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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1923
Page
10
Work on the new Ohio University men’s gymnasium advances with outer walls, floors, and partitions in place. Inspections forecast completion around year’s start due to a shortage of skilled riveters and bricklayers, though the building will offer ample playing space with a 125 by 165 foot basketball area and a 450 foot oval running track.
Property transactions list numerous transfers across Athens Township and neighboring locales. Names include Ed West, Nell Merry, Sophia Martin, Pearl Miller, Scott Allen, John Sauders, L. Sydney Sherrard, Don Davis, Catherine Griffin, Maurice Gross, William Stanley Jr., Harry Laziman, Clarence Mathews, Bernice Bennett, Effice Reed, Alfred Haning, Lola Davis, Thomas McMenaney Sr., and others. Prices range from $1 to thousands, with multiple parcels including coal lots, sub lots, and various tracts. The docket also notes transfers in Alexander, Ames, Dover, Chauncey, Leff, Rome, Glouster, Waterloo Townships, and Nelsonville City.
Mrs Susan Horsey 83 filed in common pleas court claiming Alfred Tubbs gave her 35 for axe handle timber then cut off all her hickory timber. She won a permanent injunction preventing further timber cutting.
A corner lot residence designed by W. W. Purdy features tan plaster walls, light brown brick trim and a red roof. The two story plan includes a sun room, four second floor bedrooms with large closets, a rear balcony, and a complete basement, excluding heating and plumbing.
A police pursuit ends when a bullet from Police Captain Herschel Smith’s revolver shatters a windshield. The alleged bootlegging car stops at Burbank. Occupants include W. H. Byers and D. B. Mehaffie of Borderton and Richard Russell of Burbank are arrested.
Registration day at the University of Cincinnati saw thirty upperclass women patrol the campus as police women forming a vigilance committee to enforce rules for the guidance of fresh women.
GE radio station WGY will broadcast every play of the Giants versus Yankees world series starting Wednesday October 10 through telephone lines between Schenectady and New York. Listeners on 380 meters will hear instant play reports along with crowd noises from the Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium.
Lima city commissioners abandon solving traffic and auto parking issues and will appoint a mayoral and city manager formed special commission to handle the problems.
A brief note explains how typical shoe laces break as a regular string game, illustrating common failure modes in simple terms.
The United States Forest Service and the National Lumber Manufacturers Association will join in a National Fire Prevention Exposition in New York during National Fire Prevention Week. The exhibit shows how forest protectors, Western Forestry and Conservation groups, and timber owners defend against fires and coordinate firefighting on private lands at owners’ expense.
A two story frame home in genuine Colonial style is being built by Barnhill and Shuler on East State street beside Rufus Hopkins’ brick house. The ten room plan includes attic, bath, sun parlor, sewing room, external chimney columns and dormers, with completion expected around early December.
Four year old Lympto Pardino was crushed to death in Bellaire after following his father onto the tracks as the freight train approached. The incident occurred near the crossing and the child did not survive.
B G Shuler moves family to a two story nine room house on East State street with oak floors and asbestos roof. A standout feature is an arched landing stairwell from the living room, plus a large coat closet in the niche wall area. Architect Barnhill of Athens co supervised with the owner. Interior work to finish in days.
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