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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1926
Page
12
The Associated Constructors of America report predicts a records surge in mid winter construction with eight percent more contracts than last year. First 11 months show two percent higher permitting and a November peak signals unprecedented activity.
Nelsonville businessman Albert G. Mechem has acquired the last of the old Knickerbocker property in Columbus, a nine family brick apartment at Patterson avenue and High street. The 1732 deed ties to wartime service, with government lands once ceded to Jonathan Dayton. Mechem bought as an investment from Bryan Downey, a former prize fighter.
In Moscow the housing shortage forces divorced couples to share a single room. Marriages end before they can separate, leading to reconciliations or remarriage. One 22 year old mother lives with two children in one room while her husband stays in another part of the city.
ESTATE transfers were heavier during the last week than several weeks prior. County Auditor Fred Cornwell lists transfers including Emmett Carpenter to Stanley J. Grittin and Jennie and John Ford to Errett A. Person among many parcels.
Henry G. Cameron has acquired twelve and a half feet on the north side of the Norton property on Court Street, Athens, adding 38 feet of frontage adjacent to Cameron's Southern Electric Company building. He plans an extension and garages. The Norton property sold at public auction for about $53,600 after bidding topped $40,000.
Plans to finish the Capitol building by adding a central wing and renovating the rotunda will be submitted to Congress this winter. Driven by a $165,000,000 appropriation last session, the project covers wings for the House and Senate and new federal structures in the Mall area along the long vista to Capitol Hill.
New York concern establishes a wallpaper salesmanship training course to supply a sufficient force amid record fall sales, according to the Wallpaper Manufacturers' Association. The association notes biggest declines in wallpaper sales in major U S cities and introduces deferred appointment systems to shorten customer waiting times.
The organization notes a surge in demand for definite patterned papers inspired by old New England homestead motifs. Many reproductions of period patterns are now sought after as a public reaction to the once plain and indefinite designs that were popular a few seasons ago.
Modern homes often include an attached garage and can add a maid's room and bath above the garage. Rear stairs may also be placed in the garage, allowing space save in the main house with double access from both floors. Silver care notes advise wiping with clean hot soapy water for brightness and no soap taste.
A damaged fragment describes dipping something in butter for greasing pastry or dumplings. The misspelled words and unclear items hinder precise identification of the food or method mentioned.
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