The Jolly Dust Brothers and the Summer Dust Mystery
An old tale recounts the Jolly Dust Brothers pranks as they collect dust from winter to summer. They claim to store dust in hidden headquarters and invite Mr. Wind to see vast stores of dust and signposts about dust origins.
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Jolly Dust Brothers
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Nick
Nancy
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God loves the little towns that go to bed at night
Irene Mary Davidson of Wichita Falls Texas is cited as one of the singers in Voices of the Southwest edited by Hilton R Greer. The poem contrasts quiet small towns with the bustling street life at night and notes the author’s portrayal of rural and urban life.
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Irene Mary Davidson
Wichita Falls
Tex
Voices of the
Southwest
Hilton R. Greer
City street trees by government study favor oaks
Government horticulturists report new findings on urban tree suitability. Oaks emerge as best for street planting, followed by elms and sycamores, with maples and most poplars deemed less desirable.
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Robert H. Moulton
Dearborn
Lombardy
Man Made Scenery and the Billboard Invasion
Grit laments roadside billboard saturation replacing natural scenery. The author critiques bright, garish advertising on principal highways and condemns color schemes, urging a respite from commercial imagery during leisure moments.
City Garden Work Sparks National Garden Week
Indianapolis joined early in National Garden Week as locals promote city beautification and vacant-lot cultivation. The idea began with Detroit Mayor Pingree who used derelict lots in hard times, initially mocked as Potato Pingree, but later praised for spurring widespread gardening.
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Indianapolis
Pingree
Detroit
Indianapolis News
Roses to beautify city urged by St. Charles club
The St. Charles Garden club proposes planting roses in every garden to beautify the city with preference for the Columbia rose noted as hardy and blooming throughout summer.
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St. Charles (Ill
Model City Adelaide Planned as Square Block Center
Adelaide designs a model city with a central town in precise square blocks for public and business use, encircled by a belt of public parks and gardens.
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Adelaide
South Australia
Edgeworth Tobacco Ads From Fort Wayne to Valparaiso
A reader letter from W. E. Bromley extols Edgeworth Smoki ng Tobacco's availability from Valparaiso to far continents. The piece touts Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed and Plug Slice, urges readers to request free samples, and offers direct mail orders to merchants. The ad closes with a light joke and a misprint note.
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Bromley
Edgeworth
Zanzibar
Lans & Brother Company
South Dist Street
Richmond
Larus Brother Company
Castoria Ad Promotes Narcotic Free Teething Remedy
Vintage advertisement asserts Castoria has over 30 years of use as a safe substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric and Teething Drops. Claims no narcotics, with directions and physician endorsement implied via a signature on the genuine bottle label.
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