Distinctively American Home for Prospective Builders
William A. Radford offers free expert advice on practical home building in this six room and bath design. The compact, colonial style house mirrors 18th century settler homes with shuttered windows and clapboard siding and features a brick exterior chimney, wide porch, and a 24 by 26 foot footprint.
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W. A- Radford
William A. Radford
William A Radford
South Dearborn Street
Chicago
Tfl
New England
Plumbing and heating cost gaps in home building
Builders note plumbing and heating total far below 20 percent of home price. They warn against cutting fixtures and installations as poor work leads to costly repairs, wall openings, and disrupted daily life. Emphasizes selecting reputable plumbing, adequate bathrooms, and convenient added fixtures in new homes.
Judicious Use of Colors for Colonial Houses
The colonial house remains America's popular style and gains dignity from thoughtful color. While white or yellow bodies with green shutters are traditional, modern taste adds color to shutters, sashes, and window boxes. Caution, restraint, and avoidance of garish palettes preserve its upright dignity.
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America
Consult With Experts Before Building a Home
The notice urges consulting an architect a competent builder and a reliable material dealer before finalizing design and entering a contract. It stresses education and practical experience of these specialists and their gained knowledge in home construction.
Small Hats and Berets Popular in Luxurious Lace Trend
Lace dominates this season with versatile headwear and frocks. Turbans and berets in velvet pair with frocks to form harmonious ensembles. Designers highlight two tone velvet berets, Juliet caps, and sculptural browns while lace embellishes daytime and evening gowns with delicate, romantic lines.
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Rospigliosi
de Sigmers
Juliet
Oddities of Rainstorms Across History and Myths
A curious survey of extraordinary rain events including ink rains during Vesuvius eruptions and black rain during carnivals, fake portentous red rain, and miraculous citywide showers of fish, lobsters, bananas, stones, and pearl oysters reported in Scotland, the Canary Islands, and Japan, explained as windborne organisms and debris.
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Vesuvius
Scotland
Rata
Canary Islands
Japan
Kilts Ban at Braenler Gathering Stirs Local Ban
Royal observers at Braenler in the Scottish upper hills saw girls in kilts barred from most dancing contests. Of fifty events a dozen were dancing contests, but women and girls were excluded except for minor local shows. Pro moters said inferior dancers from large cities entered and later billed themselves as having danced before the king and queen.
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Scotland
Small Boy in Luck at Ocean City Train Rescue
A passenger train at Ocean City Maryland halted long enough for men to rescue eight year old Ernest Hastings from beneath the locomotive after the train struck a group of boys on the track. Hastings was seen to fall between the rails and disappear under the cowcatcher but was found squeezed flat on the ties as the engine passed. He escaped with only a small cut and no serious injuries.
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Ocean City
Ernest Hastings
Hastings
Unappreciated Discovery of Early Phosphorus Light
A historical note describes phosphorus discovery preceding a century of attempts to obtain light by friction of phosphorus and sulfur. The fragment highlights the early, uncredited finding before visible light methods were developed.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
Porc
Ben Kees
SATS
Jace
Cherie Nicholas
Dinom
Garfield
Desggista
Parker
Hizogx Chemical Works
Patchozue
N.Y
Boschee
Beatie i Bor Young
Boschee'’s
Atall Druggists
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter
SIG Bieiaas Raleigh
Ty Supreme Products Mtg. Co
Fullerton Galt
Prich Koethel P. O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
STERN
Jefferson Ave
Detroit
Mich
Cabanlss
Katy
Texas
California
Sioux City
Ge. Talear
Chemaitel Corporation
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