Project Gutenberg 2005-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 746 Meloney, Marie Mattingly 1883 1943 Meloney, Mrs. William B. Meloney, Mrs. W. B. Meloney, Marie M. (Marie Mattingly) Better Homes in America: Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 Reading ease score: 60.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Better Homes in America: Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922" is a collection of guidelines and insights aimed at promoting the idea of improving homes across America, likely written in the early 20th century. The focus of this publication is to organize a national campaign that encourages communities to demonstrate improvements in home ownership, sanitation, and furnishing during a specific week dedicated to better living standards. The opening of the book communicates a strong endorsement from President Calvin Coolidge for the Better Homes Campaign, highlighting the importance of home ownership in fostering good citizenship and well-being. It emphasizes the need for communities to showcase model homes equipped with modern amenities, stressing that improved living conditions can significantly enhance the quality of life. The initial chapters outline the foundation of this campaign, key governmental figures involved, and the plan to actively engage local citizens to participate in the demonstrations that collectively aim to elevate the standard of homes throughout the nation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Social conditions Home ownership -- United States Housing -- United States Cities and towns -- United States HD Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 153401 153276 2024-10-04T05:18:24.524516 2023-10-04T05:41:09.973605 text/html text/html 153394 153269 2024-10-04T05:18:25.036482 2023-10-04T05:41:10.126645 text/html text/html 154474 2024-10-04T05:18:33.653453 application/epub+zip 154760 2024-10-04T05:18:29.820480 application/epub+zip 106699 2024-10-04T05:18:27.836597 application/epub+zip 384498 2024-10-04T05:18:36.276423 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 367958 2024-10-04T05:18:32.590463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201687 2022-09-04T08:22:55.433457 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130585 130511 2024-10-04T05:18:23.932507 2023-10-04T05:41:09.781614 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 130118 2012-10-13T19:53:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46804 2012-10-13T20:06:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19668 2024-10-04T05:18:36.905420 application/rdf+xml 25241 2024-10-04T05:18:28.852478 image/jpeg 4509 2024-10-04T05:18:28.366476 image/jpeg 153244 2024-10-04T05:18:25.049490 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia