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Not so many years ago female stenographers were a curiosity , and the passer - by paused in open - mouthed wonder to gaze on the young women whose delicate fingers travel with lightning - like speed over the key - board .
Not so many years ago female stenographers were a curiosity , and the passer - by paused in open - mouthed wonder to gaze on the young women whose delicate fingers travel with lightning - like speed over the key - board .
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W. Forsyth subsequently manded here , as did Major General William R. Shafter , Major General Robert P. Hughes , Major General S. B. M. Young , and Major General Arthur MacArthur . comOn January 15 , 1904 , the Pacific Division ...
W. Forsyth subsequently manded here , as did Major General William R. Shafter , Major General Robert P. Hughes , Major General S. B. M. Young , and Major General Arthur MacArthur . comOn January 15 , 1904 , the Pacific Division ...
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Isaac observed that they were all 64 . quite young , but they worked as if they were at home and felt in their places - they went about their duties with the same easy confidence that he ran a sewing machine , except that they put snap ...
Isaac observed that they were all 64 . quite young , but they worked as if they were at home and felt in their places - they went about their duties with the same easy confidence that he ran a sewing machine , except that they put snap ...
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... and he had to hold his own among them . Man has existed on this earth at least 40 ,000,000 years . The earth was far from young when the huge dinosaur stalked the streets of San Francisco , so lately pictured in one of your papers .
... and he had to hold his own among them . Man has existed on this earth at least 40 ,000,000 years . The earth was far from young when the huge dinosaur stalked the streets of San Francisco , so lately pictured in one of your papers .
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As to character , the happy , careless strength of a young giant , a Siegfried , ignorant of fear , is expressed in the very contour of the city , from the sharply outlined promontory of the Golden Gate on the north , over hills of rock ...
As to character , the happy , careless strength of a young giant , a Siegfried , ignorant of fear , is expressed in the very contour of the city , from the sharply outlined promontory of the Golden Gate on the north , over hills of rock ...
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