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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
3
The article promotes expert advice for home window choices and notes a variety of sash designs. It highlights inward and outward opening types, top hinging, side hinging, and triple casement options. Fly screens inside allow hanging curtains without disturbance and emphasize style and comfort constraints.
William A Radford offers free building advice to readers. He discusses square or rectilinear houses typical sizes from 22 by 28 feet to 30 by 36 feet, with 6 to 8 rooms. He emphasizes planning, proper drawings, and modern amenities for health and comfort. He urges drainage ventilation sunlight gas, water, electricity, heating, and a bathroom in every house.
Miss Janet C. Lewis works as a book doctor visiting libraries and treating book ailments like dry rot and leather decay. She advises ventilation tinted lighting and careful humidity, using a secret oil-based formula to preserve bindings. Her clients include the Avery library at Columbia and J P Morgan’s library.
A disjointed reminiscence notes how public figures face inevitable disillusion as pages and people form idealized opinions. A cafe waiter anecdote reveals the ease of conformity and the gap between expected originality and common complaints.
In clear Egyptian skies the sun’s setting light briefly flashes a brilliant green, with a sequence of green rays filling the sky toward the zenith. A similar but fainter effect occurs at sunrise, and ancient Egyptian writings are cited as noting the phenomenon.
State railway officer J J O Connor pursued a burglar along the Oakland mole. After a four block chase he subdued and arrested Ed Rensen who faced petty larceny charges. They were removing pipe from a freight car when caught. The other suspect fled into darkness.
Kansas City report on University of Missouri extension lectures where Prof H J Davenport argues fashion waste dissipates surplus energy, leaving no cure for poverty. He calls fashion a blend of foolish pride and flunkeyism driven by social leaders, shaping society with costumes and idle gestures.
Cleveland officials unveil a plan to cut living costs by selling lake fish at 5 cents a pound. A municipal effort would form a company to operate docks and guarantee fish at 50 cents per pound, with initial sales of 590 pounds. Women’s clubs and the city council back the move amid broader efforts to lower prices.
Photographs spot on sun near the eastern limb February 18 rediscovered by Santa Clara College Observatory. Rev J S Ricard notes sun spots foretell weather disturbances on the Pacific coast and across the United States through May 1.
In a Gulf of Mexico storm the British sloop Shearwater lost her propeller causing near-impossible steering. J P Lingane, an Irish shipwright, boarded the stern well and nailed boards to seal the hull enabling the ship to reach port, while sharks swam nearby and armed crew protected him.
A jury acquitted Pearl Elder of murder in the death of James Sanford on September 28 1910. Sanford described as a negro and alleged paramour of Elder's mother. The acquittal ends the Springfield Ohio trial.
Miss Kenney, a mathematics teacher at Rosedale High, descended 30 feet into a pneumatic caisson used for the James Street Bridge foundation in Kansas City. Wearing gym attire with overalls, she observed the air pressure environment and described the experience of workers below the riverbed level.
A Cuban kitchen folklore piece describes aguardiente as a universal remedy used for wounds, stomach upset, and general wellbeing, with iced drinks seen as unwise. It notes water tastes best when drawn from traditional vessels and lists tropical refreshments like tamarind and various frescos.
Albert Sampter recalls hotel practices in Holland where baths are rare and charged. Guests pay for a bath and maid service with towels and soap, water is limited and lights go out early. Amsterdam is noted as a metropolis with different standards.
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