Year 1922 Forecast as Big Builder Year Says Uncle Sam
Washington reports the commerce department foresees a major rise in home building in 1922 based on February contracts and permits. F. W. Dodge data show 75 million dollars in residential contracts in February, with December and January totals similar to that, signaling a strong spring building season and potential housing shortage relief. Residential projects comprise about 47 percent of new construction, up from 31 percent prior to 1919.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Department
Division of Building and Housing
United States
Northeastern
F. W. Dodge Co
Bardin Brothers expand plants to meet housing boom
The Bardin Brothers company enlarges facilities at both plants to handle increased demand for building materials. New stock sheds rise while warehouses prove inadequate. An extension of the switch in the East Side lumber yards is planned, and new woodworking machinery has been installed, with skilled workers moving to Athens to operate the equipment.
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Bardin Brothers Company
East Side
Athens
Harmony Hill Social Notes and Local Moves
Harmony Hill residents hosted and visited Sunday with David Livingston Edson Noland and O E McGirr. Carpenter plans move to Sam's farm near Athens. Charles Simpson called to home in the Great Beyond after illness. A L Cornes dined at the Foster home and Charles Harris visited there. Sale attendees from here at Little Hocking included A L Cornes.
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S. H. Noland
David Livingston
Edson
O. E. MecGirr
G. K. Thorpe
T. J. Foster
James Carpenter
Carpenter
Athens
Sam
Charles Simpson
Great Beyond
A. L. Cornes
Charles Harris
Little Hocking
Harding Aims for Final 18 Holes Before Returning to Washington
President Harding rises early in St Augustine to play a full 18 hole round at his favorite local course before boarding the special train home to resume official duties in Washington.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Florida
Washington
Harding
Modern Homes Wanted in Ohio
Mrs. L. M. Studevant of Sidney leads the Ladies Auxiliary of the Ohio Building Association to promote home ownership. She notes Ohio trails New York and Pennsylvania in owned homes and cites 725 local building, loan and savings institutions as a pathway to making Ohio the greatest homeowning state.
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L. M. Studevant
Sidney
Ohio Building Association League
Ohio
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Studevant
Bucxeye
Local Names Visit and Church Outing at Little Hocking
Family and neighbors from Sun day through Saturday gather in Little Hocking visiting relatives, attending church, and attending a funeral. Names include Cecil Foster T J Foster James Tippie Millard Males Sturm Latrobe and Coggeshall Bess Chauncey Thorpe Coolville Parkersburg Rockland Harmony Hill.
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Cecil
T. J. Foster
Charles Cunningham
Dutton
J. C. Coggeshall
Carpenter Home
James Tippie
Harry
Bertha
Little Hocking
Millard
Little Grandson
Latrobe
Curtis Sherman
Parkersburg
J. E. Humphrey
Coolville
T. Watson
Harmony Hill
J. €. Coggeshall
Rockland
Milo Foster
Chauncey
G. K. Thorpe
Hold Boxer Death Shocks Omaha Boxing Ring
Roy Carter of Sioux City is free on 20600 bond as authorities probe the death of Charlies Havlicek in Omaha boxing. Havlicek died after a fourth round blow fractured his neck. he had risen at the count of four before Carter struck him again, collapsing and dying twenty minutes later.
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Omaha
Neb
Roy Carter
Sioux City
Liberty
Charlies Havlicek
Carter
Havlicek
Havilicek
Unlisted Fights Go On After Havlicek Death Report
Despite Havlicek's accident the boxing card continued with other bouts. The crowd learned of Havlicek's death only after the final fight.
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Havlicek
Young Millionaire John Dodge Sentenced In Detroit
John Duval Dodge, described as a man of millions, is sentenced by Judge Bartlett to five days in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to speeding. He loses his driver’s license for a year and faces two parking charges and suits. Detroit is chosen for the 1922 National Association of Retail Druggists convention.
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Detroit
Mar
John Duval Dodge
House of Correction
Bartlett
Dodge
Kalamazoo
National Association of Retail Druggists
Inmates Allegedly Start Fire At Sunny Brook Sanitarium
About 200 inmates at Sunny Brook Farm Sanitarium near Chicago allegedly started the blaze that destroyed three buildings. Mr C M Paden, who runs the facility, and officials believe the inmates set the fires to escape the institution.
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Chicago
Sunny Brook Farm
C. M. Paden
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Uncle Sam
The
Hoover
Athens Electric Co
Athens, Ohio
the Hocking Power Co
Nelsonville
C. L. Heaton
First National Bank
Quick — Service
Jesse W. Moorman
Tinner
W. Washington St
Athens Lumber Co
Glouster
Wild Kid
STRAW
Chas. DeMolot Co
du Pont Tufcote
du Pont
Kerr Hardware Company
America
Chemical Industry
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