The mirror., 1923-06-14

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QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES
For the benefit of any inmates who appre.
ciate and see the opportunity that their spare
hours give toward means of self education
through correspondence school courses, study of
good literature, acquiring an education in our
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Institutional Libraries, will gladly endeavor to
supply the requested information.
NOTICE-In order to regulate the conduct
register number and lock number to all queries
submitted for publication. Inmates names, of
course, will not be. published, only the initials
of each querist being used.-Editor.
O:-Would THE MIRROR please tell me
the population of Minneapolis, also of Red
Wing. How does Minneapolis rank in
size in the United States ?-F. G.
A.-Minneapolis, 380,582 Red Wing,
S,637 Minneapolis is eighteen in line.
O-Please answer in MIRROR where 1
can get a book called "Henry Ford, an
Interpretation" If permitted give price
of same.-J.M.
A:-Published by Little, Brown & Co.,
RnSfnn Of Ioo1
Price $500.
O:-Will you please let me know in
your query column if Washington Oregon
X. r. & Navigation Co. is a privately
owned concern or owned by big rail-
road?-C. J. o.
A:-Privately owned.
Q:--Please give me list of periodicals
covering excavating work as railway
grading, road building, etc. Is there a
paper called 'The Earth Mover PIP. R.
A:-Engineering and Contracting, Mad
isen Terminal Bldg, 95 Clinton St., Chi
cago, ILL.,, has the following issues, each
of which costs $1.OO a year: Buildinq
and Structures issue; RaiLzvay and Exca-
cation issue; Roads and Street issue; VA
terz00rks and Hydraulics issue; probably
Roads and Street issues, would suit your
purpose. Steam shoVel and dredge, los
w. Monroe St., Chicago, Ill. (This is
labor and excavating). EscaVating En-
gineer; ExcaOating Engineering Co., South
Milwaukee, Wis. We do not find paper
by name of Earth Mover listed.-I. Char
lette Campbell, Chief of Periodical Dept,
ST. Paul Public Librarv.
O:-1C) Where can I purchase real
unabridged edition of Webster's diction-
ary of the English language, which is of
recent issue 1922 or 1929, which con-
tains eVery knosvn English and American
word, including colloquilisms idiomss
archaisms, synonyms and antonyms, mod
ern scientific and technical terms recently
coined, ETC., uncommon and rare words
relating to anatomy, physiology, biology,
morphology, chemistry and kindred sub
jects in fact an authentic and complete
unabridged dictionary? (2) Give names
of publishers, price of publication in var
information obtainable. (3)Does Webster's
New International dictionary fill the re-
quirements stated in (1) and who pub
fishes the same? (4) What is the ad-
dress of the Merriam Publishing Co. p
A. K. S.
A-Q) St. Paul Book & Stationery Co.
carries full line. Write for their cata-
logue. (2) Price Sic bound in buckram;
in sheep $40 and $24. Insist upon the
latest edition. (3) Yes. Published only
by Merriam Company. (4) Springfield,
Mass.
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their queries are invited to use the splendid
reference books in our library to be had on
request The International Text Books are
especially complete in their information on
technical subjects Consult the Reference Use
full Arts, Literature, Chemistry, Biography and
Science divisions of our library catalogne for