Possible Clues:

• Take possession of
• Listened to a group of minstrels come by
• Purchase a hundred and twenty-four sheets of paper
• Get hold of a lot of sheets of paper -- about a hundred
• Get a hundred and twenty-four sheets
• Buy
• Get hold of a bunch of people to sing audibly
• Get a hundred to join singers on the radio
• Get to hear a singing group
• Develop, as a skill