Word: caption
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...TIME, Oct. 8, there appears on p. 50, an article under the caption Art. In the second paragraph it states: "A bicycle-shaped stud was reminiscent of the goldplated, diamond-studded bicycle he [Diamond Jim Brady] gave to Lillian Russell...
...Freshmen. Just why the term "confidential" is retained is not clear. Nor is it clear that such a pamphlet, published under such auspices, can be regarded as "unofficial," in spite of its disclaimer to that effect. Of the 45 courses described and judged, about fifteen are commended under the caption "Go." while the other thirty are condemned in varying degrees of severity under the captions "Caution" and "Stop." The comment refers to the instructors freely by name, and it is suggested that these hard-working and well-meaning individuals may, like the Freshmen, derive profit from its perusal...
Under the caption of "Pranksters" in the Miscellany column, p. 30, issue of Aug. 13, you report the blowing up of one Jaspara Servia by employes of the Erie Railroad. In the first place, your caption is all wrong?"Assaulters" is the proper descriptive term. The inflation, per rectum, of persons employed in steel mills and railroad yards is not uncommon, as I have heard of many such assaults and have, on one occasion, treated such a case. Needless to say that my patient died?deliberately murdered by those you term "Pranksters," and from all the records I have...
...this work is to be found the triple bread line: Rye. White. Whole Wheat. Two melancholy goats ask. "What do people do with their garbage nowadays?" Political note: An unmistakable plutocrat with cigar and limousine appears above the caption: "The manufacturer of shirts of various colors." A fleeing burglar carrying an undersized parcel of swag is hailed as an encouraging omen...
...through the papers in his hotel-room, General Johnson snorted with disgust when his eye fell upon a cartoon by Carey Orr on the Tribune's front page. It depicted a huge Brain Truster brandishing over a minute mother and two children the bludgeon of NRA PROHIBITIONS (see cut). Caption: "New York:?Mrs. Katherine Budd, a mother with two children to support, was informed that President Roosevelt had turned down her plea for permission to work in her home making artificial flowers because 'THE PURPOSES OF THE NRA CODE WOULD BE DEFEATED...