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Happy new year! This has been the strangest year ever in my recollection. Let's hope that things improve dramatically and rapidly so we can all get back to the things and people we love.
Shorterhand Skills for the Future, Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1974, p 165, 171, and 176
Speed Building Practice
Gentlemen: We must inform you that your mortgage will have to be renewed at this time. In order to obtain a renewal of the mortgage, it will be necessary for you to make a minimum payment of $10,000 and to make some improvements in the building itself. These improvements in the building would include mechanical work as well as several items that are necessary because of neglect on the part of the previous owners.
We are sending you by messenger a complete list of the improvements that will have to be made in the building in order to obtain a renewal of the mortgage. Very truly yours,
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