A number Magnificent j Illustrations

1. Miss Haldane, Judge Dickinson, J.P. Morgan (LOC)
   
   Image by The Library of Congress
   Bain News Service,, publisher.

   Miss Haldane, Judge Dickinson, J.P. Morgan

   [1913 August]

   1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

   Notes:
   Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Date from New York Times, August 25, 1913.
   Photo shows Miss Elizabeth Haldane (wearing hat with white plume), sister of Viscount Haldane; Judge Dickinson (carrying umbrella), and J.P. Morgan at the Columbia Yacht Club, located at the foot of 86th Street, New York City. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010 and New York Times, August 25, 1913)
   Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

   Format: Glass negatives.

   Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

   Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

   General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

   Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.14052

   Call Number: LC-B2- 2808-3

2. R. J. Rous Wholesale Milk and Cream
   
   Image by swanksalot
   and plumbing…

   anyone know what this company was called?
   (Something Rous Milk and Cream)

   Embiggen
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   Yayy for the internet: R.J. Rous Wholesale Milk and Cream it is!

3. J
   
   Image by chrisinplymouth
   Letter J

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A short time ago, I went to http://home-security.co/adt-home-security/ at the request of a friend. My friend is one of those people who is into predictions and premonitions. She believes in things like fortune tellers and tarot cards. She even has a book that helps her interpret the kinds of dreams that she has. One day she was playing with her tarot cards and saw that something bad would happen to me. Later that night, she also had a dream that someone was trying to break into my home. He urged me to get a home security system as soon as possible.

Normally I just roll my eyes whenever my friend tells me about her premonitions and just forget all about them. They usually don’t mean anything, and if her premonitions were so great, she would be rich by now from correctly predicting the lottery numbers. However, this time, something about her premonition really got to me. Continue reading →

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I actually have a bit of experience with small windmills, because I used to know an engineer who would build them himself out of kits and I would help him put them up on his land. He had a nice big piece of land to the West of Houston and he was really into alternative energy. I got a solar water heater from him after he got a new model and it worked really well. He had built it himself out of a kit too and this was a really long time ago. I really like the idea of being able to pick and choose which energy company I pay for my bill and I would really like to get into a position where I was not paying a bill. Of course a windmill is not going to work indefinitely without being maintained.

When I bought my first home, I realized that I had a lot to learn. Not being a homeowner prior to this, I did not really understand everything about the insurance that was involved in buying a house. I understood that I needed to have it in order to get a loan, and I did want it. I just didn’t know that it helped me in so many ways. The real estate agent that I had used suggested that I visit http://homeinsurance-deals.com/ so I could get a better understanding of what home insurance really means.

I am so thankful that she took the time to help me with this, since most of her clients are probably a lot more educated in these matters than what I was. Continue reading →

I started shopping around for those internet provider bundles that include Internet, TV and phone. We still wanted to keep a phone line at the house even though we all have cell phones. I found a website that helped us locate the best deal for our family. We wanted to have fast Internet, lots of TV channels and our phone service for the house all under one bill. You might think that the only company to offer that in your area would be the cable company. That is not true. There are other service providers who can offer the same package deal.

The three services we had were separate and costing more than what they would under a bundled package. When we got them all together, we actually got the phone service for free for several months. Continue reading →

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