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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
12
An article by William A. Radford discusses designing an attractive bungalow with ample lawn space and a decorative pergola porch. It covers the role of layout, architecture, and the garden in boosting home beauty and value, with emphasis on porch design, materials, and interior flow through French doors and casement windows.
The article extols tall floor lamps for light in small spaces and for reading. It praises their upright form, space efficiency, and room transformation while warning against overly ornate shades and dated designs. It argues for practical, tasteful shades and restrained trimming to maintain style.
A fashion note highlights widespread adoption of antique lace trims on modern gowns. It cites New York shoppers using banding for shoulder straps on blue charmeuse dresses, with lace dyed to match fabrics and bold lace on gray gowns.
The readable fragment mentions texture, fashion items like buttons, and a possible discussion of garment details. No clear event or identifiable people, places, or organizations are present in the legible portion.
A detailed guide describes making a needle book with a silk cover, silk embroidery on the front reading nomden, and three pockets for pins and needles. It covers attaching flannel leaves, emery paper, and paper inserts, plus decorative tassels and silk cord fastenings.
The Parabrella is a new parasol umbrella for sun or rain. It has a mantle in blue green purple and black and serves the function of an umbrella while resembling a parasol.
A historical notice discusses rising maintenance costs for cars in the United States. It cites figures from Automobile Tablet estimating around 4,000,000 miles of road usage by midsummer and 3.08 billion dollars spent on gasoline lubrication and upkeep during the year, implying accessory profits may surpass car manufacturing profits.
English motor trucks are built with detachable headlights that are removed during daytime use. The practice aims to reduce glare and theft risk while preserving vehicle safety and visibility.
The United States Department of Agriculture promotes summer squashes to ease food shortages. Planting is possible across much of the country with cool cultivation and ample manure. Hills spaced five to six feet apart support vines that cover ground all summer. harvest promptly to avoid overripe fruit.
An Ohio experiment notes thinning corn raised yields for tested seed up to 66.28 bushels per acre and for untested seed up to 63.85 bushels per acre, with timing and labor costs. It also describes training tomatoes to a single stem, spacing plants 14 inches apart in three foot wide rows, pinching out side shoots, staking to five feet, and harvesting larger, higher quality fruit per plant and higher per acre yield.
The article notes how fences waste land space for crops. It cites agriculture data that a standard rail fence occupies about 12 feet of width, meaning 3,600 feet of fence cover an acre. Hedge fences take slightly more width, with variation by hedge row.
Poultrymen estimate feed costs for ducks range from 8 to 12 cents per pound of meat produced, varying with current prices of grower and other feeds.
Advice warns against crowding hens beyond fifty per house to avoid higher feed costs and reduced eggs. Keep fifty hens with good space and nest boxes in quiet, clean areas to ensure profitability. crowding to sixty increases costs and lowers returns.
The text notes that 200 egg hens become possible with focused selection and breeding. Early adopters achieved startling results, prompting widespread emulation. Many purebred fowls have since been bred for egg production over years.
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