; and at the same time it is probable that the individual expenses will be very small. An emergency fund will be formed by contribution of each member...
...Curtiss, chairman of the committee in charge of the Harvard-Yale boat race, has put into effect several new plans for the comfort of visitors at New London on June 28. Among these is a new observation train, which is being built by the Central Vermont Railway from an original design. The train will be equipped with every modern appliance for safety, including air-brakes and an air-whistle communicating with the engineer. In addition to a patent interlocking coupler, safety chains will be added between the cars, and with the platforms connecting the cars, the train will have...