Middlesex Tuberculosis Hospital gains modern wing in Walden Waltham
The Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital in Walden Waltham is expanding with a two story ward building for 148 beds and a ten bed surgical unit. The Nurses Home and annex are WPA projects costing 725000 with federal and county shares. Architects James H. Ritchie and Thomas OConnor lead plans. local firms supply materials and fireproofing improvements.
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Waverly Oaks
Waltham
Middlesex County
New England
Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital
Cambridge
Concord Avenue
Waln
James H. Ritchie and Associates
Arlington Street
Boston
Thomas O'Connor
Kendall Square
John Bowen Co
Egypt
W.P.A
Otis Elevator Co
Knapp Sanitary
W. J. Grosvenor & Co., Inc
St. James Avenue
National Fire Doors Co
Williams Street
National
A. F. Underhill, Inc
Valentine Street
H. Newton Marshall Co
Harrison Avenue
Span
Emerson and Norris Co
North Beacon Street
Quinn Bros. Electrical Co
239 Street
Rinaldi Tile Co., Inc
Main Street
Dillaby Fireproofing Co
Bent Street
Marinucci Bros. and Co
Ceylon Street
Dorchester
Belgian Horse Believed Oldest Pure Breed in World
The Belgian horse may be the oldest pure breed after Mering sheep, with records tracing Flemish draft horses bred pure in Northern Europe since 770 A D. They carried knights, pulled war chariots, and aided farming, with Somme speeds noted over a century ago. The Clydesdale and Shire in Britain show Flemish influence from prior centuries.
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Montreal Herald
Europe
Somme
Fragmentary note hints at bantam terms and strange names
The text offers a fragmentary glimpse with mentions of small items and odd proper nouns like banakis and peistaluans. It suggests a measure or standard in place but provides no clear events, dates, or actions.
Law of Life: Give and Grow
The text argues that unselfish giving multiplies and returns, enriching real character and power. It urges opening the heart to sympathy and helping others to avoid stuntingPersonal growth, urging readers to shed fragrance and beauty through fellowship.
Imitation Pearl Essence From Fish Scales Describe
The text explains imitation pearl essence made from scales of certain fishes. It notes origins in Russian waters and also from US waters. A careful process yields a grayish dust used to coat beads, with methods including hollow bends coated with gelatin and wax weighting, or outer coating with sirbrosh.
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United States
Otis Elevators Install Two Push Button Cabs
The installation features two Otis elevators with a 2500 lb capacity and 150 rpm car speed. Automatic self leveling ensures precise floor landings under varying loads, aiding stretcher and wheelchair handling and enhancing patient comfort.
Mysterious uses of cusiurina tree and corn types described
The text notes the cusiurina ironwood as a windbreak in sugar islands and tied to future secrets at full moon. It lists corn types in gardens as sweet, pop, and field corn 25. It explains pistillate flowers on the cob silk and tassels bearing staminate flowers, with fertilization by pollen to form kernels in varied kernel colors from white to nearly black.
Peat Fuel Shapes Irish Family Size and Roads
In Ireland the family size for tone is tied to the peat stacked by the doorway. Irish highways bustle with donkey carts carting peat from bogs as fuel, cut and dried for home use.
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Ireland
Locusts Markings Echo Wartime Legend
The adult locust resembles a harvest fly with red orange markings and a W shaped mark near the end of each of the two front wings. A tradition linked WT to war that might be expected when the year locusts appear.
Worldly Hopes Die With Us Across Time
The text reflects on worldly hopes as failing illusions that perish before us. It argues we bury these hopes and realize our folly in trusting them. Ultimately these hopes vanish with life, failing to accompany us beyond death.
Mice in Milady's Hair Common Many Years Ago
Historical study notes eighteenth century English women wore elaborate head dresses lasting weeks. Reports show nightcaps of stiffened linen or pasteboard and a fashion of silver mousetraps to protect hair from mice at night. A silver trap by Moses Martingo is offered for three guineas with a flexible silver wire nightcap also sold.
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Royal Society of Arts
England
Eady
Society of Art
Moses Martingo
New Bond Street
Giants and Midgets Clash in Historical Anecdote
A London writer cites The World of Midgets noting giants and midgets differ in intellect and vigor. An Austrian empress in the seventeenth century housed many midgets with giants, who were bullied by the smaller group, prompting armed sentries to guard the giants.
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London
Alligatoring in Paint Coatings Explained
Graphic term alligatoring describes a cracked paint film forming large segments like alligator hide. It results when a top coat is applied over an incomplete hardening bottom coat or when a less elastic layer sits over a more elastic underlayer.
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T. H. O.connor & Co., Contractors
General Contractors
John Bowen Co., Inc
Newbury Street
Ken
E. M. Baratta
Cambridge, Mass
Trowbridge
Bernard 8. McHugh
Caro G. Grosvenor
Treas
W. J. Grosvenor & Company, Inc
Wooster
LiBerty
Park Square
Mass
Somerset
A St
Boston, Mass
Tel
Garrison
National Fire Doors
A.F. Underhill Inc
Cork Import Corporation
Marinucci Bros. & CO
Ceylon ST
Dorchester, Mass
Tel. Highlands
M. J. Verrochi
Cillary Fireproofing CO
Distributors and Erectors
Emerson & Norris CO
North Beacon ST
Brighton
Han
Peterson & Neville, Inc
Dorchester Ave
Otis Elevators
Peat Index of
Milady
Giants
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