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Newspaper
Hamilton Evening Journal
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1912
Page
12
The article urges residents to beautify personal property first before attempting wider civic efforts. It stresses neatness at home as a model to inspire others, noting persistent, planned work yields lasting improvement over sporadic attempts. It also discusses garden work and early childhood education, linking tidy surroundings to mental and physical development.
The article advocates adding shrubs along parkways to beautify neighborhoods. It warns against high growth varieties near walkways due to safety and visibility concerns. Recommends low growing species like Thunberg barberries and snowberries planted about two and a half feet apart in irregular groupings to avoid straight rows.
A national drive backed by one hundred million dollars aims to modernize cities across the United States. Mayors engineers and civic leaders gathered in Boston for the fourth national conference on city planning to advance liberal reforms toward a rational, aesthetically pleasing urban landscape.
An article fragment recalls Ada Lewis, frugal owner of a New Rochelle apartment building, promising a month of free rent to parents of every baby born there. The piece also mentions a Civil War Irishman from the Thirty-sixth Indiana and a humorous capture anecdote involving General Gross and brigade orders.
A fragmented verse page reflects on national promise and peaceful resolve. It cites teachers, poets, and the weight of scripture, urging calm faith and moral duty. A reflective voice contrasts wealth and poverty, praising spiritual strength over worldly gain.
In St Nicholas Charles L. Barstow presents Melescander’s record of painter wisdom from Conversations. Rembrandt stands as his favorite among painters with quotes on art, education, effort, and time. The piece notes lifelong labor, regret for lost time, and dedication to improving with age.
Germany showcases widespread automat devices at post offices stations and restaurants. Machines dispense tickets postcards and drinks a coin deposits access showers towels and soap and even small medical items. Rail hubs feature chocolate candy music boxes shoe strings collar buttons and visiting cards via automated slots.
The Kansas City Star column recalls a quirky confession by Thomas T. Thompson about a tampered key system and personal woes, then shifts to a classroom discussion on China. A teacher questions the term for brutal foes, while a Wright boy offers the word manchus, illustrating language and perception in youth.
A natural timepiece forms a giant sundial on crested promontories above the Aegean. As the sun circles, its shadow sweeps across smaller islets at precise distances, providing hour marks without any clockwork.
A summer boarder asks about the country, the farmer replies it is not good enough to merit a mortgage, then he opens a cage of canned corn. The dialogue ends with a garbled line about Nude and NOBUO versus unclear.
Practical old time kitchen notes on apple baked treats left from convalescence and bread, fondant and frosting scraps repurposed into sweets and desserts. Tips include baking apples with butter and sugar, preserving bread by packing, using remnants for candy and garnishes, and turning leftover crust into turnovers or small gem pan desserts.
Frank Koetsch, a laborer in Graz, was tried for personal injury after rescuing a man from hanging. The victim survived but claimed scalp injuries. Koetsch was acquitted and said he would never act as a Good Samaritan again. In a separate note, Love speaks of ending a troublesome romance without admitting fear of hurting him.
Report outlines improvised bridges built across the Basingstoke Canal during Meld training at Aldershot. Essex troops rafted hay bales wrapped in tarpaulin, Middlesex created a beer barrel footbridge, Somerset Light Infantry used timber, and Border regiment fashioned a light bridge. The Third Infantry brigade retired as enemy pressed, but all units crossed successfully with rear guard destroying bridges.
A fragmentary excerpt recalls a man named Jacon and his claim he never tired of hearing her voice. The exchange questions if he married her, replying that a different neighbor owned phonograph records she made, implying a historic casual anecdote about early sound recording and social ties.
The piece notes Madrid has no large dairy operations. Milk comes from a few cows near the city, small shops called lectiering, and deliveries by carriers with framed pails. Regular supplies are rare, and cream is hard to obtain as milk is often sour upon arrival. Artistic birds nests described as exquisitely woven vireo nests are noted for their workmanship.
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