Word: misprint
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Investigation shows that the unfortunate name is a misprint for C. Wolf. Would that our discovery could alleviate his sufferings...
...Ringling Brothers and their imposing mustaches pasted on the cow barns of the nation. As a matter of fact there were not five brothers but seven: Al. Gus. Otto, Alf T.. Charles E., John and Henry and their names were not Ringling but Rungeling. "Ringling" was a newspaper misprint which they decided not to correct...
...system and the ballots were counted under the straight vote system cannot be reconciled. The actions of the committee members in charge last night are inexcusable. Their explanations were never definite nor indicative of competence. The first defence, that the statement on the ballots to vote preferentially was a misprint, is astoundingly weak; it is generally the custom for the men in charge to proof-read such important documents as ballots. If they had done so, the mistake would never have happened. Secondly, their protest that the straight vote system has been used exclusively in past years and should...