Planning On Fixing Up Your Home? Use These Offers
Expenditures for home modernization are projected at 7 billion dollars for the year, driven by FHA loan insights and rising wages. The report highlights remodeling of roofs, heating, new rooms, insulation, and kitchens as key drivers, with 15 million homes already extensively updated since WWII. A reader column promotes a ground-snugger brick house and offers blueprints from Penny's Small Homes in Detroit, with pricing details for portfolios.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Penny
Atkinson Ave
Detroit
Mich
Mirror Of Business: Inflation and Robot Vending
The piece examines inflation's impact on vending machines and soda pricing, weighing nickel to dime price jumps and customer psychology. It notes technical limits, language barriers, and defense metal restrictions, with department stores adopting robots amid manpower shortages and a shift in retail dynamics.
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New York
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Modern Materials Fashion Colorful, Efficient Kitchens
American Builder notes postwar advances in kitchen planning and appliance design have made kitchens brighter and easier to manage. Improved storage, lower ceilings, built in closets, and better cabinet layouts boost space for toasters mixers and cleaning supplies while colorful floor and wall coverings and varied appliances enhance home appeal.
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Sang Paine
Questions and Answers from a Home Care Column
Typical writer replies offer cleaning and restoration tips for households. Rain splashed tabletops require mopping then liberal furniture cream after drying. Minor drawer sticking can be fixed with wax, or sanding edges after removing the drawer. Heat resistant enamel is advised for stoves but not on hot surfaces.
Lightning belief contradicted by locust focus claim
A claim that lightning more often strikes locust trees than other trees is challenged as false, suggesting no preferential vulnerability among tree types and urging caution against sweeping generalizations about storm risk.
Wasp Nest Destroyed by Water Stream
A report notes that a wasp nest under a house eaves was defeated by directing a stream of water from a garden hose. The method proved effective in removing the insects without further incident.
Love Plotter Will Be Tried In December
Medina AP three judges will try Max Amerman 27 for scheming the murder of Harold Mast. Date tentatively set for December 7 with Judge Windsor E Kellogg and two others to be assigned. Amerman pleaded guilty to first degree murder for the shotgun shooting in a plot to gain Mast’s wife Randi 24. Co-defendant Gerald Killinger 18 has been sentenced to die March 15 for the murder. Killinger’s lawyers seek a new trial alleging prejudicial errors including the presence of Mast’s daughter Elsie 2 during jury visits.
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Common Pleas
Windsor E. Kellogg
Amerman
Mast
Randi
Gerald Killinger
New Jersey
Medina County
Killinger
Kellogg
Paint Price Hiked by Major Firms in 5.6 and 3 Percent Jumps
Sherwin-Williams raised its SWP brands by about 5.6 percent with Kem-Glo enamel Kem Tone and Super Kem-Tone unchanged. Glidden followed with an average three percent increase. Both cite higher raw material costs and say hikes are proportionate. No comparative prices released.
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Cleveland
Sherwin-Williams
Glidden Company
Cleaning Frames For Picture Frames Care Guide
Cleaning picture frames requires a soft cloth dampened with suds then wiped. Rinse frames carefully and dry thoroughly to prevent moisture damage.
Answers on Korea War draft options for reservists and veterans
A Douglas Larsen Q and A article explains how the Korean War draft affects service members, dependents, and those with medical or legal issues. It covers deferral for dependent support, limited hope for early release, hardship discharge, and parole or felony-impacted eligibility.
Judge Leiser Upheld In Juvenile Delinquency Case
The District Court of Appeals affirmed Juvenile Court Judge Oscar Leiser for ordering workhouse sentences in cases of adults taking children to saloons. Victoria Tipton of Hamilton appealed after six months in Cincinnati Workhouse on two charges. sentences run concurrently. Parents receive 30 weekends in jail for permitting the outings. Also notes 45 percent of US highway mileage on rural mail routes.
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Oscar Leiser
District Court of Appeals
Victoria Tipton
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Leiser
United States
Bargain Sale by Gordon Martin
A shopper searches bargain racks for a perfect overcoat while the salesman pushes flashy options. Frustration grows with loud styles until a remote tweed coat finally tempts, but the bill leaves the buyer pale and wiser about bargains.
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Gordon Martin
Martin
Sundae Artist Anne Foster Tops World of Treats
Anne Foster, a Wisconsin farm girl turned Chicago fountain creator, earns world championship fame for imaginative sundaes. Her wins came with themed designs like Circus and Clown, Atomic, and Windy City, each crafted with playful, edible details and humor.
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New York
NEA
Anne Foster
Windy City
Chicago
Mrs. Foster
Florida
Stops Opera Cold in Vienna Hungary Protest Interruption
A heckler at a Budapest opera house disrupted a performance of Aida prompting Hungarian political police to intervene. Security questioned all present after the line Rha, where are you caused laughter before the opera resumed.
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Vienna
Aida
Budapest
Therformance
Rhadames
Communist Party
Fishermen Scarce Despite Abundant Labrador Catches
In Labrador waters fishermen are scarce even as fleets report plentiful catches. Fleet captains note many crews have crept away seeking higher wages and hope for better prices, while sellers attempt to set Peateh prices.
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ST. John’s
Labrador
Extreme U.S. Temperature Swings Reported
Across the continental United States extreme readings emerge with Montana recording 60 below zero while Death Valley California hits 134 degrees in the shade, illustrating wide climate variance within a short span.
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United States
Montana
Death Valley
Calif
2 Lines in $1.28 Back Extra Line 1640
Box numbers one additional. The note references two lines in a historical ledger or accounting entry valued at $1.28, with an extra line observed in entry 1640.
Archie Taylor obituary notice in Soga Illinois
Archie Taylor aged 67 of 614 West Maple Street Soga Illinois died November 24 at 3 00 p m at the Convalescent Home Sprii Illinois Funeral arrangements incomplete Riggs Funeral Home
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Taylor
Archie
West Maple St
Sogalinois
Spriiinois
Riggs
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