Archive for the 'Business' Category

American Apartment Living 1925

A BRITISH ARCHITECT ON THE AMERICAN APARTMENT
JUST what the American apartment house is and how it fits in with our national social life is set forth in a report made by a British architect, G. Topham. Forrest, on “The Construction and Control of Buildings and the Development of Urban Areas in the United States of [...]

Real Estate Advice 1927

EIGHT MAXIMS FOR REAL ESTATE OPERATORS
HOW to make money handling real estate was recently comprest into eight maxims by W. Burke Harmon, a well-known New York realtor, and reported as follows by the New York World:
1. Never buy for cash. The successful operator invests just as little of his own funds as possible, glad to [...]

A New Name for Swiss Cheese 1927

WHEN IT’S REALLY SWISS CHEESE
SCANDALS in the Swiss Cheese Family, the reformers sadly admit, have made it almost as notorious as the Swiss Family Robinson. It is not merely that a ring of cheese around a hole bigger than a silver dollar, and filled in with mustard, as the New York Evening World complains, has [...]

Alternative to Platinum 1927

A RIVAL TO PLATINUM
THIS TITLE IS BESTOWED on tantalum, one of the most important rare metals produced on a commercial scale, by a writer in The Engineering and Mining Journal (New York). Says this paper:
“Its unusual resistance to chemical corrosion makes it of much value to the chemical and allied industries as a material for [...]

DUI Tests 1927

TESTS FOR DRUNKENNESS
JUST HOW DRUNK must a man be to make him unsafe as a motorist? This is the problem that has been bothering British experts, as already noted in these columns.
The British Medical Journal (London) tells us that for several years public attention has been aroused by convictions of persons charged with drunkenness when [...]

Johnson Outboard Motors 1927

Joyful Hours of Relaxation are Yours when water-motoring with a Johnson
You who love the waters know the lure of wave-lapped shores—the joyful hours of relaxation that lie in peaceful pools—the thrill of spray-tossed bow and foaming wake —the joys of water-motoring.
This summer go water-motoring with a Johnson at the stern of your [...]

Saving the Texas Longhorns 1927

TEXAS longhorns are nearly extinct.
The thundering herd has joined the buffalo, the six-shooter and the brass rail as a vanished part of the more or less wild life of the old West. A few specimens of “the most spectacular domesticated— or semi-domesticated—animal that America has produced” will be preserved by the Government in the Wichita [...]

The Return of the Toll Bridge 1927

THE RETURN OF THE TOLL BRIDGE
A FEW years ago the toll bridge was thought to be on the verge of obsolescense, but the automobile is rapidly bringing it back. New and expensive toll bridges are being erected all over the country to handle automobile traffic and to be paid for by that traffic. So it [...]

European Touring Roads 1927

A NEW FRANCO-GERMAN WAR OF MOTOR-TOURIST ROAD BUILDING
SHALL France or Germany capture the bulk of the American and English automobile traffic that sweeps southward each year for those tourist paradises, Switzerland and Italy? That question became a vital one when the French awoke recently to the significance of Germany’s newly hatched plans for great [...]

1920’s Automobiles

During the 1920’s cars progressed from being fairly sparce and utilitarian vehicles to practical vehicles that were more reliable, comfortable, technically innovative, and stylish. Manufacturers strived to out-do each other in advancements in all aspects of automobile construction and stylingÂ in order to increase their market share and profits.
As cars became more mechanically reliable, comfortable, and [...]