Mich.

Minn.

Miss.

Mo.

Mont.

N. C.

N. D.

Neb.

Nev.

N. H.

N. J.

N. M.

N. Y.

O.

Okla.

Ore.

Pa.

P. I. (Philippine Islands) P. R. (Porto Rico) R. I.

S. C.

S. D.

Tenn.

Tex.

T. H. (Territory of Hawaii) Utah Va.

Vt.

Wash.

Wis.

W. Va.

Wyo.

Do not abbreviate _Port_ to _Pt._

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, Ma.s.s.

Manchester, N. H.

Memphis, Tenn.

Nashville, Tenn.

Phoenix, Ariz.

Plymouth, Ma.s.s.

Pontiac, Ill.

Portland, Me., or Ore.

Quincy, Ill., or Ma.s.s.

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 followed by numerals, as _No. 10_.

Spell out United States except in addresses or in army and navy phrases.