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Newspaper
Brook Reporter
Location
Brook, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1922
Page
2
A women and girls contest offers 625 dollars in prizes for rhymes about Dr Price's Phosphate Baking Powder. Entries must use only words from the can label or printed slip, due May 1, Chicago address given, one rhyme per person, ties share prizes.
The piece surveys zoning as a balance between residents and the state, investors and stability, and between neighbors. It cites New York precedent and Cambridge studies, noting zoning aims to protect occupancy rights, air quality, and sightlines from industrial intrusions while preserving investment values and town steadiness.
The article discusses choosing a building site by balancing land cost and construction expense. It notes land price can raise total costs and discusses ideal land value contributing 0 to 25 percent of the house cost. It highlights safer investments when land holds higher value and easier disposal with bank funding.
Temple Scott argues that a city is formed by its inhabitants and their buildings, streets, and public spaces. The living fabric embodies personal lives and ambitions, shaping delight or destruction as the city breathes with its people’s creativity.
Choose shrubs to set out around the house and along borders this spring. Visualize last summer’s look, imagine improvements, and consult a nursery catalog to finalize your selections for Farn Lite.
Fordville leader Tenry Ford envisions a north Alabama stretch of towns in the Muscle Shoals region extending city miles long. He predicts factories will escape urban centers, allowing workers to enjoy open country and a sense of rural joy. The Chicago Evening Post is cited as praising the village ideal.
The text explains Chinese tongs as diverse societies on the Pacific coast. Some tongs were province or clan based, others fraternal, formed by Chinese to protect against aggression from four families. Over time many tongs emerged, established as readily as other fraternal groups.
The piece outlines spring trends for three piece Easter suits and bonnets with color pairings such as sand with ivy and white with black, detailing fabrics like velvynne and spangeen, trims, lace, beads, and navy or white accents. It highlights Paris influence and new brim shapes.
A garbled kitchen guide offers advice on nut storage and freshness, boiling water, and drying towels. It includes recipes and tips for mayonnaise, pea soup, peanut fondue, pineapple custard, peanut dumplings, and Graham muffins, with scattered notes on happiness and home comfort.
Mrs Cras Baker of Hornell New York says she recovered from chronic fatigue digestive issues and painful periods after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Blood Medicine. She reports daily tasks easier and urges others to try the medicine, noting many neighbors are already convinced.
A Chicago Tribune fragment describes a chaotic scene in a pub and office as statements are bungled, a cashier is observed, and an electric cord causes a fall. The narrator notes the quick exit from the place after the incident.
A four year old returns home distressed claiming mothers the chair caused trouble as children reportedly sang a hymn about suffocating others prompting parental concern about the scene witnessed during the service.
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