Builder Urged to Buy His Materials Amid Rail Car Shortage
E. Brunner editor of American Contractor warns that building activity could stall as coal and grain traffic priorities strain railroads. He urges contractors to purchase heavy materials now and arrange immediate shipment to avoid work interruptions as rail equipment and bad order cars loom amid strikes and a projected miners return by Aug 15.
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Brunner
American Contractor
Mr. Brunner
F. W. Dodge Company
Portable Typewriter Used to Advantage by Rambling Writer
A Courier staffer, traveling 3,300 miles over five weeks by car, produced copy daily with a Remington portable typewriter. He wrote from wayside spots in Indiana Ohio the Alleghenys and Vermont, aided by the compact device. A blue winged teal duck tagged in Ontario was shot near Port of Spain Trinidad 2 500 miles away.
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the Courier
Remington
Indiana
Ohio
Alleghenys
Vermont
Sam
Lake Sengog
Ontario
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Rattler Killed by It Bit
Rural tale from Clyde area details Charles Johnson catching a rattlesnake and plan to show it to Pete Gruber. A huge farm rat entered a steel trap, was dropped into a potato pit, and the rattler struck the rat’s nose. the rat screamed and tore loose, ending the event with the snake’s attack.
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International Newa Wire
Rochester
N. Y
Charles Johnson
Clyde
Pete Gruber
Pete
Johnson
Rat Fights Snake To Death Then Gains Freedom
A dramatic struggle near a pit ends with a rat biting and choking a rattlesnake to death. The rat survives overnight then is captured, fed bread and cheese, and freed at Montezuma Swamp. Belgium women are employed in railway and telegraph work since 1915.
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Belgium
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Rattler
Manchester
England
United States
Turkey
India
China
Lydia EH
Pinkham
U-T-K
Shude LD
Cordwood
Montezuma Awamp
Emery
Bellars
L Fe Bellans
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Clothcraft
M. Wile & Baschwitz
Palm Beach
Frank Bros
Waterloo, Iowa
Blue Line Transfer Co
Panamas
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