200 Year-Old Dwelling Again Made Livable
A 1728 Goshen Colonial house once used as a hotel shows how modern insulation and updated heating can revive century old homes. Celotex siding, cane fibre roof boards, and new plaster restore comfort while preserving historic character. Barns too can become livable with insulation board and careful finishings. Local federation uses the property for education and women’s club activities. Lumber dealers offer contractor referrals for remodeling and additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
N. Y
Jefferson
Artress
Howard Conklin
New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs
The Home as a Nation’s Moral and Economic Cornerstone
The article argues that the home defines a person’s progress and character, notes widespread neglect of older houses, and links improved housing via loans to the Better Housing Program with broader economic revival and employment. It emphasizes morale, family welfare, and national prosperity tied to housing improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Union Watch Night Program Being Urged
Following a successful Union Thanksgiving service at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Rev W F Locke preached an inspiring sermon. The proposal calls for all city church youth groups to unite in a Union Watch Night service on New Year Eve. Presidents and officers of youth groups are urged to discuss the plan and a meeting will be scheduled to decide on program and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
W. F. Locke
Winchester
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Esso
United States
Maine
Louisiana
Standard Oil Company
Mosquitoes and Bullets in Ivory Across Studies
Collier's Weekly notes methods in science and crime including mounting mosquitoes for study by electrocution to extend wings and bullets embedded in elephant tusks with hidden entrances. One bullet is even reported in a billiard hall preserved at the Royal College of Surgeons Museum in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Royal College of Surgeons
London
Collier’s Weekly
Gore Quartette To Sing For The Golden Rulers
The Gore Quartette will sing tomorrow morning at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South during the Golden Rule Bible Class meeting. Members include Ray Wingfield TM Larrick James Sawyer and D Davis. The class gathers at 9 30 am with D B Haines teaching. Voting for next year’s class officers is reminded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Ray Wingfield
L. Larrick
James Sawyer
D. Davis
D. B. Haines
Wonders of Victoria Falls and Prairie Life Noted
The article describes Victoria Falls in Rhodesia as potentially the world’s greatest, with sheets of mist and a narrow exit gorge. It also highlights the prairie falcon as a fast, brave raptor on the plains and notes enduring golden eagle nests in cliffside eyries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Falls
Zambesi River
Rhodesia
Africa
David Livingstone
Prairies
Nature Magazine
Great Plains
Lessa
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J. W. Arthur General Insurance
Rouss Avenue
John S. Solenberger & Co
Standard Oil
Better Housing Program
A. C.oatesco
E. Boscawen ST
Sam Ue
Loudoun Street
Virginia
The
Cpa
Rse
Bath
Westinghouse Motor
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