Word: weekend
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...solicitors in the Boston district had great difficulty in locating men on their lists on account of the fact that many of them made trips over the weekend. It is expected that the total will increase rapidly after business gets started again...
...check the coal consumption sufficiently, drastic action is resorted to. Whether the University is directly affected, we do not yet know. Some branches certainly will be, and it is quite possible that the entire College may have holidays thrust upon it. In such an event we expect a long weekend, fewer classes, and a confused schedule. The inconvenience created would certainly be considerable, yet necessity may be greater. Harmful as such action is, however, it seems the lesser of two evils. If we are forced to suspend work temporarily, we do so that more disastrous restrictions can be avoided...