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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1924
Page
7
A small Michigan town girl turned kitchen knitting into a real business. She started by door to door sales and one machine, then expanded to six hundred machines and eight thousand workers. Knitted wear becomes fashionable and profitable with skill and market savvy.
An experienced girl outlines the ideal summer boarding plan for a resort town. She advises simple country fare and attractive serving, fresh vegetables, wildflowers, and light garnishes. She suggests kitchen garden renewal, dairy staples, honey from beehives, and expanded poultry and smallgame options. She also notes cost saving in laundry, domestic comfort, and adding tents or outdoor features to ease room scarcity while offering recreation on site.
The battleship Texas reports sinking the modern battleship Washington off Virginia capes after a series of underwater charges and gunfire tests. Admiral Hberle notes tests began Thursday with torpedo and bomb simulations, continued Sunday and Tuesday with 14 inch shell firings, while keeping some details confidential for national defense. Washington’s sister ships Maryland Colorado and West Virginia remain.
The ZR-3 airship, renamed Los Angeles, arrived from Lakehurst and was christened in a ceremony at Bolling Field. President and officials attended as Navy officers watched the first U S helium fill flight, with pigeons released and a national salute marking the event.
The article reviews the five year experiment in rent control in Washington, the District Court of Appeals ruling that wartime emergency housing rules may expire, and looming eviction risks. It notes tents in parks denial, high rents, and a looming Supreme Court appeal as observers ask whether regulation should govern shelter like gas and rail rates.
The U S Remount Service built a nationwide breeding program after 1919 to supply fast endurance horses for the cavalry. By 1924 it held 3852 stallions across 40 states with major breeding in Texas Virginia Oklahoma and Wyoming New Mexico and Colorado. The program produced mares to stallions and promised future high quality half bred horses for military and civilian use. Sallys Alley and Wise Counselor trace their lines to remount stallions.
The piece argues local pride stems from affection for one’s community and should inspire study of its history institutions and people. It warns against provincial pride shown by those away from home, which can be narrow minded and petty and hinder personal growth and constructive contribution.
The Better Homes exposition at the public hall makes it a center of attraction and influence in Cleveland. The piece argues that home life defines happiness and success, urging efforts to beautify and improve homes as vital for public well being and national prosperity.
The Kansas City Star notes residential development grew from small, planned beginnings to promote public interest and emulate beauty with modest extra cost. It credits local exemplars for shaping the city’s reputation and influencing other cities, with the strongest impact felt locally.
The article notes European practice requiring replanting with new trees for any cut, and argues America should repair decades of timber waste by expanding timber lands and spreading tree planting along state highways, especially near farming areas.
The article notes a wealth of shrubbery both native and imported for growers to choose from. It advises selecting shrubs hardy to the locality and using both evergreen and deciduous varieties. Group shrubs to keep grounds looking well occupied throughout the year.
Article discusses how the city’s approach from highways shapes impressions for thousands of tourists traveling to northern Minnesota. Emphasizes planning roads and prospects to boost community benefits through coordinated efforts led by local residents and officials.
Puzzle clues covering nautical terms, navigational instruments, vessels and common prefixes. Answers include boat types, shipboard terms, compass points, and measuring units. The list mixes abbreviations and full words across horizontal and vertical sections with scattered OCR errors.
Work of the ancient scholar Hipparchus of Nice around 162 B C is credited with determining latitude and longitude and with discovering the precession of the equinoxes during work in Rhodes and Alexandria. He also catalogued 1,080 stars, giving the latitude and longitude of each.
A Consumers' league forms an association of people aiming to improve buying practices to benefit producers and distributors. Originating in England in 1890, the idea spread to New York where the Working Men's Society adopted it around that era.
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