Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-07-04 | Page 30 | Ah, Hah! Ah Hah! We Know Where "Jitney" Hails From

Ah Hah Ah Hah HaM W We Know Where Jitney Hails From I The origin of ot the tho word Jitney which has baffled linguists since the term began to be applied d to vehicles car carrying ying passengers at five cents apiece has been cn dis disclosed disclosed dis- dis closed by a l' l retired Ui d' d da cavalry a officer of the tile United States army It is stated th origin of ot the word is use used by French French- speaking negroes of ot l Louisiana to mean mean nickel e and to prove this thin n a a. averse verse from a negro t is is' is quoted as follows s' s dans la Ia 0 trou Et sur sUf 1 la ha rue Motions si ai non votia otta au alt plod pled nu Translated d into English this would read rend Put a nickel In Il the tho slot Tor lo loa a ride along the street et nickel in in It If not l along on your our bare baro feet Since Sinco the tho Jitney bus hus made its in invasion In In- aaion throughout the country many Inquiries have been made as asto asto asto to where the tho word Jitney came from Various solutions have been offered some written written- ex expressing ox- ox pressing the opinion that It was tho the of ot a Russian word to mean a coin tho tim approximate of ot ofa ofa a nickel r The information In the form fonn of ot tho the S Southerners chant however Is considered as probably tho the true truc origin of the term