Word: coal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college postman was delayed in his rounds yesterday afternoon by the multiplicity of mail matter sent out by a well known Cambridge coal dealer...
...case of Strout versus the seven Bowdoin students, now on trial before the Supreme Court of Maine, seems perfectly justifiable and commendable. On the 25th of October last young Strout stood at the window of his room on the second floor of Appleton Hall. A piece of coal weighing one pound was thrown through the glass, striking him in the eye, causing a serious wound. A few minutes after the defendants entered the room on a hazing expedition, for the purpose of seizing some cider supposed to be in the possession of the freshman. The complainant does not know...
...strike among the coal miners of western Pennsylvania has begun at Monongahela...
...receipt, storage and sale of second-hand furniture, books and other articles placed with the society for sale on commission, and shall remit to the depositors the proceeds of such sales after deducting the commissions. He shall make all purchases on behalf of the society, of books, stationers' materials, coal, wood, and such other articles as may be specified by the directors, and shall keep an exact and full account of the same, and also a separate and exact account of articles received for sale on commission, and the proceeds, and disposition of the proceeds thereof, as well...
...explosion in a coal mine at Leoben in Styria 150 persons were killed...