Attractive Home For Builders By William A Radford
William A Radford offers free answers on home building to readers. The article describes a compact 34 by 28 foot house with three bedrooms, a central hall plan, dormers for light, a large bathroom, basement storage, and an affordable approach for families. It notes costs vary by location and suggests consulting local contractors for accurate figures and materials guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Compact seven-room home design aims at affordable ownership
The description details a small frame house on a 60 foot lot with seven rooms, dormers for two large bedrooms on the second floor, ship lap siding, a concrete foundation, and an interior plan showing a connected sequence from the porch to living room, dining room, kitchen, and library. The piece emphasizes affordability, attractive exterior, and the pride of owning a home free of rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mso
Mendelism and its impact on heredity studies
A compact overview of Mendelism focusing on Gregor Mendel’s 1865 plant hybridization findings. It explains unit characters that do not blend in breeding and notes the theory’s relevance to stock breeding and potential human implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregor Mendel
Learn to Tell Children Stories for Young Readers
A Thrift Magazine note urges mothers to tell stories that teach kindness unselfishness truth and dishonesty to help children discern good and evil. Storytelling fosters imagination memory and clear thinking with public libraries aiding access to books on children's stories games and dances for child delight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public
Naughty Women Most Popular in History Debated
Florence Woolston cites Harper's Magazine noting historians favored infamous women. In ten years four times as many books treat Lucretia Borgia as Susan B. Anthony, while Cleopatra dwarfs Clara Barton in coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Woolston
Harper's Magazine
Lucretia Borgia
Susan B. Anthony
Cleopatra
Clara Barton
Risks and Rewards of Capturing Animals for Circuses
The article describes perilous methods used to trap wild animals for circuses, detailing great risks, costs, and methods. It covers lions caught in nets, rhinoceros transport, difficult catches like giraffes and zebras, and high prices for elephants, gorillas, and bears, noting supply challenges and transport hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Zambesi
Great Lakes
Tyro
Alaska
Frankincense production process in Somaliland harvests
The article explains that most genuine frankincense comes from Somaliland trees in western Africa. After the rainy season begins, natives wash bark to form pockets where sap oozes and hardens. In about a month resin becomes tears, cut from pockets, and new tears form. A strong tree yields about 10 pounds yearly.
Private Transport Incident Report Echoes Slang Terms
Fragments describe a transport return scene with a medical officer demanding ID from a private. The reply alleges the other man discarded the tag and shows a lack of ambition toward further “death checks.” The language suggests a wartime or military hospital setting with fatality references.
Just-ans to beware of the just-as-good plea
A message warning mothers against switching from Fletcher's Castoria after more than thirty years as an aid in infant care. It urges using proven remedies for babies and questions endorsing new or common adult medicines for infants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Eatonic
C. O. Frappie
Big Box
Does the bad man burn them all up joke
A six-year-old girl Mary asks her father Mason Mount about the bad man who punishes the wicked. He responds with unsure agrees, and the girl quips that the ashes must be heavy to carry after all. The brief humorous exchange appears in the Indianapolis News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Mount
Howe
Petersburg
Mary
Indianapolis News
Not Very Serious Mary Garrett Hay Address
Mary Garrett Hay of the National League of Women Voters told a New York audience that women will challenge bosses. She warned bosses face a hard time as women vow to be taken seriously. She used a comic anecdote about a young bride and husband to illustrate misperceptions about attentiveness and affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Garrett Hay
National League of Women Voters
New York
Country Without Scenery Deserts Path The Gloomy Australian Rail Route
A traveler on the projected trans Australasian line from Oodnedatta to Port Darwin faces what may be the dreariest railway journey. Much of the route traverses a desert region with little life and scant interest. The piece critiques optimistic views and calls out dullness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oodnedatta
Port Darwin
A Cantankerous Visitor Tests Tolerance at the Vicarage
A London Morning Post note recalls a cantankerous atheist who told a vicar he had come for a local matter. The vicar questioned his belief in the Ten Commandments and ordered the man shown to the door, warning staff to watch him leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Morning Post
John
Certainly Not at the Gate A Tense Exchange
An irate parent and a gate attendant clash as a daughter bids good night. The dialogue centers on a late stay at the venue with sharp rebukes and a deny of staying late. The exchange highlights tension between a parent and staff over curfew and supervision.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sible
Foxli
Firat
RT Wren Ee
Ieee
York
Shiedd
the Centaur Company
New York City
Atlanta
S&s. S.S
S.S.S
YU Anes
Western Canada
Prairie Provinces
Denver
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!