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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1922
Page
16
S W Straus & Co president notes 1922 may see large scale construction resume to tackle housing shortage. Costs have declined to near record lows and freight rate cuts could further reduce building costs, though a 20 percent freight cut would only shave under two percent from total costs.
Statewide construction activity in January rose 49 percent from a year earlier, per F. W. Dodge. Northeast states total contracts awarded reached 166.32 million dollars, second largest January on record. Residential work led with 75.73 million, industrial 19.70 million, public works 18.74 million.
In Columbus, a meeting of about a dozen real estate groups under the Ohio Association of Realtors voted to pursue a property classification amendment to the constitution. A committee led by L. T. Palmer will draft the amendment and report by March 20. The measure would repeal the uniform tax rule and cap municipal rates at 18 mills and 15 outside municipalities.
In Berne Switzerland the number thirteen is considered so unlucky that no house bears the numeral. The belief leads to omitting the digit from addresses as a local superstition with cultural roots.
Glouster Alvary Baptist Church schedules Sunday school at 6 15 a m morning devotional 10 15 and preaching at 7 p m Communion Sunday 7 p m Prayer meeting Thursday B Y P U Friday Mrs Thomas Safko 25 died at home near the city light plant after pneumonia and childbirth funeral at Holy Cross church pending word Loren Andrews injured at mine 281 from slate fall head cut foot mashed rib fractured all remains are to be determined for funeral arrangements.
An ordinance to penalize gambling was introduced on Friday night, placed on three readings and passed. It sets penalties from 50 to 200 dollars replacing an older defective measure. Council supported the ordinance while Richards opposed suspending rules.
Colonel Hubert Work of Colorado sworn in as postmaster general succeeding Will H. Hays who resigns to lead the moving picture industry. Hays departs for New York to begin duties with movie magnates on Monday.
In New Athens on March 4 Mr and Mrs Thomas Carter hosted a family dinner attended by all 18 of their children. The gathering highlighted the Carter clan as the largest family in Harrison county.
The Coolville Congregational Church Ladies Aid held an all day quilting and sewing session at Mrs. Hoobler and Mrs. Barth homes with sixteen members despite bad weather. Miss Dicca Gardner returned from Parkersburg. J G Nestor shows improvement. O F Larson and Vivian Cline travel to Columbus. F M Cowdery goes to Belpre for family illness. George Congreve returns with a team of black horses. Ira Kincade builds a garage. F G Runion travels to Athens on council business amid street paving talk. Mrs S Tilton aids sister-in-law in Torch. James Gunder loses a cow.
Rev. D. H. Baustin of Springfield Ohio came to conduct the funeral for Mrs. Elias Blair, 95, at the Lutheran parsonage. He was found dead in his bed early this morning in Bucyrus Ohio.
The Polish cabinet quit in London after Vilna negotiations failed to settle annexation disputes. Australian statistics report workers lost 6,150,000 dollars in wages due to 554 industrial disputes in 1929.
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