The musings and meandering thoughts of a crotchety old man as he observes life in the world and in a small, rural town in South East Nebraska. My Pledge-Nulla dies sine linea-Not a day with out a line.
20 February 2024
Etaoin Shrdlu ~ Why Does This Nonsense Phrase Appear in So Many Old Newspapers?
ETAOIN SHRDLU! The phrase that struck fear into newspapers for almost a century!
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References/Further Reading:
Altoona Tribune - November 27th, 1939
The Scranton Times Tribune - November 9th, 1895
Tri-County News - July 3rd, 1970
The Herald-Palladium - March 10th, 1978
The Chippewa Falls Weekly Herald - January 25th, 1897
Des Moines Tribune - June 13th, 1970
The Calgary Herald - April 27th, 1966
The Llano news - February 22nd, 1961
The Calgary Herald - January 16th, 1971
The Vancouver Province - December 14th, 1935
The Bladen Enterprise - August 24th, 1934
Journal and Courier - April 24th, 1929
Sequoyah County Times - February 20th, 1942
The Rutherford Courier - March 30th, 1934
The daily commonwealth - November 25th, 1916
Dallas Morning News - April 12th, 1925
The Grand Rapids Press - June 8th, 1969
The Flint Journal - June 1st, 1969
The Fort Wayne News Sentinel - August 7th, 1954
The Anchorage Daily Times - January 17th, 1946
Richmond Times-Dispatch - May 12th, 1974
Des Moines Tribune - June 13th, 1970
The Boscobel Dial - May 14th, 1970
The Calgary Herald - April 27th, 1966
The Mechanism of the Linotype - John Smith Thompson, 1916
Omaha daily bee - March 11th, 1917
The Raleigh news & observer - November 17th, 1895
The Linotype Bulletin, Volume 17 - 1921
Fort Worth Star Telegram - June 22nd, 1975
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