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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



July, 19 lo 



Lest We Forget! 



A^EETING an officer of the Hartford Fire Insurance 



Company, a prominent business man said, "Your 

 advertisements are excellent. A man ought to know about 

 the company in which he is insured/' The officer replied, 

 "Do you know about yours?" "No," said the business 

 man, "not yet. I always mean to when I read your adver- 

 tisements, but other things come up and I forget. Why 

 don't you put a coupon at the bottom of the advertisement 

 which I can fill in while I am in the notion, and send to 

 my agent to insure me in the Hartford, and that will settle 

 the matter?' "Excellent idea," said the officer of the 

 Hartford. 



And here it is for him and for you. Use it. The 

 Hartford, now a century old, is the best known Fire Insur- 

 ance Company in America. Any agent or broker will 

 get you a policy in the Hartford if you tell him to do so. 



. 1910. 



(Nain? oi A^jent or Broker ) 



STATEMENT JANUARY 1, 1910 



Capital $2,000,000.00 



Liabilities 14,321,953.11 



Assets 23,035,700.61 



Surplus for Policy Holders. 8,713.747.50 



When my fire insurance expires, please see that I 

 get a pohcy in the HARTFORD. 



Name 



Address 



No Delay to Get the Clothes Dry On Wash Day 



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STOKY OF OUTDOOK BOY LIFE, suggesting a large number of diversions which, aside from 

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By A. RUSSELL BOND. 320 pp., 340 lllus. $2 postpaid 

 A STORY OF OUTDOOR BOY LIFE 



Sussests a large number of diversions which, aside from affording 

 entertainment, will stimulate in boys the creative spirit. Com- 

 plete practical instrutftions are given for building the various arti- 

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