English Style Homes Rise in Popularity in the United States
William A Radford outlines the growing preference for the English cottage style in American homes. The described modern house features stucco and brick, timbering, integrated garage, terrace access, spacious living areas, a well equipped kitchen, and abundant electrical outlets. Sleeping quarters are separated from public rooms, with ample closets and a flexible second floor space for future use.
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England
Home Owner Easily Can Make His Own Screens
Advice for the handy man on making window screens using readily available materials. Suggests seasoned stock, knot-free wood, suitable fiber selections, plain or grooved stock, bronze or copper screen cloth, and copper or brass tacks for attaching cloth.
Style of Draperies and Curtains Is Important
The article discusses choosing curtains and draperies by fit to the window and room, not trends or peers. It notes a trend toward simple curtains and valances, stressing the window as both a standalone element and part of a cohesive interior scheme.
Drapery Choices Shape Room Character and Ceiling Perception
The article guides choosing valance style as the key to curtain character and whether curtains should reach floor or sill. Floor lengths suit high ceilings and formal rooms while sill lengths suit lower ceilings and informal spaces, directing eye movement vertically or horizontally.
Building skills and materials for better homes
Useful hints emphasize hoists for jobs flooring quality mortar colors and stucco, approved wall board for quick repairs, and copper bearing steel conduits with zinc coating. Porches and sun rooms boost charm and value. Specification writing and estimating building costs are essential to a well equipped builder.
Roof Cost Cuts Make Inferior Quality Costly
When you try to cut costs in home construction, avoid sacrificing the roof. Poor materials or workmanship cause chief wear and higher long-term expenses, negating initial savings and compromising durability.
The Arts of Making Love and Home Life
A discussion on the essential elements of a happy marriage focusing on sex adjustment homemaking and parenting. It argues that a healthy family life relies on educated preparations for intelligent parenthood, mutual respect, and shared responsibility within the home.
No More Serious Problem Before Us Than That of Highway Safety
Speech stresses highway safety amid rapid highway expansion and vehicle growth. Cites annual road spending over a billion for roads and billions more for vehicles, with 23,000 lives lost and 690,000 injured yearly. Calls for investigation, regulation, and engineered solutions to protect life and speed traffic.
Here Is Where You May Help Even Under Existing Marriage Laws
The piece argues the family as the foundation of society and government interest in marriage. It notes bans on marrying in cases of insanity feeble minded and close kin, then urges public help under current laws to address other marriage risks and moral concerns.
Nature to Present a Mid Pacific Territory to the American People
The article envisions land rising from the Pacific floor as a result of ice age movements and pressure from nearby regions. It claims Hawaii could gain a new, vast territory extending from San Diego to Queen Charlotte Sound, with potential population and economic gains for the United States.
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Nature
Mid-Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Japanese Archipelago
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Hawaiian Archipelago
Hawaii
United States
San Diego
California
Queen Charlotte Sound
British Columbia
Java
A Few Hundred Kindly Quiet Churchmen in a Community
A passage extols a quiet group of couple hundred churchmen who practice modest worship and service. It argues such decent old fashioned Christians, by minding their own business and avoiding zeal, will do more for society than loud political movements or activist leaders.
Gasoline Safety: Accidents Preventable in Garages
Warnings urge caution with gasoline and oil handling. Tips cover sparks, open flames, proper extinguishers, oil cleanup, ventilation, and safe jacking. Advice includes using kerosene for cleaning, carrying tetrachloride or foam extinguishers, avoiding water on fires, and avoiding reliance on jacks with car elevated.
Horns Designed to Give Warning on Highways
The article argues horns should be used on curves, mountain roads, and at blind intersections to reduce accident risk. It condemns horn use in traffic jams as useless and disruptive, noting it irritates drivers and police and does not ease congestion.
Tool to Examine Tires for Inside Condition
A Vulcanizing shop technique uses a bend iron tool with twisted center and wooden rollers to press between tire beads. Inserting the tool between beads and a quarter turn spreads the beads, allowing a back and forth roll to inspect the fabric interior. Proponent: G B Hendrickson, Argyle Wisconsin, Popular Mechanics.
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G. B. Hendrickson
Argyle
Wis
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Arranging Motor Parts for Needed Adjustment
An expert notes accessibility of car parts greatly affects maintenance. Critical components like carburetor ignition starting lighting water pumps and oil system require frequent attention. Easy access reduces time mess and care cost and prevents delays that cause damage.
How to Lubricate Springs
A simple method to lubricate front springs involves jacking up the frame under the shackle bolt to relieve load, prying apart the leaves with a screwdriver, and forcing lubricant between the leaves with a thin steel stick.
Oregon considers ending free motor camps over auto tramp issue
The auto tramp described as cheaper than rent is driving movement to abolish all free motor camps in Oregon. Officials cite the growing menace as travelers roam from town to town, relying on charity, organized or not, for sustenance.
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Oregon
Proper Parking Technique on Down Grades
Instruction advises stopping with the brakes before using the clutch when parking on a downward grade. Do not rely on the clutch as a brake. Allow the engine to back the car only after the vehicle is fully stopped by braking.
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Illiam A. Radford
Jam A. Radford
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Creace
Bep
Benjamin Glassberg
Jewish Welfare Society
Legion
A. N. Johnson
Highway Research Board
Edward F. White
Indiana
Edwin Fairfax Naulty
New York Times
Charles Fiske
P. E. Bishop
New York
Highw
Illinois
Henry Larson
The
Auto Tramp
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