Word: charleston
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Guam, captured from Spain in a bloodless operation by the cruiser Charleston, June 20, 1898, became a U.S. dependency under the Treaty of Paris, Dec. 10, 1898. Samoan Islands were partitioned between the U.S. and Germany by treaty in 1899. New Zealand now has the former German holdings...
...jargon was springing up everywhere. In San Francisco the word "boodles" was used both as a noun and a verb-and could mean anything under the sun. In Charleston, S. C., where dyeing the forelock was all the rage, kids greeted each other by crying...
...chiropractors were in trouble again last week. In Charleston, S.C., three patients had died after chiropractic treatments. M.D.s had never seen the like before: two of the patients had apparently succumbed to brain injuries.* The Journal of the American Medical Association printed the horrifying report...
Across New England and northern New York, which had been luxuriating in an early thaw, the slushy windrows stiffened and the seed went back to sleep as the storm rolled over on its way to sea. But 750 miles south, in Charleston, S.C., people shed their coats and wondered what had got into winter. Charleston's thermometers stood at a record 75° above...
CHARLES L. LATIMER JR. Lieut, (j.g.) U.S.N.R. Charleston...