Word: colton
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...yards run probably by H. M. Banks, but unless these men improve greatly their chances are considered to be very small. H. M. Banks and H. R. Cowell are entered for the quarter mile run and M. R. Strong, J. M. Hewhitt and F. G. Colton will contest in the half-mile run. The general opinion is that Dohm of Princeton will win one of these races. In the mile run Columbla's representatives are H. F. Hornbostel and A. S. Vosburgh. Columbia men think they have an excellent chance in this race. In the mile walk T. McIlvanie...
...accordance with the usual custom the election of the Yale Lit. board took place a few days ago. After considerable preliminary discussion, a vote was taken which resulted in the election of Messrs. Crosby, Sage, Colton, and Hurd, and in a tie between Messrs. Opdyke and Beckford. After another ballot with a like result the matter was left pending for settlement till some future...
...late Mrs. Colton, wife of Joseph Colton of New Haven, made a bequest of $40,000 to the Yale Divinity School. Her will provides that at her husband's death the bulk of her property shall go to Yale. The divinity school will also receive, under the will of Mrs. Catherine Jorman, real estate worth about $10,000 after the termination of a life interest...
...late S. M. Buckingham of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. But Exeter fares better than the colleges by receiving a gift of $110,000 from the will of the late F. E. Parker. The Yale Theological School has also been remembered, for by the will of the late Emily W. Colton, on the death of her husband Joseph, an interest in her estate will be paid to the school. The gift was made in memory of son, a graduate of the seminary. Now if some one would make Harvard a gift of $50,000 to be used in putting fire escapes...
...general books recently added to the stock, among which are Emerson's Essay's, first series, 10 cents. Emerson's Works, 11 vole., $12.83. English Men of Letters, 53 cents per vol. Dickens' Works, 30 vols., $30.00. Hawthorne's Works, 12 vols., $16.00. American Statesmen, 84 cents per vol. Colton's new Portfolio Scrap Book, containing 31 envelopes, with index, $1.40. A good line of leather traveling bags. Pizard's La France, in 1789, is ready...