A tale of stenographic life by Douglas 1903 novel

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Mildred McElroy, or, A tale of stenographic life
by Douglas Graham

Published 1903 by T. MacTaggart in Philadelphia .
SUBJECTS
Stenographers, Fiction, Accessible book

Open library: openlibrary.org/books/OL7036397M/Mildred_McElroy_or_A_tale_of_stenographic_life

Internet Archive: archive.org/details/mildredmcelroyor00grah

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The chapter headings sound interesting.


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER. PAGE.

I. A Future Stenographer 9
II. A Baffle in the Business World. ... 15
III. Deception 22
IV. A Broken Heart 28
V. The Professor’s Murder 34
VI. A Desolate Home 40
VII. Uncle Joe’s Coming 45
VIII. Eclectic Shorthand 50
IX. A Brother’s Death 56
X. Thinking of Getting a Start 63
XI. Discouragement 68
XII. Going to “Windy City” 75
XIII. A Stenographic Bureau 82
XIV. An Employment Agency 88
XV. A Typewriter Employment Office . . 94
XVI. Discharged ioi
XVII. First Success 109
XVIII. In a Law Office 114
XIX. Darker Shadows 120
XX. First Recommendation . X 126
XXI. A Twelve-Dollar Job 131
XXII. Writing a National Civil Service Examination 138
XXIII. The Firm Fails 143
XXIV. On the Board of Trade 148
XXV. In the City Hall 154
XXVI. Under the County 162
XXVII. A Rejected Lover 171
XXVIII. The Stock Broker’s Ward 181
XXIX. Planning a Journalistic Career. . . . 190
XXX. Together on the Press 196
XXXI. The Broker’s Delusion 202
XXXII. The Old, Old Caper 209
XXXIII. The Parted Lovers 216
XXXIV. Resignation 222
XXXV. A Conversion 228
XXXVI. United 237