Word: amount
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...each year one third shall be added to the capital and the remainder shall be divided among members in proportion to their purchases. Sales of coal shall be counted as if made at the rate of 2 dollars perton." The method of dividing the yearly dividends necessitates a great amount of very intricate book-keeping which makes a call for a book-keeper, who is an additional expense to the society. It has peen proposed to obviate this difficulty by instituting the English system of giving checks for every purchase...
...take pleasure in announcing that the amount raised for the Brunswick sufferers up to date is $50.07. Of this sum the Foxcroft Club has raised $31.85, the box at Memorial has taken $15.22, and the CRIMSON has received the balance, $3.00, by mail. The treasurer of the fund in Boston has informed us that he will be glad to receive contributions for some weeks and we shall forward subscriptions as long as they are sent...
Business is the Alpha and Omega of American life. To it everything else is subordinated. One of the results of this mercenary spirit is the expression that a man is "worth" so much, when the amount of his property is meant. With the early acquired idea that anything is worth nothing that costs nothing, the average American loses sight of everything but the making of money...
...subscriptions for the new Harvard Dental School amount...
...suggestion made in a communication to the CRIMSON, NOV. 3, and in your editorial in that number, has been acted upon by the Foxcroft Club. In order to bring the matter directly before the members, a committee was appointed by the president to solicit subscriptions. The amount subscribed to date is $31.60. The amount collected, which has been deposited at the CRIMSON office, is $26.60. The committee still asks for contributions...