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...largest single load of mail ever transported by air, weighing 1,839 Iks., has been shipped from Cuba...
...deserve special mention because they rank among the great athletic teams of all times. The 1901 Varsity took advantage of unusually favorable water conditions at Poughkeepsie to establish a world's record of 18 minutes 53½ seconds for 4 miles. Bert Coffin's 1903 boat load of giants while interfered with in the first two miles of the race on the same course were only a few seconds behind this record, 18-57-1/5. They rowed the last two miles eleven seconds faster than the first two miles. Quite unusual I think! Their nearest competitor...
...changes, of course, will be made in Harvard's stern load of veterans, and C. H. Pforzheimer '28 appears certain to hold the tiller ropes in the, long four-mile pull on the Thames...
...morning you can see a wheel-barrow† propelled by one Chinaman trudging along with his load of from twelve to sixteen persons, taxiing them to work in the factories. Can any of the present day Negro porters (Pullman) convey their passengers thusly...
...bamboo pole carried on the shoulders of one or two Chinamen with the load suspended...