Better Homes In America Demonstration House Earns Honorable Mention
The Better Homes in America movement reports 500 communities competing for awards, with Hamilton Ohio entering three demonstration houses and one receiving honorable mention in 1923. Dr John B Gries leads housing research and serves as treasurer, Harvard and Washington offices coordinate activities, and Better Homes Week runs May 11 to 18 promoting thrift and home improvement nationwide.
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Widows in Ameria Lacking Basic Comforts
In Ameria, a portion of widows lives in actual want and 37 percent lack common comforts of life. The report highlights hardship among widows and the need for relief programs to address poverty and deprivation.
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Life Insurance Rejections Surplus in 1922
The article notes death rates for estates were about ten times higher than for individuals and that nearly 30 000 life insurance applicants were rejected by companies in 1922.
Arguing Over California Bones Shifts Ancient Human Timeline
The New York Times reports scientists reexamining bones found in California that challenge the view of early Native American origins. If the bones prove younger than thought, rivals to long held ideas about earliest Americans may persist, given the bones resemble modern humans.
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Crookes Radiometer and its Stellar Sensitivity
The radiometer uses a glass globe with a four-disk vane that spins when light heats the blackened sides more than the white ones. Nichol’s refinement makes the device sensitive enough to detect radiant heat from some fixed stars.
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