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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1935
Page
6
Dorothy Dix argues that many women marry for security and status while expecting a fairy tale. She notes that married life often demands hard labor, poverty risk, and a critical husband, and that the only cure for marriage woes is deep love. Pity toward a single, successful woman is misplaced.
A fire discovered during a recess at Glenview school in Glendale destroyed the auditorium and classroom building. No injuries were reported.
Frank B. Fretter, 70, president of National Refining Company, died Sunday at his home in Cleveland Heights. He had worked for the firm since 1887. Survived by his widow a daughter and a son.
A fragmented crossword style listing appears to combine clues and answers across topics including geography, navigation, biology, and language. The readable sections reference a Canadian explorer, river terms, cardinal directions, and various everyday items, forming a dense puzzle-like compilation.
A homemaking column extols kitchen shears as essential tools saving time and reducing cuts. It lists tasks from cutting celery to trimming green beans and beets, peeling pineapple, and preparing a marshmallow fruit dessert, with care tips and a suggested recipe.
The menu lists breakfast with chilled tomato juice cereal cream fried corn meal mush maple syrup milk and coffee. Luncheon features rice and ham loaf creamed green peppers lettuce with French dressing chocolate wafers milk tea. Dinner offers broiled herring lemon butter lattice potatoes scalloped corn onion orange salad springtime dessert milk and coffee.
Dr Edwin F E Jacobs president of Ashland College resigns on Monday to the board of trustees. He offered no reason for stepping down and gave no final date.
Major William H. Ortt, Civil War veteran and former treasurer of the National Military Home, died at the Dayton institution on Monday. He was a native of Preble County. The obituary notes his long service and ties to the home. Ruth Carhart, a singer, is quoted with a personal reflection on independence.
Adele Garrison and Katherine Shook discuss Nell Gibbs a nurse famed for World War I service. Nell marries Bob Gibbs a wounded veteran who left architecture for the war. The couple face a grim future as health and travel limit their life together with Bob's injuries.
Madge and Katherine plan a discreet retreat in Gibbs cabins along a lake shore. They arrange camp style housing for family and friends, aiming for safety and seclusion during June to September while maintaining routine elsewhere.
The text advises balanced fertilization rather than excess, prompts frequent light applications over one heavy dose, and stresses cultivating after rain to prevent crusting. It explains lime corrects acidity, suggests fertilizing trees near gardens, and notes frogs and beneficial insects aid pest control.
The reading notes a day of confusion and excitement driven by planetary alignments. It warns against impulsive actions in litigation and favors sagacity, with property likely to rise and personal affairs improving through discreet handling. A birthday person may encounter upheaval and fraud risks in papers and documents. A child born today shows industriousness but temper, needing discipline. Notable nativity: Pierpont Mgs, Sr. Leonard Foster, age 4, prepares to start poem number 75,001.
Mrs. Charles Marsden of Detroit reports relief from 11 years of constipation after using Kellogg's All-Bran for five months. Her husband, a chain store manager, urged the remedy, which provides bulk plus vitamin B and iron. Two tablespoons daily typically suffice. the product asserts superior bulk to fruits and vegetables and safer than patent medicines.
Radio comedian Jack Benny headlines a new film presented on the Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round aboard a liner voyage. The production features Nancy Carroll Gene Raymond and a large supporting cast with Mitzi Green Sydney Blackmer and Bing Crosby at the Majestic in Mississippi.
The article outlines termite defense methods stressing professional inspection and licensed treatment. It warns that termites require separate location per colony and that fumigation and creosoting have drawbacks. It advocates impregnating wood with toxic substances for permanent protection and notes structural damage signs.
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