Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 306, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1912 — Explanation of “O. K.” [ARTICLE]

Explanation of “O. K.”

Here is the origin of the expression "O. K,” according to Ado Hunnius of Leavenworth, Kan., a veteran of the Civil war: "Among the supplies that the war department used to buy," hfr. Hunnius says, “were crackers made by the old Orrins-Kendall Cracker company in Chicago. The boxes in which these crackers came were marked O. K. We were always eager to get hold ol these ‘O. K.’ crackers, because they were always sure to be good, while many other brands were likely to be spoiled or wormy. And gradually O. K. came to be a synonym among the soldiers for something that was above par.” , -