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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1923

Page

8

Real Estate Deals in Athens County Fall Slump Evident

Real estate transfers total 34 in Athens County for the week ending November 28, across 16 of 24 districts. Listings include numerous small lots in Athens Towns and townships with prices as low as $1 and a few larger parcels such as a $1,900 lot in Chauncey and $79 tract transfer in Coolville.

Athens County Department of the County Auditor's Office Athens Township W. D. Robinson Coolville Corporation R. E. Daugherty Martha Barnhart Trimble T. J. Thorp Ira Stansberry Ada McGee John Susie Gollie Perry Judson Emory Ida Lantz Glouster Corporation Fda Evelyn Davis John Morris James Johnson C. V. Miller Catherine

Century-old Logan homestead to yield to new apartments

Workmen demolish the century-old Logan home at 24 West Washington Street. Now a two story frame residence with unknown exact erection date, it has long housed notable local figures including Rufe Crippen and Henry Logan. Rob ert Hudkins and wife plan a modern apartment building on the site.

Logan West Washington Street Rufe Crippen Crippen State and Court Streets Sloan Capt J. B. Allen Frank Cornell Cornell Palmer West Washington Street Henry Logan Athens

Devore Brothers Erect Daltonhurst Home

E H and W G Devore of First street are near completion of a new two story six room home on May avenue Daltonhurst. The house will feature a full width front porch and hardwood floors throughout. Building under roof within two weeks and ready for occupancy after the new year. The Devore brothers designed the plans and act as their own contractors.

E. H W. G. Devore First Street May Avenue Daltonhurst Devore Brothers

Building of Cottage Homes Underway on North Grosvenor Street

E. E. Jacobs conducts extensive housing work on the northern Grosvenor Street property. Three residences built so far include two four room cottage homes and a six room two story frame building. All are nearing occupancy with plastering complete. a fourth four room cottage is planned this fall, with excavations to begin soon. John Davidson serves as contractor. plans were drawn by Jacobs.

E. E. Jacobs Grosvenor Street John Davidson Jacobs

Miniapolis Colonial House With Tile Walls Sold At Eight Thousand

A compact colonial style house in Minneapolis features hollow tile walls and red brick front porch. Built to fit an eight thousand five hundred dollar budget but completed at eight thousand six hundred fifty, it offers a large front porch overlooking a city lake, birch interiors, and a full basement with hot water heat.

Minneapolis

How Can A Poor Man Get Ahead

Samuel Rice argues that a skilled mechanic can make sound investments by buying stock in his employer, yet warns this is speculation rather than guaranteed investment. He stresses understanding a company, avoiding bucket shop schemes, and buying only from reputable brokers who disclose truthful information.

Samuel Rice Associ of America The Stock Exchange

Akron preacher brands Jazz as disease in revival protest

Harry K. Shields, a song evangelist, declares in an Akron church revival that jazz is not music but a disease. He challenges congregants to seek spiritual renewal and avoid jazz as moral decline.

Akron Harry K. Shields

Fire prevention tips for homes by J H Truett

The article urges safer housekeeping to prevent dwelling fires in the United States. It warns against storing ashes in wood, burning rubbish in fireplaces, oily rags in metal containers, and handling kerosene or gasoline near stoves. It concludes with a lighter note about the fireman’s public image.

J. H. Truett National Safety Council United States

Tin Receptacles Preserve Crispness for Baked Goods

Bread cake crackers and ginger snaps stay crisp and fresh in tin receptacles but become moist when stored in stone jars.

Cleaning grease from matting with fullers earth method

Instructions advise making a thin paste from fullers earth and cold water to spread on the spill. After drying place paper over the treated area and leave for a few days, then brush away with dry fullers earth to remove the stain.

Inadequate Hospital Accommodations in Ohio M E Church District

The Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal church covering Franklin Madison Licking Washington Meigs Gallia Jackson Lawrence Scioto counties and surrounding areas is shown to have inadequate hospital facilities in the American Hospital Digest and Directory issued by the Hospital Management organization. The digest notes sixty million quarts of ice cream were consumed in the United States last year.

Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church Franklin Madison Licking Washington Meigs Gallia Jackson Lawrence Scioto American Hospital Digest Hospital Management Organization United States

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