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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