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This was Brainerd - May 20

...be filling an order for 300,000 board feet of white Pine and other lumber.100 years ago (1913)Miss O.M. Hansyn, stenographer for Jay Henry Long, is the heroine of a fish story. While fishing near the pump house, her bobber went down to a mighty...

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This Was Brainerd
Geraldine 'Geri' A. Sawatzke

...Lakes High School class of 1942. She furthered her education at the Cincinnati School of Business where she was trained as a stenographer and began her secretarial career at the Lakeland Fruit & Produce Co. and later working for the Minneapolis Iron Store and...

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This was Brainerd

...the question: "What was the Sherman Act?" replied, "Marching through Georgia." -- One little economy which all stenographers can practice is to chew their gum on both sides. 100 years ago (1901) -- The Henry W. Cigar, the best union-made...

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News
Luke Wilson steals the show in 'Alex & Emma'

...their story, someone to get the ball rolling. So they provide their main character, novelist Alex (Luke Wilson), with a stenographer named Emma (Kate Hudson), who does more than just type; she also tells Alex what's good about the novel he's dictating...

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Entertainment
This was Brainerd

...Bye & Peterson Store. -- R.J. Tinkelpaugh went to Ironton this afternoon. -- Miss Pearl Gruenhagen is employed as stenographer at the Haydon Co. 100 years ago (1899) A strawberry fete and ice cream social will be held in the grove at the back of...

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News
This was Brainerd

...pneumonia. He had been sick only 10 days. The pneumonia attack followed a case of scarlet fever. 100 years ago (1909) A stenographer at the First National Bank was taken with small pox yesterday morning. He was at once removed to his room and quarantined...

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News
This was Brainerd

...got an answer." "What was the nature of the advertisement?" asked Jones. "I advertised for a homely, middle-aged stenographer," replied Smith. 100 years ago (1900) The Brainerd High School Baseball team will go to Little Falls today, to play...

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News
Halley's Bible handbook wins astronomical success

...break began one night in 1922 in New Albany, Ind. Halley always began with brief background on the book he would recite. A stenographer in the front row was taking down his every word, noisily ruffling her papers. Slightly annoyed at first, Halley realized...

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Church
Eva Traff

...Baxter. Eva was born Oct. 3, 1918, in Bellingham, Wash., to Charles A. and Annie (Nelson) Traff. Eva worked as a stenographer at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., during World War II and later for the FAA in St. Paul. Following retirement...

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Obituaries
Dorothy V. Melting

...attended Brainerd schools and graduated from Brainerd Business College, which was in City Hall at that time. She worked as a stenographer at Schmit Brewery in St. Paul for 17 years. She married Otto Melting in St. Paul. Between 1946-1956, they managed...

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