Government offices go high tech in wartime efficiency
The article details how federal departments adopt modern office devices and systems to save time and labor. It highlights the White House telegraph and mail practices, card indexes, wireless communications, phonographs for reports and debates, automated envelopes and postage handling, and a centralized purchasing plan to bulk procure office appliances for all departments.
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Ufe
Worls
Sam
Forest Service
Gifford Pinchot
Jangoerg
White House
Washington
Uncle Sam
Atlantic
Navy Department
War Department
State Department
Senate
House of Representatives
Fred W Carpenter
Army
Navy
Offco
United States
Noj
James Powers
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Department
General
Central Purchasing Agency
Prometheus Unbound and a Lost Page Lament
In a Fifth Avenue bookshop a 17 year old girl requested Prometheus by a man named Kelly or Sheets. The clerk corrected her with Shelley's Prometheus Unbound and she asked for a bound edition to prevent pages from being lost.
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New York
Trollope
Fifth Avenue
Kelly
Sheets
Shelley
Wouldn't Make Any Trouble
Mrs Betsy Baxter arrives for dinner at Dorcas Doolittle's home and requests a hearty, informal spread with fried chicken tea biscuits currant jelly quince preserves pound cake apple fritters maple syrup coffee and any vegetables available. She insists she is easy to please and will eat anything set before her.
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Miles Doolittle
Betsy Baxter
Dorcas Doolittle
Puck
All Serene Statement From The Minister At Last Day
Dialogue shows a minister asserting final judgment by deeds, while a skeptic quips that no one ever worked. The exchange underscores themes of fate and labor in a sparsely described scene.
Bonnet orders mix of ribbons and fruit prompts quarrel
A department store manager recalls an out of town bonnet order with exact head measurements and color preferences, joking about artifice and wreaths. The piece includes various ad snippets and gags about pills, tobacco, and household remedies typical of vintage catalogs and magazines.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
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