GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Below are some general instructions that hold good for the correspondent of any newspaper, in any territory:
1. Don’t send more than ordered.
2. Keep the local telegraph office informed of your address and telephone number, so that messages may be delivered to you at any time.
3. Get a substitute to do your work when you are temporarily absent from town. Have him sign dispatches with your name to avoid confusion in accounts.
4. Make it a point to keep on friendly terms with the telegraph operators. They can often be of great service.
5. Write your dispatches plainly.
6. If possible, use the typewriter in preparing stories to be mailed.
7. Never send letters or photographs by express. The express companies deliver only during the day.
8. Study the style of the newspaper you represent by comparing your stories as sent with the stories as printed.
9. Spell out round numbers in dispatches.
10. When an extract from a speech or a document is sent by wire, indicate the beginning of the quoted matter with the word “quote” and the end with the words “end quote.”
11. Incur any legitimate expense in getting important news and photographs. If possible, however, query the office and get instructions before doing so.