southern Europe.
Nicknames of states and cities: The Buckeye State, the Hub, the
Windy City.
The names of sections of a city and branches of a river, etc.: the
East Side, the North Branch.
The names of stocks in the money market: Superior Copper, Fourth
Avenue Elevated.
The names of French streets and places: Rue de la Paix, Place de la
Concorde.
Names of automobiles: Peerless, the White Steamer, Pierce Arrow.
Names of holidays: Fourth of July, Christmas, New Year's day,
Thanksgiving day.
Names of military organizations: First Wisconsin Volunteers,
Twenty-third Wisconsin Regiment, Second Army Corps, second
division Sixth Army Corps, National Guard, Ohio State Militia,
First Regiment armory, the militia, Grand Army of the Republic.
The names of all races and nationalities (except negro): American,
French, Spanish, Chinaman.
The nicknames of baseball clubs: the White Sox, the Cubs.
Miscellaneous: la France, Irish potatoes, Enfield rifle, American
Beauty roses.
=2. Capitalize when following a proper noun:= Bay, block, building,
canal, cape, cemetery, church, city, college, county, court (judicial),
creek, dam, empire, falls, gulf, hall, high school, hospital, hotel,
house, island, isthmus, kindergarten, lake, mountain, ocean, orchestra,
park, pass, peak, peninsula, point, range, republic, river, square,
school, state, strait, shoal, sea, slip, theatre, university, valley,
etc.: South Hall, Park Hotel, Hayes Block, Singer Building, Dewey
School, South Division High School, Superior Court, New York Theatre,
Beloit College, Wisconsin University, Capitol Square.
=3. Do not capitalize when following a proper name:= Addition, avenue,
boulevard, court (a short street), depot, elevator, mine, place,
station, stockyards, street, subdivision, ward, etc.: Northwestern
depot, Pinckney street station, Third ward, Harmony court, Amsterdam
avenue, Broad street, Wingra addition, Washington boulevard, Winchester
place.
=4. Capitalize when preceding a proper noun:=--All titles denoting rank,
occupation, relation, etc. (do not capitalize them when they follow the
noun): alderman, ambassador, archbishop, bishop, brother, captain,
cardinal, conductor, congressman, consul, commissioner, councilman,
count, countess, czar, doctor, duke, duchess, earl, emperor, empress,
engineer, father, fireman, governor,
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