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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1928
Page
18
Construction costs rose slightly in 1927 according to the Associated General Contractors of America. The year ended with an average cost twice the 1913 level, due to higher wages and pricier construction materials. Wages stayed steady for eleven months, while material prices fluctuated, keeping overall costs above 1926 levels.
A descriptively framed piece extols a modern American French Cottage inspired home, praising its exterior charm and efficient interior layout. The article notes a steep pitched roof, dormers, finials, checkerboard chimney trim, and irregular brick accents. The house spans forty eight feet with sixty five foot frontage, cost about 11160, and HA-159 plans are available from the Building Editor.
Transfers list in J Clyde Edmundson county auditor records from last week. W Phillips to Catherine Phillips et al cover multiple tracts in Athens Township and City, including 2 and 63.51 acres plus 77.58 acres, with certificate transfers. George R Lawrence to Charles Bolin sells Mechanicsburg subdivision Lot 67 for $200. Turner couples execute warranty deeds on several town lots and surface lands totaling 39.22 and 15.17 acres. Hubbard to Elmer Tom covers 76.04 acres in Town fractional subdivision. Additional transfers include Daniel Daniels to Elizabeth Daniels in lot 148, Bardin to Zenner lots, and various undivided interests and fractions in multiple townships including Bern and Canaan with 39.18 and 85 acres described.
Home planting should include fruiting shrubs and vines for winter interest. Victor Ries of Ohio State notes Japanese barberry, privets, roses with hips, sumacs, and highbush cranberry provide color when snow falls. plant variety around the yard and plan spring orders. The period also ranks the top ten U S industries by wholesale value, led by motor vehicles and steel, among others.
The Athens Carnegie library adds a large children's room in the southwest basement with chairs tables and furnishings. Miss Anne Keating notes the plan serves children and practice teachers and will accompany a redecoration with light yellow walls and new roller shelves for bound newspaper files and a floor stack for periodicals.
The Glouster variety store plans a Middleport branch opening around the first of the month. The Fritz Besser business room in Middleport has been rented with Reese Williams assisting this week to prepare the space. The store will offer a similar line of goods and operate under the same plan as in Glouster.
The Y W C A in East Wing gets gray drapes and comfortable furniture to attract women students. The room will open in a few weeks, chaired by Miss Grace Graham. Magazines from Cutler Hall will move here and women students may lend books via the committee.
Houses offered at bargain prices in Pomeroy must be removed by buyers as they lie in the path of a new state highway. Listings include the homes of Mary Young Dallas Yeager Mary Fisher Emil Sauer Amelia Starkey Bertha Owens Jacob Schuler and Oscar Wince with additional lots along the highway available through trustee W F Reed. Bridge work resumes with many workers on the opposite river bank and cement pouring progressing rapidly.
A kitchen note suggests boiling rice with a splash of lemon juice to whiten grains and prevent sticking. Then mash two very ripe bananas and beat into the rice for a creamy banana sauce.
A kitchen tip suggests adding macaroon flour or broken macaroons to bread scraps to make a bread budding notably tastier.
A piquant salad combines blue plums and ripe tomatoes with grated cheese. A mayonnaise dressing completes the dish, highlighting a bright balance of sweet fruit and creamy contrast.
A note on serving hot tea in glasses in a Russian style includes dropping a spoonful of raspberry or strawberry jam in the bottom and using lime instead of lemon. The instruction emphasizes a precise serving method and citrus substitution.
Apple touch hen makes a simple homemade soup with diced apples and celery. The result has a tart bite and is described as tasty.
A reader contends that applying a raw onion poultice is the best treatment for wasp stings. The claim presents a traditional home remedy noting onions reduce pain and swelling through sap and compounds, though medical guidance may vary.
A fragmented directive describes creating a bedside tray by pushing a sewing machine to the bed and turning the cover back over the bed to form a dining surface. The note reads as an improvised solution for temporary in-bed meals.
The instruction fragment describes beating the white of an egg until foamy or light. No additional context or ingredients are provided in the text.
A hot sand bag made from sewn fabric can provide soothing heat for neuralgia and various pains. Fill with 9T sand or salt and heat in the oven for therapeutic warmth.
Do the vacuuming before dusting to cut the amount of dust and cleaning steps. This simple sequence reduces work and keeps floors cleaner longer.
Five sororities at Ohio University will move into new homes or already occupy nearby houses as residences for the second semester. Alpha Gamma Delta will take the 1 Park Place house across from Carnegie Library, housing seventeen with Mrs. Virginia McVay as house mother. Pi Kappa Alpha will inhabit the State and Carpenter streets house with fifteen residents under Mrs. Foley of Parkersburg. Lambda Omega will locate at 33 West State Street with twenty residents, while Delta Sigma Epsilon has a house at 94 Congress Street under Mrs. Vance. Eight girls in the Athens High School area at 69 West State Street are Phi Mu members with Mrs. Violet Thomas as house mother and fifteen expected in the second semester. The sororities plan to build a tene nts court near their homes.
The article notes that seas cover roughly 72 percent of the earth's surface, highlighting the vast expanse of ocean world and its dominant geographic role.
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