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...four players in this group felt that the glory more than balanced their bank account. They were a burning manifestation of local pride. Their group was established three years ago because the famine of first-rate touring attractions in Dallas spurred that town on to show that they could afford to ignore Broadway...
Received a letter from General Feng? (Chinese Christian Soldier) who had been elected a delegate, but whose services the Chinese President could not afford to lend...
...most picturesque and charming spots in America. Situated about seventy miles from Albany, it may be reached either by train or automobile. The expenses of attending the conference, including board and room, railroad fare, and registration fee, will be about $40. For men who can not afford to pay the entire sum, part of the expense may be met in other ways, information concerning which may be obtained at the Phillips Brooks House...
...work will consist of soliciting advertising and new accounts, together with a certain number of stenographic and office duties. The competition will give the candidates an excellent opportunity to become acquainted with modern advertising and business methods, and will afford them a thorough training for any business career. No previous experience along business lines is required. The competition will bring candidates into contact not only with upperclassmen but also with business men in and near Boston, among whose an acquaintanceship may be formed that will prove to be of benefit in later life...
...established news paper price at the time). Chicago did not have enough pennies to buy papers; so they imported them in $1,000 lots. Lawson began to publish unpadded statements of his circulation. He set a fixed advertising rate, instead of leaving the matter to haggling. He could not afford a news-service but he set up a corps of special correspondents of his own and extended his news 'field over the entire world, a policy maintained to the present time (and costing about $260,000 a year) in addition to the news services now acquired...