Words and vocabularies across ages and professions
Dr Frank H Vizetelly notes vocabulary size varies by occupation and culture. He cites Hebrew and Greek word counts, medical and legal vocabularies, editor word tallies, child language development, Shakespearean usage, and lists extreme long words from multiple languages concluding with a humorous hash word and a Flemish motor car term.
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Proehl Haller Jakson
Ray Walters
Woodrow Wilson
Frank H. Vizetelly
Funk & Wagnalls
New Standard Dictionary
Vizetelly
Waistline Returns as Scarfs Add Chic Touch in Summer Fashions
Talia Bottomley notes midsummer brings daintiest gowns with waistlines reappearing. Scarfs in georgette crepe and chiffon colorfully pair with hats and gowns, from bias chiffon to wide bordered shawl scarves. We see georgette dresses, organdies, and batik accents shaping afternoon to evening wear.
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Georgette
Red Lynx Boasts Of Wild Nature And Names In Zoo Tale
A zoo narrative shows the Red Lynx declaring he is known by several names Bay Lynx Wildcat and Red Lynx and that his nature is wild and dangerous when he wishes to act. Tigers and lions trade barbs about hunting prowess as the Red Lynx’s boasting provokes caution from the Tiger who says to go easy.
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America
Lion House
Billie Brownie
Lion
Tiger
Beasts
The New York Telephone Directory Biggest Printing Job
The New York telephone directory is described as the largest single publishing task in the world. It takes five to six weeks to distribute to 900000 regular subscribers and requires over 500 wagons to deliver. The two volume set weighs nearly five pounds with 1920 pages and 830000 listings.
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New York Telephone Directory
Sabines And Their Rise In Early Roman History
The Sabines, ancient mountain people northeast of Rome, linked to Umbro Sabellian stock and Oscans, descended to the Samnites. Reate was their chief town. The rape of the Sabine women is a famed legend. Subjugated by Marius Cirtus Dentatus around 290 B.C., they gained Roman franchise in 268 and merged after the Social War of 90.
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Mons Fiscellus
Picenum
Anio
Fidenae
Tiber
Reate
Rieti
Rome
M. Cirtus Dentatus
Velocipede Visit When Bobbie Sleeps In
In a playful morning scene, Bobbie has a new velocipede. His friend George approaches his house to join but is told by Bobbie’s mother that he is not awake yet. George then asks if the velocipede can come out.
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Bobbie
George
Bobie
Vanderbilt Masquerader
Pet-Oh thanks for five dollars from daddy after not seeing him kiss nurse. The exchange reads as a playful, affectionate moment in a Vanderbilt setting with a hint of family ritual.
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Pet
Nursie
Vanderbilt
An Easy One Teacher Use cauterize fence
A fragment from a poem notes a sudden claim of possession as eyes meet. The line hints at restraint and authority in laconic phrasing, with emphasis on a decisive moment of recognition.
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Billy
Can't Serve Two Masters in Bible Verse This Riddle
A puzzled pupil asks for the RX part of the Bible forbidding a man to have two wives. the teacher responds with a playful line about serving two masters, referencing a Brown Jug quip.
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Brown Jug
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Talia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Mary
Bonner West
UNIO
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