Word Vocabularies and Linguistic Facts Discussed
A feature notes the breadth of English vocabularies across professions and eras. It cites Dr Frank Vizetenly, vocabulary counts for lawyers doctors and editors, and examples of long or foreign words to illustrate language growth and decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proehl Haller Jakson
Ray Walters
Woodrow Wilson
Frank H. Vizetenly
Funk & Wagnells
New Standard Dictionary
Vizeteny
Ife
Benson
William E. Gladstone
Schutzengrabenvernichnang Automobile
Apothecaire
Apotheker
Flemish Word For Motor Car Is ‘Snelpaardelooszonderapoorweg Petrolrijturg
Pacific Coast league experiment to play two clubs in SF and LA
Baseball men nationwide await the outcome of the experiment to be made by the Pacific Coast league as it plans a season featuring two clubs in each of the cities San Francisco and Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Umpaer
Hartnett Leads NL Players In 1925 Game Count
Charley Hartnett of the Cubs played in 100 or more games during 1925. Other late-season standouts include Snyder of the Pirates Smith of the Pirates Taylor of the Dodgers Hargrave Reds Wilson Phillies and Gibson Braves, all above eighty games. Some players appeared in fewer than ten games.
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Charley Hartnett
Cubs
Hart
Insance
Snyder
Smith
Pirates
Taylor
Dodgers
Hargrave
Reds
Wilson
Phillies
Gibson
Braves
Brown nine coach urges fix for doctored baseballs
Dr Walter H Snell Brown University coach proposes a new resin angle for baseballs. He asks Commissioner Landis to seal covers with a substance at the factory and ban any further tampering, aiming to stop on and off field wrangles over the ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Snell
Brown University Nine
Landis
Sacred Monkey Leads Remarkable Maternal Display at Zoo
Entellus and Babe a entellus, or sacred monkey, appears in a long list of unusual births at the San Diego zoo. Zoo men say the sacred monkey far exceeds any other in maternal solicitude shown to her offspring.
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Fanbenta
San Diego
Also Mentioned on This Page
Columbus
Hank Gowdy
Department of Psychology
Shakespeare
Hartnett
Valparaiso
Ind
United States
J. H. Borhold
Alaska Aerial Survey
Gunner Alexander
Kiepler
Alaska
Naval Air Service
Celeste M. Miller
New York
Entellus and
Babe
Buffalo
N. Y
Shipping Board
Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation
Navy
United States Navy
Potomac
Lofts
Anacostia
Washington
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