Word: sum
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...committee suggest that if a very small sum, in addition to the price of the tickets, is given by each applicant, it will be possible, with the total of these small sums, to obtain flowers, or possibly, some other gift for Mr. Irving and Miss Terry. This matter will of course be wholly voluntary, and will in no wise affect the allotment of seats...
...stories in height, and will contain single and double rooms to accommodate about 75 men. There will be a large dining room in connection with the building, and billiard and bath rooms are also included in the plans. The cost of the building will be about $30,000, which sum is already nearly raised by subscriptions...
...will of the Rev. William C. Mosely of Newburyport, which was filed for probate at Salem, Saturday afternoon, the sum of $50,000 is left to Harvard University for the purpose of paying the salary of a professor in the Medical School...
...Storey spoke of the need for Civil Service Reform. He said that each year $100,000,000 is paid in salaries to Federal officials alone. This enormous sum, raised nominally for the public service, is regarded only as a fund for helping the interests of the party in power, for supporting its friends, and for realizing its own private gains. There is a vast horde of office seekers striving for some portion of these immense spoils, and the struggle is one into which no man of brains and character is willing to enter. This unwillingness is increased by the great...
...works of J. M. Barrie, R. L. Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, Rev. S. L. Crockett and others. The readings will be supplemented by personal anecdotes. The price of course tickets is $1.50, but Mr. Black is willing to let members of the University have them for half this sum. Postal notes should be sent by mail to 10 Remington street, and the tickets will then be delivered...