Word: cent
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Announcement has also been made by Troop A of Squadron A, of the New York National Guard, Cavalry, that 50 per cent of its members have been discharged to fill vacancies at Plattsburg. There are opportunities for any men of military experience who apply at once. Applications should be made to T. S. Farrelly, 60 Wall street, New York City...
According to the latest reports New England has so far subscribed not much more than sixty per cent of her estimated contribution to the national loan. Of course in such matters it is small use to blame anybody, since the only people who mind are those who have done their share. Those that haven't won't, not for the words of editors, nor for the words of bankers, nor for the words of a Cicero in the mouth of a Demosthenes inspired by a Delphic oracle and addressed to the salvation of his country...
...accurate list, due to the fact that a number of men, including those who failed to obtain admission to the officers training camps, have returned to college and have not yet had their names put back on the official roll of the university. This means that approximately 39.5 per cent of the total number of undergraduates who were left in college after the midyear examinations have already left. The percentages by classes is as follows...
Coupon bonds are issued in denominations as low as $50 and as high as $1000. Registered bonds range from $100 to $100,000. The bonds may be paid for under the following government regulations: 2 percent. with the application, 18 per cent. on June 28, 20 percent. on July 20, 30 percent. on August 15, and 30 percent. and accrued interest on August 30. For a $50 bond it will therefore only be necessary to pay $1 down, $9 in the first instalment, and $10, $15, and $15 in the other three instalments respectively, the last of which...
...large optimism proclaimed that the issue would be oversubscribed many times in a very few weeks. Were we not the richest nation on the earth, with wealth estimated at two hundred billions? An absolutely inconceivable amount even to the most universal mind. The loan represented a bare one per cent of our amazing resources. The press declared our banks would be crowded with eager buyers...