Put in necessary commas in abbreviating railroad names: C., M. & St. P. Ry. (Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway); C., C., C. & St. L. R. R. (Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad).
Abbreviate without periods in market review and quotations: 25c, bu, brls, tcs, pkgs, f o b, p t, etc. Spell out centimes except when given thus: 10f 20c.
Do not abbreviate Fort and Mount: Fort Wayne, Mount Vernon.
12. Preparation of Copy:
Use a typewriter or write legibly; some one must read your copy.
If you write with a typewriter, double or triple space your copy; never use single space.
Don't write on more than one side of the paper.
Leave sufficient margin for corrections and leave a space at the top of the first page for headlines; leave an inch at the top of each page.
Don't put more than one story on a single sheet of paper.
Don't trust the copy-reader to fill in blanks or to correct misspelled names. If you write by hand print out proper names as legibly as possible; underscore u and overscore n.