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Newspaper
Duchesne Courier
Location
Duchesne, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
3
The article explains how well placed walks and driveways enhance a home's curb appeal. It urges direct routes but celebrates graceful curves that suit the property, conceal paths behind trees, and integrate with architecture. It also notes tree growth, concrete controls, color in concrete, and geometric patterning.
The article urges heavy use of shrubs in landscapes for homes and public grounds and stresses shrub care and pruning. It notes shrubs often outnumber trees and recommends summer pruning after growth ends, with July 15 as a favored date.
The McComb Journal notes golf clubs serve as venues for business deals and networking. It argues that informal links formed on the course enhance professional relationships, offering buyers and sellers a friendly setting to conduct transactions and renew good will.
The National Association of Real Estate Boards plans a survey comparing existing rents and ground values across major and secondary districts. Members will report current rents and ground values to assess relationships and inform policy. Local schools and parents in Troy and Pike County are urged to support involvement in the public welfare.
Peter Goblin confronts Mr Mumps Measles Croup and Master Chicken Pox who haunt children. He advocates avoiding illness while doctors help drive the diseases away. The trio debate approach as Peter urges caution and the villains argue over influence and fear.
A three year old boy named Bobby refused to part with a toy automobile on a visit. When told the car was in good order he quipped that he only wanted to ensure it had not been burgled and walked away with the toy.
A quoted sequence describes selecting a word in a random book and applying arithmetic steps to reveal a three digit code. The method fixes page line and word indices to derive the page and word numbers.
Five year old Joan is described as jealous of her brother Jackie two years younger. When older children teased Jackie she intervened and protected him, later telling her mother she does not like Jackie but will defend him when others are mean.
Three boys wished to see their aunt and her newborn Mary. Their mother protested while the children insisted, arguing if they are not allowed in the hospital how did the baby Afary arrive, suggesting a loophole or misunderstanding in access rules.
Readers can cheaply renew draperies spreads and runners using Diamond Dyes. The ad claims easy tinting with vivid fadeless colors and perfect results. A free 64 page Color Craft book offers color-saving tips, available by writing Mae Martin, Diamond Dyes, Burlington Vermont.
A brief comic item from the Boston Transcript quotes a shopper challenging a stock clerk about a ladder in stockings and the clerk’s quip about price, reflecting light domestic humor.
A humorous exchange shows a tramp admitting he does not keep bees yet wonders how to obtain honey, while a bee weeper figure questions the source of the honey drawn from flowers himself.
The piece notes a dinkiest dance at Lady Joram’s where all dancers wore identical outfits and masks. When unmasked at breakfast, everyone appeared alike, a charmingly embarrassing and remarkable sight.
The dialogue recalls a train collision with the cowcatcher, where Cars Williams asks about being carried for miles. Brown confirms, noting he was kicked off by the conductor for lacking a ticket, implying a rough, humorous exchange of the era.
Bruce Barton in Mecclure's Magazine argues that corporate leaders should annually read Genesis aloud to their staff. He presents a seven day program emphasizing clear tasks, focused labor, and rest, framing work history as a model for modern business discipline.
In Miami Florida hunters replace fox hunting with wildcat chasing. Col D D Young led a 20 hound pack in the back country west of Miami where Howard Uill a professional archer and quarter Cherokee Indian killed the wildcat at 35 yards with a bow and arrow.
The text explains two almond types bitter and sweet. Bitter almonds grow in Mediterranean regions and are used for flavoring extracts and prussic acid. Sweet almonds are produced commercially in southern Europe, California, and other countries.
An aphorism notes that some people speak with ease while others choose silence, contrasting verbal gift with restraint without endorsing any side. The line frames wit or wisdom as a human trait rather than a policy or event.
Ruth Brittain argues overstimulation in infancy causes later nerves and irritability. She warns against letting adults toy with babies and suggests minimal daily handling, then promotes Castora as a soothing, drug free remedy with physician endorsement and Castorla branding.
Ann Greaves the sole female member of England’s Institute of Quarrying described a method to make artificial stone at one third the cost of natural stone. She said the material can be worked with hammer and chisel and presented the technique at a recent institute meeting.
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