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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...another pilgrim, a Clerk; is of a different mind. As evidence for his belief in the rightful "souverainetee" of the husband he tells a story he has heard at Padua of a "learned clerke", "Fraunceys Petrark" by name. His tale must have impressed his hearers in opposition to his case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 10/14/1936 | See Source »

...with the cooperation of the Massachusetts Society for Freedom in Teaching, the union continued the fight against the Oath Bill by opposing the reelection of all sponsors of the bill. Partly through its activities, Thomas Dorgan, former representative from Dorchester and principal sponsor of the bill, was defeated for clerk of court...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAMBRIDGE TEACHERS UNION GATHERS TODAY | 10/7/1936 | See Source »

Most spectacular of these is from the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, London, birthplace of John Harvard. Brilliantly illuminated and hand printed in striking colors, this letter is signed by the Mayor and Town Clerk of Southwark, who were present at the Harvard exercises...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONGRATULATORY NOTES NOW ON VIEW IN WIDENER | 9/25/1936 | See Source »

Money. By Labor Day 1932 the Republican National Committee had spent $96,203 on its Presidential campaign, final cost of which was $2,611,380. Last week Treasurer Charles Barnett ("Barney") Goodspeed, husky Chicago socialite and charitarian, reported to the Clerk of the U. S. House of Representatives that the National Committee had this year received $2,050,655 between June 1 and Sept. 1, spent $1,787,811. Balance on hand was nearly half a million.* Donations of $100 or more accounted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Slump to Fight | 9/21/1936 | See Source »

...letter to Clerk Notman which was widely published in England and Scotland last week as a horrible example, the Head Office of the Commercial Bank advised him: 1) to wait six months, then apply for another raise; and 2) to start looking for a house "as the Bank could not approve of your settling in furnished rooms." Two months later manly Mr. Notman announced his intention to marry, was instantly fired, and last week seemed well on his way to become an heroic Captain Dreyfus of British banking as the Notman affair grew in notoriety and British bank guilds strove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Character | 9/7/1936 | See Source »

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