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ohnre-eve-fororn-son,Slewlastrav-*The letters uss” are to be found at the beginning of acknowledgements, and nearly all other legal documents, but notone in a dozen can tell what the cabalistic uss” is for—eyen some lawyers can't. The abbreviation is a contraction of the latin word “silicit” which is also a contraction, having originally been written, sci-relicate, neither of which, you will notice, has more than one “s.” The word entire or in its abbreviated state is equivalent to the old English “towit,” still widely used, the sign of both being simply to call attention to what follows*
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Columbus Daily Times

Columbus, Indiana, US

Thu, Dec 20, 1894

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