Word: sic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...United States has, using Military aeroplanes, from Selfridge Field, Mich., and other military airports, . . . photographed, mapped and plotted for military purposes, practically every foot of the peninsula of Ontario and the settled portions of Quebec. . . . "Andrew Mellen [sic], Treasurere of the United States [sic], ... is manufacturing and has in storage terrific supplies of poison and irritating gases for military purposes. . . . "Naval armament for the immediate conversions of steel freighters in the Great Lakes into ships of war is in storage in Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and Duluth. . . . Inordinate supplies of uniforms . . . are in storage in the military posts of the United...
...Change your diet, that is, if you are one of the 80% whose eyes are susceptible to change. This can be done under the new scientific discovery known as iriology (sic...
...second place, I should be grateful if the anonymous defender of those who suffer from "a sudden fatigue of academic honors" would explain his profound ignorance of the very nature of General Examinations. If he believes that a "knowledge of Shakespeare-(sic) note by note" is sufficient to gain a degree summa cum laude in English, I advise him to study the requirements for a degree in any literature, ancient or modern, and to read the examinations set for those concentrating in such fields. This applies with equal force to all fields in which General Examinations are given, with...
...lesson to the young salesman who thinks he can sell his wares by criticizing the other fellow. May it show the immoral that they are the unfortunate few. May it teach the foreigner that the Americans are still in control, and "may it once and for all proove (sic) to the Vatican that we do not want to confuse religion with our government...
...dealing with a shrew is to put her in the water, one George Hall, Manhattan insurance solicitor, was accustomed, when circumstances permitted, to soak Madeleine La Verne Hall, his wife. Last week, suing George Hall for a separation, she specified this practice as an example of his alleged cruelty. Sic: "Accompanying his actions by violent language, he threw the plaintiff, fully dressed, into the bathtub and turned on the shower, drenching her, and thereby endangering her health...