American Stationer and Office Manager Volume 84, No. 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...took a keen and active interest. They were both personally interested in the organization of the Richmond Stationers' Association, of which body each is now an officer. So rapid and definite has been the growth of this concern since its organization in 1916, that at the present time, they employ twelve people in their store instead of four, and are now operating in an entire building with a floor space of 14,000 feet. They are the agencies for A. B. Dicks Mimeograph, and are also agents for the dictaphone. The photographs here shown, were taken under adverse conditions of lighting, and afford poor justice to the interior of the Reinach & Schwartz store. The view on the opposite page pictures the store looking from the front entrance to the rear, and shows the full inside working staff. It will be noted that the store employs three women sales-people. The view of the store-front shows twin windows, between which is a wide entrance. These windows afford excellent op INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC ADDS TO PHILADELPHIA TRIALS But Word Goes Out That Stationers' Association Will Be Permitted to Hold Fall Meeting at Prominent Hotel--Gathering Limited to Fifty, However--Local Demand for Staple Lines Continues Strong--Serious Scarcity in Typewriters and Supplies--Loose Leaf Price Lists Received. Philadelphia, October 9, 1918. ADDED to the difficulties of securing stock and then of securing a sales force to dispose of it, and to smooth down the ruffled feelings of patrons who are clamoring for immediate deliveries, the trade has now to contend with the worst epidemic of influenza in the city's history. All places of public assemblage from churches to movies have been closed. Indeed it looked for a time as if the meeting on Thursday night, of the Philadelphia Stationers' Asso...