Modern Plumbing Aids In Preventing Medical Bills
Modern plumbing advocates urge upgrading plumbing to reduce future medical costs and pollution risks. A Chicago study found 652 815 leaky fixtures wasting over 290 million gallons daily, with New York losses over 500 million gallons daily. The Commerce Department warns that old drainage and supply lines risk contaminating safe water, with vermin spreading disease from drains to food.
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Chicago
New York
Uncle Sam
Department of Commerce
Sewer Gas Dangers Spur Home Improvements
The article warns that sewer gas from old, rusted pipes can carry disease bearing germs. It urges immediate household improvements to prevent future illness and costly sickness.
Basement Window Lighting and Ventilation Tips
Basement spaces in crowded urban areas gain value from added light and cross ventilation. Improve daylight by smart window placement or below ground level openings with proper drainage and concrete supports. Use light planting along edges without heavy foliage to preserve light and air for laundry storage and play areas.
Modernize Bathroom Layout and Fixtures
A small guide explains updating a bathroom quickly and affordably. It suggests refreshing walls and floors, installing new lighting, fixtures, a tub or shower curtain in coordinated colors, and if space allows adding a shower stall or extra linen closet. A built in dressing table is also mentioned.
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Milady
Whitewashing Methods Through History and Simple Formulas
An excerpt explains whitewashing as an easy, inexpensive method for improving buildings and surfaces from homes to lighthouses. It describes a government grade whitewash using wine, salt, ground rice, whiting, and glue, plus a simpler lime and hydraulic cement mix with salt water.
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Tom Sawyer
Setting Is Factor In Home's Colors
The article notes that exterior setting and harmony with the roof influence home color choices. It describes roofing options for Colonial homes, including natural and processed shingles and various textures and colors. It also offers a lily pool tip: create circular pits 10 to 12 inches in diameter in pool floors for lilies, using a lily tub as a mold.
Many Factors Figure In Home Interior Plan
Tone and finish and arrangement and furnishings shape interior charm. Wide range of materials today at moderate costs makes modern interiors affordable for every home. In planning modernization or new construction, interior design centers on comfort joy and happiness that support family welfare.
New sound-owen flooring blends insulation and rubber cover
A new flooring product combines insulation and sound absorption with a linoleum rubber cover. It promises comfort in apartments, being soft underfoot, warm in winter, cool in summer, easy to clean and moisture resistant. The base uses a chemically treated material and comes in varied colors, installed by cementing or nailing over existing floors. The French Government may take over the famous Montlbery race track.
Housing Hints For Compact Homes And Rooms
Notes on space saving doors with mirrors for dressing areas and guest rooms, floor care to protect finishes, mail slots for security, sound absorbing materials to reduce noise in offices and hospitals, replacing broken boiler grate bars to save fuel, regular plumbing checks to prevent leaks, and decorative ceiling borders as trends return with stenciled patterns suited to low ceilings and small rooms.
Sound Deadening and Low Gas Pressure Tips
Practical home fixes described for reducing noise by using insulating pads at joints and floating floors. Also suggests staggering studs and weaving sound-deadening material between backs of studs. For low gas pressure, advises cleaning burners by running a wire into the orifice and brushing the burners to remove built up crystals.
Community Notes From West Ridge Briefs
Mr and Mrs William Porter and Mr and Mrs E John Porter attended a Medina school reunion. Mr and Mrs Robert Silver were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs J R Mueller in Amherst for Mrs Kate Battenhouse birthday. Miss Etta Rockwell of Elyria staying with William Porter. Mrs E J Burrer attended W M S meeting at Madison Emmanuel Evangelical church Akron as delegate from Southwise Women’s Missionary Society. The Walker family and Corbett visited O P Sabroske in Fremont. Mrs Burrer visited old friend Mrs Joe Giemer Akron.
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West Ridge
William Porter
E. John Porter
Medina
Robert Silver
J. R. Meuller
Amherst
Silver
Kate Battenhouse
Etta Rockwell
Elyria
E. J. Burrer
Madison Emmanuel Evangelical Church
Akron
Ohio
Southwise Women's Missionary Socle
R.L. Walker and Son
Local 4-H Club News and Social Visits Reported
The Jolly Hustlers 4-H Club held a Thursday meeting at Doris Minnich's home and decided to send delegates to Camp Craig and county health contest. The Banner club met at Kenneth Fowel's home with Corbett Walker presiding. sixteen members and two advisors attended. Social calls note visits among Wililms, Lauer, Portman, Sparks, Penfound, Eldred and Young families.
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M. 8
C. N. Wililms
Harry Lauer
Paul Portman
Birmingham
Ray Sparks
Kathleen
Loraln
Rodo Shauver
Merle Pentound
J. H. Penfound
B. C. Alexander
Arnold
Kenneth Young
Elyria
I. F. Eldred
Jolly Hustlers
Doris Minnich
Craig
County Health Commission
Banner Club
Kenneth Fowel
Corbett Walker
Donald Simms
Australia Expands Defense Ties and Spending
Australia follows Britain's lead in rearmament with increased defense expenditures and plans for broader civilian industry cooperation. A shadow plan outlines resource surveys, state supply committees, and factory conversions to munition production, alongside shale oil and aircraft initiatives. About 115 million will be spent over three years, financed from revenue, to bolster peace and deter aggression.
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Sydney
Australia
Great Britain
Defense Department
British War Office
Thorby
Commonwealth
No Moscow Aid, Says Red China
Chinese and Soviet leaders deny Moscow supplied aid to Chinese Communists and say Russia backs a unified Chinese government not factional war. Mao Tze-tung and Chu Teh emphasize China’s soil origins, while urging a World Peace Front with the United States and other democracies to resist Japan.
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Yemanpfu
China
Soviet Russia
Chu Teh
Chinese Red Army
United
Proéas
Soviet Union
Russia
Japan
Soviet
United Front
Mao Tze-tung
Soviet Military Council
World Peace Front
Mao
United States
Great Britain
France
Red Troops
Financing through taxation not Joan money
The statement notes that funding comes from tax revenue rather than from Joan, indicating a shift in financial source. It emphasizes public over private funds and frames taxation as the primary mechanism for financing.
End of November 1626 Event at Bhanchengpee Kanse
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a dating from late November 1626 at Bhanchengpee Kanse with a notable nine occurring on the 9th of Aghtlag. The text is unclear on the exact nature of the event but records a dated local occurrence and a numerical signifier.
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Mear
Bhanchengpee
Kanse
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Wd' Pho
J. C. Welsh
Montlbery
Mann
LEE Whitney Co
Elyria Sheet Metal Works
Broad Street
Moscow
Red China
Will
Burt
Stoker
Will-Burt
Middle Ave
T. O. Murphy CO
Lone Counte Distributors
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Chestnut Street
Crehore
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