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Perhaps one of Gilligan’s ancestors… What does it mean?
November 28, 2016 by TimHughes Email This Post
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An issue of “The Gunnison Advertiser” from Colorado, 1882, notes that it is: “Published Semi-Occasionally…”. Just what does this mean? If “occasionally” means it is not on any set schedule–printed at the whim of the publisher–how much more defining is “semi-occasionally”?
Just curious. Any ideas?
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Filed under: Food for Thought, Old West Era, Post Civil War, The Collectible Community, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
Tagged: 1882, Colorado, Gunison, old west, wild west
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