Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1912 — SETS NEW SHORTHAND MARK [ARTICLE]

SETS NEW SHORTHAND MARK

Nathan Behrin, New York Stenographer, Writes an Average of 278 Words a Minute.

New York .Aug. 23.—A1l world’s records for shorthand speed were broken here when Nathan Behrin, official stenographer of the New York supreme court and formerly official reporter at police headquarters, wrote in average of 278 words a minute for Ive consecutive minutes. The previous world’s record was 269 words a minute.