Word: auctions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...slumped to 30,000. The Compass, originally backed by International Harvester heiress Mrs. Emmons Elaine, 86 (TIME. May 16, 1950), was in the red more often than the black. This week the paper's mortgagors and creditors closed in and sold the Compass' fixtures and machinery at auction. Said Editor Ted Thackrey: "We ran out of money. We're through...
...Radcliffe Grant-in-Aid Fund will hold its annual auction at 4:00 p.m. today in the Cabot game room. The Fund auctions off everything left in the Radcliffe dormitories and in Agassiz at the end of the year, including unclaimed bicycles from the basement of Moors...
Main attractions at the auctions are usually the bicycles, which sell for from $2 to $20. Jewelry, scarves, and sweaters are mainstays, and occasionally a pair of skis or a watch can be picked up. Final collections for the auction will be made this afternoon...
Last year the Fund made $125 from the auction. The remainder of its funds comes from "Drumbeats and Song" and alumni contributions. The Grant-in-Aid Fund gives financial help to Radcliffe students who, because of extra-curricular work, are unable to take the time for outside jobs...
...Game. In Cameron, Texas, while watching a cattle auction, Doris Lott slapped at a fly, was informed that she had just bought a calf...