Word: amount
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Single gold standard undesirable. (a) It will decrease amount of money...
...Georgia. In August the yellow fever appeared in the town, and, while the rich could flee, the poor had to remain and die. Not only this, but business was suspended and the poor that survive are in desperate circumstances, and must depend on the charities of outsiders. A small amount apiece from many men will make a sum that can relieve much distress. No call on our charity could be stronger than such a one as this...
While the ninety-seven eleven has shown a certain amount of improvement during the past week, the lack of spirit and ehtusiasm shown by the candidates is really deplorable. It is with the greatest difficulty that the coaches can get the same men to come out two days in succession. Team work developes slowly under these circumstances, and the men are too light for effective work...
Among the prose articles, "For Unknown Reasons," by Arthur S. Pier, is a very clever little piece, describing with the neccssary amount of life the devotion of five brothers to the belle of a country village, and their final amusing dismissal. The author has taken advantage of the fact that little touches of nature are what please the reader who reads for entertainment. In the same way the third of "Three Sketches," and "In the One Room," both telling stories of real life which can appeal to the hearer, are interesting and pleasing. The author of this last is John...
...next largest amount is $8333.33, the second installment of Mr. Frederick L. Ames' subscription of $25,000 for the expenses of the Arnold Arboretum. During the past year the library of the Arboretum has been very much enlarged. Professor Sargent has presented to it his library, containing about four thousand bound volumes and several thousand unbound pamphlets devoted to Botany, Dedrology, Forestry, Horticulture, Geography, and related subjects. In addition to this, Professor Sargent has received vouchers to the amount of $5453.17 for the recent purchases of books which have been made for the library. The Arboretum has also received from...