A Golden Story of the Silver Fox
This story appeared in the December 1925 of The Gregg Writer and was written in pre-anniversary. Attachment: a-golden-story-of-the-silver-fox.pdf
Vowel mark sighting
On p. 15 of _Supplementary Exercises in Gregg Shorthand_ (1918) There is the following drill sentence : “The tenant says that he will have the lease signed and sent to us tomorrow.” The word ‘lease’ is written as l-e-s, with the acute mark below the e, apparently to distinguish the outline from ‘letters’. This is…
Wayne Waysey, Go-Getter
This story by J. R. Sprague was written in pre-anniversary and serialized in the September to November 1925 issues of The Gregg Writer. Attachment: wayne-waysey-go-getter.pdf
Christmas Toys and Where They Come From
This selection written in pre-anniversary appeared in the December 1925 issue of The Gregg Writer. Attachment: christmas-toys-and-where-they-come-from.pdf
Gold
This essay by Mildred McGill appeared in the September 1925 issue of The Gregg Writer and was written in pre-anniversary. Attachment: gold.pdf
PreAnni: detached t for ted, ded, ed
I’m curious about an item in the 1916 manual: “At the end of many words, ted, ded, and sometimes ed, may be expressed by t being placed beneath or close to the preceding character.” (section 53) The examples given are invited n-v-i / t divided dv-i / t demanded dm-a-n…
Long Live Halloween!
Just in time for trick-or-treating, an article about Halloween by Jane L. Hicks written in pre-anniversary that appeared in the October 1928 issue of The Gregg Writer. Attachment: long-live-halloween.pdf
A Commission Contract Case
This example of testimony dictation written in pre-anniversary was serialized in the February 1925 to January 1926 issues of The Gregg Writer. The key follows the shorthand plates. Attachment: a-commission-contract-case.pdf
Pre-Anniversary help, please??
I’ve been going over one line of text in the 1919 version of the manual, and though I should know what it says by now, I’m stumped. As far as I can tell, the sentence (pp.57-58, lesson 9) reads: This organization stands for service and this spirit is shown in all its deals and in…
small milestone
So I now find that I have been writing PreAnni for two days. Two days _in toto_ that is, as I keep a running sum of the time of each learning session. This is far from exact measure, though, as it includes reading a thing in the textbooks before writing it. In trying to minimize…