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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1929
Page
3
Reader questions answered by William A. Radford on home building with brick. The brick home illustrated is a Dutch colonial all brick design, with options for brick veneer on frame walls. It features a center hall plan, sunroom, open fireplaces, and balanced living and dining spaces across two floors, totaling six rooms plus bath.
A mineral incombustible wood sheathing eliminates the need for fire-stopping between brick veneer and wood frame. The gypsum-rich panels provide interior fire resistance, hinder heat escape, and allow brick ties to be driven into the sheathing as easily as into wood. Tongue-and-groove mineral panels seal walls against wind and reduce furnace heat loss.
James S. Taylor reports improved living conditions in new U S homes based on a survey from 38 American cities. The built in garage moved into the medium price field and backyards host more living space with sun parlors and expanded real living rooms amid rising auto traffic.
A piece extols Whistler’s breakfast room palette in blue and yellow. It notes the ceiling in light blue, furniture and cabinetry in yellow, white curtains with yellow accents, and dainty blue china creating a bright sunrise effect that enlarges a small space.
The text notes that pitched slate roofs are easy to cover in wet climates and resistant to storm damage due to weight. It argues that heavy roof framing is not required when using standard commercially available slate thickness, debunking the belief that slate requires heft.
Following heavy rain, assess plaster dampness near the fireplace and have a roofer check roof flashings for tightness. Inspect wall joints at the chimney stack and inspect the stack top coping for leaks.
In a tense snow trap sequence Brock and his husky Flash battle a wolverine. Brock lures the beast with a pole and traps, then both dog and boy strike with a knife as the wolverine fights to reach Brock. Flash saves Brock by gripping the carcajou and the two hunters finish the brutal pursuit.
The white stone like objects found inside fish heads intrigue readers and boys who seek them as lucky pocket pieces. Experts debate whether the stones relate to auditory faculties or the fish’s static sense for balance in water. The stones are mineral, soluble in weak acetic acid, and show growth rings like trees, often used to estimate a fish’s age.
The Bodleian Library in Oxford valued Toomas Juibes who served from 1600 to 1626 and pioneered systematic library cataloguing. He produced the first complete printed public library catalogue arranged alphabetically, becoming a forerunner of modern cataloguers.
A succinct note on manners as a performance driven by a desire to please others.
Mrs Arthur Brown of 2903 Reiger St Dallas credits Nature's Remedy tablets with keeping away constipation indigestion headaches back pain and rheumatism for ten years The NR tablets soothe stimulate the stomach and bowels and remove waste acids from the system The 25¢ box is sold at drug stores with over three million in daily use
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