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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1926
Page
3
Dairy experts highlight clean handling and quality products to build lasting customers. A central bottling plant reduces costs and can fetch top prices by emphasizing sanitation, efficient layout, and suitable equipment in a concrete building with an icehouse, refrigerator, and loading room.
The article outlines three design aims for homes: occupant convenience, aesthetic appeal, and cost-conscious efficiency. It emphasizes heating plant efficiency as crucial, noting typical boilers operate 40 to 60 percent effectively, with heat loss through chimneys and leaks. It argues better building tightness reduces heat waste without harming health, challenging belief that some air leakage is necessary for ventilation.
The piece warns against bold colors that clash with surroundings and urges using two or fewer colors. It favors deeper trim on dark houses and lighter accents, stressing harmony with neighboring homes and a dignified, timeless look.
The rough cement stucco surface used on some buildings resists hand brushing due to brush wear and slow application. A spray painting machine has proven most useful in finishing such surfaces.
Heating plants are nerve centers and their derangement often means acute discomfort to dwellers. The up to date builder makes it a point to be well informed on this subject.
Ned schemes to pair Bobby with Sally at a mountain lodge but the plan backfires as Bobby announces his marriage to Jane a settlement house worker. Ned confesses his love for Sally in a tense veranda moment as the couple depart indoors. China produces about a billion bushels of rice annually.
Wayland residents report visits with relatives in West Chester and Topeka, with Canadian guests arriving for a shared gathering. Updates cover health trips to Excelsior Springs, storm damage aftermath, family travels to Davenport and Peoria, local church group meeting plans, and farm weather impacts including the Skunk River flooding and silo filling delays.
Mrs. Mary EK Stewart of Ainsworth visits extended with daughter Mrs PF Sala day. Numerous local residents share Sunday and weekday visits with the Ernest Meeks and Longe homes. Visitors include Mr and Mrs William Murphy Sr and families, Mrs Walter Long and Iona of Akron, Ohio, and others from Keota Claremont and Keota areas.
The Stringtown Silo Co started filling silos Tuesday at Arnold Rinner's. Sunday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. P L Nickolaus and Mr. and Mrs. Simon Wyse. Joe Widmer sold calves to Jake Graber for seven cents a pound. Various residents hosted and visited at homes, with Lydia Mast visiting the Peter Schantz home and others in Washington and local communities.
Mr and Mrs Ed Showalter returned home Monday evening after a two week trip to North Dakota. Daryl Meeks started to school Tuesday. Mrs Earl Steele entertained guests including Ralph Boyd and Corinne Whetstine and others at dinner last Sunday. The village mail service resumed with the postman delivering again. Hog vaccination is underway led by Dr Lingo of Lone Tree as hog sickness concerns rise. Local workers finished filling around the bridge and opened the road to traffic Monday. Several families and neighbors visited Claire Kron's home Sunday and later Mr Ed Showalter escorted his mother back to Airfield on Wednesday.
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