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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1925
Page
7
Winifred Black recounts a preacher's divorce and two marriages in a tale where a wife confesses an affair after its impact on three boys and two fathers. The column questions the morality of confession and warns of the harm to children amid adult passions. Copyright 1925 by Newspaper Feature Service.
Wed Aug 12 warns of discord and litigation due to Mars square Luna with Jupiter adverse. Finance and ambitions may falter. speculation and travel discouraged. Birthdays face a troublesome year. employment favors the hopeful. A child born today may be rash, headstrong, fond of travel, and best served by steady work.
In Grace Thorncliffe's diary styled piece a young client seeks Madame's personal design for a striking outfit. Madame sketches a coatlike straight dress with heavy black satin and light gray striped crepe de Chine, buttoned with oblong bone buttons, paired with a gray felt hat.
A young wife seeks guidance after marital strain caused by disapproving parents. The adviser urges patience and kindness, urging the wife to join the family circle, demonstrate amiability, and gradually restore affection, asserting the husband remains loving despite his parents’ stance.
Dear Elsie column recounts Hazel’s plea for girls to resist elder scolding that blocks youth joy. It portrays Aunt Thomasina’s bitter jealously and a girl’s loss of youth to public opinion and moral policing. Copyright 1925 Premier Syndicate.
Temple Manning describes the first gala hayride to celebrate the season. Horns, handkerchiefs, and merriment accompany a rickety wagon as revelers sing, marking the completion of the year's hay stock. The piece reflects on how hay making blends nature and labor, noting its uncertain origins.
A 1892 era home making piece advises weekend hostesses to simplify meals, use informal settings and disposable wares, arrange porch dining, and plan meals ahead. It suggests minimal linens, washable bed coverings, extra pillows, summer blankets, and a hall light to aid guests, highlighting labor saving for comfort.
A 1926 feature discusses infant feeding and dysentery management. It advises withholding food for 24 hours, then introducing barley gruel and boiled milk, with orange juice if needed, plus careful bottle handling and avoiding sugar and fat in diarrhoea. It includes Q&A on a 25-year-old woman’s weight and goitre causes and treatment.
Adele Garrison and Katherine stage a mock triumph over Mrs. Meredith in the Graham house. Katie, the maid, defends her mistress with feisty tea service while Lillian, Madge, and the narrator savor the domestic caper and joke about future house cleaning.
The item notes English shillings once contained silver about 20 cents in value and mentions chimney money a hearth tax under Charles I. It also states Nordic fish eaters have lower cancer rates than meat eaters based on a study finding.
A fragmentary passage reflects on deception, gratitude, and character. It urges seeing the silver lining, maintaining self-control, and viewing criticism as either warning or validation of virtue. The text attributes thoughts to unnamed authors and cites lines about wisdom and shaping life as one’s own work.
Peggy discovers a white wishing pebble that lets her visit Mrs. Oriole as she learns nest-building. Mrs. Oriole explains material choices and sewing the pocket shaped nest to survive storms, while Daddy Oriole gathers supplies and Peggy returns home for lunch.
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