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DEMENTS P1TMANIC SHORTHAND! Care Western Penman This paper is the official organ of the Western Penmen's Association. Tenth Year. CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, APRIL, 1893. ).i FOR COMMERCIAL SCHOOLS, NORMAL SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES AND HIGH SCHOOLS. "THE AUTOMATIC MAN,' Sells AUTOMATIC SHADING PENS AND INK Spelling and Letter-Writing.—Cloth, 204 pages. Twenty-fourth thousand. cheaper than any other dealer in the United States. Price $1.00. A handsome and popular book. Typewriting Instructor and Sten= You can get the best and save money by buying ographer's Hand=Book.—Cloth, 96 pages, two colors, $1.00. Used in the largest jof him. C. P. ZANER SAYS: and best schools. Plain English, a practical work on language, discarding most of • •* .* Your book of alphabets and designs is the uninteresting subject matter in the average grammar. Handsomely bound in cloth, the finest I know of'and actually worth $10. All go cents. IN PREPARATION:—Shorthand, a model phonographic text-book, aspiring artists should have a copy. * * " containing many pages of finely engraved notes. Commercial Law, a complete Descriptive circular and sheet of 18 different shades of shading ink sent free. treatise on business law and legal forms. Bookkeeping, a book giving modern C. A. FAUST, Galesburg, 111. forms and methods, illustrated with elegant script. A copy of either book sent post­ paid at price given above. Specimen pages free. For rates to schools, address the publishers, THE PRACTICAL TEXT-BOOK FOR SALE. CO., CLEVELAND, OHIO. A well-established business college, in a growing Western city. Well equipped; good attendance; healthy climate. For further information, ad­ dress, "BUSINESS CHANCE," DEMENTS P1TMANIC SHORTHAND! Care Western Penman. Are You Fully Informed in Regard to the World's Congress of The flodern Text=book on Shorthand. Graham Stenographers ? Elucidated. Pitman Elaborated. If not. you should read THE NATIONAL STEN= OGRAPHER, which contains a department de­ voted to that subject. A report of the Congress A second edition was necessary before it had been on the market four months,. vill be given in full in a special issue, which alone Send for free descriptive circular, Price $2.00. Special discounts to schools. Send well be worth the price of a year's subscription. for teachers' examination price. Address, $1 per year, 10 cents per copy. One sample copy 5 cents. ISAAC S. DEMENT, Address, THE NATIONAL STENOGRAPHER CO., 116 Dearborn St. Chicago, 111. 505 Royal Insurance Building. CHICAGO, ILL. Every teacher, student and writer of shorthand should read THE NATIONAL STENOGRAPHER. Send for sample copy. A TRIP TO THE Address, THE NATIONAL STENOGRAPHER CO., WORLD'S FAIR No. 116 Dearborn Street, CHICAGO, ILL. FREE TO ANY TEACHER OR STITDEN r. 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