Highway overrun disrupts towns says Eaton in Atlantic Monthly
Walter Prichard Eaton argues that cars and highways foul town life and threaten regional balance. He urges removal of roads from towns, building wide rural rights of way radiating from cities to improve through traffic, reclaim village character, and enable suburban expansion under zoning.
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New York Central
Syracuse
Chicago
Walter Prichard Eaton
The
Atlantic Monthly
Modernizing a Home Adds Value and Comfort
The article outlines that home modernization can be small or extensive, including roof upgrades and layout changes. It notes five benefits: higher real value, greater owner enjoyment, neighborhood improvement, increased family appreciation, and safer, more convenient living. Permanence and investment mindset determine lasting benefits.
Shrubs Transform Grounds at St Gabriel Church
William A Beaudry a Chicago landscape architect describes how the grounds around St Gabriel church and school were transformed within months. He notes after twenty years studying landscaping that well planted and cared for greenery earns public respect and pride, even from the meanest or most ruthless individuals.
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William A. Beaudry
Chicago
St. Gabriel
Mr. Beaudry
Honest Construction Builds Real Patriotism and Solidarity
The text argues that securing financial means for building requires honest construction and materials. It states a well built house stands as its own security, while slovenly work mocks a noble impulse and national greatness. Those who build faithfully are patriots aiding motion welfare of the people.
Modern Homes in Demand in Real Estate Market
The piece states that buyers seek up to date homes with modern fixtures hardwood floors well arranged rooms tiled baths and graceful lines. Modern homes are in demand and sell more easily while dated mid timers without current conveniences struggle to rent or sell.
Trees Need Care To Survive And Thrive
The article urges appreciating trees and warns many are diseased or starved due to neglect. It notes the years required for a large shade tree to grow and emphasizes the necessity of proper platefood to support leaves, seeds, and wood growth.
Robot-Mr Richard Robot powers a talking mechanical man
A British inventor unveils a two foot high mechanical man named Robot Mr Richard Robot that can stand, talk, and obey simple commands. It can perform limited conversations and respond to prompts, with ideas of future sight and movement, but lacks a soul, which the piece notes as humanity's defining essence.
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Richard
Garfield
New York Electrical Society
By the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Nutty Natural History by Hugh Hutton
A humorous sketch notes a Havana tourist spotting carved creatures above a cathedral portico. The piece jokes that Columbus mentioned the rummy on old telegraph wires and claims the soft shelled egg stood on end. The author describes a frozen swamp encounter with a rummy, detailing a pistachio head, almond shell wings, peanut feet, clove legs, and a popcorn nose.
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Havana
Columbus
Isabella
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
Mothers Cook Book Poem About Smiles and Sunbeams
A short verse from the Mothers Cook Book urges greeting each day with a smile. It contrasts sunbeams of happiness with frowns that bring sadness, encouraging cheerful expressions everywhere.
Pimiento Dishes Add Zest To Many Spanish Recipes
A column offers pimiento rich ideas for using the pepper in dishes like Squaw Corn and Stuffed Pimientos. Recipes include bacon fried corn with eggs and chopped pimiento, cabbage salad with lemon gelatin and pineapple, pimiento stuffed mushrooms, pinwheel biscuits with diced pimiento and cheese, and a Spanish grapefruit salad with pimiento stars and maronnaise.
Those buggy days and changing roads remember a life
The speaker notes romance and progress from buggy rides to cars. He recalls long talks with Terry and Carsey, the simple joys of moonlit strolls, and how the world has changed yet emotions remain. A nostalgic reflection on youth, travel, and time.
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Douglas Malloch
Dear Editor Letter on Senses in Media
A reader laments modern entertainment dulling imagination. The letter cites tabloids films and future scent broadcasts as threats, urging society to preserve active thinking and resist passive consumption. It closes with a warning about becoming dull thinkers.
Why We Do What We Do Master Motive Drive
A discussion of master motives as the driving force behind ambition and actions. It explains that a single core objective can dominate desires, guiding choices during crises and shaping long term life aims such as success, love, wealth, or power. The piece notes motives can be brief or lifelong, and that urgency from emergencies tests focus before returning to core aims.
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Ene Tounney
McClure Newspaper
Syndicato
Enfranchised Fannie Defends Candidate Faction Ties
A quote labels polygamy as absent in the country while praising a candidate who appeases six party factions, suggesting insider awareness of political maneuvering. The remark hints at factional influence in elections and loyalty to party interests.
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Fannie
Woman's Home Companion profile notes enduring lumen of charity
A brief sketch describes a lasting figure of feminine benevolence, calling her the traditional Lady Bountiful with a market basket. It suggests evolving psychology and economics have not stripped her of luminous traits and community role despite changing times.
Castoria and health notes in early 1900s column
The column touts Castoria as a safe, pleasant remedy for babies and young children, warns against adult medicines, and asserts it won’t harm the youngest. It also notes Frau Helene Wastl’s appointment in Vienna’s medical faculty and quotes a Country Home editor on living fully after sixty. An Egyptian artifact with hieroglyphic figures of platinum alloy is mentioned, and a small-town auto damage dispute ends with the buyer exchange.
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University of Vienna
Frau
Helene Wastl
Physiological Institute
Durig
Dr Wastl
Thebes
Two of a Kind Blink Comedy Quip in Verse
A light humorous verse exchange has a wife up in the air while the speaker jokes that his own mood is down in the dumps. The brief pair plays on opposites for a quick punchline.
Man who loves his work takes a needed vacation
A devoted worker decides to take a needed break, hoping to return refreshed and ready to resume responsibilities soon. He plans a brief hiatus before resuming duties with renewed focus.
Horseshoes in Pine Reveal Ancient Hidden Object Tale
At a sawmill near South Paris Maine a woodworker struck something hard and damaged teeth. A big pine trunk with an 18 inch diameter grew around a pair of horseshoes likely placed generations ago near a local schoolhouse. The story hints at a long-forgotten prank or guardian relic encased by the tree over many years.
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Paris
Maine
Happy Woman Tells How She Lost Fat in 27 Days
A Montana woman claims she lost nine pounds of fat in 27 days using Kruschen Salts. She credits a daily half teaspoon dose in hot water before breakfast, promising expulsion of toxins and improved vitality, skin, and figure, with a money back guarantee on a 5 dollar bottle from any druggist.
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Montana
America
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Carsie
Tre
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Ired Barton
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M. K. Thomson
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