Word: pasted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...regular weekly meeting will begin at 6.30 instead of 6.45, because the speaker, Gypsy Smith, has to speak at 8 o'clock in Boston, where he has been conducting for the past week regular meetings at the People's Temple...
During the past week three new men have joined the squad. These are Sargent, Swift and Davis. The squad now numbers about eighteen...
...Birtwell's appointment is doubtless a recognition of the excellent work of the Student Volunteer Committee during the past year...
Tonight the regular election of directors for the Dining Association will be held. Considerable annoyance has been caused in past years because some members of the Association have seemed to regard this election as an excellent opportunity for displaying a keen sense of humor. It should certainly be unnecessary to call attention to the fact that the Dining Association is a large business concern and that if it is to be conducted in a sound, business-like manner, the directors must be chosen for their good judgment and ability. A member should either not vote at all or he should...
...force of arms not only had Rome acquired possession of nearly all the mines throughout the world, but a large proportion of the gold and silver produced during the past centuries. Mr. Jacob estimates the stock of money in the empire on the Accession of Augustus at L385,000,000 sterling. The Romans, however, were unskilled in mining. They adopted a system of "farming" the mines which greatly reduced their productiveness, as only the best ores were extracted and the works were of a temporary nature. The mines were worked by slaves and convicts. Suddenly the Barbarians appeared...