Spanish Revival House Described by Radford as Distinctive and Comfortable
William A. Radford outlines a Spanish type home designed for varied climates with cool summers and warm winters. Exterior features stucco walls, bright awnings, tiled roof, and a grassed walkway. Interior centers on a 16 foot high chapel ceiling living room, semi enclosed patio, dining terrace, practical kitchen and pantry, three ample bedrooms, and an 86 by 49 foot footprint with complete electrical wiring shown on the floor plan.
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William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Spain
America
Hallway Decor as Barometer of Homemaker Taste
The hallway acts as the first impression of a home and reflects the homemaker’s personality. It should be inviting and blend informal and formal elements, with essential accessories like seating, a console mirror, a letter tray, a calling card plate, and an umbrella stand, all arranged simply to suit the rest of the house.
Make Contract Include Every Item Agreed Upon
A buyer who assumes improvements will be added faces disappointment without a written agreement. Sellers often lose interest after the sale, so oral promises are unreliable. Investigate the abstract and county records. the purchaser who skips this procedure bears sole responsibility.
Title Insurance Safeguards Against Tax Sale Title Clouds
The text notes the risk of property saled for taxes and clouded title, recommending title guarantee or title insurance as the safe protection. It warns insurance covers fraud in transfer but not verbal repair agreements, advising written contracts to memorialize agreed items.
Steel Basement Windows Practical and Artistic
The article extols solid steel windows for basement use, noting their solidity, light and air access, resistance to climate, and lack of swelling. Standard market sizes make them viable for residential basements and increasingly common in well built homes.
Tree selection tips based on location and purpose
Locate with care the tree site as soil and climate influence growth. If space is limited future development matters, says the American Tree Association of Washington. Choose a tree that fits the intended use and available space. local varieties are advised for planting. The association offers tree-planting suggestions for post stamps and urges planters to study neighborhood trees to pick those best suited to their needs.
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American Tree Association of Washington
Drawers Under Dish Closet in Kitchen Improve Storage
A kitchen tweak suggests installing drawers under the dish closet as an excellent storage spot. If at least three drawers are shallow, four to five inches deep, towels and dishcloths can be kept and found easily.
Soybean oilmeal eyed as pig feed aid in Iowa trials
Iowa State tests compare soybean oilmeal with meat meal tankage for pig fattening. Six groups, including shelled corn with minerals and rape pasture, show best gains from a fat self fed mix of corn soy oilmeal and tankage. Results suggest soybean oilmeal may replace part or all meat meal tankage depending on relative prices.
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Lowa
John M. Howard
Lambs Docking and Trimming Boosts Profit Says Study
A Kentucky extension study of 31,000 lambs found trimmed and docked lambs fetch higher prices. Wether lambs earned over $2 more per hundredweight than buck lambs, supporting turning buck lambs into wethers and marketing lambs at proper ages.
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Extension Division
College of Agriculture
The
University of Kentucky
Lightning Safe Fences for Stock Protection
Ground wooden or cement fence posts by installing a steel post or by stapling heavy fence wire along the post to ground. Grounding prevents lightning from traveling along the fence and striking stock. Steel posts provide perfect grounding. wire fences attached to buildings should be grounded at the last post and at the building.
Different Cholera Effects on Hogs Described
Hog cholera affects pigs in varied ways. Some cases are acute and die quickly, others are prolonged, with hogs sick for weeks before death or recovery. Affected hogs appear stiff and droopy, may lie still, stagger, cough, and emit weak squeaks if not helped by the herd.
The Secret To Growth Keeps Men Forever Young
A concise piece urges lifelong growth as the path to continual youth in spirit. It argues that growth requires lifelong learning thinking and doing with constant effort. It contrasts dreamers with doers and notes success follows those who keep growing
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Ponce de Leon
Rewao
Forbes Magazing
Greeks Celebrate Dionysus Festival With Wine Feasts
The article describes annual Greek rites honoring Dionysus featuring large wine tastings, grand banquets, and a drinking contest where participants try to drink fastest. Prizes included wine and cakes, with public and private celebrations fueling heavy drinking.
