Japanese Gardens and Home Living Rooms in Roosevelts Era
A 1930s NEC article discusses Japanese garden design as an integrated part of the home, noting tiny spaces with rocks, moss, water features, and lanterns. It contrasts living rooms with front rooms, advocating flexible use of space and a drawing room concept for family activity. The piece includes observations from Betty Wells and reports on a national resources committee study under Roosevelt.
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Japan
Washington, D. C
National Resources Commi
Roosevelt
Recre
Dzives
Surver
Vancouver backyard aviary draws world attention to bird paradise
Charles E. Jones of Vancouver hosts an immense natural aviary with hundreds of birds from many varieties. Visitors hear an orchestra before seeing the birds, which freely swarm guests and even eat from a hand. Jones, born in England, aims to expand to thousands of birds in a large, natural setting for study and tourism.
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Vancouver
B. C
Charles E. Jones
Mr. Jones
Australia
Rix. Jones
Jones
Marathon Winner Welter Young Captures Boston A A Title
Welter Young, twenty four, from Verdun Quebec, won the 40th Boston Marathon finishing in 2 hours 33 minutes 20 seconds and defeating seven former winners. The unemployed runner hopes the victory will land him police work in Verdun.
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Welter Young
OH Canadien
Boston A. A
Young
Verdun
Quebec
Canaca
Red fingernails trigger courtroom fight over ejection
Mrs. Alta Moore sues for 10000 dollars after being ejected from a local stadium for wearing red fingernails described as slaughterhouse finger nails. The suit seeks damages in a public venue in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Alta Moore
The Ministry of Silence by The Ministry of Silence
There would be no great art music or literature without silence. In quiet hours the critic roams for inspiration. The mood that yields sudden thought grows in solitude and yields a great character. Detachment from ordinary duties fuels creativity.
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Robert Browning
Silence as a Path to Higher Understanding
The passage argues that silence can deepen self knowledge or, if misread, breed loneliness and fear. It contrasts fear driven introspection with love guided contemplation, suggesting great silences inspire compassion and pursuit of higher actions rather than ego. The text warns against jazzed sensuous life distracting from meaningful insight.
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Coralles
Ministry of Silence
Silent Harmony of Being Prompts New Ways of Seeing
Fragmentary essay hints at how perception and distance shape self view. It references Mozier’s idea of beings from Silence and the mystery of existence speaking through stillness, urging transformation of consumption into better patterns.
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Toba Mozier
Farmer Bronderslev Emulates Old Testament Plan Near Broadwater Neb
A Nebraska farmer near Broadwater embraces biblical farming by storing grain in good years as part of the evernormal granary idea. He compares himself to Joseph and says reserves help weather bad crop years. He anticipates a strong 1937 planting season despite arid conditions.
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H.A. Brondersiev
Broadwater
Neb
Joseph
Bronderslev
Wallace
Brandersley
Market Renovated Amid Seagull Breakfast Routine
After extensive work the market presents a fresh red brick facade with renewed pillars and new sheds. Despite the renovations, seagulls continue their morning breakfast routine, a familiar sight to locals.
Four Massachusetts centenarians share living tips
Four Massachusetts centenarians offer life tips in Boston. Miss L Aang Dodiey aged 102 from Bes good care af four recommends moderation in small things, while Mrs Care fine L Flagg 102 of Wellesley urges good health and a cheerful disposition. Mrs Caroline M Conant 100 of Brockton counsels serenity, temper, and faith, and Mrs Elects P Stratton 101 of Shelburne Falls endorses moderation in tobacco and abstinence from liquor.
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L. Aang Dodiey
Carefine L. Flagg
Wellesley
Caroline M. Conant
Brockiin
P. Stratton
Shelburne Falls
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Janother
Betty Wells
Tokyo
Bet Wells NG
Couunry
Bes
Besse
Works Progress Administration
Manron
Colena
Chicago
Gastonia
Ghis
England
Nero
the Ministry OF Silence By
Miss Pearl Dietz
Boston
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