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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1914
Page
11
Editor William A Radford promotes a one story cottage style suitable for suburbs and country areas. Homes can be wood brick cement or stone and feature a low roof with broad projection. Five rooms fit within 41 by 25 feet with a cellar furnace system and drain tiles for damp-proofing.
A collage of statistics and observations from 1912 touching on Egypt onion exports worth 1,920,257 dollars, aviation fatalities per miles flown, London St Pancras roof span, rug dealers in New York, lifesaving rockets, safety in industry, urban living trends, home sentiment, and Abraham Lincoln’s home ideal. It includes housing, drainage, and training notes, German invention of rope-filtered horseshoes, London bus speed limits, Irish population decline, British share of Japan’s cycles, global allegiance, oysters in filtered water, Congo oil pipelines, a Danish census on fruit trees, US petroleum production, and Harriet C Adams’s Latin American coverage.
In Gotham and Chicago reports, women voters urge a charter with added frills and flounces as they participate in the current election discussions about city governance.
In a brief exchange reported by the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Gibbs jokes that no one can fool his wife, while Dibbie challenges the notion with a remark about his own cleverness.
At Tomlinson hall in Indianapolis the annual Indiana Department G A R encampment concluded with installation of officers B Crampton of Delhi named department commander succeeding D W Comstock of Richmond J B Arnold presented a state flag proposal which drew strong applause and no vote Sons of Veterans backed a committee to seek state flag adoption A B Crampton to lead next year with senior and junior vice commanders and other officers elected Fort Wayne, Muncie, Evansville, Plainfield and other posts represented by delegates.
The Indiana state board picked the Child Classic readers for grades primary through fifth, with Bobbs Merrill of Indianapolis submitting bids from 15 to 40 cents per item and exchange prices from 7 to 20 cents. Philips-Anderson arithmetics were chosen with bids from Silver Hurdetts & Co, prices 30 cents primary and 42 cents grammar for 21 cents exchange, and New Outlook copy books adopted from O P Haines with all bids at 5 cents under bid terms.
Representatives of all Indiana colleges attend the annual Indiana Association of Teachers of Psychology of Education meeting in Lafayette. They visited Purdue University where Prof. George L. Roberts hosted a dinner at the West Lafayette club. Sessions covered topics related to educators' work.
The article describes methods for decorating plain white parasols with ribbons, lace, and chiffon. It covers ruffle edges, grosgrain borders, gauze and chiffon overlays, and decorative rosettes, with tips on securing decorations to ribs and covers for stylish mid summer parasols.
The article reviews midsummer veils in open mesh and lace patterns, noting white and black Chantilly styles and the trend toward closer woven designs. It describes wearability, weathering effects, and methods to refresh crispness, plus the appeal of yard or single-veil purchases and the varied patterns available.
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