Word: forbesâ
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...Schwab then referred to the youthful hardships of Bertie Charles Forbes??? learning short-hand at 13 in his native Scotland; leaving school at 14 to be a printer's devil: reporting news at meagre wages for the Dundee Courier; helping to found the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa, aged 21; reporting news, at no salary, for the New York Journal of Commerce. "There were days and nights of drudgery during which the one thing he wanted was a smile," said Mr. Schwab's article...
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