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1 story matching penmanship
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:penman, seamanship, foremanship, showmanship, workmanship, brinkmanship
- The Hustle of the Frontier: Training for the New Economic Order
An advertisement for the Puget Sound Business College paints a vision of a rapidly industrializing Snohomish, where young men and women were taught the cold, hard skills of accounting and commerce to survive in a burgeoning territory.