Practical home building: Radford offers free advice
William A. Radford, noted editor and author, offers free home building advice to readers. The article describes a five room and breakfast home on irregular ground with a snug, ground-hugging design, wide eaves, shingles, brick chimney, and small paned windows, plus a practical two-story plan with living room, dining room, breakfast room, kitchen, and service entrance.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
New One-Unit Heating Plant Offers Modern Home Comfort
A new type of one unit home heating furnace combines efficiency and dustproof design for basements. Suitable for steam or hot water systems it features an insulated metal jacket finished in glossy enamel with black doors and red jacket. It promises quick heating, fuel economy, automated regulation, and minimal heat loss with tight joints and a coal retaining grate.
Repairing Plaster Cracks Before Repapering Walls
Plaster cracks must be filled and damaged patches restored before walls and ceilings are repainted or recalcimined to expose the fat.
Cedar Panels Create All Wood Half Timber Effect
An effective west coast method uses western red cedar panels between timbers to achieve a half timbered look. Panels range from one half to one inch thick and resist cracking or warping while offering a smooth surface for stain or paint. Cedar panels can also be applied directly to sheathing with cedar strips as false timbers.
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West Coast
Durable Stone Construction Testimony
Durable stone work proves most satisfactory in construction. It resists wind snow and rain and remains warm for hours after fires are out. Fire risk is minimal and painting is unnecessary as appearance improves with age.
Argentine reformer runs juvenile camp with hair shaving rule
Jose Amatuazo, a Yo Me A secretary on leave, oversees 350 Argentine youths in a reform camp built from a former penitentiary. In three years his program created $200,000 in goods, 17 shops, 18 farms, and produced skilled workers while using hair cuts as a disciplinary tool.
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Jose Amatuzzo
Buenos Aires
America
Jose
Senor Amatuzzo
Sol
Republic
Health and progress linked in new historical study
The American Historical Association commissions Dr. Richard H. Shryock to study how health conditions shaped American progress over 300 years. Funded by a $50,000 Beveridge memorial gift from the late Senator Albert J. Beveridge's widow, the project runs this summer in Washington and Philadelphia.
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Washington
American Historical Association
Richard H. Shryock
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Shryock
Philadelphia
Lapis Lazuli Monopoly Granted to German Firm
In Idar Germany a local firm says Afghan king Amanullah granted it the monopoly for importing lapis lazuli. The claim ties to a hoped trade expansion from Afghanistan following the king's recent visit, noting Idar's tradition in setting and mounting semi precious stones on the Nahe river.
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Idar
Germany
Afghanistan
Amanullah
Nahe
Alaska Salmon Puts Gold in Second Place
A Dayton News piece argues salmon wealth surpasses gold in Alaska, noting 1926 salmon exports reached 49 million while mineral output fell to about 1.65 million. It says a normal year around 27 million and praises the salmon’s value and beauty amid mining decline.
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Alaska
Alisha
Dayton News
Salmon hatcheries boost state economy with large salmon counts
Salmon supply reaches one fish per US resident as hatcheries in Washington release fish into ocean tributaries in the year ending May 51. A total of 1,213,625,000 salmon released since 1900, while 2,875,000,000 salmon eggs hatched support the third industry employing 100,000 and yielding 7,000,000 dollars annually. Over 11,000,000 salmon caught yearly in Washington waters.
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United States
Washington State
Washington
New Fire Extinguisher Sparks Rapid Fire Putout
Two Ohio chemists developed a extinguisher using alkali metal salts that can douse a blaze in about 12 seconds, three times faster than standard soda acid types. Their apparatus achieved a 12 second extinguish time, beating the previous 35 to 44 second record.
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Ohio
Popular Science Monthly
Dry Cleaning Woes and Wise Words on Trade
The passage mixes consumer tips and aphorisms about laundry, tailoring, and finances. It mentions coal usage increasing laundry work, Red Cross Ball Blue as a cleaner, and general commentary on investments and ambition. It reads like a late 19th or early 20th century advertisement and moral note.
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Red Cross
Best For Both Mother And Child Soap Ointment and Talcum
Regular use of the Soap assisted by the Ointment cleanses and purifies the skin of children and adults and tends to prevent clogging of pores. Soap 2d, Ointment 2d and 5d. Talcum 25c. Sample each free. Address Cuticure Laboratories Maldon iss0. Cuticura Shaving Stick 25c.
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Cuticure Laboratories
Dent
Maldon
Discovery of Ancient Cambodian City by Robert J Casey
Robert J Casey, returning from Siam, reports finding the ruins of a vast ancient city said to have housed up to a million Khmers from the Fifth to Eleventh centuries. He describes dense jungle isolation, a crocodile-filled moat, and claims to be the first white observer of the site as French archaeologists are said to have found other Khmer remnants but no record of this city.
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Robert J. Casey
Siam
France
Illiteracy Rates in Western Nations Noted
The United States reports six percent illiterate while Germany Denmark and several others range from two to ten percent. Switzerland Netherlands Finland show under one percent illiteracy and Scotland Britain under two percent. The Swiss avoid snow shoes preferring skis for sport.
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United States
Germany
Denmark
Switzerland
Netherlands
Finland
Scotland
Great Britain
France
Proverb Wisdom on Learning and Truth
A compact reflection on learning from children and the folly of flattery. It notes that a man who lies after a fishing trip undermines his credibility and that true genius may wear any attire, inspiring anecdotes. Cer ventes cites proverbs as short words from long experience.
Society’s condemnation cannot hurt a man who ignores norms
A reflective remark notes that societal scorn harms only those who care about public opinion, while a person indifferent to society remains unfazed by judgment and rumors.
Buddhist Missionaries Open Center in London
Buddhist priests in London form a mission center to spread their faith across England. The group aims to establish a base for outreach and collaboration with local Christian communities.
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London
England
Right on the Job Major
A Vancouver Province item imagines how a soldier might handle a sudden enemy encounter. The humor-tinged vignette shows Sam declaring he would spread news as a coping instinct during morale checks.
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Sam
Vancouver
Poor Party Report Sparks Gossip In Detroit
A terse Detroit News item hints at a party at Jack's residence Saturday night with rumors of a disturbance and tires being flat. The note mentions Lois in a brief social gossip context.
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Dale
Jack
Lois
Troit News
No Harm Done Floor Walker Incident Cited
Fragmentary exchange notes a confrontation with a floor walker and a passerby during a Passing Show scene. Dialogue hints at a misunderstanding involving a woman leaving and an assistant mentioning his wife.
Help the babies sir a playful vow in a historical exchange
A brief caption details a light exchange where one person asks to assist babies and the other responds with a witty line about being a baby themselves. The moment captures a quaint, humorous social interaction.
The Money Maker anticlimax and mint salary line
An obscure snippet notes money making and a mint employee with salary details. The fragment hints at financial intrigue but lacks full context or clear events.
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Mint
First Moon Map by Riccioli 1650 Reveals Early Space Study
Fragmentary note recalls Riccioli's 1650 lunar map amid a broader reflection on adversity and virtue. The text intersperses a Seneca quote about grit and harming others, creating a historically flavored, if uneven, narrative fragment.
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Riccioli
City street in some jam
A fragment mentions a city street in a rush moment with unclear details. The readable portion hints at traffic or congestion in an urban area. No further facts are confirmed.
Free ume Loy Au Pr Ser Sor Le Een
No coherent facts available in readable text. The fragment lacks clear subjects, actions, or events to summarize into a newspaper style record.
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