rnon.

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.

Do not abbreviate first names except in reproducing signatures, as, _Wm.
H. Taft_, if Mr. Taft wrote it that way.

Abbreviate _senior_ and _junior_ with commas on each side, as _John
Jones, Jr., spoke_.

Do not make _Tom_, _Dan_, _Ben_, _Joe_, etc., abbreviations unless you
are sure they are. _Alex Dow_ is written without the period.

Write _S O S_ and similar telegraphic abbreviations, and _I O U_ without
periods.

Use _Bros._ only when firm name is so written.

Use ampersand (&) in firm name only when the firm uses it.

Abbreviate _number_ when