Word: use
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...library that the project of lighting it by electricity has been definitely given up by a vote of the corporation. Almost money enough had been raised, but, at the last minute, the corporation has refused its assent. To those interested in the welfare of the library, and in its usefulness to the students, such conduct seems inexplicable. It is true that the corporation is reported to have failed to see that the use of the library in the evening would be of any advantage, and that because they did not care for a lighted library when they were in college...
...week! Ladies or gentlemen desiring pleasant profitable employment write at once. We want you to handle an article of domestic use that recommends itself to every one at sight. Simple as flour. Sells like hot cakes. Profits 300 per cent. Families wishing to practice economy should for their own benefit write for particulars. Used every day the year round in every household. Price within reach of all. Circulars free. Agents receive sample free. Address, Domestic Manufacturing Company, Marion, Ohio...
...boat. After a few strokes have been taken the water begins to dash violently, and waves ten or twenty inches in height are formed, which travel in a circular direction and form whirlpools about seven feet in diameter. When the men first began to row ordinary oars were used, but it was found too hard work to use them in such a small space of still water. Then triangular shaped pieces, comprising two-thirds of the blades, were cut out, thus allowing part of the water to rush through the oars. This experiment is working well...
...able to express it in the blue book than to know more, and be too muddled and tired to remember it. This working until breakfast with a wet towel around your head is very romantic when you tell it to your sympathizing lady friends, but it is of no use in actual practise. Finally don't study up to the last moment. Take a good breakfast then take a shave and a quiet smoke between 9 and 10 o'clock and then go into the examination room with a clear head and a calm philosophic frame of mind...
...week! Ladies or gentlemen desiring pleasant profitable employment write at once. We want you to handle an article of domestic use that recommends itself to every one at sight. Simple as flour. Sells like hot cakes. Profits 300 per cent. Families wishing to practice economy should for their own benefit write for particulars. Used every day the year round in every household. Price within reach of all. Circulars free. Agents receive sample free. Address, Domestic Manufacturing Company, Marion...