Condensed Plan for a Large Home in Small Space
William A. Radford explains how compact homes emulate kitchenette apartment design to maximize space. He details room folding like disappearing beds, dining room merging with living space, a semienclosed vestibule, breakfast nook, and moved refrigerator placement. The article notes practical small kitchens, a large bedroom closet with a day bed, a compact bathroom with a seat tub, and a modest frame garage with brick accent and garden touches to soften the facade.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Use of Good Hardware Is Safe Investment
In cost, hardware and Jocks amount to only 2 to 3 percent of total expenditure. Service is key as it actuates every door window and drawer used by all. Hardware quality varies in finish shape and function for different locations. Builders' hardware men should be consulted and samples inspected to ensure proper equipment. Place hardware orders early after work begins due to high demand.
Simplicity Is Keynote of the Small House
The article argues against the belief that tiny cottages cannot be attractive or well designed. It notes that over-ornamentation often spoils small houses and stresses that simplicity is a sound, essential rule for good architectural design.
Design Elements Elevate Small Stall House
Lines and materials shape a stall house’s appeal. The design emphasizes practical structure, clean forms, and durable finishes to create a visually pleasing, efficient space.
Beauty of Small Home Enhanced by Pergola
A single pergola can span six to seven feet with benches between posts creating seating similar to double pergolas. Small garden entrances can be compact artistic two post designs with a light top. Habit, not lumber, determines landscape gardening. present age seeks skill over past methods and similar embellishments at no greater cost.
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Ufe
Use of Stone in Building Walls
The proper use of stone requires careful study and selection. In choosing stone for walls, three conditions matter: the nature of the stone its texture and color.
Choked Pipes Prompt Action on Water Line Materials
Corroded iron and steel pipes become blocked by internal deposits reducing flow to a trickle. The report advocates replacing with copper or better materials to restore water delivery.
Waterproofing Foundations Prevent Costly Repairs
The owner should ensure proper waterproofing of the house foundation to avoid expensive future repairs, as neglect increases upkeep costs and potential structural problems.
Beetle Not Yet Conquered in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
The Japanese beetle invasion persists with no victory yet for authorities. Quarantine inspections have slowed spread, but damage remains heavy to apples plums grapes soybeans and corn while trees and ornamental shrubs suffer. The pest likely arrived as larvae in soil near nursery plants. A separate anecdote describes a tailor finding a one foot snake inside a coat collar, then becoming inactive after cleaning.
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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
United States
Louis Caizza
Ciazza
Blanning
Coat Collar Distorted by Mysterious Snake Incident
Frank Blaming of New Castle blamed a snake for a coat collar that would not lie flat and showed a peculiar bulge. He had the coat cleaned and pressed to remedy the issue.
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Frank Blaming
New Castle
Successful Fisherman Trip With 168 Fish At Bowers Beach
A group of Reading sportsmen fished from Captain Oscar Rothenberger’s motor boat Bellerene to the lighthouse fourteen miles out. In four hours they caught 168 fish including croakers sea trout and a turtle weighing 73 pounds landed by Mr. Bingeman. A sea trout of 8 and 14 pounds was landed by Mrs. Iain. The turtle was dressed by Oliver Brubaker and the meat shared among friends.
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Aumber
Reading
Bower's Beach
Delaware
Oscar Rothenberger
Bellirene
Bingeman
Iain
Oliver Brubaker
Lightning Prank Strikes Lodging House in Lock Haven
Jesse Perri, shaving in a boarding house bathroom, was knocked into a bathtub as a lightning bolt blasted through the ceiling during a storm. The bolt shattered a mirror, embedded glass in the wall, and caused deep cuts to Perri who could not report for duty as crossing watchman.
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Jesse Perri
Lock Haven
Jesse
Helen Fornoff
Mr. Perri
No Chance for Argument Figurative Exchange in Gappers Weekly
A brief quip from Gapper's Weekly portrays a big-town husband and wife in a domestic spat. The husband declares a statement about living a Gog's life while the wife retorts with an instruction to remove muddy feet and settle by the fire awaiting Ted.
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Ted
Gapper
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F.O. B. Lansin
Oldsmobile
Jerry Adams
Sayvers
Lititz Springs National Bank
Lightning
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Widmyer-Prangley Co
North Queen Street
Lancaster, Pa
Hershey & Gibbel
Amos B. Oberholtzer
Holiness Camp Meeting
Reading Holiness Association
Kricktown
Penna
Reading and
Adamstown
Florsheims
GRUBE
Firestone
Oldfield Tires
Cord Nova
C.m.snavely
Lititz, Pa
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