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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1930
Page
10
Superior Judge Walter Guerin of Los Angeles hears Isadore Somebody claim he deserves three hundred dollars a month for support based on age. The column argues age is relative, citing older individuals who remain active and capable, and contrasts the notion of age with personal vigor and achievement.
A poetic meditation on nebulous beauty and tobacco pipe visions that blur reality and memory. The speaker longs for a dream world where he rules his own domain yet is haunted by an idealized girl and visions of home, reflecting hope and longing.
Mrs Hasbrouck and her husband plot a discreet early wake up for a guest to avoid waking a man who may follow Mrs Graham by car. They arrange quiet breakfast, a creak free route, and a makeshift wake up cord to guide the guest before daybreak.
Temple Manning recounts a short visit to Sumatra’s Batak region centering on Lake Toba. Once deadly for foreigners, Batak attitudes have softened due to Dutch educational influence while customs remain largely unchanged. The journey follows the hill country toward Toba in a continuing travel series.
A Batak village scene around Lake Toba describes the basin shaped like a sapphire with a central island Samosir. Homes perched on piles resemble ship bows and serve as animal corrals and workspaces. Women weave and dye thread locally while indigo colors the landscape. Agriculture and tobacco remain key island industries, with skilled native crafts present though not globally major.
The reading warns of annoyance and delays from planetary movements with intriguing situations requiring careful handling. It predicts possible benefits from prudent postponements and obstacles, noting unusual events and a lively year for those born today. A child born this day is clever and independent but must overcome many obstacles.
A fresh papered room brings springlike atmosphere and sunlight to the home. The hard part is removing old paper, which can be eased with a hot strong solution of soda and water that eats through glue and loosens the paper after several applications.
Cusewives offer meat substitute ideas using dried beans and lentils. Soak beans overnight then simmer until tender, then serve with butter or thick cream, adding curry for flavor. Recipes include Beans and Mushrooms and Beans and Rice with green pepper and curry powder.
Lentils soaked overnight are boiled until tender then drained. In a buttered baking dish layer with 2 large tomatoes or 1 cup canned, pepper, and bake in a moderate oven until tomatoes are absorbed.
A reader asks about stopping gossip and ending a strained romance. Advice urges willpower to curb gossip, returning the borrowed ring with a tactful note, cultivating repose, and forgiving gossiping friends while avoiding cross examination to defend personal privacy.
Vera Winston previews a bright green lightweight woolen coat with dolman cut, cape from back seams, slim silhouette, and smart side pockets. It suits active or spectator wear with a narrow waist belt.
R S Copeland outlines typhoid prevention and symptoms, noting safer water and milk, inoculation by serum, and public health measures. He explains transmission through food handlers and carriers, typical fever progression, and the importance of nursing, isolation, disinfection, and discharge testing.
A New Daywear trend is seen in formal daytime wear with flamenco fabrics in morocain and silk blends. Suits appear in silklike fabrics with navy and black crepe outfits featuring hip-length jackets and jaunty capes, with contrasting blouses and dotted or printed skirts and jackets.
Knarf and shadow children seek pranks on April 1st, fooling Prince the dog with a kitchen bone and tricking father about the time. The cook spoils the joke with a bone, while mother notes the clock shows quarter past and school rumors spread among the children.
A boy named Knarf pretends to be an elephant by posing in the sunlit doorway. The other students laugh and the teacher pulls the shade as Knarf hides under his desk. He laments fooling himself on April Fool's Day.
A curated set of historic quotes spans humor science and philosophy from sources like Syrus Longfellow Montgomery Martial Disraeli Arnold and Shelley. The passage juxtaposes views on laughter laws truth joy private opinion and love with references to classical authors and poets.
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