Lower Insurance Rates Through Fire Hazard Removal
Canton Illinois merchants cut fire insurance by removing a rear frame shed that connected brick buildings on the public square. Rates fell by 39.5 to 65.2 percent on various buildings and stocks. eight firms saw substantial reductions, proving safer layouts and lower costs. The article urges other towns to act without waiting for ordinances.
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Troy
Canton
Til
Illinois
Sraothes
Wiilding
Rate cuts urged to curb fire losses in Troy
The property owner can set his own rate. Liberal concessions should be made for public safety and to reduce fire waste. About $300 million a year is lost to fires, mostly from carelessness, with owners paying via higher insurance. Fewer losses lower rates. Frame sheds behind business blocks are not sole dangers, but any fire breeders in Troy must be removed. Reduction in rates benefits municipal and general safety, possibly preventing a future conflagration.
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Troy
Advertising as Investment in Newspapers Urged
Ben S. Jacobs of Conrad & Co. told the Pilgrim Publicity association in Boston that newspapers offer valuable advertising reach and civic benefit. He urged merchants to view ads as investments, cooperate with papers, and maintain civic pride for mutual profit.
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Ben S. Jacobs
Conrad & Co
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Boston City
Mr Jacobs
Troy Shoe Company eyes sale of plant for continued industry
Stockholders, deciding not to operate the focal Troy plant, urge sale or lease to a party who would keep it as a local industry. They note the firm was not financially failing, blame current conditions, and value the property at about 25000 as a potential auxiliary plant for a larger St. Louis manufacturer.
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Troy Shoe Company
St. Louis
Troy
Hunting sign on farm warns of grim dinner rule
Local hunters upset by hunting bans in the area are urged toward Woodriver. A farmer posted a stark sign offering hunting access with brutal conditions including killing a steer, skinning while warm, and a three steer limit plus one horse and one eye of a human corn husker. The note ends with an invitation to dinner when the horn blows.
Dr Coole Echoes Haziness On Polar Tour And Charge Of Lecture Success
The article notes Dr. Coole’s hazy bearing during his North Pole wandering and praises his businesslike lecture tour and fundraising results. It mentions the noon train status on the St Louis & Eastern interurban project, with uncertainty on its fate. It also cites a claim that Cook wrote a hazy story in Troy New York and hints at other sources of hazy tales.
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Dr. Coole
North Pole
Cost of living falls with sleeping service price cut
The recent announcement signals a broad move to reduce the cost of sleeping or service. Officials say prices are coming down, easing the burden on residents and travelers alike as markets adjust.
New York Barbers Target Private Razor Use
Barbers in New York announce efforts to curb illicit private use of safety razors, framing measures as public safety while signaling a promotional angle for their trade. The move emphasizes professional standards and consumer protection in grooming practices.
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New York
Faith Worn Through Time by Condotion and Experience
A brief, reflective line asserts that only faith enduringly strong is woven from condition and tempered by the sidant of experience, suggesting resilience and lasting color across all weathers.
Wedding Advice for the Groom from a Rural Column
A Jarvis Township humor piece mocks wedding etiquette for the groom. It advises the groom attend in person, wear a coat and vest with a boiled shirt, and a neat white tie, with occasional odd tips. It suggests lightening the ordeal with a dram, avoiding slapping the minister, and hints at a cynical view of honeymoon travels and brides.
Counting the Household Finances in a Crimson Ledger
A verse vignette shows a woman poring over a crimson leather book to tally expenses. She blames arithmetic errors for debts, recalls a husband’s payment, and ultimately admits the sum spent. The playful narration highlights frugal strain and domestic accounting within a single scene.
Spring Gardener Brief: Plant Varieties Preference
The note advises selecting plant varieties for spring gardening with concise guidance. Focus on practical choices and avoid overlong list of cultivars while considering local climate and soil.
Horticultural Experiments Yield Novel Plant Crosses
A year brings decorative borders with cherry pie plants and staples like apple and peach pile plants. An expert crosses date palm with four o clock to produce a horticultural calendar and experiments with Canterbury bells to grow chimes. New bean variety arises from string bean and bunch bean, growing in bundles ready for market. An asparagus cross with Turkish tobacco produces cork tips. A lettuce and sweet corn cross yields heads with two ears.
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Canterbury Bells
Cadwallader Blump The Chump Who Loved Nature
Cadwallader Blump is portrayed as a comical figure who misreads social cues and earns the label chump. He boasts of nature’s glories, distracts himself with hazy thoughts, and pursues romantic advances with awkward excuses, prompting damsels to sigh at his antics.
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Cadwallader Blump
Winter slang and scattered notes on prices and hazards
Ornate, fragmentary clipping mentions January thaw tickets, coal shopping, thick underwear, and warnings about ice. Includes stray phrases about Medicine Hat, Bayville, a death from henpecking, preserved eggs, and old fashioned winter, with no clear cohesive event or source details.
Gebauer and Schroeppel Funeral Directions Emphasize Full Service
The Gebauer and Schroeppel firm provides complete funeral paraphernalia and a wide range of caskets and undertaker supplies from modest to elaborate. Embalming is performed by licensed embalmer RB Campbell under the latest scientific methods.
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J.C. Gebauer
John Schroeppel
RB Campbell
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Nesbit
Cadwallader
Ping
Medicine ‘Hat
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Louis
Main Street
Coal
House Furnishing Company
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