Word: free
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...suggested that the cold weather was the real cause of the high prices at the Patti concerts. She does not believe in free-sing...
...meeting of the trustees of Boston University, the 25th, it was unanimously voted to establish in the academic department, or college of liberal arts, sixty-four free scholarships for the benefit of deserving and needy students. These will be divided equally between the sexes. They will be administered by the faculty according to regulations now in process of preparation. In grateful commemoration of the munificent legacy of Mr. Rich, which amounts to nearly $1,000,000, these new foundations will be perpetually known as "the Isaac Rich scholarship...
...first Greek letter society in America appeared in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, and was called the Phi Beta Kappa. Its origin is a mystery, and it is a disputed question as to whether it was founded by Thomas Jefferson, sprang from a Free Mason's lodge, or was introduced from Europe. - [University Herald...
...House Mr. Robinson of New York made a very amusing, high-flown speech in regard to imprisoned Americans. Several messages were received from the President. Pension estimates were asked for, and a bill introduced to remit the duty on New Testaments imported by the American company of revisers for free distribution among scholars and theolologians. In the Senate Senator Sherman spoke in defence of his refunding bill, and a number of nominations were received from the President...
...Great Eastern Railway, England, delivers in London all baggage free...