Homecroft movement warns forests and slums threaten nation
The speech argues forest destruction endangers farms and industries, urging permanent forest reserves and national ownership of public timber. It links plight of workers and children in slums to environmental decline, advocating Homecroft ideals and self sustaining homes on the land as national salvation.
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Mr. Maxwell
Timiing
Hgkee
Secretary of Agriculture
Gtates
Clean city campaign led by Missouri club women
The Columbia Herald reports Missouri club women push for cleaner cities and towns. In eight towns, women organize street cleaning and funds. Trenton women start a campaign watched elsewhere, as they meet at the president's home.
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Columbia Herald
Club Women
Missouri
Joseph
Macon
Trenton
Mra
Maxwell on housing as safeguard for urban social issues
The quotation argues that slums threaten cities and the solution is widespread home ownership. It envisions Rainycreasing population in individual homes to grant workers industrial independence and secure well being for families on the land.
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Japan
Homecrofters
Homecrofter
Fisher B
Chicago
Cainateie
George Hi. Maxwell
The Homecroft Movement and Its Watertown Gild
A historical notice describes The Homecrofters movement promoting town and village betterment through local Circles Clu bs and Gilds. It outlines an educational and housing program, land reform, and farm training with Watertown Massachusetts as the first gild site at 148 Main Street with a Garden School and 100+ children at work.
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Watertown
Massachusetts
Main Street
Homecroft Movement Gains in City Gardens
The Des Moines Daily News editorializes for home gardening as a civic and personal benefit. It argues even the wealthy seek health and purpose through tending soil and cultivating plants, aligning with the Homecroft magazine’s philosophy.
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Des. Moines Daily News
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