Road zoning and rights of way to tame motor traffic
Walter Prichard Eaton argues in the Atlantic Monthly that highways should be removed from town centers and routed along new rights of way radiating from cities. He claims this would ease through traffic, restore towns’ character, and allow expansion of mobile populations under planning and zoning laws.
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New York Central Railroad
Syracuse
Chicago
Urying
Walter Prichard Eaton
Atlantic Mortlity
Things to Keep in Mind When Modernizing Home
The article notes modernization can be a small change like a fire safe roof or a large overhaul affecting layout and systems. It argues modernization raises home value, improves owner enjoyment, uplifts neighborhoods, increases family attachment, and improves safety and convenience if treated as a lasting investment.
Shrubs Transform Grounds Around St Gabriel Church
Chicago landscape architect William A. Beaudry describes transforming barren grounds around St Gabriel church and school in months. He notes well kept plants earn respect from all ages and foster community pride through proper planting and care.
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Wiliam A. Beaudry
Chicago
St. Gabriel
Loss by Cheap Construction
In securing funds for building the first requirement is honest construction and material. A well made house acts as its own security and those who skimp on work and materials threaten national greatness. Builders who are faithful contribute to national solidarity and public welfare.
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Regi
Modern Homes in Demand and Market Trends
The article notes the demand for up to date homes with modern fixtures and hardwood floors. It states buyers seek well arranged rooms, tiled baths, and clean lines, while older homes with outdated conveniences are harder to sell or rent.
Trees Need Care for Long Term Health
The piece stresses that trees deserve proper care to prevent disease and death. It highlights the slow growth of shade trees and the large amount of leaves seeds and wood they produce yearly, urging a steady supply of plant food to keep them thriving.
British Inventor Demonstrates Mechanical Robot-Man
A British inventor unveils a mechanical man named Robot-Mr Richard Robot capable of standing, talking, and obeying commands. It can wake with electric eyes, bow, and answer questions, while future plans aim to enable sewing through selenium cell and ultra red ray tech. The piece notes robots may mimic many human traits but lack a soul, which remains unique to humans.
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Richard
Garfield
New York Electrical Society
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Nutty Natural History by Hugh Hutton in Gayana
A humorous natural history note describes a Cuban rummy perched on cathedral wires. Columbus mentions the creature in letters to Queen Isabella. The tale includes a frozen swamp trek for a painted image of a rummy with a pistachio head, filbert body, almond shell wings, and peanut feet.
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Hugh Hutton
Gayana
Columbus
Isabella
Smiling Faces Lead the Day, Old Verse Ponders Cheer
A playful verse contrasts smiles with frowns, claiming smiles quicken joy and frowns slow happiness. The rhyme urges wearing smiling faces everywhere to keep spirits high and sunshine in daily life.
Pimiento Dishes Add Color to Spanish Style Dishes
A pantry article offers pimiento based recipes. Bacon fried eggs with corn and chopped pimiento, cabbage salad with lemon gelatin and pineapple, stuffed pimientos with mushrooms and bread crumbs, pimiento pinwheel biscuits with cheese, and a Spanish salad arranging grapefruit segments with pimiento and olives.
Dear Editor AHDY RD laments media saturation
A reader criticizes tabloids and talkies for overexplaining and diminishing imagination. He warns of future senses being manipulated, imagining scents broadcast in theaters during scenes like a heroine powdering her nose, and calls for vigilance to avoid dull, lazy thinking. He signs Ired Barton via Bell Syndicate Inc.
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Talkies
Even
Moron
Ired Barton
By the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Buggy Ride Days by Douglas Malloch
A nostalgic verse laments the days of buggy rides and horse smell, recalling youth and romance. The speaker notes progress since then, yet finds comfort that the world’s core remains the same despite modern change.
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Loften
Evry
Douglas Malloch
Why We Do What We Do Master Motives in Life
M K Thomson argues that a master motive drives top effort in any field. A single all consuming objective shapes choices, with crises briefly shifting focus then returning to the main aim. The piece links motives to ambition, sacrifice, efficiency, and identity.
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Tunney
McClure Newspaper
Castoria advertisement and medical faculty note
The piece advertises Castoria as a gentle remedy for infant and child ailments with a warning against adult medicines. It also reports Frau Helene Wastl’s appointment to the University of Vienna medical faculty and a Country Life note by Anna Steele Richardson about living fully in later years.
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University of Vienna
Frau
Helene Wastl
Physiological Institute
Curly
Wastl
Anna Steele Richardson
Egyptian Art Work Box Found In Thebes
An ancient box from Thebes dating to the seventh century B C has been found to bear hieroglyphic figures and is crafted from a platinum gold iridium alloy. The artifact’s discovery adds to knowledge of Theban artistry and metalwork in antiquity.
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Thebes
Enfranchised Fannie Comments on Polygyny Allegation
Fragmentary quote critiques candidate factions and polygamy claim with unclear attribution and garbled text. No clear event or entities besides the speaker reference.
She Still Exists Lady Bountiful in Modern Times
A fragment from Woman's Home Companion notes that the archetype of the generous woman remains despite changes in psychology and economics. It cites the market basket as out of fashion but asserts the enduring human trait of charity.
Horseshoes Found In Pine Tree At South Paris
A curious incident in a sawmill in South Paris Maine revealed horseshoes buried inside a large pine. The tree, 18 inches in diameter, grew over the shoes after being cut near a schoolhouse, suggesting the items were planted generations ago.
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Paris
Maine
Fat loss testimonial for Kruschen Salts in Montana
A Montana woman reports losing 15 pounds in 4 weeks using Kruschen Salts, claiming better health and energy. The ad urges daily half teaspoonful doses in hot water before breakfast, promising fat loss and a money back guarantee on an 85 cent bottle from any druggist.
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Montana
Hve
America
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