Jargon lesson from "Kamloops Wawa"

[Jeffrey Kopp]

At 08:24 PM 5/8/2003, David D. Robertson wrote:

>Hi, all,
>
> From "Kamloops Wawa", December 1894, #123, page "200" -- whatever that
>means


Well, back in the olden days, Dave, the pages of journals and some
periodicals were numbered consecutively by volume (rather than starting
over with 1 in each issue).  I seem to recall the prewar National
Geographics (in my grandfather's dusty hoard) were numbered that way.

Regards,

Jeff