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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1902
Page
2
A discussion on tariffs notes high living costs versus earnings, citing Roosevelt and a pro tariff stance from the Boot and Shoe Recorder. It also recounts a magazine reader who tears ads from magazines sent to an old home, praising advertising in print and noting Printers Ink on selling ideas.
A discussion argues England and America are drawn together by shared literary and artistic exchange and personalities rather than wealth or power. Abraham Lincoln is cited as England’s best known American, challenging views of wealth and mastery. Also notes an ad seeking a roof paint salesman in Cleveland, and announces Danteh’s Exploring Expedition to Nova Zembla led by Professor Birksland with six companions to study auroral displays.
Professor Mark A. Carleton of Manhattan Kansas argues western and southwestern farmers can profit by growing macaroni wheat. He cites drought resistance higher yields and potential export surpluses, noting North Dakota Nebraska Kansas areas as especially favorable and European methods as a guide.
Two distinct causes of natural water color are identified vegetable stain and suspended mineral matter. Vegetable stain yields greenish yellow to reddish brown, while suspended matter, often iron-rich, causes turbidity. Color units are defined by platinum cobalt mixtures, and regional variation ties to vegetation, terrain, and water residence time. Remedies include diverting upland water away from swamps to prevent color formation.
A Philadelphia Times sketch envisions a future germproof home with single stories on gravel soil, no stairs, no cellars, and ventilated floors. Concrete hygiene bricks replace ordinary bricks, tiled roofs, wall to wall windows, polished cement walls, medicated cushions, and plant features to curb dust and bacteria.
A California inventor develops an incandescent bulb with an interior tube open at one end and a vacuum that remains intact while a brush can be inserted to apply silver for a reflector. The coil around the tube maximizes light surface. Also Waterman of California touts a bathroom control device operated by a bedside button that starts bath water and turns off automatically, letting a sleeper stay in bed until the bath is ready.
The design shows a two family residence costing not more than 62000 with one family plan and outwardly like a single home. It features brick underpinning, sheathing, building paper, color shingles, two large baths, nickel trim fixtures, two hot air furnaces, leaded glass, bronze hardware, and moss green roof shingles. The article compares American style to European forms and cites Prof A D F Hamlin on distinctive American characteristics.
A writer in American Homes argues the best homes are not those with the most costly build but those suited to their purpose. Homes for distant locations require careful planning to match the owner’s long developed ideas and available funds.
A. J. Richeimer believes he won the car raffle at the Toledo fair but cannot locate his tickets. He kept a list showing number E-4150 and suspects the prize, a $1,600 four seat machine, may go unclaimed unless the ticket is found. Carnival officials are advertising for the holder.
An advert explains kidney and bladder issues afflict both women and men, causing mind dulling effects and loss of vigor. It promotes Swamp-Root as a remedy, notes sample bottles by mail, and urges writing Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York for more information.
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