Word: cent
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...differences will not give an accurate basis for final comparison. The figures show, however, that 79 men cut on the day of the Carlisle game and 110 on the day of the Dartmouth game which in itself is a very material and satisfactory decrease. Just what the actual per cent of decrease is cannot be accurately figured...
...annual dividend of the Co-operative Society, amounting to 8 per cent., will be paid at the Co-operative office on this and succeeding mornings, between 9 and 12 o'clock. It will be the largest ever paid by the society, the profits being nearly $15,000, and the greatest individual amount $141. Last year's membership cards must be presented in order to obtain payment...
...writer of the communication this morning has brought out the startling situation that the Athletic Association is requiring of each applicant for seats at the Yale game two cents extra postage on the enclosed envelope in which the tickets are sent out the week of the game. Whereas, by all good rules of mathematics and accounting the ordinary two cent postage required for a letter plus the registration fee of eight cents equals ten cents, the Association is charging its patrons twelve cents and stating that unless each envelope contains the required amount of stamps, no tickets will be sent...
...advocated is a simple one. The money entrusted to the postal savings banks will be turned over to the national banks in the neighborhood, so that it will be easily accessible. All people over ten years of age will be allowed to open accounts. Interest, amounting to 2 per cent. will be paid on all deposits not exceeding five hundred dollars...
...report of the Co-operative Society published on another page shows an admirable balance for the past year. An increase in total sales of $23,500 over the figures of the preceding year, which amounts to a gain of slightly more than 11 per cent., is a remarkable showing in consideration of the general dullness which prevailed in business circles during the greater part of the fiscal year. The society's prosperity has made possible the declaration of an 8 per cent. dividend in which almost $15,000 will be distributed to the members, a considerably larger amount than...