Combination Brick and Frame Makes an Attractive Residence
Radford presents a practical home design combining brick and wood to evoke durability and warmth. The 24 by 52 foot house features a brick first floor with wood shingle upper walls, sun porch, four bedrooms, bath, three first floor rooms, and a central entrance hall guiding a colonial style layout.
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W. A. Radford
Willam
A. Radford
Wiliam A. Radford
Brairie Avenue
Chicago
Butte
Collor
Rust-Proof Metals Boost Home Builders
A modern invention, rust proof metals, changes in construction. They prevent leaks from copper and brass pipework, gutters, and flashings, reducing interior damage and preserving furnishings. The article notes the expanding iron and metal industries enabling widespread use in roofing, sash, door hardware, and decorative features.
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Coppet and
Alston
Elias Aid
Cleaning a Stucco House With Water and Scrub Technique
A fragmented guide describes cleaning stucco with a strong water stream from a hose and thorough scrubbing starting at the top of walls. It mentions diluted sulphuric acid for stains and emphasizes thorough rinsing for best results, noting effectiveness diminishes as you move downward.
Home With Central Hall Proves Popular Now
A fragmented account describes a house layout featuring a central hall as a popular design for moderate homes. The visitor enters the front door and can clearly see the dining room on one side and, upon stepping forward, the staircase leading to the sleeping quarters.
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Iylog
Demand Specifications For Your Building Contract Protection
Complete specifications define materials and workmanship for a fixed price. They cover general conditions between owner and contractor including insurance liability supervision bonds liens delays and related protections for both homebuilder and contractor. High-grade contractors demand complete specifications to prevent unreasonable homeowner demands.
Plumbing Standards Adopted by Sanitary Engineers
A committee of sanitary engineers and plumbing experts under the Department of Commerce has formulated basic plumbing principles widely accepted by sanitary engineers. The statements stress that a good water supply and proper drainage are vital to health, comfort, and reducing household chores, and call for rigorous adherence to standards.
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Department of Commerce
Loss of Heat Through Asbestos Paper Shown
Researchers at the University of Winds tested heat loss from hot air pipes. They found more heat escaped from insulated pipes without asbestos. When cellular nabestos was used, adequate insulation was achieved.
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Aes Ateal
University of Winds
Bathroom and Kitchen Auto-Framed by Planning Focus
In planning, bathroom and kitchen deserve attention beyond mere design they should embody refinement and sanitation that leaves a lasting impression on every visitor. The message urges prioritizing these spaces to ensure lasting impact and practicality.
Dame Fashion Smiles at Summer Wardrobe Colors
Dame Fashion muses on color in summer gowns after a luncheon for fifty women and a Grace J. Austin dinner for seventy five. She notes beige tones flatter most, declares herself a color advocate, and outlines a Shakespearean seven-age wardrobe plan from morning frocks to formal gowns.
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Grace J. Austin
Asia
Adam
Shakespeare
Western Newspaper Union
Flour Bag Dresses for Jack and Jill Kids
A vintage sewing note explains making matching dresses from used flour bags for young children. The sturdy bags wash easily, dye well in dark tones, and blend with natural fabrics. Jill’s boxed-plait skirt and Jack’s navy shorts use dark materials with light blouses. Cost remains negligible.
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Jack and
Jill
Jack
Jil
Lettle
Adornments in Paris Fashion: Leather Tulle and Tweed Flowers
Leather and suede flowers dominate Paris sports costumes with red blue and brown tones. Tweed flora backs and binds petals while tulle flowers stiffened with wires velvet trim many summer gowns. A Patou black satin frock features silk rose accents along the decolletage.
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Parisienne
Dinner Rings Update Evening Costumes With Bold Gem Center
New dinner rings complement spring evening wear shown at a Fifth Avenue hotel supper dance in New York. Rings feature a large marquise diamond as the central gem flanked by trapeze emeralds, with colored baguette bezels to match high tone gowns and black or white schemes.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Zoroastrian Roots Said to Shape Christian Thought
The noted clergyman Charles Francia Potter argues in Women’s Home Companion that Christianity borrows from Zoroaster, tracing the Adversary to Satan and noting Zoroastrian influence on Jewish and Christian concepts. He cites Persia’s paradise as origin and links the Wise Men to Zoroastrian priests.
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Zoroaster
Devil
Adversary
Satan
Prophet of Light
Charles Francia Potter
Antioch College
Con Hores
Potter
Jesus
Largest elm trees linked to historic American sites
Along the Lee Highway near Kingsport Tennessee a giant elm claims to be the world’s largest. Historic elms include the Treaty elm of William Penn on the Delaware, the Cambridge Washington elm, and the Boston Liberty elm where early revolts against Britain began.
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Lee Highway
Coniuente
Holston River
Kingsport
Tenn
William Penn
Delaware River
Cambridge
Eels Cause Townwide Power Outage Near Montrevel
During floods in Montrevel near the Swiss border, eels swam into a turbine at the electricity generating station, clogging vanes and forcing turbines to slow. Lights and trams halted as engineers labored for days to free the machinery and restore power.
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Montrevel
Castoria: Trusted remedy for babies and anxious nights
A promotional pitch extolls Castoria as a safe, everyday remedy for infants, claiming it relieves colic constipation and diarrhea with minimal danger. It emphasizes its popularity, availability from druggists, and its backing by doctors as a preferred infant remedy.
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Sounis
Tom
Hattie
Tom Hayes
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Battie
John Harvey
John
Mrs. Larvey
Battle
Arttie
Hattle
Lorn
Mr. Harvey
J. T. Harvey
Terre Ae Castoria
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Pexel Co
N. 4Th St
Camden, N. J
Doan
A. N. Russell
West South St
Salt Lake City
Utah
Dean
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