Adapt Building and Loan to Suit the Farmer Across Indiana
The piece argues adapting building and loan associations for farmers, detailing weekly payments, share values from $100 to $2000, and maturation periods of up to fifteen years. It outlines potential loan funding from real estate mortgages, using tobacco or cotton cycles, with example figures for annual loan capacity and risks, plus a fire injury report tied to Indiana’s 140 fire injuries last year and causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowe
Sowe
Association
Young
Gasoline safety cans urge underground storage and burns
The piece argues underground gasoline storage protects hazards and saves waste, urging use of approved safety cans at home. It cites fire deaths from open containers, notes fire marshal Langley counts 199 orders for safety cans, and critiques fireproof building rhetoric while urging safeguarding existing structures and contents. It ends with a wry definition of convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Langley
Don’ts of Safety for Mothers from an Old Guide
A list of safety don’ts for mothers covers household dangers. It warns against cleaning without care, reversing car movement, touching live electrical items, leaving children alone, broken glass, and hazards from stairs, moving vehicles, and street crossings. It advises guarding medicines, poisons, unsanitary soda fountains, and crowded venues while urging vigilance at crossings.
Sawdust Fire Extinguisher Use and Mixture
Sawdust can quell small garage fires and is improved with bicarbonate of soda. The powder releases carbon dioxide when heated, forming a barrier over burning oil and limiting air access. A ten pound bicarbonate to one bushel sawdust mix is reported satisfactory.
Lightning Fires Report Shows High Losses in 1815
The Kansas fire marshal report notes 202 lightning fires in 1815 with aggregate losses of 206,425 dollars. Only three fires, under 1 12 percent, caused rodded buildings and cost 3,750 dollars, with overall losses slight compared to the number of fires in the Fire Protection summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Indiana
L.T. Hussey
Stetson Urges Liability to Cut Fire Losses
Seattle fire chief F. L. Stetson told the Municipal League that reducing fire losses rests on making careless property owners and tenants responsible for fires beginning on property they control. He cited accountability as the only consistent way to lessen fire hazards and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Stetson
Fire Department
City of
Seattle
Municipal League
Lessons in Fires Urge Stricter Prevention Citywide
The piece cautions city officials and business leaders to heed fire prevention after three major fires in Paris Texas Nashville Tennessee and Augusta Georgia. Investigations blame poor construction shingle roofs open elevators and wooden stairs with losses totaling millions including 1 250 000 in Nashville and 7 000 000 in Augusta. It warns North Carolina could face similar conflagrations if warning is ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
Nashville
Tenn
Augusta
Les
North Carolina
Licensing Insurance Agents In North Carolina 1913 Law
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts that before issuing any insurance agent license both the applicant and the company must file on forms prescribed by the Insurance Commissioner. The Commissioner must ensure the applicant has good moral character has not willfully violated insurance laws and is proper for the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Insurance Commissioner
Fire Safety: Chimneys Flues Cause 1006 Fires in 1915
Fire Marshal W B Langley warns that defective chimneys and flues caused 1 006 fires in 1915. Builders push safer heating systems. owners should yearly inspect and correct defects. Improper ash storage caused 67 fires, $10 018 loss, blamed on criminal neglect. store ashes in closed metal receptacles and dispose away from property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W B. Langley
Pire Marshall W
Langley
Genuine Indian Blood Purifier advertised for women
An advert promotes a herbal blood purifier claiming to restore strength appetite and vitality for women. It urges readers to buy from local drug and general stores or write Pearson Remedy Company in Burlington North Carolina with additional local sellers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drug and General Stores
Pearson Remedy Company
Burlington
N. C
Hancock House Co
Rosemary Supply Company
Roanoke Phirmney Company
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Land Loan Association
Dyer
Gritnell Automate
Copenhagen
Cico
The
Herald Publishing Company
Marks
Main St
Roanoke Pharmacy Company
Herald Pub. Company
Maeno
Baptist
Methodist
Episcopal
First Christian
Presbyterian
Rosemary Baptist
Bi-Cousty
Bluebird
Mary MacLaren , Phillipps Smalleyl
Carl van Schiller
New York
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