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...during that campaign that I, as a small boy, approached my father, a very good business man, with the proposition that he should furnish me with a penny to buy some candy. He told me that we were in a political campaign and there was a probability, a possibility at least, that we were going to elect a Democrat for President. Such an action, he said, would undoubtedly be followed by hard times and therefore it was necessary to economize...
Vassar is making good its promise to furnish a post-graduate school for alumnae who wish to return and relieve their housekeeping by congenial study (TIME, Nov. 26). The office of "Educational Secretary" has been created in the new Alumnae House of the College, and the first occupant of that office will be Miss Harriet Sawyer...
...interspersed among the examinations of the past two weeks. Now the team will be called upon to reach and maintain the peak of its power in successive contests with. Syracuse, Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, and Yale. These four aggregations, the last three of which rank high in the Intercollegiate League, will furnish a far stronger brand of basketball than the Crimson's early season opponents...
Undernourishment in humor is partially atoned for by an agreeable score. An ample array of proficient principals adds considerably to the aggregate of amusement and a good supply of comely girls furnish a soothing back-ground for sensitive eyes...
...friend in Manhattan who owned an unused newspaper plant in Philadelphia. He bought the plant by telephone, he moved it to Baltimore and set it tip in an unused building. He obtained an old locomotive from the Pennsylvania Railroad and ran it alongside the plant, using its steam to furnish power for his presses. Ten days after the fire, The Baltimore News appeared once more, calling on the citizens of Baltimore to build a greater and more beautiful city. In 1907 Mr. Grasty sold the News to Frank A. Munsey, who retained it until last year, when it was resold...