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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...inexperienced men become retailers, and each year many in experienced men become retailers, and each year thousands of these retailers fail. The business of store-keeping is so commonplace that people do not hesitate to embark in it and they are highly surprised if they fail. "To sell a pound of nails or a package of coffee," says Mr. Copeland, "appears so simple that the problems of buying, selling, stock-handling, accounting and managing are over-looked. The general public, on its side, shows its ignorance of these problems by talking lightly of middleman elimination. Although twenty to thirty-five...
...pound shot-put.--Won by J. C. Lawler, (I. A. A. A.), scratch, distance, 44 ft., 9 1-4 in.; F. B. Withington '15, 6 ft., distance, 44 ft., 7 1-2 in., second; C. Wyman, (B. A. A.), 6 ft., 11 in., distance 44 ft., 2 in., third
...yards. The rest of Friday's program will consist mostly of events for local schools and colleges. The only big event taken from Saturday's program will be the hammer throw which will be held on Friday. Three other special events will be given on Friday, namely, the 56-pound weight for distance, 440-yard hurdle and the hop, step, and jump...
Coach Anderson of the University wrestling team, has announced that several members of the University wrestling squad will be entered in the events to be held for the 135-pound and 145-pound classes at the Irish-American Amateur Athletic Association games to be held in Mechanics Hall, Huntington avenue, Boston, on Saturday evening, January 30, at 7.45 o'clock...
...selected yesterday were as follows: 115-pound class, F. H. Dewart '17; 125-pound class, E. C. Davidson '17; 139-pound class, H. P. Carter '17; 149-pound class, K. E. Pote '16; 158-pound class, J. M. B. Brennan '15; and 175-pound class, J. W. Cooke...