Better Homes Promote Rural Electrification in Hempstead County
In Hempstead County 41 percent of rural homes and 23 rural business places use electricity. Extension engineer E. L. Arnold of the University of Arkansas stresses electricity as a farming tool, not a luxury, boosting family income through appliances like electric irons, fans, clocks, radios, mixers, washing machines, and refrigerators reducing chores and spoilage.
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Hempstead
L. Arnold
University of Arkansas College of Agriculture
New Duplex Rising on Greening Street Project
A new duplex is under construction on Greening Street by Mr and Mrs George W Robison Jr The piece discusses cost savings from electric pumps at 3 cents an hour and cites FHA loan totals and losses through January 1988 The report notes Congress action and FHA modernization and repair activity and the potential future needs for authorization
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Arnold
Hope Star
George W. Robison, Jr
Home Loan Details and Benefits Under Insured Mortgage System
The article explains loan terms for new or existing homes including up to 25 years under certain cases. It covers monthly payments with principal, interest, mortgage insurance premium, taxes, assessments, and insurance. Interest up to 5 percent is noted, with premiums on decreasing balances. It lists sources for mortgage information and benefits such as low down payments, longer terms, careful property appraisal, and bundled charges with mortgage handling by a stable financial institution.
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Pedra Housing Administration
VHA
7 000 Firms Standards Not Applicable in Mortgage Insurance
7000 firms face revised rules as standards in the mutual mortgage insurance system no longer apply. Authority to insure modernization and repay loans was set by the original National Housing Act of 1934, with extensions added later.
Fragmented note insurance usage breakdown
A rough breakdown shows about 60 percent of the insured notes value went to finance, alterations, repairs, and additions while the remaining 40 percent funded machinery installation and shipment.
British Columbia Dominates Canadian Lumber Output
In lumber production, British Columbia leads all provinces, with Ontario trailing and Quebec third. Douglas fir tops BC timber production, underscoring its timber industry strength.
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British Columbia
Canadian
Ontario
Quebec
Arkansas Toll Bridge Aid And Depreciation Adjustments
State officials contest federal depreciation calculations for toll bridge reimbursements. Arkansas faces potential losses of about 560 thousand dollars from revised formulas while allocations for 1937-38 to 1939-40 total over 4 million dollars. highway officials travel to Washington to discuss Public Roads Bureau figures and lifting funds on the Clarendon bridge.
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Arkansas
Thighway Department
Washington
United States Bureau of Public Bonds
Highway Department
W. W Mitchell
W. W. Zass
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Fort Worth
Texas
Clarendon
Bailey
Lawmaker Pushes Bills on River Dam Projects
WClellan files a pending regulation in congress as a member of the home fled control committee. He urged passage of a bill to raise the Gemile fusephur levee level, separate Mirgansi and Eudora floodways, and back reservoir construction on the White and Arkansas rivers, with at least two on the laties stream. Senator Hattie W. Caraway of Dunus notes support.
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Congress
Home Fled Control Committee
Arkinsag
Mirgansi
Eudora
Heath
White
Arkansas
Laties
Hattie W. Caraway
Dunus
Fragmented OCR hints at a scattered regional tale
The text presents garbled names, dates, places, and phrases including references to people and events. It hints at a narrative set in a past era with multiple personal histories, but the legible content is disjointed and non-specific.
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Forderal Housing Administration
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Lass Small
Federal Housing Administrator
Joe
Gil Lewist
Ilding Materials Now
Florhide
Wallride
Gall US
Jane
Wclellan
Ann Aumreih
Lye Wetiel
Benioteinatisay Peat Bey Poteet
Pbv
Bier Gourts
Jexults Qulevise Sethie
Dennis White
Agi
Thalys
Stummer
He Sale
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