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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1936
Page
6
Dorothy Dix advises a 37 year old woman torn between marrying a kind, reliable man with practical advantages but dull manners and no fairy tale spark. The columnist urges choosing love over mercenary motives, warns against abandoning good husbands for fantasies, and counsels a square deal while considering the partner’s happiness.
The article guides color choice for spring wardrobes by hair, skin, and eye color. It recommends brown with contrasting accessories for brown hair, gray with bright accents, and bold hues for blondes and brunettes. It also notes makeup guidance and warns yellowing gray hair. ends with a note that 215 cities have authorized air mail service.
A dense radio schedule listing show times from 6:00 to 11:30 with a mix of programs and performers. Notable entries include Wise Crackers Jack Armstrong Orphan Annie Outlooks with Amos and Andy, Bing Crosby News, Lum and Abner, Rudy Vallee, and a variety of orchestras. includes weather markets and multiple variety acts.
In a suspenseful scene Dicky forbids a trip to a shack where two desperadoes spy on the farmhouse. He plans to contact Dad’s men and the state troopers while the narrator fears for their safety and prepares to join him after dinner. Continued tomorrow.
The article promotes spinach as a year round staple for families, noting spring harvest quality and advice on selecting healthy, dark green leaves. It warns against sandy or dirty greens, stresses thorough washing with staged water changes, and provides cooking tips to keep spinach tender and hot.
Isabella Green of Arizona speaks on turning fifty describing thrill at the new year and facing life with renewed budgeting of energy. She emphasizes simple pleasures and the value of clear fundamentals and generous providence.
A menu lists breakfast with grapefruit cereal cream wafers syrup milk and coffee, luncheon featuring noodle soup cottage cheese and chives salad nut rolls milk tea, and dinner of meat loaf scalloped potatoes spinach with mushroom sauce onion and orange salad raisin pie milk and coffee. The domestic air mail system now encompasses 29 106 miles.
Olive Roberts Barton writes about the quiet cruelty of neglect in a sick mother, showing how children, absorbed in their own needs, overlook parents. A mother shifts to a strict fifty fifty rule to demand decency and care, teaching kids to notice others’ pain.
The Stars Say Friday April 3 predicts excitement and sudden events leading to radical changes with influence on future fortunes. New proposals or projects may launch with high level cooperation and friendships shaping business and private life. A birthday year suggests surprising events and successful ventures with energetic, adventurous individuals.
A Department of Labor survey shows service stations, next to private garages, were among the most common automotive service buildings built in 1935.
An experimental house study shows average room air weighed 169 pounds with substantial dust and grease content. The Air Conditioning Institute collected two quarts of black greasy dirt in a month, noting its impact on furnishings and mood.
Laura Wheeler proclaims Snowball quilts in vogue and invites readers to craft this easy design with two pattern pieces. Pattern 446 includes cutting sewing finishing instructions yardage chart bed size diagrams and a block guide. Send 10 cents with pattern number name and address to Athens Messenger Needlecraft Dept New York.
The Warner Bros. production Boulder Dam comes to the Athena Theater with Ross Alexander Patricia Ellis and Lyle Talbot in lead roles. Alexander and Ellis play lovers while Talbot is the rival. The story follows an auto mechanic who flees after a fatal fight boss, meets a dance hall singer at Boulder Dam and is spurred to improve his life despite a dangerous rival and a shocking incident.
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