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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1920
Page
4
A nearly square white bungalow sits on an 50 foot lot with wood features, including a hip roof and pergola over the drive to the garage. The plan shows a 12 by 20 foot living room, 12 by 18 foot dining room, 11 by 11 kitchen, two bedrooms, a central bath, and a basement housing heating and storage for a compact, cost effective home.
The article advises estate brokers and building associations to plan modest homes not exceeding four times the lot value, with space only to house the family comfortably. It recommends a white bungalow with five rooms, aligned with neighboring houses, and stresses building within a fixed budget for future sale value and personal satisfaction.
A historic Harper's Ferry Baltimore and Ohio railroad sign, painted shortly after the line opened, remains vividly legible after years of weather. Engineers seek the anonymous painter, claiming the durable pigment promises wealth to whoever reveals its secret, as the wood erodes minimally.
A Chinese legend of the Goddess of Mercy is recounted with emphasis on the queen daughter who endures trials and suicide sacrificed, the dragon helper, and the king freed from leprosy by a monk using ashes. An American lecturer recounts travels addressing literary, Chinese topics in Philadelphia Boston New York and New Jersey audiences.
A report from the Bureau of Efficiency urges to centralize foreign trade activities under the Department of State and standardize data handling through Commerce. It emphasizes potential major savings, consolidation of resident agents, and unified policy across agencies. A separate note reviews WWI draft records, their vast scale, and lessons for national history with Desertion rates and costs.
A 500 acre tract near Colorado Springs known as the Garden of the Gods features dramatic sandstone pinnacles over 300 feet tall. Notable sights include the Cathedral Spires and Balanced Rock, with a gateway formed by two massive red sandstone formations spanning the road.
In Bavaria before the war small celebrations kept life friendly at work. Employers gave Jubilee goodies and ships of cake and brief speeches. Employees also remembered chiefs birthdays and cameday with simple tokens and kindnesses that fostered a neighborly spirit.
In Clearfield Pennsylvania Charley Wilson with a wooden leg disrupted the Hemlock special by dropping his peg into the train car’s floor and air brake coupling. After a 60 minute effort conductor Farrell and crew freed the gear and resumed the trip to Tyrone.
Lynn E. Melendy wooed and won Clara five years ago. A flight over Redwood City led to renewed affection and she withdrew her divorce suit for cruelty. Melendy, from the Midwest, became an instructor at Redwood aviation school and persuaded his wife to take a cloud ride.
Genevieve T McLaughlin of Brooklyn accuses husband New York John McLaughlin of being a relentless faultfinder in a supreme court affidavit supporting her bill for separation. She alleges he criticized every detail from Tate to reading, walking, work, and even her window gaze.
Mathias Beck er, eighty four, accuses his wife of cruelty and infidelity amid divorce filings. She counters with a crocs bill denying the charges. A separate New York item notes a Porto Rican selector attacked during a dance, killed by an assailant.
Charles F. Sheridan head of the American Legion service division at national headquarters Indianapolis is a Oswego New York native with extensive prior service in the war risk insurance bureau. A Amherst College graduate of 1912 he practiced law in Syracuse before joining wartime service and rising through the war risk section to head of the special service division in Washington. The Kern County Labor Council resolution endorses the Legion and urges union members eligible for Legion membership to join.
A Bakersfield Union Labor Journal report defends the American Legion against claims of anti labor sentiment. It notes union locals nationwide endorse the Legion and rejects rumors that labor attacks exist. The Kern County Labor Council and Sacramento Labor Council express friendship with the Legion and condemn hostile reporting.
The article describes 118 400 French certificates awarded to kin of American soldiers who died in the war. Post by the American Legion held ceremonies on Washington's birthday. The relief sculpture shows allegorical figures symbolizing liberty, justice, and victory, with Hugo verses engraved on the wall.
Army Ordnance Post No 8 of New York acquired the Chatsa Thierry panel from the historic memorial arch, a structure once used to honor homecoming soldiers. The salvaged piece was bought by Myers, a post member, amid the arch’s demolition.
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