Factory built houses hinge on price within popular reach
The piece surveys factory built housing amid hopes it will lower costs and refresh the building industry. It notes limited sales, few deliveries today, and high prices not clearly cheaper than traditional homes. It highlights material innovation and ongoing efforts to make prefab dwellings mainstream.
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Uccess
New York
RESS
MADR
Blc
Mal
King
U.S. Forest Ta Laboratory
Madison
Cona
Plain prefabricated housing may spark mass market boom
The article argues the nation needs 2.6 million new homes and that cheap four room houses sold with land at 3500 to 4500 dollars could ignite a vast market. It warns against gadgeted designs and praises mass production, noting current prefab efforts miss the point and that a simple, affordable house could reach buyers earning about 2500 dollars annually.
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America
Henry Ford
Ford
Factory built houses offer savings and evolving adoption
The piece argues factory built housing will save costs but notes major non factory expenses like grading foundations and sewer connections remain. It cites growing interest from architects and builders who see factory built homes as a potential remedy for slow industry and modest wages, despite challenges.
Word Lessons and Language Puzzles Highlight Daily Vocab
A short piece discusses careful word usage and pronunciation. It urges readers to learn one new word daily and notes the misuses of terms like moiety and raze versus raise. It mentions studying vocabulary to gain ownership of words.
Household Tips for Starch Stain and Egg White Tips
Quick kitchen hacks on preventing starch sticking by adding kerosene or lard to starch. Methods for removing medicine stains from white fabric use iodine tincture then ammonia soak before washing. A technique to stiffen egg whites involves lifting the beater high to trap air with each stroke.
Pilot licensing uniform rules extend to airship applicants
Applicants for lighter than air craft pilot licenses must pass standard examinations to ensure uniform requirements across license classes. The change aligns airship qualification with existing certification standards and broadens eligibility criteria.
Modern Etiquette Q and A From Roberta Lep
A Victorian style etiquette column answers questions on proper dress when a gentleman callers, social table conduct with neighbors, and wedding acknowledgments. It confirms a girl may wear hat and coat downstairs, conversation with unintroduced neighbors is proper, and wedding thank yous must be by letter.
Quiz answers from a historical snippet
The piece presents trivia prompts and answers: who said a quote about government in Washington, the average sleep of a 60 year old man, meaning of edentate, how many War of 1812 widows receive pensions, the smallest U.S. county, with Garfield linked to the quote and other facts such as 26 000 days of sleep and New York County’s size.
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Washington
U. S
James A. Garfield
Lincoln
New York County
Manhattan Island
Floodlit city tennis courts in Denver with coin slots
Two municipal park tennis courts in Denver now have flood lamps and coin in the slot devices offering 30 minutes of light for 25 cents. Parks Manager George Cranmer predicts mixed doubles with scores and witty banter about the game.
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Denver
Municipal Park
George Cranmer
Mid-Summer Business Slides but Gains Offset by Strong Indicators
The report shows mixed mid-summer activity with retail trade up slightly and year over year gains, while weather caused minor recessions in major centers. Manufacturing and steel output rose, auto production edged down but remains higher than 1934, and freight, power, and bank clearings all advanced compared with the prior year.
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Cram's Reports, Inc
Department of Commerce
United States
Associated Press
Italy
Bank of Italy
Federal Reserve
Richmond
Atlanta
Birmingham
Hartigan Fined Three Dollars for Traffic Violation
New York resident William Hartigan was fined $3 for a traffic violation, but faced the magistrate with only three dollars in hand two paper dollars and a silver dollar. The silver dollar, Hartigan said, has brought him good luck for years, and Magistrate Aurelio offered a sympathetic reduction.
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New York
William Hartigan
Aurelio
Two Local Women Injured In Wreck Near Mount Airy
Mrs. Lula Greenwood and her daughter in law Mrs. W. B. Greenwood, both of this city, were injured in an automobile collision four miles from Mount Airy at a White Sulphur Springs intersection yesterday afternoon. Mrs. D. C. Butner of Winston-Salem sustained a slight leg injury. The crash involved two cars driven by W. B. Greenwood and D. C. Butner with no other injuries reported.
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Lula Greenwood
W. 8. Greenwood
White Sulphur Springs
Mount Airy
D. C. Butner
Winston- Salem
D. C. Buntner
Minnehaha Man Returns Wallet After Honest Find
Herbert Steihm of Minneapolis found a wallet containing 48 dollars outside a Northfield theater and turn ed it over to a policeman who located its owner EK W Witt. Steihm, unemployed, said he needed the money but valued faith over a small fortune.
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Minneapolis
Herbert Steihm
Northfield
Tonic promises renewed vitality and health benefits
Advertises S. Tonic for fatigue and anemia symptoms claiming to restore energy and appetite. Cites 108 years of success and urges two week treatment with lophane wrapped packaging.
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