Word: comfortable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...committee raised much less than was expected (only about $50,000) and so the original broad plans of erecting a building "dedicated to the comfort and succor of all in the college world who were in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness," had to be given up and only the chief purpose, affording a home and workshop for all forms of spiritual activity and benevolent action in the University could be realized...
...safe to say that rooms in the Yard will regain much of their waning popularity. The present generation of Harvard men are such a comfort loving class that the classic atmosphere of the Yard is but a small consideration compared to the conveniences which seemed superfluous to their forbears. If the double attraction of comforts and classic atmosphere is offered, the old buildings will regain their wonted place in undergraduate estimation...
...University of Pennsylvania has recently established a small hospital, with ten beds, where sick students can have every comfort and the best medical attention, for one dollar a day. An effort will be made to have these beds endowed, which will render them free of cost to students...
...hair cutting at 7 Brattle street, Harvard square. No doubt you have noticed the steady increase in my business in the past year, and you must also have observed how I have from time to time enlarged and improved my place, both for my own convenience and the comfort of my patrons, until today I have a place fitted up for haircutting second to none in this city. Employing six men, who, according to my judgement, for real scientific haircutting, can not be surpassed. Let me in conclusion invite your patronage for the coming year. We will cut and trim...
...hair cutting at 7 Brattle street, Harvard square. No doubt you have noticed the steady increase in my business in the past year, and you must also have observed how I have from time to time enlarged and improved my place, both for my own convenience and the comfort of my patrons, until today I have a place fitted up for haircutting second to none in this city. Employing six men, who, according to my judgement, for real scientific haircutting, can not be surpassed. Let me in conclusion invite your patronage for the coming year. We will cut and trim...