Word: pay
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...with the adventures of Nicodemus, a coachman. While driving his master to a country house he neglects to apply the brakes to the carriage on a steep hill, resulting in the wreck of the carriage and the great discomfort of the occupants. His master discharges the coachman forthwith, without paying him some $462 back wages. He sends Nicodemus to M. Corneta, a debtor of his, however, with a letter recommending him to hire Nicodemus, to pay the coachman his $462 back wages, and to be sure and give him 462 blows for good measure. Corneta accordingly calls Andres and Carlos...
...writes on the life of his classmate, Professor Edward Henry Strobel, late Adviser to the King of Siam. A sketch of the career of Bancroft Davis recalls the distinguished services of an older Harvard diplomat, especially in connection with the Geneva arbitration. Professor Lanman, and Professor Laing, of Chicago, pay tribute to the character and learning of the late Professor Minton Warren. Beside the usual reviews of books, Professor Hart's co-operative series of histories, "The American Nation," and Profesor Huntington's "Pulse of Asia," receive fuller notice. A short, but pithy, article by Mr. Volkmann on college entrance...
...present number of the Lampoon is distinctly profitable. The business managers have scored on the editors; from their point of view it must pay to advertise. The literary and artistic efforts of the number are directed toward the automobile, but writers and artists must still be under the depressing effects of the mid-years, for there is a failure to catch the joys and humors of the horse-less age. The front page, it is true represents Lampy's Trio speeding away from the dusty cloud which spells "gloom," and the centre-place tries to show that the automobile...
...meeting of the Freshman class last night in Lower Massachusetts, it was announced that the class dinner would be held at the American House in Boston on Saturday, March 28. Tickets will be $2 each. In order to file the bond of $300 each man will be required to pay one dollar extra which will be refunded after the dinner if there has been no destruction of property...
Regular members taking guests into the reserved section may pay for guests as for themselves, but must obtain slips at the office for themselves and guests if using the guest room...