Masonic Home Plans Bid Opening For Additions
The Masonic and Eastern Star Home near La Monde station on Sligo Mill road plans a large addition to add ninety two bedrooms with baths on each floor. Bids open Wednesday to decide how much of the plans will be carried out now. The two new wings will accompany the existing building erected eight years ago on about ten acres. The main building will be three stories with a basement and two two story wings. Exterior red brick and limestone trim with Doric portico.
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Masonic and Eastern Star
Sligo Mill Road
la Mmond’s
Heputt
Kendall& Smith
Atemiddle
Renovation Plan Converts Old Building to Children’s Home
The project outlines basement recreation space and upper floors turned into bedrooms with dining and kitchen areas relocated to the new wing. The old structure will be remodeled into more sleeping rooms and eventually serve as a children's home for orphans under the managers' plan.
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Kendall & Smith
Letter boxes to be green in color change
The Postoffice Department scrapped the order requiring red mail boxes. Protests from cities said red boxes resembled fire alarms and garbage boxes, leading to the abrogation. Dark green likely will be adopted for street letter boxes.
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Postoffice Department
Office of Markets to Aid in Handling Farm Products
The Department of Agriculture creates a new Office of Markets led by Charles J. Brand to expand cooperative handling, marketing, and distribution of farm products. The goal is to cut waste and costs, provide farmers with credit options, and improve prices and efficiency across the sector.
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Office OF Markets
Agricultural Department
J. Brand
Department of Agriculture
Houston
Charles J. Brand
IlMnore
Brand
University of Minnesota
Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Congress
Galloway
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