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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1932
Page
10
L Norman Burnside, fuel engineer, offers practical furnace care steps for homeowners. He explains proper refueling, damper use, and ash removal, detailing starting a fire, burning, and banking the fire to ensure steady heat and safer operation.
Washington reports the average family size has not fallen much in 40 years. Census Bureau findings show personnel per family declined from 49 in 1899 to 41 in 1930. North Carolina recorded the largest average family with 49 members, while California and Nevada had the smallest at 35.
Artificial sunshine has been installed in a newspaper plant here. It is the work of Jacques AT thuys and uses lenses and mirrors to distribute rays to all parts of the building. Light enters from a skylight and is reflected from four large ground floor mirrors to smaller mirrors on the upper five stories. MODEL DRIVERS in Georgia must meet up to date strict standards, including age and health certificates. The article also notes foreign travel trends and a tip on fertilizing daffodils with muriate of potash.
Ohio coal should be about 27 percent cheaper than car corn for heat, says Hocking Coal expert Faust of Ohio State University. Using corn at 17 cents a bushel, he estimates $17.50 to produce heat equal to six tons of coal at 5.75 a ton, noting fuel prices vary by locality and season.
A series of property transfers across Athens County townships lists quitclaims and warranty deeds. Names include Pearl W. Helwig, Adda J. and Olna A. Hastings, Charles Hempen, Audrey Hemplen, B. Mills, Earl Dalley, Hewitta Reeder, Thomas Roush, Georgia Cooley, Frank Hooper, Orland Hooper, Benjamin Dye, William Dye, Mary Dye, Francis Clark, Hattie Norman, Salomon Bigley, Eve Laurence, Christina Harvey, Mary Williams, and Elizabeth Foughty. Transfers occur in Athens Township, Cartilage, Troy, Colville, Watpalgo, and Tonk townships with multiple inlets, lots, and subdivs. Also noted is a note on two houses built entirely of copper on display at an international housing exposition in Berlin.
A local construction flare near Athens includes Copeland at a farm near New Marshfield completing a garage. Flora Burson adds extensions to a cow barn and chicken house. Athens County Court House gains new brick chimneys and slate roofing was being redone this week.
After a snowstorm the roof tells a tale of heat loss and thrift. Proper insulation boards under the rafters can cut fuel use and prevent cold draft rooms. Insulation boosts comfort in winter and can add usable attic space when finished.
Thomas Nalavares announces a new Atheneon restaurant in Portsmouth featuring 10 maple wood booths along walls replacing tables. Renovations include white walls, walnut paneling, new flooring, kitchen door with full-length mirror, and ordered fixtures. Opening date uncertain but not before two weeks.
Ed Michael mends a planter on his back porch with bricks and cement. James Parfitt adds a room to his house. Clarence Cooper’s former home gains a new front veranda. Carl Michael family on Millionaire Row installs an electric pump. Chauncey H. Boudinot reports a moving and large chicken house on a farm near Millfield.
Nine old style tips urge motorists to maintain wipers and brakes, test and adjust them daily, keep tires with chains ready, park with windows vented, use antifreeze, drive cautiously in fog and dark, use headlights, and beware carbon monoxide by never running the engine in enclosed spaces.
The article advises mulching ornamental trees and shrubs planted this year after a freeze. It recommends a general mulch of leaves or straw to protect roots through winter and early spring, and to brace larger plants with wire guys. It also notes seedlings for reforestation should be mulched, and mentions NBC and CBS plans to broadcast the 1932 Olympic games from February 4 to Los Angeles.
The American Petroleum Institute reports a dramatic drop in last year’s state gas tax receipts due to bootlegging. Figures show a decline from 575,000,080 to 100,060,000, signaling substantial illicit undercutting of fuel taxes.
A charming home features a wall along the stairway displaying framed pictorial postcards from China Alaska Europe Russia Africa and Moscow. The family trained the collection into a mass display, while a corner library is similarly arranged for visual appeal.
The Cutler structure, tied to early railroad history, began as a Civil War era boarding house for railroad workers, later owned by AA Campbell and William McGee Melire, then by J F L Wiese who turned it into a hotel and private residence. Today the building, though altered, largely survives with a replaced front portico and a long porch.
Moscow reports a rocket boat constructed by Captain Chernikiev. The craft is propelled by a combustion sequence running through tubes from the rear into the water, delivering thrust by an explosive charge. The design mirrors basic principles of rockets and aircraft propulsion.
A vintage style guidance piece advocates patience in starting and driving an old car on icy roads. It stresses gradual warming, careful handling, slow braking, and cautious turning to avoid skids and mechanical stress, emphasizing safe, deliberate operation.
Indiana limestone industry analysis foresees a prolonged upturn in U S construction after two decades of cycles. Authors discuss postwar overbuilding, then rising demand, lower material costs, and a buyers market with expanding home remodeling and modernization projects.
The report notes higher gas taxes across states boosting revenue while highlighting regional differences. It cites total gasoline consumption, tax rates ranging from two to ten cents per gallon, and peak summer usage as drivers of expected annual revenue nearing new highs.
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