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In the Driftway
March 19, 1930 issue

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The article presents information on old-school proofreaders and a letter gentle protest from James M. Lynch of Syracuse. The letter stated that in the hand-set days and for some years after machinery was introduced into composing rooms, the printer and the operator were required to know how to set type and correct the errors that so often appeared in the copy coming from the editorial rooms. They had to know names of places no matter how remotely located; they had to have literary knowledge; above all, they had to be familiar with local names both as to initials and spelling, and with the business and social life of the community in which they worked.

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JOURNALISM; PROOFREADING; LYNCH, M.; PRINTING machinery & supplies; EDITORS; SOCIAL interaction; COMMUNITIES
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