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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1926
Page
5
William A Radford describes a compact fram e house with a center front entry leading to a living room and an arch to the dining room. A rear porch and porch access connect to the kitchen and ice delivery, two bedrooms with dual exposure, a bath, basement stairs, and full closets. The low site, shingled roof, brick chimneys, and concrete front porch complete the page.
Planning a new house, remember the sewing room. A bright window, clean simple curtains, washable rugs, and easy care wall paper turn a small space into a cheery workshop. Provide a sewing table and electric machine, a sunny, well ventilated corner to keep the project in sight and light.
In decorative schemes, choose wood colors and finishes that highlight grain. Waterproof varnish enhances oak, cypress, maple, or birch, while lighter woods stay fashionable with varnish stains and enamels. Colors range from light to dark brown or red, and waterproof coatings resist washing without gloss loss.
Many families fund a home with their own savings and aim to own at least 20 percent of the house and lot in cash. The balance is typically financed, reducing ongoing debt and providing equity.
Mrs Jones and her husband await callers when Mr Jones critiques her new gown as extreme yet she suggests the dress may not matter since visitors are coming to see her rather than the dress. The humorous exchange reflects social views on dress.
A Washington Star quote shows Miss Cayenne declaring she is in politics by voting when able and preferring male-led requests over public office. She argues feminine superiority and avoids running, citing comfort in being asked to vote for a man rather than seeking office herself.
A humorous exchange asks why men try to hold girls hands and answers with a wry remark about preventing pickpockets. The quip reflects light social humor about dating norms from a past era.
A man attempting to cross a railroad track ahead of a rushing train was struck. Rescue crews recovered body parts later placed in a sack but could not locate the brain, prompting a baffling and grave incident report.
A humorous dialogue recalls a wife learning to drive with a police officer’s advice. She reports asking guidance and discovering she was on the wrong side of the street, then leaving her car and walking away. The anecdote highlights a comic miscue in early driving instruction.
A dialogue snippet shows two speakers accusing each other of deceit about a fishing trip with Brown. One asks what was caught while the other shrugs off the memory of the agreed number, implying evasive or unreliable statements surrounding the encounter.
Prodigal returns to a scene where a boss frees the bull and the fatted calf. A confrontation ends with the prodigal being turned off the premises as the animal asserts control in a stark parable of judgment and restraint.
A quip from a speaker named Black to a listener titled White warns that joy can be risky, joking that life should be insured if ignorance is bliss. The exchange reads as a sharp humorous aside in a light social setting. The line highlights contrasting identities and a playful confrontation with fate.
A brief humorous exchange unfolds as one character declares she would not marry the man even if he were the last, prompting a witty reply that if he were the last, she would be killed in the rush. The banter showcases sharp wit and modern dating tensions.
A humorous exchange from New Bernian about a wife recalling their wedding the day after her husband sunk an 80 foot putt. The playful quip centers on golf and marriage memories.
A witty exchange notes men rarely seek wealth before marriage and only then feel the need for fortune. The quip casts marriage as a pivot revealing financial awareness in men.
A vintage ad collage notes Dandelion Butter Color sold for 35 cents in drug and general stores for 50 years. It also promotes Cole's Carbon salve 30 or 60 cents with a mail option from Oak Park Illinois and Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills liver tonic advertised as a gentle, sure laxative aid.
An old advertisement warns that genuine Bayer aspirin carries the Bayer Cross and has been proven safe by millions and prescribed for 26 years. It urges buyers to insist on the Bayer name on the package or tablets to avoid imitations that may be dangerous.
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