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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1940
Page
10
Sewing pattern advertisement promotes Anne Adams book and patterns for dresses boleros and outfits for girls sizes 6 through 14. Details on fabric amounts and costs plus ordering info from The Athens Messenger Pattern Department.
An old advertisement offers a transfer pattern kit featuring an alphabet bouquet design, with a request to send ten cents, patterns and instructions, and space for name and address. The copy references era terms and a Needlecraft Dept at a New York address for ordering.
A mosaic of radio names and personalities fills the page with station tags such as KDKA WLW WMAQ WGN and others. Mentions include Amos Andy Easy Aces and Horace Telat Luskin with a nod to Meredith and Uncle Sam era shows and a visual nod to the broad broadcasting landscape.
Annual homecoming will be held at Beech Grove next Sunday August 24. Miss Margie Dew returns to grandmother Mrs. Mary Post after visiting her aunt Cora Williams at Oak Ridge. Mr and Mrs Faye Ivers were in Somerset recently. Wanetta Orms brought home from Columbus hospital last Friday. Rev Mingus filled appointment at Spencer Ridge Sunday.
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