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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1936
Page
8
Dorothy Dix notes a 30 year old wife who loved her career yet cherishes husband and child and asks for a remedy. The answer argues that one cannot pursue both full time home life and a high powered job, urging a philosophy of contentment and acceptance of one path over the other.
Evening guests of Mr and Mrs Charles B Wood were Mr and Mrs Virgil Stanley. Frank Pugh and family attended a picnic at Graham Chapel Sunday. Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Edward Brooks included Dr Pritchard Nelsonville and Mr and Mrs D L Wallace Nelsonville with Pearl Wood and Pearl Howard Brooks. A benefit ice cream and melon social is set for Pleasant Valley Church August 19 to fund church activities. Emmett Wingett and daughter Lucille visited, and Elmer Steward of Athens dined with Lloyd Bolin. Violin strings are made from sheep gut and bow hair from horsehair with bow wood from Brazil.
Henry Fonda headlines Walter Wagner's Spendthrift at the Athena Theater a comedy romance about a young millionaire ruined by debt and his romance with Mary Brian. Pat Paterson aids him as bill collectors close in while the Derby and horse racing backdrop add tension and humor.
The text foresees a momentous day as stellar operations activate and crystalized conditions break up. Expect decisive disruption affecting all affairs with possible property or gift matters. Despite seriousness, success and satisfaction follow, with a birthday note predicting a memorable year and gains from elderly gift or bequest.
Thursday’s WLW schedule lists CBS Wise Creckers Steven Merrell Toy Band and Lowell Thomas among many acts. It includes News Pepper Young Edith Karen Betty and Rob and orchestral selections from Kemp and Stabile, plus sports scores and various dramas and comedies.
A needlecraft notice offers Pattern 1190 with transfer pattern of horse heads 9x11 inches for pillow tops or pictures. Includes chart and stitch illustrations. send 10 cents in stamps or coin for pattern to Athens Messenger Needlecraft Dept. 82 Hight Ave New York. The Danish War Department bans military bands.
A large list of cryptic style clues covering anatomy of a Roman amphitheater and related terms. Across and down entries include references to Vespasian Olive shrub document box cravats concur unclose classify kindled sluggish cursed marble figure rectify readable insanity soon affirmative ear organ coloring matter pair of saws measure of cloth check end day in Roman month rebroadcast fly lava pastry payment demand plots of ground courtesy title ruins shape folding beds hodgepodge sneer hopskiln mineral spring bird of prey arise encounters portrait statue woven string consumer delivered musical not before did the work on it X since baking dish musical note unit inlet seats eye proper doctor foolish bird smear with grease sea eagle narrative poem Italian coin monkey dye note in scale Spain tone B
Olive Roberts Barton argues meals have become about vitamins and calories, dulling appeal. She suggests two humane approaches to feeding kids, letting them get hungry or making foods tastier while considering a child’s mood and psychology at the table.
Adele Garrison writes of a tense drive to New York to inform Samuel Brixton about Kingston bank funds. Mrs Cosgrove approves of generous support for Ronald and Carolyn, while Dicky chafes at delays and hints at Page Avis Arlen. The narrator plans to reveal Brixton’s money to avoid a leak.
Anne Adams Pattern 4151 touts a smart shirtwaist frock with trim collar puff sleeves and front back pleats in durable fabrics. Sizes 12 through 42 listed with fabric needs and step by step instructions. Send 15 cents to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department for pattern and book. RYF stalk 6 feet tall in Scarborough Ontario shows a rye record claim by Andy Thompson.
Toledo report says Irving W. Van Gunten a truck driver fought off two women and a man who tried to rob him. He kept $52 and escaped unharmed after the confrontation.
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