Abbreviate Fort to Ft., whether a city or a post.
Abbreviate Mount to Mt. in names like Mt. Vernon.
Do not abbreviate names of cities, as Kazoo, Frisco, St. Joe.
Do not use state with names of well-known cities, such as Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, etc.
Follow a firm name as the firm writes it, except in the capitalization of the, as the Ford Motor Co. Later in the story the name may appear as the Ford company. It is the J. L. Hudson Company. However, one may say, after writing the firm name, that the Hudson company will, etc.
Use Mich. after the names of all places in the state except:
- Adrian
- Ann Arbor
- Alpena
- Battle Creek
- Bay City
- Calumet
- Flint
- Grand Rapids
- Jackson
- Kalamazoo
- Lansing
- Muskegon
- Mt. Clemens
- Marquette
- Port Huron
- Saginaw
- Ypsilanti
- and places so near Detroit that they are generally known.
Beware of the names of cities in other states identical with those in Michigan. Also watch for the names of cities identical with those in other states, as Portland, Me., and Portland, Ore. A few cities that should carry a state designation because there are places of the same name in Michigan are:
- Akron, O.
- Atlanta, Ga.
- Augusta, Me., or Ga.
- Bangor, Me.
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Brooklyn, N. Y.
- Canton, O.
- Caro, Ill.
- Chatham, Ont.
- Concord, N. H.
- Erie, Pa., or N. Y.
- Fargo, N. D.
- Frankfort, Ky.
- Grand Rapids, Wis., or Minn.
- Hanover, N. H.
- Helena, Mont.
- Jackson, Miss.
- Lincoln, Neb.
- Lowell, Mass.
- Manchester, N. H.
- Memphis, Tenn.
- Nashville, Tenn.
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- Plymouth, Mass.
- Pontiac, Ill.
- Portland, Me., or Ore.
- Quincy, Ill., or Mass.
- Rochester, N. Y., or Minn.
- Richmond, Va.
- Sandusky, O.
- St. Louis, Mo.
- Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
- Trenton, N. J.
- Vicksburg, Miss.
Do not abbreviate Attorney to Atty. before a name.