Del. Exhibit Reveals Jobs, Dress Of Early Odessa.
But a display of 60 illustrations at the Historic Houses of Odessa may go a long way to help residents and visitors envision the place as a real and working community.
Drawing from English artist William Henry Pyne”s book, ‘The Costume of Great Britain,’ published in 1805, the museum is sharing the stories behind the functional clothing of professional and working-class people of the time.
For example, an early 19th-century print of one of Pyne”s illustrations shows how tanners, such as prominent Odessa resident William Corbit - of whom no pictures exist - dressed at the time.
Spanning all walks of life, exhibit subjects include the fireman, the lamp lighter, the brewer, the lord-mayor, the milk woman and others Pyne studied and illustrated in detail.more
Home-hunting by proxy pays off.
POCKETS of the real estate industry loathe them, but a decade after buyers” agents first appeared in Australia, increasing numbers of home buyers appear to love them.
As their name implies, licenced buyers” agents represent buyers in real estate transactions, reports The Australian.
Since the late 1990s, when Melbourne firebrand David Morell played a leading role in exposing dodgy auction practices, they have helped tens of thousands of mostly inner-city buyers such as Sydney corporate finance specialist Marcela Zeman find the right property at the right price.
Only 50 to 60 buyers” agents are exclusively involved in the purchase of residential property in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, but the small number belies their growing popularity and influence in inner-city markets, despite the real estate industry having no hard data about how many purchasers use them.more
Safety Town houses become vandals” unlikely target.
New Albany village employees reported to police that someone damaged three of its Safety Town houses sitting on Swickward Boulevard.The damage occurred sometime between 2 p.m. May 15 and 9:18 a.m. May 28, after someone ripped off parts of two houses, while breaking through the wall of a third home.Total reported damage is $250.Police reportedly arrested a man on Johnstown Road after he failed to maintain reasonable control while driving.
The arrest happened at 3:37 a.m. June 3, according to the report.The man reportedly had a blood alcohol content of 0.143. The legal limit for drivers is 0.08 or less.Police arrested a man on state Route 161 when they discovered that he possessed drug paraphernalia.The arrest took place at 1:23 a.m. June 3, police said.ColumbusA cell phone, valued at $100, was stolen from two men after they were held at gun point at their Oak Spring Street residence.It happened at 10:45 a.m.more
