Word: cognomen
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...common ancestor of man, the gorilla, the chimpanzee, and other primates. That is the conclusion of the staff of the American Museum of Natural Hostory, after more than a year's study of three fragments of the beast's jawbone discovered for the Museum by Barnum Brown (suspicious cognomen...
Antimicrobum tomarkin is the rather unoriginal cognomen of a new and powerful bactericide for the treatment of pneumonia, discovered by Dr. Leander Tomarkin, a young Swiss physician of Russian origin, conducting researches in laboratories at Rome...
...collar industry through one of the most amusing musical-comedies ever seen. The plot isn't too obtrusive, and there's lots of pretty music as well, and a young lady called Queenie Smith displays herself as by far the most worth-while person of that cognomen since the time of old Captain John...
...home is complete--is a home at all--without its "Charles", though his name may be Edward, Will, John, or other pet cognomen; he is a husband from every little word and act of the day,--overshoes, glasses, brief case, relatives, and Christmas list...
...York Allied Bazaar is still wandering nameless through the heavens. Its ruddy glow proclaims its lifelong wish to be called "Harvardiana" but unless the Cantabrigians uncork their purses during the next few days, there is danger that the poor planet may suffer under some less lucky cognomen. Votes will be on sale daily until Saturday at 10 cents each at the CRIMSON Building, 14-20 Plympton street. Plural voting is not only allowed, but encouraged...