The prevalent use of slang by all claeees of the community » as astonishing as rt is lamentable. Primarily it implies on the pert of the speaker a poverty of English proper; secondly, a wan Son preference for the vulgar and tfae inornate; lastly, C \ilpable mdoitnce and wont of care. You mhj do this with more or less impunity wftn language- but you cannot thus trifle with a cold <•/ cough; for these Woode' Great Peppenktct Cure is a tried and sure remedy. Every household ahouia somcm it. Sovd «v«]mrk«t« »t U W *a* a» W. ;
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10422, 12 August 1899, Page 8
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