1913 "jazz"; was: Terror Dome; Dallas Morning News (1885-present?)
Cohen, Gerald Leonard
gcohen at UMR.EDU
Tue Sep 6 19:02:42 UTC 2005
Are they all false positives? Are there any valid 1913 attestations? I'm currently compiling draft #3 about the origin of the term "jazz" (slated for the Oct./Nov. issue of Comments on Etymology), and any attestations from the Dallas Morning News would be of interest.
Gerald Cohen
Original message from Bill Mullins, Sept. 6, 2005:
> > DALLAS MORNING NEWS (_www.dallasnews.com)--I_
> > (http://www.dallasnews.com)--I) <snip>
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> I may can get access. The text recognition SUCKS (22 returns for "jazz" in 1913, none of which seem to be of any use).
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> With so many false positives, it would be helpful if you had dates you needed to antedate for each of the terms you mention above.
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