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 Inventions to Re- duce Muscle Work in the Office

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���A blotter book for letters. They are blotted after being signed, by turning the leaves. This does away with the blurring of the signature when letters are turned over on one another

��Below is shown a six-sided ink-well holder made of paste-board, on which the calendar is printed

���A tray for checks an':' de- posit slips to keep them from becoming scat- tered while the clerk posts them

A computing machine with seven adding wheels worked by hand with a pencil point

��A holder is shown below for small desk conveni- ences, such as clips, pins, rubber bands, etc.

��Six clerks, at this specially equipped table, handle 6,000 Pullman-car reservations daily

��In the circle is a loose leaf pass-book in which entries can be made by machine or pen

��A railroad company uses this itinerant bank to pay off 2,500 employees a month

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