Advisory art committees urged to guard town beauty
The Literary Digest notes international debates on preserving amenities and beauty in towns and rural areas. It cites calls from architects and British officials for advisory town committees to guide buildings, streets, and public spaces while avoiding overreach.
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Towne
Christian Science Monior
Endur Nee
Auteriun
Fale
Roy Ioeal
Washington
Tovir
Ustrieis
England
Removal of Billboards Moves Coastwide Cleanup
Civic groups push to ban highway billboards along the Pacific coast after Standard Oil of California dismantled 1,200 signs in California Oregon and Wellington. Kenneth Kingsbury cites immediate public reaction with editorials letters and telegrams opposing sign clutter. Styline Boulevard project near San Francisco reportedly insured against billboards.
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Pacific Coast
Standard Oil Comjury
California
Oregon
Wellington
Kenneth KR. Kingsbury
San Frantisco
Tere Ocean
Attractiveness Versus Ugliness in City Building
A Kansas City Times note examines whether beauty adds value in commercial architecture. It cites Fifth Avenue and Michigan Boulevard as examples where attractive residences command higher value, while ugly commercial buildings often lack tenants and face early replacement in large cities.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Michigan Boulevard
Chicago
Kansas City
Fire Safe Homes Boost Community Wealth and Loans
A firesafe home adds permanent value to the community and reduces risk with fire resistant roofing. Tests show fire readisive roofing is worth extra cost. Banks may grant higher loan-to-value on first mortgages due to added security.
Guard Against Fire After Home Completion
The piece warns against fire risks once a house is completed and notes the tragedy of large conflagrations. It argues thousands of homes are destroyed and owners lose their air, with insurance often not covering all losses.
Process of Growth of Human Language Demonstrated by Speech Machine
An artificial speaking device by Sir Richard Paget illustrated how language may have evolved from unintelligible sounds to recognizable speech. Paget showed steps from grunts and grimaces to breathy whispers and vocalizations, linking facial movements to evolving vocal signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hichard Paget
New York
Clouds Varying in Composition and Cloud Levels
A Tehodors Sunday Herald report explains clouds differ in viscosity with temperature and pressure. Ground-level air thins and rises, with clouds forming at various levels due to dynamic global laws. On storms they press close to land, darkening the day with heavy rolling billows.
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Tehodors Sunday Herald
Jupiter
Certainly Was Dumb In Lancashire Excerpt
A humorous Lancashire anecdote mocks a millyard onlooker known as the tackler. In a tale retold by Whit Cunliffer two Saturday-dressed men joke about a coat hanger coat and a blown shoulder causing their embarrassment.
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Lancashire
Whit Cunliffer
Bill
Jock Son
Ovine Bas Font
The Wonderful Baby in London Tit-Bits spoof
A showman promotes a sixpence admission to see a baby claimed as wonderful. The crowd packs the booth and the baby appears ordinary, sparking questions from observers about what makes it wonderful. The tale ends with the showman calling for the mother to vouch for the claim before disappearing.
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Walt
Earth
Bear
Allan
London
Cleveland on the Cow Grover Cleveland's childhood verse
The Kansas City Times reprints a schoolboy composition by Grover Cleveland praising the cow. It notes cows supply milk for coffee and tea and provide leather, beef, milk products, glue, and other essentials, highlighting the animal's usefulness in daily life.
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Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Kansas City Times
Ancient Candlestick Passed From Henri II to LA Heiress
An iron candlestick of unique design once belonged to a Los Angeles girl and was said to be a gift from Henri II of France. The piece features spiraling iron on a round base with three bent legs and a twisted knob that raises the candle as wax burns, allowing light to stay alight.
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Los Angeles
Henri II
France
Argentine minister resigns over duel challenge in Buenos Aires
Dr. Thomas Le Breton former Argentine ambassador to Washington was slightly wounded in an affair of honor in Buenos Aires. He challenged Deputy Molinari after deeming a newspaper article offensive and resigned his post as minister of agriculture to fight the duel with sabers.
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Thomas le Breton
Washington
Enor
Huenos Aires
Finas
Sabera
Molinari
le Breton
Uncle Sam Needs Him John Washington Clings to Quiet Post
John Washington of Washington D C works for the government and, just turned seventy, is entitled to retire with a pension. Yet he remains at work because he holds the secret of making flexible postage stamp cancelers needed by the United States government.
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Uncle Sam
John Washington
Washington, D. C
United States
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Paramount Theatre
Hal Roach
Fred Jackman
Plastigri
Igeason
Harold Lloyd
Eesop
Hildren
Robert W. Chambers
Paul Revere
Morgan
America
Chekiang
Germany
Illinois
Iowa
University of Iowa
Gladys Brooker
Qmuhg
Neb
Josephine Buia
Necella Kiuek
Boone
Towa
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