Word: checks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...order to insure careful attention to each invitation, the blanks should be filled out and mailed with check as soon as possible...
...Much less will Wilhelm II rejoice at the thought of these pests among his imperial submersibles, for he can no longer rest assured of his weekly and ever-weakening toll of Allied vessels. Per chance Kultur will make him scoff when he hears a flivver manufacturer is going to check his naval warfare, but more likely he will increase the number or improve the type of his underwater raiders. In spite of baffled expectations to spend the last few winters in popular European resorts, the Kaiser has not yet given up hope. The large submarine sinking claimed at times...
...Just as any one individual household saves little white flour by using graham twice a week, so we conserve only a relatively small amount of fuel by dimming out lights. But, as the household, because it has the spirit, helps materially to prevent waste, so the student body can check needless consumption. We shall back up an actual physical profit by the knowledge of having done as much as possible to preserve the vital supplies of the nation...
...they are citizens of a nation in arms. Few of us have really felt the "pinch of war," yet if we show ourselves willing to undergo a slight trouble for the sake of a principle most irrefutably correct, we begin to see our position. Everyone who is compelled to check waste on a large scale will voluntarily be more careful in small matters. Not only because of actual gain, but also because of the principle involved, vote for a change in the time schedule...
Since moderate regulation has failed to check the coal consumption sufficiently, drastic action is resorted to. Whether the University is directly affected, we do not yet know. Some branches certainly will be, and it is quite possible that the entire College may have holidays thrust upon it. In such an event we expect a long weekend, fewer classes, and a confused schedule. The inconvenience created would certainly be considerable, yet necessity may be greater. Harmful as such action is, however, it seems the lesser of two evils. If we are forced to suspend work temporarily, we do so that more...