10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIGWAGGER»
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wigwagger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Poems of Life: Where Imagination Begins and Real Life Appears
A dragger i; [going ;hopping with my wife. A ;agger i; my neighhor'; wife'; hra. A
tagger i; out at the home plate in a ha;ehall game. A ;tagger i; a drunk on hi; way
home. A wagger i; a dog'; tail. A zigzagger i; a hig city auto driver. A wigwagger i ...
2
The religion of old glory
It is less abstract, more appealing, than such arbitrary language as the
wigwagger employs; and yet it Was too erudite and remote to be understood,
much less popularly felt, in its appeal by our American forefathers. Most of them
knew little ...
3
Cleared for Action, a Story of the Spanish-American War of ...
A Sequel to "Navy Blue" Willis Boyd Allen. The needs of war, however, call for
much more signalling than usual and in lines that no code could provide for.
Then comes the wigwagger, who, after a good deal of practice, can talk in any
lingo ...
A boat was sent in and the message, which was from Washington, was brought
out. Later on one of the officer's who went ashore found the wigwagger in the
telegraph oflice busily ticking off a message. “ What is your ship's call? " she
asked.
The China steamed ahead and returned to her position and I caught this bit from
a wigwagger's flag on the bridge: “Smoke on the horizon is from the U. S. S.
Boston. Our convoy has come from Dewey's fleet. Celebrate with double ration of
...
The China steamed ahead and returned to her position and I caught this bit from
a wigwagger's flag on the bridge: “Smoke on the horizon is from the U. S. S.
Boston. Our convoy has come from Dowoy's fleet. Celebrate with double ration of
...
Edward Jewitt Wheeler, Isaac Kaufman Funk, William Seaver Woods, 1917
7
The Navy and the Nation
I don't care how great the Admiral is, if the wigwagger fails to do his work well, the
Admiral fails ; and from the Admiral down, like baseball, there must be team work.
You boys know a pitcher cannot win a game if the outfielder muffs the ball.
8
Western Field: The Sportsman's Magazine of the West
Then, suddenly from the stands would come the cry, "car coming," and the young
man with the flag of red would immediately become a wigwagger, as industrious
as a flag orderly on the bridge of a battleship. Looking from the grand stand and ...
9
Brave deeds of Union soldiers
Unfortunately he was a poor wigwagger and as he stood on the wall, he was
exposed to the fire of every Confederate battery or rifleman within range. The
perspiration ran down his face as he clumsily began to spell a message back to
the ...
10
The Religion Of Old Glory
It is less abstract, more appealing, than such arbitrary language as the
wigwagger employs ; and yet it was too erudite and remote to be understood,
much less popularly felt, in its appeal by our American forefathers. Most of them
knew little ...
William Norman Guthrie, 1919