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Dionysus
Greece
Detroit
Good Word for Wasps
The piece notes that wasps prey on bud and blossom destroyers, leaf rollers and miners, stem borers and leaf cutters, and that sprays mainly kill grubs inside stems or fruit buds, leaving wasps partly unhelpful. It argues wasps can be more friend than foe for fruit during certain times.
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Auturn
Sensational Ascot Stakes Record Set in 1791 Race
George K witnessed a dramatic Ascot Stakes at Oatlands for a prize near 50,000. Nineteen horses competed as five changed hands at stake. Chifney rode Baronet, Prince of Wales, to a neck and a half length win amid a neck and neck finish.
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George K
Ascot
Chifney
Prince of Wales
George Ut
Ninepins Traced Back to Medieval Paderborn Chronicle
Doctor Ebstein, a German scientist, traces the game of Ninepins to an old chronicle from Paderborn, Prussia. He notes clergy in Westphalia invented the game during Lent, using leather balls to topple wooden pins, initially with three balls and later increasing to seventeen.
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Ebstein
Paderbon
Prussia
Paderboy
Westphalia
Queen of Roads Ap n Way Built For Roman War Needs
The Ap n Way linked Rome to Capua around 312 BC as a military road by Appius Claudius, extending to Brundisium for about 360 miles, later praised as Queen of Roads. It was built largely by slave labor with temples and statuary, remaining in good condition after centuries, and would cost about 250000 dollars per mile to replicate today.
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Rome
Capua
Appius Claudius
Brundasium
Julius Cesar
Origin of Canaries Obscure in Early Bird Domestication
The biological survey notes the true origin of the canary as a cage bird remains unclear. It suggests captive stocks likely came from the Canary Islands but may not account for all canary lineages. The serin finch of southern Europe resembles the canary closely enough that capture and interbreeding could have produced indistinguishable differences today.
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Canary Islands
Middle
Europe
Canary
Memorial plaques mark Pennsylvania’s famed colonial sites
The Pennsylvania Historical Commission plans markers at historic spots across the state. Dr. Albert Cook Myers leads the effort with boulders and brass plaques, unveiling dates include Oct 25 Germantown founder Pas_torius site, Nov 11 Captain Hole house, and Sept 18 Conestoga site near Millersville, among others.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Historical Commission
Albert Cook Myers
Commission
Lord Baltimore
William Pann
Francis
Daniel Pastorius
Germantown
Thomas Hole
William Penn
Conestoza
Lancaster County
Millersville
Indiana
Thomas Cresap
York County
Susquehanna River
Wrightsville
Washington Borough
Cresap
Philadelphia
York County Historianl Society
Birmingham Township
Delaware County
Wilmington
The
Baptist Church
London
Chester County
Perkiomen Creek
College
Manuhoughsin
Adams County
John Hanson Steelman
United States
Bucks County Historical Society
Playwicky
Langhorne
Neshaminy Creek
Tammany
Meyers
Record Starts New Year With Sept 18 Issue
The Ephrate Review notes the Record begins another year of publication. It extends congratulations and best wishes for continued prosperity, praising the journalistic organ as a worthy part of the community’s progress and service.
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Tz Record
The
Litus “Record
Review
Ephrate Review
Never by Indians Kentucky Receives Its Name
The article explains the origin of Kentucky's name from Native Americans. It claims the term Kentucks translates to dark and bloody ground and links the name to Saynge qwartare as the region's historic scene.
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Kentucky
Tinking Says Some People Simply Can't Learn At School
A garbled report from Measuring Zero News notes a student who repeated “Honesty is the best policy” in Bla copy, mentions a Bla schoolmate, and references an arrest for forgery. A terse exchange with an editor/host is included, reflecting unclear dialogue and unreliable transcript quality.
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Gouk
Orphans Court Public Sale of 101 Acre Penn Township Farm
Lancaster County will offer at public sale the late Joseph Garman estate in Penn Township two miles northeast of Manheim Born. The tract includes 101 acres and 39 perches with a two story frame house a frame kitchen barn carriage house and other outbuildings. Water supply includes a well and cistern fruit trees and grape vines. Three acres meadow and the rest cultivated. Viewing by appointment, sale at 2 PM with terms announced by administrators trustees and heirs.
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Orphans Court
Lancaster County
Penn Township
Manheim
Joseph Garman
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