Word: mr
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Mr. J. B. Scott, '90, consented to take the place of the absent speaker on the affirmative. He said that from Captain Kidd's day to the present silver had been the people's money. Miners on the whole do not make money, and therefore it cannot be objection-able to protect them. Mr. W. Wells, '90, closed the debate. In 1878, he said, the New York Clearing house refused to accept silver dollars except at their real value. A panic was only prevented by the passage of a law compelling national banks to receive the silver dollar...
...Mr. Charles A. Gregory, of Chicago. delivered last evening, under the auspices of the Harvard Natural History society, an extremely interesting lecture on "The Great American Desert," or, as Mr. Gregory calls it, "The Arid Region...
...Mr. Gregory recently visited the arid lones west of the Papas river. At present work is being rapidly pursued in the construction of a very large canal, and it is expected that this part of the arid region will soon be a most fertile land. A large number of the the smaller rivers cross this territory. The frost is never severe; the mean temperature is 620, and the summers are long and hot. The soil of the arid region is rich, and the opportunities for irrigation are great. The population of the United States is rapidly increasing, and the rising...
...Letter of Mr. Linn...
...MR. WILLIAM HOOPER...