Little House on Wheels promotes American housekeeping abroad
International Mews Service reports the Honolulu YWCA's Little House on Wheels teaches hygiene and sanitation to foreign birth women, with city byways to showcase a miniature home including bath and kitchen, funded by local firms and individuals and photographed for Better Homes Commission. The piece also notes trends in Japanese and Chinese swimwear and Hawaii fruit flavoring by Thomas C. White, plus a humorous poem anecdote from a rural journalist.
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John P. Stone
International Mews Service
Honglulu
International In Siiutek
Hotolulu Young Women's Christian Association
Ate Quést
Better Homes Commission
Washington
Plant At Conway Opened By P. R. R.i
ROCHESTER Pa July 24 The reclamation plant at Conway yard opened by the Pennsylvania Railroad is operating at about 50 percent capacity. It aims for full operation before winter and will employ about 390 people. The yard will split into sections for reclaiming rail and for locomotive parts. The plant serves territory west of Altoona and Buffalo to St Louis with new tracks and large storage buildings. P A Meyer of Fort Wayne will be general foreman in charge. George H Davis shifts to be foreman of the new plant.
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Rochester
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Conway Yard
Ralla
He Pennsylvania of
Rentrai
Altoona
Buffalo
St. Louis
P. A. Meyer
Fort Wayne
Ind
George H. Davis
Pilediin
Dew I
Narrow Escape As Building Collapses in Providence
Fifty men narrowly escaped death when a two story wooden structure on Atwells avenue collapsed in a similar fashion to a Boston incident. Side walls cracked as hallways filled with inquiring workers, and the men rushed outside before the building sank into an adjacent lot. One man escaped via a back ladder as debris rattled the area.
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Serviccy
Providence
Atwells Avenue
Boston
Questions Of Degree In The Circus The Ten Cent Shows
A fragmentary New York Weekly item notes a child’s quizzical exchange about a circus outing. The dialogue hints at preferences between traveling ten cent shows and larger attractions, with a parent figure accompanying.
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Chenson
New York Weekly
Croton Scouts To Go To Camp Monday
Croton Boy Scout Troop No. 6 held their weekly meeting and planned the trip to camp. All scouts headed for camp should meet at Croton school Monday morning, sharp, to be transported. Deputies and troop leaders ensured readiness, with 24 boys present.
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Croton
Croton School
M. J. Howard
Insperta
Davis
Chie McClelland
Tony Cor Lalucale
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Donahoe
Towa's
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U.S. A
Donahee’s
Pillsbury’s
Syeets
Silver Lake
Pound
East Washington Street
Daily News Letter
Orient
Japan
America
Thomas C. White
Luther Burbank
Hawaii
Billville
Northarn
Dally Mall
NEW Castle
NEW Castle Drug Corp
Mili
North Streets
Ebeling
Ebeling’s For Furniture
East Washington
Barnett
Washington Street
Ibook
Mister
Tan Ant
Dadier
Boyn' Oxfords
Oxford
Tedles’ Colored
Oxfords
Conway
R. I
Momariel
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