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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1936
Page
6
A misunderstanding mother asks if her 20-year-old daughter should leave home. The columnist rebukes the mother for treating her daughter as a servant, says the daughter earns her own money and deserves independence and fair treatment.
The article advises against home facial massage and slapping or rubbing. It recommends cleansing, applying cream after masks, and specific neck exercises to reduce a double chin, including head lowering and muscle tightening. It also notes posture exercises such as balancing a heavy book on the head and emphasizes self-respect and independence in earning money.
Radio schedule fragment listing programs and acts for WLW and CBS including Jane Emerson Toy Band Lowell Thoma Comedy Gkll Ensemble Lum and Alon Clara Lan Frank Fay Fred Waring Amos n Andy to be announced and various orchestras, dances, news, and music programs across afternoon and evening slots. Names include Herman Middleman Mia Lewis Rapp Orch Reichman Orch and Descriptions reference multiple show titles and half hour blocks.
Puzzle clues span operatic terms and daily language across across grid. Answers include instruments actions and relations, forming a themed word puzzle with across and down entries. The finished grid reveals a cohesive crossword style set of musical and linguistic hints.
The speaker condemns a mother who keeps her daughter dependent and unpaid in housework. She argues that a healthy woman past eight should handle chores herself and manage funds. The advice warns that continuing such control will harm the daughter and strain the relationship.
Senator William F. Borah is expected to challenge Governor C Ben Ross in Idaho as a bid for a sixth term in the U S Senate unfolds. The text notes Maine features an 800 acre desert within its borders.
Fire damaged the kitchen of the Union home on Route 56 several miles west of Athena on Wednesday afternoon. Insurance covered the damage. Gloria Gay Cooper, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester Cooper, is reported seriously ill. Robert Rowland visited his brother in Calvin Creek West Virginia. The Union Church youth class met at Central Avenue Church in Athens Tuesday evening. Mrs John Withers and Clara Louise visited Bernard Withers at New Marshfield Tuesday. Robert Barker plans to go to Mount Vernon Monday seeking work.
Ralph Turner of Dyesville searched Cincinnati for work. Thelmer and Dale Stansbury visited Pomeroy on business. Velma Jordan vacations with her parents the Jordans. Mrs. Smuth and Mrs. Vale ill. Jesse Sisson and wife visited Dexter, hosted by the McCanns. Mrs. Canode had appendicitis surgery. Worley Jordan stayed in Columbus a week. A steer owned by Elwood Nelson fell into an old well and died.
George Raft stars in Yours For the Asking at the Athena Theater with Dolores Costello and Barrymore in a light hearted caper about a Florida gamble and a society girl offering her mansion. Ida Lupino schemes to teach Raft a lesson as a friend turns foe. Cast also includes Reginald Owen James Gleason Skeets Gallaher and Edgar Kennedy. Rhythm on the Range with Bing Crosby and Boo Burns opens with Frances Farmer in a big musical, featuring new songs like I Cant Escape From You The House That Jack Built For Jill If You Cant Sing Youll Have To Swing It Empty Saddles and Im An Old Cowhand.
Miss Violet Autherson, ill, taken to Gallipolis hospital for mastoid trouble. Various visitors and relatives including Deems, Bissells, and Rairdens drop in. Birth announced for Dudley Congreve’s family. Local residents travel to Delaware, Oak Hill, Reno, and Hartford for visits and stay.
In a tense exchange, Dicky questions sending news by letter while the narrator plans a New York stop to deliver funds from Kingston to Brixton’s office. They debate secrecy, fearing Samuel Brixton’s leverage, and commit to concealing the money’s source from him. The scene ends with a teaser that the matter continues tomorrow.
OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON muses on summer desires and stay at home realities. She lampoons wishful thinking of vacations and urges mothers to weigh home life against imagined breaks, noting hazards and comforts of both paths.
The forecast warns of turmoil and disruption tied to lunar transits. It cautions against unwise judgment and reckless behavior in business and private life, noting potential regrets, losses, and strained domestic relations.
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