Word: account
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Fletcher, '87 is confined to his room on account of illness for the past week...
...drug in the coffee had drunk the most, in order to escape detection, and were consequently severely affected. Unluckily, one of them was seen putting something into the boilers, and the names of the others were soon discovered. Although the examination was delayed for a day or two on account of these occurrences, it was again renewed and carried on during that year, although many attempts were made to stop...
Within was found a very old, but carefully preserved account of the acts of an ancient King. The similarity between these acts and same which have happened within recent years, leads us to the conclusion that after all "There is nothing new under...
...esteemed contemporary, the Advocate, has been indulging in a little prophesying on its own account, and the result has been rather startling in its nature. Among the many happenings which this much-gifted prophet foretells for us, one at least we modestly assert will prove incorrect. Others, it is very probable, may be no more correct than this, but of those we do not speak, we lay no claims to the mysterious art of the seer...
...Friday morning Herald gives a column to an account of a recent glove contest in New York, between Mr. John Roosevelt, of the Union club, who recently graduated from Oxford, and won the heavy-weight championship while there, and Mr. Rutgers Van Brunt, of the Kuickerbocker club. The latter gentleman is a graduate of Harvard, class of '80, and, while here, enjoyed an enviable reputation as a sparer. The match was made to decide the championship of the two universities. The referee declared the contest a draw, but, as Mr. Roosevelt was unable to come to time in the last...