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...Harvard Dining Association has lately imported from England 1200 napkins made by special order. The words 'Memorial Hall, Cambridge', are neatly woven in the pattern...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 11/19/1885 | See Source »

...store of Leavitt and Peirce, whose former store will be taken by Mr. Noera. In the rear of their new store Messrs. Leavitt and Peirce will have a large billiard room, 26 by 82 feet, furnished with seven carved oak billiard tables of the Brunswick and Balke pattern. The billiard room will be fitted with every modern appliance, including cushioned seats, and will be finished in cherry, with a maple floor and inlaid ceiling of glass veneer. Under the extension at the rear of the building will be located the boiler room, in which will be placed a boiler...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hilton Block. | 4/8/1885 | See Source »

...most familiar acquaintance from my very earliest recollection. It is a sofa, in the correct acceptance of the term. It is not a "lounge." Its framework is of some dark wood, well begrimed with cigarette smoke and ashes. Its cushion is covered with velvet carpet of an ancient pattern, the figures of which, where not worn off entirely, seem to be made up of a conglomeration of enormous roses and tree trunks. To look at this aged sofa, you would say that it could not possibly be comfortable to sit, to lie or to take any posture upon whatever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: My Sofa. | 3/26/1885 | See Source »

...courts are to be laid out on the southeast corner of Jarvis Field, at an expense of $943.50, and five clay courts of various sorts are to belaid out on Holmes Field, east of the track, at an expense of $300. One of these courts will be chosen as pattern for 30 more clay courts, which will be laid out during this present summer on various parts of Homes and Jarvis Fields. The durability, tested by the experiment of actual play during the spring, and the general satisfaction, will determine which of the five courts is to be chosen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Tennis Association. | 3/26/1885 | See Source »

...firm and even, and the grass on the out-field is growing well, although there is plenty of room for a second sowing next fall to make it as close as it should be. A new backstop had been built during the day. It is of the most approved pattern, slightly curved and made of matched boards. The paths for the base runners will be laid out as soon as the space for the pitcher and catcher is cleared, the gravel being put on after the grass is removed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOLMES FIELD. | 6/4/1884 | See Source »

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