Szechwan Life and Salt Flowing in Ancient China
National Geographic sketches Szechwan province with 60 million people, its farms, rents, and rice methods on terraced fields. It details the Flowing Well salt industry near Chengdu, the perfect capital Chengta, and Li Ping’s irrigation system shaping a vast agricultural plain.
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National Geographic Eatiery
Washington, D. C
China
Szechwan
Tive
Great Republic
Uerick Chengtu
Texas
Yangtze
Asia
Cain
Chung-blng
Chengtu
Tszhu-ching
Chengta
Tibet
Marco Poto
Tong
Li Ping
Chengiu
Min
The
Christian College
Old
Growth of Zoning Activity Across Municipalities Last Year
An analysis shows 101 municipalities adopted or amended zoning ordinances in 1928. New York led with 28 sites, followed by Quo and Pennsylvania tied for second with six each. Several cities like Youngstown Ohio Waterbury Conn Altoona Pa enacted zoning laws, while South Dakota Idaho added zoning among states. New York remains the top state with 183 municipalities under zoning in effect.
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ST New
New York
Quo
Pennsylvania
Youngstowne
Ohio
Waterbury
New Jersey
California
Ulinois
Massachusetts
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas
Little Difficulty in Remodeling Old Home
As families grow wealthier they seek greater home prestige and comfort through remodeling. They consider new living room furniture and upgrades, weighing moving to better quarters against losing local friends, and may modernize exteriors with shingles or stucco, plus interior upgrades like paint, new trim, second bath, and a colorful insulated boiler with decorative radiators.
Brightening the Garden with Painted Fences and Bird Houses
The article advises brightening the garden with several cans of paint before growth begins, painting garden furniture, and placing bird houses to weather prior to birds moving in. Avoid painting inner doorway edges on homemade houses to attract birds and help deter insects.
Shade Trees and Health in Urban Cooling
The Boston Herald notes shade trees affect community health by transpiration and leaf chemistry. Trees absorb city pollutants through stomata, reducing heat and providing cooling effects as they grow and shade streets and homes.
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Boston Herald
Advertising sign regulation at highway officials meeting
At the American Association of State Highway Officials convention in Chicago a resolution set rules on roadside advertising signs. Signs should be placed at least 500 feet from all highways to avoid distracting drivers and creating serious traffic hazards.
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American Association of State Highway Officials
Chicago
Quality Always Pays in Colonial Home Craftsmanship
Suality Always Pays From master to apprentice, from fa ther to son, Colonial craftsmen passed their pride of manual skill. To them home building was an art. Charming, sturdy homes, many still standing, re flect the builders' dreams of ones empire. The home builder of today can have no finer examples of the worth of end materials and good workmanship. Quality always pays.
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Suality
City adopts Model Act for planning and zoning control
A new local law adopts a model planning and zoning act, granting the city power over development within six times of a stage era. The act follows Noi Dakota’s example and Hoover model recommendations.
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Noi
Dakota
Genera
Square House Design for Low Cost Construction
William A. Radford presents a practical advice piece on building an economical rectangular 24 by 20 foot house with six rooms and a bath. The plan emphasizes straight lines, open living spaces, a central stair hall, and an open porch, with clapboard siding and colonial touches to keep costs down and appeal high.
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W. A. Radford
William A. Radford
William A Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Uwe
Rome
Foundation of Home Shows Real Condition
A reader advised home buyers to inspect basements for water stains and seepage, check foundation walls for proper thickness by material type, and look for concrete walls with sand or loam pockets. The wall plate and mud sill deserve careful inspection for dry rot and decay as the first sign of superstructure damage.
Yellow Color Brightens Rooms Through Glass Curtains
The article notes that yellow or golden tones compensate for limited sunshine in dreary rooms. Rosy tones warm up spaces, while sunshine tones from yellows and golds lift mood. Subtle orchids, greens, and gentle hues can enhance bedrooms, dining rooms, or porches with pleasing results.
Simplicity and Dignity in Small Home Design
Dignity and simplicity form the core of successful small houses. Fussy details raise costs and detract from architecture, while permanent materials gain favor postwar. The public now seeks better materials and design, shrinking the cost gap and elevating domestic construction nationwide.
Common Brick and English Type Homes in Historic Style
The article discusses using common brick for exterior walls to imitate English manor houses. It notes rough, irregular bricks with deep color evoke ancient buildings, reflecting how older English masons and architects accepted imperfect walls that endure for centuries as design models.
Red Cross Ball Blue Slogan from Ady Echoes Vanity
A quoted line extols Red Cross Ball Blue for laundry use to give a dainty, well groomed appearance admired by girls. The remark follows a broader critique noting that every plan to improve the human race ignores ingrained faults.
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Red Cross
Ady
Castoria for babies and children a trusted remedy
Castoria comforts fretful babies with gentle drops that calm unrest. Safe for the youngest infant and recommended by doctors, it is a vegetable product to use daily and especially effective during emergencies like constipation or colic. Some mothers keep an extra bottle to ensure Castoria is always in the house and read the accompanying booklet for older children.
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