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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1935
Page
6
Dorothy Dix argues clothes reveal much of a woman's character and intelligence. She says mothers shape principles while dress signals thrift, energy, and judgment, with practical outfits predicting steadiness and costly vanity warning of impracticality and bad finances.
A group of designers proposes a coordinated home furnishing plan to simplify buying. They aim to offer furniture from different makers with matching colors and styles, plus rugs lamps and linens, so buyers cannot go wrong. Ready to assemble houses with integrated furniture plans may follow.
Health note for vacation hair care urges rinsing after swimming or using a scalp tonic before swimming. Recommends a liquid spray for hair length to filter sun, daily use, and sun exposure without hats. Advises open air drying, daily sunshine, and brushing to prevent split ends and fade by fall.
The article notes strong auguries for success in business and employment tied to writings, publicity, and promotions. It advises careful minor changes to legal matters, safeguarding private life, and highlights a birthday with potential for advancement in work and commerce. Notably mentions Herbert Hoover.
Mrs Walter C Palmer shares a gelatine salad idea combining carrots and crushed pineapple. Dissolve one package of Jello in water not boiling, chill until set, fold in grated carrots and pineapple, then chill in a shallow pan and cut into squares to serve on lettuce with salad dressing.
A historical notice presents Married Comrades as a sequel to Given in Marriage. The item notes publication context and ties to the earlier work, indicating thematic continuation and publication details.
Adele Garrison continues a domestic caper as Dicky plots to move a captive breakfast and Katrina schemes to access a portable refrigerator. The narrator fears danger but agrees to evacuate with Jack Leslie while keeping doors locked and Katie busy in the kitchen.
A vintage recipe describes peeling and quartering cucumbers, removing seeds, parboiling briefly, cooling, salting, and peppering. They are rolled in crumbs, dipped in egg wash with water, crumbed again, then shallow fried until lightly browned and served immediately.
A house shown in the picture is part of a nationwide contest sponsored by an architectural magazine. The fret one is being built in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with construction underway in another regions of the country.
A Needlecraft Dept offer from The Athens Messenger describes a fall home project. It features a lavender basket motif for bedspreads and cushions, with lazy daisy and French knot stitches. The pattern set includes transfer patterns and color suggestions for a 13 by 14 inch basket and several sprays, priced at 8 cents with stamps or coin sent to New York address.
A mother and daughter stop to observe a legless pencil seller, confronting stark human suffering. The child Rosie asks about trouble and sadness while the mother urges withholding worry, guiding a moral dialogue about a harsh world.
A bulbous pipe organ firing bullets is described as the death machine in Universal’s thriller Mr Dynamite at the Ohio Theater. Dashiell Hammett conceived the prop with Alan Crosland and Universal staff, with a Colt revolver periscope and ebony piano console. Edmund Lowe stars as Mr Dynamite, aided by Jean Dixon Esther Ralston and Verna Hillie in the climactic scene.
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