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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1921
Page
8
The seventh Bradbury family reunion was held in Kygerville Friday with about 150 attendees. Pomeroy residents C. L. Bradbury and family attended along with others from the area.
The article notes a housing push in Pomeroy during the war, aided by Beagle the produce man who is funding a six family tenement and repairs. It reports easing labor and material costs, a drop in realty prices from 1500 to 6000 to around 2000, and predicts prices will return to former levels with a big building drive next season.
Tumble, as expected, the town is five years behind in its building to keep up with the demand.
Local markets overflow with home grown melons and produce prompting searches for outlets in Athens and Nelsonville. Wilse Barnitz and son of Letart run heavy truck loads every other day to move crops to these buyers across the country.
The county jail has been without inmates for a full week, a rare occurrence after years of overcrowding. Observers note the national crime wave appears to have slowed, allowing a temporary respite in local detention levels.
At least two Dexter families plan relocation to Rutland. John Snyder of Salem Township sold his 40 acre farm to Charles Tyler and bought the Lloyd Wiseman 70 acre farm on Parker Run. Wiseman will move to Rutland, Folden has sold stock and farming implements and will move to Rutland from Dexter.
Howard Koehler of Butternut Avenue, maker of pop, was injured Saturday when a bottle exploded while he handled a case. The flying glass cut a deep gash in his forehead and narrowly missed his eyes.
Dr. R. B. Lamb of the Whaley dental office along with his wife and her parents Mr and Mrs H D Loring of Louisville Ky departed Saturday for a several week motor tour. They will travel through Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee for pleasure and sightseeing.
Clerk Daniels and former Clerk Dana Daniels travel with State Examiner Walter Dean on a weekend motor trip visiting Dayton Marion and other points. Dean will stop at Xenia where his home is located and Mrs Daniels will visit relatives in Marion for some time.
Dr Frank Price a local druggist and his wife left Sunday by motor for a Michigan summer resort. Edward Ebersbach manager of the Red Anchor department store and his family of wife and three children also left Sunday on a motor trip with New York City as their destination.
Washington reports third class postmaster examinations under executive order of May 10 1921 for Rutland Long Bottom and Midwell in Meigs county. Vacancies arose in Rutland Oct 1 1920 salary 1800, Long Bottom Jan 1 1921 salary 1200, Midwell Apr 1921 salary 1100. Exams set for Middleport and Pomeroy.
In Pomeroy and Middleport a growing number of barns have been converted into comfortable homes in recent years, driven by horses displaced by automobiles and motor trucks.
Metamora Woodford county home to Illinois oldest courthouse where Lincoln and fellow lawyers argued cases in the 1840s and 1850s will be formally dedicated to the state on August 24. Speaker J Cassius Irving, whose father built the courthouse in 1845, will attend.
The article notes that limited housing options forced people to seek any available expedient. It highlights how scarcity pushed buyers toward creative or nontraditional choices despite potential risks or uncertainties.
The Big Elberfeld block in Meigs county is nearing completion behind the Pomeroy store. The cost is estimated at about $35,000.
H N Wolfe arrived Saturday from Cincinnati to spend vacation with his wife and baby at her mother Mrs L H Bridgeman’s home in Pomeroy Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Blair of Sedan Kansas and Mrs. J. H. Genheimer with daughter Rhoda of Cleveland have returned home after being called here by the death of George Gonder of the Nease Settlement.
Virgil Campbell of Keiser Clothing Store and his daughter are spending vacation with their parents in Columbus.
Mrs. A P Miller wife of Judge Miller and daughter Marcia travel with Miss Angie Jones on the Senator Cordill to Pittsburg. Miss Virginia Johnston and Attorney Fred Crow's stenographer spend vacation in Columbus.
Seven year old Ernest Gardner son of Mr and Mrs Fred Gardner of Rutland street Middleport was injured when he jumped from Coverts bread wagon Saturday in front of a Ford coupe driven by Chick Hysell. He suffered a broken collar bone and other bruises.
Washington reports how Senator Ashurst of Arizona urged a protective tariff for cotton in the Fordney Tariff Bill debate. He argued US growers bear higher costs than Egyptian producers, costing 46c a pound for long staple cotton versus about 3 per bale shipped, urging tariffs to equalize labor and transport gaps. He noted government support for Egyptian cotton trials over the past fifteen years.
Senators Ashurst and Garner push for protective tariffs on hides and cotton while critics warn free trade will ruin American cotton growth. Governor Parker of Louisiana also argues tariff protection serves the agricultural south as an economic measure, not politics.
Howard Elliott chairman of the Northern Pacific Railway Co. reports across a 6000 mile tour the northwest shows growing hope for better conditions. He cites strong agricultural prospects with Minnesota above average North Dakota crops improved Montana Idaho Oregon and Washington also expected to exceed average in grain grasses and fruits.
Michigan industries report 34 000 more employees since April 1 reaching about three fifths of peak production. The current payroll totals 10 512 workers on site versus 276 000 in April and a 136 000 low during the downturn. Bay City Muskegon Monroe Battle Creek Ironwood Ionia Ann Arbor show declines. Detroit leads in improvement.
Cleveland must lose natural gas service from East Ohio Gas Co on November 1 unless higher courts reverse Judge W F Duncan ruling. He says the contract is indeterminate and the company may withdraw after price terms, setting Cleveland’s rate at 45 cents per thousand cubic feet through November 1. More than 200,000 homes would be affected.
The text notes that almost no one has ears that are exactly alike. In most cases one ear differs from the other in size, position behind the eye, or height in the head.
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