Prolific Home Builder Warns Against Cheap Dwellings
William A Radford offers free advice on building to readers, stressing community standards and Proverbs about architecture. He describes a corner lot designed house, detailing dimensions from front porch to rooms, including a 32 foot 9 inch by 41 foot 6 inch plan, three second floor rooms, and an estimated finish cost of four thousand dollars.
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William A. Radford
Wiliam A. Radford
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Terms for stenographer and shorthand names
A compact explainer traces alternative terms for shorthand writing. It defines tachygrapher from tachy and grapho, stenographer from stenose and grapho, and notes phonography brachygraphy steganography and logography as other names. It discusses phonograph as a sound recording device and briefly mentions cryptic writing implications.
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New York
Diplomatic Compliments Cartooned by Madero and Gonzales
A Saturday Evening Post excerpt recounts Mex ico President Franc ie I Madero and Secretary of State Abraham Gonzales posing for a photo. Madero, small and sensitive about stature, jokes he would look better seated. Gonzales replies that if he stood on his wishes they all would be dwarfs. Madero counters not to stand on courtesy at the same time.
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Francie I. Madero
Mexico
Madero
Abraham Gonzales
Mdan
Gonzales
Don Abraham
Saturday Evening Post
Another Investigation
A mother confronts her daughter about suspicious veranda sounds last night. The daughter confirms dialogue about a visit from a young man and whether impressions involve kissing or mosquitoes. The exchange hints at possible romantic or social tensions in a domestic setting.
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Lowa
E. E. Marquis
W. T. Joyce Company
P. S. We
Sherwin-Williams Paint
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WMA
Radford
Ben
Fina
Ehannen, Ee
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Franks Drug CO
Atlantic
Kimballton Construction Company
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News-Telegraph
Williams
East Fourth St
Atlantic, Iowa
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