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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1927
Page
7
The plan features four bedrooms, a living room, dining room, kitchen, and wash room suited for a large family. A gabled dormer window decorates the front and back roof lines, with floor plans illustrating room arrangement and sizes.
William A. Radford offers free expert building advice to readers. A seven room house features an 8 by 24 ft screened porch, living room with open fireplace, dining room, first floor bedroom, kitchen, washroom, lavatory, and stairs to the second floor. Upstairs hold three bedrooms and a bath. Basement spans 39 by 24 ft 6 in, on concrete foundation.
The article argues a roof defines a home’s protection and comfort. A roof must endure heat cold rain snow and wind. If it lacks stamina painting and patching cannot compensate and total cost rises over time.
The article argues that public labels like colonial or Spanish describe exterior silhouettes, but true character lies in interior plan shaped by modern American life. It stresses the essential American character persists despite varied outward styles.
A Chicago contractor tabulated costs per cubic foot totaling 35 cents and allocated percentages to trades. Excavating 2 percent, masonry 30, carpentry and mill work 33 1 3, roofing 1, plastering 7, plumbing 9, heating 6, electric work 1, tile 1, sheet metal 0.5, painting 4, glazing 1, miscellaneous iron 0.5, finished hardware 1, cleaning and painting up 0.1, electric fixtures 1, shades 0.33, screens 0.5. The same ratio is said to apply to similar dwelling buildings.
The article notes the cost efficiency of using brass pipe for both hot and cold lines, highlighting that brass permits easier flow even with smaller diameter than iron or steel, and stressing its economic advantage across applications.
Poultry expert L. M. Black of New Jersey stresses careful prep for winter egg production. Allocate four square feet per bird in ventilated houses, ensure green feed, and buy next spring chicks early. Check incubators and brooders, test thermometers, and run short tests to avoid delays at hatching season start.
To maximize hatch success keep a hygrometer in the egg chamber throughout incubation. Check air cell size to gauge moisture. drying too fast means excess moisture loss, while little change suggests too much moisture. Hygrometers are available from incubator makers or poultry supply houses.
The article notes hens lay heavily in March and April due to nature and stresses feeding rich protein to extend the laying period beyond May 15 or June 1. It warns that after May, unless protein-rich feed restores egg-making elements, hens will slump and lay far fewer eggs, with summer productivity at risk.
Ordinary hens are best mothers for guinea chicks in dry, roomy range conditions. Turkeys and guinea hens work well in such weather, but rain or heavy dew can cause chicks to become wet and chilled. Neither will seek coop shelter at night, leaving broods exposed in the fields.
Boiled potatoes should comprise about 25 percent of the ducks mash, mashed and blended into moist feed. The roofing should be applied to the exterior walls and roof to keep moisture out, using two or three layers of tar paper between boards on a single wall house.
An ad describes a marriage quarrel ending with a fur piece gift to the wife. She tells a friend it was terrible while it lasted but worth it, noting the fur piece as a cloud with a silver fox lining in a humorously framed anecdote.
In a witty exchange, a wife asks about the meaning of active voice while a husband nonchalantly responds. The brief dialogue hints at a linguistic topic within a domestic chat setting.
A brief quip urges readers to stay cheerful as troubles are fleeting, promising that sorrows will pass and be replaced by new concerns for the hopeful—an old joke about the cycle of woes and resilience.
A good fairy offers one wish to a youth and promises wealth with typical drawbacks. The youth requests a football game ticket and treats the wish as a simple swap, while the fairy notes the usual anxieties of wealth such as dyspepsia worries, income tax, and fatigue.
A pacifist man intervenes in a juvenile quarrel and asks one boy what the Good Book says about fighting. The youth retorts that fighting is not something you can get out of a book, highlighting a clash between belief and behavior.
A humorous exchange in Buen Humor Madrid centers on a man’s uncertain engagement duration with Fifine. The man admits he forgot to check his watch, highlighting playful misdating and light gossip tone.
A brief comic caption describes a stock clerk remarking that his pay envelope resembles a map since it shows the world to him, while a delivery man notes the envelope means everything to him, reflecting humor in workplace exchanges.
A brief street exchange shows a stout female party refusing to lend a lunch quarter, while the hobo asks for change. The terse dialogue captures social strain and urban hunger through a single, vivid interaction.
An unusual verse notes simple contentment with life beside Bull Creek. The speaker expresses no longing for distant oceans, finding satisfaction in local scenery and daily living by the creek rather than travel or grand experiences.
A lawyer advises on a personal confession as a wife receives a letter about a past misdeed. The client hesitates to reveal the content, fearing what the letter contains. The exchange centers on whether and how to confess and the implications for their marriage.
A humorous item notes a hardware merchant speaking of sleep and a wife replying to a joke about a log and a saw at Good Hardware. The light exchange centers on a shop and a domestic quip. No injuries or crimes are involved.
The advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as an 80 year old remedy for babies and children relieving constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea. It claims to calm feverish symptoms and aid digestion without opiates, noting the genuine product bears the signature.
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