Community Improvement Plan for Washington Oregon Towns
A speech urges small towns to unite under a citizen committee to beautify homes yards fences and frontages, boost stores with attractive displays, support local hotels and newspapers, and create social, athletic, and youth programs. The goal is to stem rural exodus by making towns welcoming for residents and visitors, aligning with Pacific Northwest promotion efforts.
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England
Devonshire
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Pacific Northwest Tourist Association
United States
Cranada
Orsoon
Wheahinitan
Billeh Columbia
Chinese orange could thrive in freezing climates
An orange grown in China is described as surpassing Western fruits in sweetness and delicacy and may be cultivated in regions where temperatures reach 20 degrees below freezing, challenging assumptions about citrus hardiness.
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China
America
Europe
Self built combined driveway and walkway praised by Los Angeles homeowner
A Los Angeles man, short on funds, created a single cement path that blends driveway and walk with a stair step arrangement. He added side retaining walls and a top porch access, claiming significant labor and material savings by this combined construction. A photo accompanies the Popular Science Monthly description.
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Los Angeles
Benefit in town planning
In this Christian Science Monitor excerpt the value of deliberate planning is urged for rivers roads and highways and for parks and public spaces. It contrasts orderly, purposeful development with random growth and private interests, urging consideration for residents merchants and public welfare.
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National Park
Christian Science Monitor
English village lanes sprout English box gardens along coasts
The article notes New England shore towns from southern Connecticut to Maine lacking shade trees beautify barren spots with English box planters. Trailing ivy drapes porches and windows, with red geraniums and purple bells, harnessing greenery to counter treeless views.
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New England
New York City
Maine
Propertiea
Chiristian Science Monitor
Women Lead The Way In Track Of Town Cleanliness
Women nationwide show a resolve to keep homes tidy and well ordered and to apply the same standard to how a town is kept up. The remark appears in an exchange noting women’s leadership in household and civic care.
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Founda
Smnaller Rura
Lorger
Gominning Phare
Howe
Vietriet
Jnr
Names Show Up On 1921 Jury List For District Court
The article lists 200 names selected as potential jurors for 1921, naming individuals alphabetically from A. Allen to E. M. Young with many local surnames and neighborhoods referenced. It mentions a stray verse about a hen and a brownstone front residence across the way, indicating a page with mixed content.
Various Society and Economic Snippets in Brief
An assortment of terse notes reports on everyday life and quotes. Topics include wardrobe tips to avoid losing collar buttons, waste in food packaging costs, a double-married Ohio woman seeking divorce, marriage as a belief versus habit, a New York rent shock leading to self harm, an innocent victim in a crime, rising female employment in Argentina, young Japanese pearl fishers working long hours, and former Empress Elisabeth of Austria smoking heavily.
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New York
Argentine Republic
Japan
Elizabeth of
Austria
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Martin Deal
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Oliver E. Dennis
John Dickinson
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J. W. Edgar Jr
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M. D. Elliot
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Harvey Gage
W. W. Garbutt
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A. B. Gibson
Cary L. Gilson
W. W. Green
Thomas Gross
J. C. Guthrie
J. L. Harris
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J. D. Holman
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C. G. Irvine
Oscar T. Jacobson
W. W. Johnson
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W. J. Miller
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M. E. Miz
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A. B. Muir
W. L. Murphy
Wm. H. Murray
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Garnet E. McCrow
Henry McElimurry
A. J. McGowan
Ray Nash
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H. E. Prather
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J. E. Robertson
J. M. Robertson
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Chas. Rosenau
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J. H. Savery
John Schindler
G. A. Schroeder
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Chester C. Teal
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John M. Scott
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