Build During the Winter Push For Home Building Boom
A 1920s American Builder and Building Age article urges contractors and buyers to build in winter to beat rising spring costs. It argues lower material and labor costs, greater efficiency, and safer investments as deflation and uncertainty press securities. Homes started now could be financed, rented, or used as business spaces during hard times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Mason
American Builder
Bulding Age
Hicago
Building Supply
Earport
Tme
Tithe Changes in Athens County Lots and Homes
Legal notices detailing transfers of property across Athens and adjacent townships. Transactions include warranty deeds, administrator and sheriff's deeds, and subdivided lots in Athens Township Alexander Township Troy Township Jacksonvill e Corporation Waterloo Township and York Township with named buyers and sellers such as Albert O Rink Earl T Dailey John W Rhollans Maggie Rhollans Pansy H Martin Hattie Selby Leslie White Jane Showalter T W Coe Selby Orchards First National Bank Amesville James R Clark Hockingport and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Township
HE Reading
Earl T. Dailey
Albert O. Rink
Isham
Wiliam Blackburn
Sarah Ann McDonald
Richard
John E
Warren Roush
John W
Maggie B. Rphollana
Athens City
Pansy H
J. D. Martin
Paul Silvas
Hattie A. Selby
Leslie EB. White
Cash Zimmerman
John W. Rhollans
John B
Jane Showalter
T. W. Coe
Herbert McCory
Bern Township
Selby Orchards, Inc
First National Bank of
Amesville
Troy Township
Harry W. Crippen
James R. Clark
Hockingport
Jacksonville Corporation
Pearl
Cora Miller
John Elson Hedges
Waterloo Township
Elmer and
Grace Tom
William and
Lenna Tom
Same
Wooster to Get Chimes After Bequest
Wooster receives a $10,000 bequest from Mrs. Mabel Douglas Esary, daughter of a former local attorney, to fund a set of chimes for the city. Mayor Jessa Ebert weighs options as the project remains a puzzle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Mabel Douglas Esary
King County
Wash
Jessa Ebert
Stoker Installed at Beasley Home on Morris Avenue
An automatic stoker unit has been installed in the home of Fred R. Beasley on Morris Avenue by Tt. Mf. Sherman of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred R. Beasley
Morris Avenue
Tt. Mf. Sherman
Athens
South Bridge Construction Forces Home Upgrades on Richland Avenue
Clarence Roach on Richland Avenue moves and strengthens his home for bridge approach work, adding a new front dormer and an extra room while upgrading the kitchen and roof. Mrs Fietcher Metcalf raises her home and remodels to add four rooms as the three story house gains a new door, basement, and quarters. Pearl Carr also on Richland Avenue undertakes outside work including a new garage, cistern, and door replacements as part of the bridge project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Roach
Richland Avenue
Fietcher Metcalf
Fala Pearl Carr
New Bridge
Hammer and Saw Busy In And Near Athens
Albert Pratt of Chauncey is building a four room tile house in The Pisins. Dimensions of the structure are 24 by 24 feet. The M C A building at Nelsonville is under process of retooling. E A Guthrie has built a new fireplace and mantel in his home at 7 North Congress Street. Mrs T Hope is installing new outside doors on her home on West Union Street. The Sigma Wela Phi fraternity house is being repaired after a fire caused heavy damage to inside rooms. New floors are being laid, doors installed, and woodwork replaced. Prof D W Ingerham is installing new outside doors on his home on Last State Street. Dale Eye, Harrisonville, reroofing his house with shingles. Fred Tinsterwald, Jergeyville Road, replastering his house and doing general repair work. Andrew Harker, 9 Central Ave, built a new addition and sealing it with plaster board. Garfield Grimes, Chauncey, built a new concrete door and installed new windows in his garage.
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Albert Pratt
Chauncey
Pisins
Sigma Wela Phi
Andrew Harker
Central Ave
Nevada Route 50 Improved Across Nevada
H N Burgett hears from Claude H E Smith that Nevada has approved a 100000 dollar bond for Route 50 improvements between Fallon and Mound House. A 50000 dollar contract for the first 11 miles was let on Nov 12. The project shortens Fallon to Carson City travel by about 20 miles and reduces reliance on the Reno route.
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Nevada
H. N. Burgett
National
Claude H E. Smith
Fallon
Mound House
Carson City
Reno
Smith
How to Cut Your Light Bill
Norma explains to Beth that light bills drop when homes reflect more light. Cream-colored eaves and porch ceilings brighten rooms and reduce electricity use. Painting now prevents future damage and higher costs from winter storms and rot, making refinishing later more expensive.
