This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1928
Page
8
A 1928 feature by Helen Ford argues a home budget grows livable through careful step by step planning. It explains diagramming the room, choosing a color scheme, and arranging furniture to create balance, using a living room example with a fireplace, bookshelves, piano, and mixed furnishings to build a cohesive, gradually completed design.
A guide to bedroom color schemes by exposure and mood, urging warm tones in north or west rooms and cool hues in south or east spaces. It covers wall finishes, woodwork, and furnishings for brunettes, blondes, and master suites, with nursery ideas featuring a blue and cream dado and washable painted effects.
A reader analyzes a cramped room noting seven decor flaws. The large bold patterns clash with furnishings, the Davenport is oversized, draperies end in mid window, a tall lamp dominates a small table, a lone back picture seems unrelated, a wall bracket blocks mirror placement, and the bracket height is wrong. The piece argues wallpaper can balance color and pattern and urges orderly, restful arrangement.
An essay on hospitality explains that true warmth comes from the home itself through design and furnishings. It argues that even temperature, insulation, and inviting elements like doors, fireplaces, windows, and welcoming rooms shape the guest experience and reflect the hosts' intentions.
A testimonial shows weekly savings of 10 dollars via a building and loan association. By saving steadily for under four years the couple accumulated 2600 dollars plus 500 in extras, allowing a 4000 dollar cash purchase for a home and land, enabling early family mobility and space for children.
AlmaZails argues that groups of pictures regain appeal after decades of favoring single works. Properly hung in sets of three or four above furniture, groups should harmonize in period, color, and frame. One unit per room is usually most effective, complementing strong individual photos.
Ad shows the Dutch Colonial as the most house for the money small on the outside yet spacious inside cross ventilation through three sided living room with French doors. No cellar saves costs while a fireproof heater room and coal area serve the kitchen. Cost estimated at 7471 dollars with plumbing and heating. blueprints available from Arkansas Soft Pine Bureau.
The article argues for a well lit dining room with a central pendant fixture above the table to flood the surface with glare free light. It discusses using wall brackets and shaded shades for ambient glow, the role of electric candles, and the benefits of wired furniture to keep everything within reach and keep the table visually prominent.
A Milwaukee advertisement touts Brig home furnishings as a gentle long term reinvigoration. It argues sensible, phased purchases reduce visible wear caused by evolving tastes and external influences, promising renewed beauty and appeal for the household.
The fragment hints at how friends form the quiet base of daily life and influence how we arrange our homes. It suggests a reflection on the role of trusted helpers who shape our living spaces through steady support and practical guidance.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.