Room, Straight U._ 8.00
Denmark. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Grinnell. W. H. M. U. of Cong. Ch., _for
Woman’s Work_ 13.69
Grinnell. Mrs. J. B. Grinnell, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00
Hastings. “Young Workers” 1.00
Iowa City. “Busy Ring” 10.00
Lake City. E. P. Longhead 3.00
Lyons. First Cong. Ch. 14.65
Maquoketa. Cong. Ch. 7.18
McGregor. W. H. M. U. of Cong. Ch., _for
Woman’s Work_ 16.50
Montour. Cong. Ch., to const. J. N. CRAIG, L. M. 37.80
Muscatine. German Cong. Ch. 4.00
Osage. W. H. M. U. of Cong. Ch., _for Woman’s
Work_ 3.20
Otho. Cong. Ch. 6.14
Red Oak. Mrs. Mariana Willis, Box Reading
Matter, etc., _for Macon, Ga._
Sioux City. First Cong. Ch. 30.00
Waterloo. Woman’s Miss’y Soc., Bbl. of C.,
_for Tougaloo U._ and 2 _for Freight_ 2.00
MINNESOTA, $42.33.
Hastings. D. B. Truax 5.00
Minneapolis. Union Cong. Ch., 11.54; Plymouth
Ch., 9.13 20.67
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$25.67
LEGACY.
Minneapolis. Legacy, in part, of Mrs. L. H.
Porter, by Samuel F. Porter, Ex. 16.66
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$42.33
KANSAS, $75.50.
Cawker City. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Chapman. W. H. M. Soc., by Mrs. Grace M.
Perry, Treas., _for Repairs, Storrs Sch.,
Atlanta, Ga._ 50.00
Manhattan. Cong. Ch., Eli C. Freeman, _for
Printing Press, Straight U._ 2; Mrs. Henry
Strong, 50c. 2.50
Topeka. Miss Randlatt 3.00
NEBRASKA, $5.00.
Santee Agency. Rev. J. H. Steer 5.00
CALIFORNIA, $100.00.
San Diego. Mrs. Harriet Marston 100.00
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $5.00.
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MARYLAND, $202.86.
Baltimore. First Cong. Ch. 202.86
KENTUCKY, $87.92.
Clover Bottom. Ch. 4.42
Williamsburg. Tuition 83.50
TENNESSEE, $812.37.
Jonesboro. Tuition 54.50
Memphis. Tuition 341.65
Nashville. Tuition 413.72
Pleasant Hill. Tuition 2.50
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Wilmington. Tuition 195.45
Wilmington. Miss Warner, 2; Miss Peck, 75c.;
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Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition 278.95
Macon. Tuition, 204.70; Rent, 14.30 219.00
Savannah. Tuition 204.65
Thomasville. Tuition 34.40
FLORIDA, $62.62.
Saint Augustine. Tuition, 12.62; Rent, 40;
Miss H. D. Barton, 10 62.62
ALABAMA, $284.44.
Mobile. Tuition 159.00
Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Shelby Iron Works. Rev. J. S. Upton 10.00
Talladega. Tuition 110.44
LOUISIANA, $185.50.
New Orleans. Tuition 185.50
MISSISSIPPI, $150.85.
Tougaloo. Tuition, 150.00; Cash 85c. 150.85
TEXAS, $80.00.
Austin. Tuition 80.00
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Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 637.50
Endowment Fund, _for Presidents’ Chair,
Talladega C._ 37.50
Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._ 125.00
Hastings Scholarship Fund, _for Atlanta U._ 25.00
Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._ 377.50
Le Moyne Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._ 250.00
Luke Mem. Sch’p Fund, _for Talladega C._ 10.00
Mrs. Nancy M. and Miss Abbie Stone, Sch’p
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Rev. John and Lydia Hawes Wood, Sch’p Fund,
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Scholarship Fund, _for Straight U._ 45.00
Tuthill King Fund, 125 _for Atlanta U._, and
125 _for Berea C._ 250.00
Yale Library Fund, _for Talladega C._ 5.00
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RECEIVED FOR THE DEBT.
MAINE, $18.00.
Bangor. Dr. H. F. Hanson $8.00
Bridgton. Two Lady Friends, 2 each 4.00
South Paris. Ladies of Cong Ch. and Soc. 1.00
Thomaston. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 5.00
MASSACHUSETTS, $125.90.
Auburndale. “A Friend” 15.00
Campello. “A Lady Friend” 5.00
Fitchburg. Ladies of Rollstone Ch. 5.00
Hanover. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00
Kingston. “A Friend” 2.00
Lanesville. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 5.00
Lowell. Collected by Little Girls in Eliot Ch. 6.20
Littleton. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 5.00
Malden. “A Lady Friend” 0.50
Middleton. Mrs. O. L. Carleton, 5; Ladies,
ad’l, 20c. 5.20
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Newburyport. “Two Lady Friends, North Ch.,”
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10c. 4.10
Randolph. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 20.00
Reading. Ladies of Cong. Ch., ad’l. 0.80
South Framingham. “The Children” 1.00
Swampscott. MISS LUCY A. HOPKINS, to const.
herself L. M. 30.00
West Newton. Ladies of Second Cong. Ch.,
ad’l, coll. by H. F. C. 2.10
Worcester. Plymouth Ch. 15.00
CONNECTICUT, $11.00.
New Haven. Rev. S. W. Barnum and family 5.00
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ILLINOIS, $38.95.
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Waverly. Cong. Ch. 33.95
IOWA, $3.00.
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Columbus. Salem Ch. 0.30
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CANADA, $1.00.
Sweetsburg. Mrs. H. W. Spaulding 1.00
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Total for Debt $209.15
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Donations $10,779.14
Legacies 9,310.76
Incomes 1,788.47
Tuition and Rents 2,565.88
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Total for November $24,444.25
Total from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 36,378.53
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FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
Subscriptions for November 36.47
Previously acknowledged 35.70
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Total $72.17
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SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS FOR OCTOBER.
Donations $9,790.61
Legacies 1,312.50
Incomes 175.00
Tuition and Rents 656.17
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Total for October $11,934.28
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