Word: manual
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Informality and good cheer will be the spirit of the meeting, although the three days are well studded with intellectual gatherings and stimulants. "Old Dr. Foss's Manual of Etiquette and Deportment," prepared for members of the Hospitality Committee, strikes the key-note with its number one rule "Love your fellow man. He is, after all, a Harvard...
...present Phoneman Moore is heckling the Michigan Public Service Utilities Commission for a 10% rate rise to cover the cost of making his manual system automatic. Last week he was also planning the installation of telephones in Caro's Hotel Montague. Under the Moore plan each room will have a telephone number listed in the book. After calling the room clerk to discover what room his friend has, the subscriber must hang up and rephone the room direct. That makes the contact twice as expensive...