Distinctively American Home For Prospective Builders
William A Radford offers free advice on practical home building for readers. The six room colonial style home shown resembles 18th century Pennsylvania Maryland New Jersey houses with shuttered windows and clapboard siding. It measures 24 by 26 feet plus porch, with brick exterior chimney, reception hall, living room dining room kitchen, three corner bedrooms, two upstairs baths, and a basement same size as the house.
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W. A. Radford
William A Radford
William A. Radford
South Dearborn Street
Chicago
Til
New England
Plumbing and Heating Costs in Home Building
Builders note plumbing and heating together make about 20 percent of home price with fixtures at 9.9 percent and heating at 83 per cent of the event. They warn against cutting these items to avoid future repairs, urging excellent fixtures, adequate bathrooms, and modern conveniences planned in the original contract for lasting value and sale appeal.
Judicious Use of Color Adds Dignity to House Design
The colonial style remains the most popular in America and serves as a model for new homes. Color accents on shutters sashes and window boxes enhance its classic lines while restraint keeps the historic elegance intact.
Consult With Experts Before Building Your Home
The piece advises consulting an architect a competent builder and a reliable material dealer before final design and contract. It notes experts gain knowledge through education and practical experience about home building.
Small Hats and Berets Span Fashion Trends
Cherie Nicholas notes a new trend with small hats and berets in matching lace ensembles. Velvet turbans, berets, and wrapped styles emphasize individuality, with designers using lace to harmonize daytime and evening wear and to frame romantic, feminine lines.
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Hlick
Extraordinary storms and strange rains across history
A historical account recalls bizarre weather events where rain carried ink during Vesuvius eruptions and storm winds felled items from boats. It notes odd showers of bloodlike mist, rain containing fish and oysters, and hail of live lobsters, all described in superstitious terms but explained as windborne objects or water organisms.
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Vesuvius
Sealand
Canary Islands
Japan
Kilts Banned At Braemar Gathering Event
Report from Braemar describes royal spectatorship of dancing events in the Scottish hills where women and girls were barred from Kilts and from viewing nonlocal entrants. Promoters say kilts were stopped after inferior dancers from large cities entered and later performed on vaudeville stages before the king and queen.
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Braemer
Supper Hills
Scotland
Small Boy in Luck Rescued After Train Passes Over
An eight year old boy, Ernest Hastings, was rescued when a passenger train stopped at Ocean City Maryland. The locomotive plowed through a group of small boys on the track and Hastings disappeared under the lower section, only to be found squeezed flat between the ties as the engine passed. He suffered only a small cut and was uninjured apart from that.
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Ocean City
Traen
Ernest Hastings
Hastings
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