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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1925
Page
7
A reflective piece on the commandment against bearing false witness explores how people often judge and gossip about others. The author uses anecdotes about social keen eyes and hypocrisy, urging reverence for truth while criticizing needless malice in everyday talk.
A nineteen year old asks Annie Laurie for guidance about marrying a man two years older, noting parental disapproval. The reader seeks candid advice on whether to continue the relationship or wed despite opposition. The column offers cautionary guidance for a young woman in a period context.
A fashion designer Madame Adame creates a lace dinner frock for a girl preparing to travel abroad. The design features a rounded front neckline tapering to a deep V at the back, long sleeves, and pressed folds for traveling wear.
A short Home-Making feature by Wanda Barton describes simple economical flower holders. It suggests using varnished wooden bowls and small jars, painted black or white and waterproof, as attractive receptacles for short-stemmed flowers.
Fragmentary lines reveal a puzzle of verse and vision. A tone of cosmic mystery hints at a universe pose and a nameless figure named Matty Zi E, with a chant about sin and telling in a cryptic 66 win tone.
A 1935 Premier Syndicate piece cautions against unkind comment that harms reputation. It argues idle judgment breaches God's law and perjury-like gossip can be deadly to a person’s character.
The reading suggests a moderately active and successful day with favorable recognition for workers if qualified. Avoid speculation and money risk due to fraud risk. Venus promises pleasant social and domestic conditions. those born today face a good year but must guard against deception and excess.
Adele Garrison narrates a domestic interlude as Katie serves a hearty breakfast while the narrator debates discipline and social gestures. The scene shifts to Lillian decoding a telegraph code with Allen Drake, highlighting work and tension in a covert effort.
A 19th century style essay by Winifred Black on the visibility of knees and backbones in women and the changing notions of beauty. The piece muses on elbows ankles collar bones and the impact of electric lighting and fashion of the era on perceptions of female bodies.
Practical reader column on infant crying causes and care. Discusses feeding regularity, thirst, and hunger as crying drivers, warns against using fingers as pacifiers, notes dangers of tainted milk, advises boiled cooled water, and suggests seeking medical advice for feeding changes. Includes Q&A on prickly heat treatment and diet combinations for babies.
Temple Manning recounts the folklore around the printer's devil from the early days of typography. He notes accusations of magic in 1450s printing and Aldus Manutius publically exposing a black boy in Venice to quell uproar, linking fear of printing as an evil art to superstition and sensational legends.
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