Worcester teen wins Yankee Ingenuity Scholarship
Raymond Lewis Moeller, 19, from Middletown Connecticut, earned a Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yankee Ingenuity Scholarship after his miniature Napoleonic coach won a state Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild award. The panel cited his ingenuity in devising tools and methods, with the scholarship enabling study in aeronautical engineering.
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Worcester
Mass
Raymond Lewis Moeller
Middletown
Conn
Moeller
Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Megiler
Frederick H. Payne
Edmund C. Mayo
Gorham Company
Ralph E. Thompson
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Nevada press association leaders named
Vail Pitt of Nevada serves as vice president of the highway organization and as president of the state press association, with another local figure holding secretary duties.
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Nevada State Press Association
Vail Pittman
Nevada
Highway Organization
Press Association
Choosing Anti Freezes For Winter Driving In Varying Climates
An analysis discusses selecting anti freeze based on winter climate. It weighs alcohol versus glycerine, noting alcohol remains pourable in extreme cold and warms engine faster, while glycerine resists evaporation in milder winters but can clog radiators in very cold conditions. It emphasizes early, climate appropriate preparation and predefined proportions engineered for regional temperatures.
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Canada
United States
Tips for saving geraniums through winter
To keep geraniums until next spring, cut back and pull them. Another method is to dig them up, shake soil from the roots, and hang upside down in a damp coal cellar.
Are You Renting or Hunting
A column discusses the stress of home hunting and the impact of color, decor, and fresh paint on rental appeal. It urges buyers to request repainting if a place lacks fit, noting redecorated listings sell faster and color tones affect health and mood, with advice to tell realtors to “take it as you paint it.”
News About Building Work in Messenger Area
Chauncey resident Joan W. Mourn opens a new workshop on High Street with cabinet making focus. F. AM Coates adds outside chimney to log cabin serving as office. Charles Slater paints ferryboat Z. J. Hayes and W. T. Bobr builds a new breaded house on State Route 48. New floor installed in Enwrenes produce firm office building for candling room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breedsvillie
F. AM. Coates
John Buchanan
Z. J. Hayes
W.T. Bobr Fa
Enwrenes
Frek Lewy
JC Matines
Ino LO
Swan
Much Building Near Pomeroy In Past Year
A Pomeroy area canvass shows substantial building and home repairs over the past year led by Phode Lumber Company of Middleport and firms allied to Fintan Construction and Pomeroy Cement Block. Projects span new homes on Union Avenue, repairs to porches and garages, and a notable Remington hotel overhaul costing about 28000 dollars under architect C. L. Dow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omeroy
Pomeroy Head
Phode Lumber Company
Middleport
Clint Welch
Pomanoy Nend
James
Fark Raman
Homer Gra and
Howell
Fintan Construction Company
Pomeroy Cement Block Company
BOM, Ewing
Ita Funeral Home
Pomeroy
Thess Firma
Ase Bredoury
Ryptors
Union Avenue
Ress Companiea
Ruben Bargain
Arnold, Rose, Im
Allen Barthsy
Christman
Norton Baer
Chester Road
Architert C
Remington
Miller Lumber Company
Hemoen
Arthur
Pontmoy
Lomerey
Hobarn
Ancestror
Second Street
C. A Martley
Fentz Wolf
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Athens County
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Warren
E. Roush
Arerive
M.C. A
Nelsonville
E. A. Guthrie
Congress Street
T. Hope
West Union Street
D. W. Ingerham
Last State Street
Dale Eye
Harrisonville
Fred Tlnsterwald
Jergeyville Road
Garfield Grimes
Pomeroyment Block Co
Sheila Gray
Norma
Beth
Dad
Yankee Ingenuity
C.D. Hegk GO
Dias
Dial
The
Athens Lumber Co
Athens Glouster
Israel Klein
Scivice
NEA Sersic
Veos
C. V. Strawn Athens
Nelsonville Brick Co
Lonore Kent
Messenger Area
Joan W. Mourn
Chauney
High Street
Mourn
Rasnay
bolll+ inga
Charles Slater
Nelsonville RV
Charles Wolfs
the Plains
Mr. Platt
Chauncey Baa
John Marfin
Pate
Bean
Harry Knowles
Fort Budwin
Ol Bardin
Mid& Dieport
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