Word: cents
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...recognized department of the college, where students could purchase provisions. beer, cider and other extras, in order that they might have no excuse for frequenting the public houses and taverns in the town. The butler was authorized to sell his wares at an advance of fifty per cent. beyond the current price and from this source derived a part of his salary. History repeats itself...
President Warren wrote a short answer to this letter, merely reasserting his statement that the admission examinations at Harvard were easier than in other colleges, and protesting against making the A. B. (Harv.) worth 75 per cent. of its old value...
...four thousand dollars a year. This sum is to be raised, if possible, from one-half of the seven thousand living graduates, who, it is expected, will make annual contributions in sums of five dollars to one thousand. "This is the income," the pamphlet states "at five per cent. on more than two million dollars, and would increase the present income of the University and all its departments by more than one-quarter...
...more meals at this club each day, and there is still a large waiting list. Thirty men take lunches only. All the meals are served a lacarte. It is the main purpose of the club to serve thoroughly good food at cost. Tea, coffee and cocoa cost three cents; a glass of milk, two cents; various kinds of bread, one cent; pies, five cents; cold meats, ten cents; eggs, eight and ten cents; soups, five cents; roast beef or mutton, twelve cents; vegetables four or two cents; pudding, five cents;. There are various other dishes at the discretion...
...worsteds, and in cheviots the homespun effects and dog tooth checks are the most popular. The style of cut also show radical changes. Gentlemen who appreciate all the correct points in cut and proportion are invited to order of us, as goods will be cheerfully shown. 10 per cent discount for cash and moderate prices. FRANK D. SOMERS, 5 Park Street...