Town Beauty Drive Aims to Stem Cityward Tide
An advocate argues rural and town improvements boost property values and curb urban migration. Back yard cleanup costs range from 10 cents to 1 25, with front yards following. Emphasizes parks, roads, and roadside attractions to lure youth back from cities, and cites a Riverside Cal ordinance model against weeds and dumping. A Canadian town's householder transforms a dull terrace into a beautified block, inspiring broad upgrades and new paving.
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Los Angeles Times
City of
Riverside
Cal
The Everlasting Devil's Auction Comes to Grand Theater
Chas. H. Yale's Famous Company presents The Everlasting Devil's Auction in its 20th edition at the Grand Theater Thursday night. The show features European vaudeville imports Inza and Lorella, dazzling scenery, and new acts like The Devil's Volcano and The Realms of Mephisto.
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Chas. H. Yale
Famous Company
Grand Theater
Charles H. Yale
Devil's Auction
Inza
Lorella
Klaw & Erlanger
Yale
Valley
Andoche
Morpheus
Manikins
Dean's Kidney Pills Advertised Relief for Women
Aberdeen Washington resident Lena Carlson testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills eased her kidney disorder caused swelling and fatigue after tried remedies failed. She bought at Red Cross Drug Store and saw improvement, urging others to try the remedy. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
Aberdeen
Lena Carlson
E. First Street
Wash
Red Cross Drug Store
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
City Fire Alarm Boxes Listed for Aberdeen Area
Notice shows real and imaginary alarm box locations in Aberdeen with numbers and crosses. It also notes John Hanson will miss six weeks for a Custom Cutters convention and Anton Pista will supervise his tailoring business during absence, with work guaranteed satisfactory.
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Young and Thomas
North Aberdeen
Cleveland Streets
Highland Home
Terrace Avenue
D Street
High School
Burrows’ Dock
Hume and
K Streets
Northern Pacific Railroad
Boone and King Streets
South Aberdeen
Wilson Bros’ Mill
S. E. Slade Mill
Market
F Streets
John Hanson
Custom Cutters
United States
Canada
Aberdeen
Anton Pista
Pista
One Evil Result of Federal Guarantee of Bank Deposits
James B. Forgan cautions that federal or fund backed guarantees for bank deposits would harm state banks holding most savings. He argues such measures would unjustly centralize credit, erode sound lenders, invite dishonest competition, and harm the business community, urging protections for depositors without equalizing unsafe banks.
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Congress
Moral standards in America impress German theologian
Professor Carl Clemen praises American moral standards as higher than Germany and Europe due to practical religious training. He notes focus on useful sermons, less emphasis on orthodoxy, and the beneficial impact of sports and coeducation on student behavior.
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America
Germany
Europe
Modern Colonial Residence Features and Cost Details
A 1908 advertisement describes a two and a half story modern colonial home 28 by 48 feet with a reception hall stair arrangement. It notes three living rooms, a sewing room with grill to dining room, possible den or library use, oak finish, Georgia pine upstairs, four bedrooms with ample closets, a front room with a fireplace, a side porch, full basement and plumbing. Estimated cost is $4,000.
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J. H. Daverman & Son
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American Mill
Fourth
Franklin School
Jefferson
M Streets
Hume
Anderson & Middleton Mill
Heron and
Broadway
Third and
Hart Wood Lumber Co.’s Mill
Western Cooperage
Washington Streets
James B. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicago
Carl Clemen
J. H. Daverman
Grand Rapids, Mich
Balony
Chas. H. Yate Co
Devils Action
Superior Scenic
Pehle
Sue
the American Reviews
Alblatch
Library
Review of Reviews
The
Times
Albert Shaw
Progress of the World
the Review of Reviews Company
Astor Place
Herald Printer
IRY
East Wisheah ST
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