English Style Six Room Home Design 1925
A six room English type home is illustrated with stucco and timber, large porch, bay windows, French doors, and an efficient kitchen. It notes design aims toward modest rural English character with low height and broad plan, timber accents, and ample light. Materials include timber frame with stucco on metal lath. approximate 30 by 25 feet. lot 40 feet. facing south or west. editor’s note credits the Architects' Small House Service Bureau for plans.
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Noth
Bureau of the Architects
Wal
Conte
United States
Uniform Mechanic's Lien Law Proposed Aimed at Home Builders
Washington December 5 worded as a push for a model uniform mechanics lien law to protect homeowners and small builders from double payments and delayed payoffs. The drive comes from a committee including the secretary of commerce and industry groups seeking standard rules and maximum owner protection against liens while reducing construction costs.
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Engineers
Hioover
Irving
American embassy prospects in Tokyo after earthquake
Tokyo reports a likely new American embassy with architect Harold Magonigle of New Jersey arriving to plan a $1.25 million site. Anthonin Raymond of Raymond & Sykes will join to draft designs after the 1923 earthquake destruction and fire. The U S will use two adjacent sites, upper for the embassy and residence and lower for offices.
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Tokyo
Harold Magonigle
New Jersey
Anthonin Raymond
Raymond
United States
Canton man builds business on honest wiring motto
O J McCurdy started a year ago and now specializes in new house wiring. He pledges value and service, buys only Canton materials, and urges customers to "Buy in Canton." He lives with his mother at 1712 14th St NW after his wife’s death and remains active in the Canton Electrical Contractors and Dealers Association. Department stores in Atlanta report record holiday business.
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O. J. McCurdy
McCurdy
Canton
Records broken in real estate bond financing surge
Real estate securities set new records in the United States with 1925 new issues expected to exceed 675 million dollars, surpassing 1924. Leading houses underwrite about 56.5 million monthly, totaling around 560 million in ten months, plus widespread local participation. The boom reflects a five year rise since 1919, with realty bonds now about 70 percent of public utility issues and rivaling railroad bonds.
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United States
G. la Miller & Co
Federal Reserve Bank
WEEK'S FAILURES AND MINING NOTES
Failures reported to R. G. Dun & Co show 422 against 383 last week with regional shifts. Canadian failures total 43 this week, down from prior weeks and the year before. In Cripple Creek Colorado the Jants mine yields cinnabar ore boosting mining revival prospects.
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New York
United States
R. G. Dun & Co
West
Pacific
Cripple Creek
Colo
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