[Ads-l] Antedating of "Okay" (Spelling Variant of "OK")

[Shapiro, Fred]

okay (OED 1895)

1892 Sioux City Journal 18 Aug. 8/5 (Newspapers.com)

PABST'S OKAY SPECIFIC CURES POSITIVELY without fail, all cases of GONORRHOEA AND GLEET ... Okay Specific cures when all other medicines have failed.

Fred Shapiro

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