Word: auction
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...when Dardard returns is again won over. Pontbicket is especially delighted over Dardard's plan for importing gloves to England, free of duty. All the left hand gloves are sent to England, all the rights to Scotland.--Refuse to pay duty at both places; the gloves are sold at auction as odd pairs for a mere tri collect the odd pairs, put them together and sell them.--This is too much for Pontbicket. A man with so much intelligence cannot help being a desirable...
...collection of Trials in the Law School, now one of the most complete in the country, has, within the last month, received a large and valuable accession from the Arnold collection which was sold at auction. There were purchased in all about one thousand volumes, covering every kind of law, but dealing principally with criminal trials...
...Junior Germans and the Junior Promenade will be held. For the promenade, the junior class of the college and the senior class of the Sheffield Scientific School have the first chance to buy boxes and, after they have been satisfied, the remaining seats will be sold at an auction open to the other classes. Last year the Promenade was, on the whole, a failure and, for this reason, no effort is being spared to make it a success this year...