Attractive Dutch Colonial Has Unusual and Desirable Features
William A. Radford offers free home building advice as he describes a Dutch Colonial style house plan. The two story stucco home features a farm office adaptable for town use, a curved breakfast nook, a large pantry, washroom with toilet, three corner bedrooms with abundant light, cross ventilation, closets, and a basement for heating plant and storage.
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W. A. Radford
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Selection and Care of Woodwork For Homeowners
Modern guidance on choosing and finishing interior and exterior doors. Discusses wood types close and open grained, fillers, varnish conditions at about 70 F, proper filling of open grained woods, staining vehicles, and how to finish and deliver doors. Exterior doors require veneers and multiple varnish coats, sash doors need putty bedding and shellac around glass openings.
Chimney Pots Add Decorative Touches to Homes
Chimney pots vary in style from colonial cottages to French and Italian designs. A wide range of colors and options is available to suit different houses and tastes.
House value Lies in usefulness, not flashy details
The text argues that buyers often overlook durable usefulness when faced with ornate features like special floors elaborate fireplaces sun porches and luxury frills. It asserts that long term practicality determines a home's value rather than initial eye catching appeal.
Fall or spring plantings for fruit trees depend on variety and locale
Hort culture expert Prof. M A Blake explains fall planting suits cherries that grow early then stall, while apples and peaches may grow in late fall but risk winter injury if transplanted late. Frost heaves and wet or dry soils affect root survival. firm packing of soil around roots is essential to prevent dead trees.
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Adam
M A. Blake
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Homemade Apple Grader to Work Satisfactorily
A Rural New Yorker writer suggests that a homemade apple grader is possible but performance hinges on the maker’s skill. He describes a crude V shaped belt system driven by a motor, with wooden frames for support, noting practical use for peaches and gooseberries and standard 214 inch grading.
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New Yorker
Wettable Sulphur Sprays Rise in Popularity for Disease Control
Wettable sulphur sprays gain favor across regions for disease control and reduced leaf and fruit injury compared with lime-sulphur. Lime-sulphur delivers sulphur in soluble form causing internal injury through skin breaks, and can form compounds with arsenate of lead that burn. hydrated lime can mitigate this issue.
Washing Fruit Removes Spray Residue in Simple Bath
The article notes washing fruit in a hydrochloric acid bath of 1 to 500 H for one minute removes spray residues with satisfactory results. Treated fruit stored up to five months shows no injury and finish may improve in varieties like Rhode Island Greening. In fall 1926 two men dipped 180 bushels in three hours using splint baskets, hogsheads. acid cost about 15 cents, total under two cents per bushel.
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Rhode Island
Golden Cross Tavern Loses Renewal Amid Bankruptcy Report
The Golden Cross, one of the county’s oldest taverns, had its license renewal denied by the West Lothian licensing court after the half year report showed bankruptcy and minimal business. The premises once hosted Robert Burns during his 1787 Highland tour with the local lodge of Free Masons.
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Golden Cross
West Lothian Lcensing Court
Robert Burns
Lodge
Ree Masons
London Mail
Publisher offers two thousand pounds for Inge life story
A foreign paper reports an American publisher asked Dean Inge to write his life for two thousand pounds, a reply declined. The publisher then asked for a life of Christ at lower terms, the exchange cited by the Boston Transcript.
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Dean Inge
Christ
Boston Transcript
Baby talk inquiry fuels fond parent pride
A Detroit News note describes a parent proudly noting their baby’s speech is improving. The entry highlights the paradox of confident talk paired with unclear speech as the infant begins to vocalize.
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Detroit News
Moone’s Emerald Oil Promise for Pain and Odor Relief
Advert says Moone's Emerald Oil relieves tender aching pain and soreness and removes offensive odors with a money back guarantee. It claims to soothe ears sores, corns, callouses, and even swollen or varicose veins, promising health and freedom of movement.
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Moone
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