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You never can tell what hour of the 
day or night a fire will break out in your 
factory, your office or your home. 
You know that your insurance would not repay your real fire 
loss. If you havea fire in your factory—think of the thou- 
sands of dollars you lose in orders you cannot fill—think of the 
disorganization of your working force, and think of the extra ex- 
pense of carrying on your business under difficulties! Think of 
the work your competitors are doing while you cannot work at all. 
If your home is burned—think of the loss of furniture, personal prop- 
erty and treasures which money can never replace, Think of the danger to 
yourself and to your family. Look more to the protection of your property 
than the reduction of your insurance rates. Last year’s fire loss was $382,000, 000. 
One way to reduce it is better individual protection. Four-fifths of all fires in 
valuable time to get there. 
9 It will give you . : 
= a ON) your own fire protection—your own 
equipment capable of immediate action—more 
effective than thousands of pails of water. 
built to: meet the requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters and bears the 
wnspection label of the Underwriters’ Laboratories. It not only comes up to the Under- 
your Insurance Broker and he will verify just what we say. 
This is of vital importance and demands your careful consideration when buying fire extinguishers 
cities are put out by the chemical apparatus of fire departments—but it takes them 
z efficient fire department—a fire 
Ch ] Engi 
emica ngin The Badger 40-Gallon Chemical Engine is 
writers’ standard of efficiency, but is the best built engine of its size on the market. Ask 
on which depend the saving of your property—the saving of life. 
SEN The Badger Chemical Engine gives you a most effective private fire department. It has a narrow 
oN 4 treadand will go through any three foot opening. It throws a_stream 75 to 85 feet sufficient to extin- 
Nos It is more effective in extinguishing a blaze than 
\ guish all incipient and many well started fires. ‘ 
cN thousands of gallons of water. In fact, it puts out oil and gasoline fires which water would spread, 
and extinguishes fires which water could not reach—due to the chemical action of the engine in 
generating a gas which acts asa blanket on the fire. Does not flood premises with water and 
cause additional loss. Stream can be instantly stopped by shutting off 
the nozzle. Operated easily by one man. equires no experience. 
Costs practically nothing to maintain. All chemicals necessary are 
soldat any drug store. 
FREE 
Trial Offer 
This is our offer. We will 
ship you an engine, with two STOP THE FIRE 
chemical charges, freight pre- 
paid, and allow you 30 days’ free WH EN IT 
trial. If it does not meet your require- 
ments, you can return it to us at our STARTS 
expense. This enables you to build test fires 
as large as you like and satisfy yourself abso- 
lutely of its efficiency before you pay for it. Cut 
off the attached coupon and mail to us, and we 
will send you descriptive catalog J, price lists 
and all information on this free trial offer. 
We Make All Kinds 
i Badger Fire Extinguisher Co. 
f 32. J Portland St., Boston, Mass. 
Please send me booklet J and all details of your free 
trial offer. 
Name This Shows our 
= 3-Gallon 
Extinguisher 
Address 
BADGER FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO. 32-J Portland St., Boston, Mass. 
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Stronger earlier plants 
Results so remarkable compared with single glass sash 
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