Any South African shorthand writers here?

In the Gregg Shorthand Facebook group, there’s an inquiry from someone with a document in Afrikaans, from 1930, written in shorthand that definitely isn’t Gregg and probably isn’t Pitman. As always happens in Facebook, people are making wild guesses about what it “might” be, but the person posting is looking seriously for transcription help with…

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Hairpins

The Sun, the defunct New York City newspaper, was known for its humorous editorials. This one was published on May 19, 1902. I transcribed it in Centennial Gregg for the blog. Attachment: hairpins.pdf

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The Baltimore Oriole

What do you know about this beautiful bird? Read this article by the great American artist and naturalist John James Audubon and transcribed by me in Simplified Gregg for the blog to find out. Attachment: the-baltimore-oriole.pdf

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