Will it Pay to Buy Local Over Mail Order
An essay urges readers to trade at home rather than rely on mail order catalogs. It argues moral duties to community and family, contrasts convenience and lower catalog prices with local store benefits, and notes long term effects on town prosperity and rural communication networks. It emphasizes testing goods in person, local trust, and the risk to future generations if towns are hollowed out by distant sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonpeiantad
Alfred
Clarke
Alts
Focal
Mr. Palmer
Thrifty Palmer
Mall
Catasace House
Beef Trust
Merchant
Indiana People in Western Canada A Letter from Tipton
A Tipton Indiana writer recounts a western Canadian visit describing vast wheat fields and thriving towns in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The account notes modern infrastructure, rapid growth, and large yields prompting a land investment of about two thousand acres with partners. The letter reflects optimism about Canadian opportunities and compares frontier wealth to Indiana farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeter
Tipton
Indiana
Ind
Western Canada
Jedna
Winnipes
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Canadian Northern Railway
Tipton County
Kansas
A. G. Burkhart
J. Treloar-Treridder
Walter W. Mount
Building a Modern Box Kite for Light to Strong Winds
Instructional note from Poplar Mechanics outlines making a box kite with straight grained wood spars of spruce or pine. It details exact dimensions for corner apex, diagonal struts, cloth skins, tethering tacks, and hemming. It explains bridle adjustments with knots to adapt to wind strength and recommends omitting the bridle in very strong gusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citin
How to heat a room off a kitchen radiator setup
The article explains correct radiator heating via hot water boiler connections using stop cocks A and B to reduce flow resistance, warns two thirds open limits, and notes safety if both are closed. It also mentions placing a sediment cock to keep return clear and running boiler and heater supplies separately. It adds a brief aside on experiments with brown sugar improving mortar adhesion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Élee
Speed Testing a Freight Locomotive Perils and Progress
Readings from new engines determine best fuel use while crews ride the pilot in dangerous conditions. A recent Ballmore and Ohio collision killed speed tester C. T. Rusnell as he watched for instrument readings. Chicago to host a clearing house for 2,000,000 freight cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya Popular Mechanics
Ballmore & Ohio
C. T. Rusnell
Chicago
Our National Coal Bin and the Coal Supply
The government coal expert Edward W. Parker is cited in the Review of Reviews noting the United States coal regions form a continuous layer. He argues a fair average yield of 7.00 tons per acre, with 400,000 square miles providing about 1,500,000,000,000 tons in total. US coal use rose to 425,000,000 tons last year, with a 1905 figure of 392,000,000 tons, suggesting a potential 4,000 to 5,000 year supply at current rates, though future demand and growth could exhaust supplies within a century if growth continues. The piece stresses uncertainties in statistics and the impact of production increases on long-term exhaustion predictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Parker
United States
Ritory
Pennsylvania
Ten Years of Pain and Odd Tales of Suffering
A fragmented clipping narrates Mrs Margriet Kimmerich of Olige ton Nayutoot suffering kidney disease and pain over ten years. It mentions relief from a remedy sold by a millard company and an anecdote about a wandering author and a hotel in Arkansas. A jumbled note references a Houston Post crime quip about a husband charged with battering his wife and a reflection on envy of others' misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margriet Kimmerich
Arkansas
Harper's Weekly
Postum Prize Contest Seeks Honest Coffee Experience Letters
Appeal offers 325 cash prizes for Postum Cereal Co. letters detailing coffee impact and Postum use. Judges pick 5 top letters for $10 boxes, 20 for $5 boxes, 200 for $1, with cash prizes totaling 326 winners. Open to readers who used Postum before the ad date. letters must be plain, honest, and non poetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portum Cereal Co. Ltd
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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