Word: account
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...plan of having tickets was tried a few years ago, and, on account of vario is difficulties, was generally acknowledged to be a failure...
...Princetonian devotes a column and a half to an account of Mrs. Cleveland's visit...
Yesterday afternoon, Professor Cohn gave as a closing lecture in French 11 an informal account of a portion of his experiences during the Franco-Prussian war, 1870, when, as a member of the Garde Mobile he assisted in the defence of Paris. In the early part of the war, under the government of Napoleon III, all military operations were marked by an incredible amount of carelessness and ignorance among those in authority. Army officers were appointed who knew nothing of military operations, and were far surpassed in knowledge, capacity, and even intelligence by many of the privates; the movement...
...class base-ball game of yesterday was postponed on account of rain...
...following account was crowded out of yesterday's issue...