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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1931

Page

7

Ermintrude and Mary Frances on a High School Romance

Mary Frances fears the coming romance will define her life while Ermintrude doubts the path of love. The pair debate ideals, bravery, and consequences as they walk Oregon’s shrublands toward a service station, Mary Frances planning a risky stop.

Ermintrude Mary-Frances Ermintrude Hill Mary-Fraunces Lexrimintrude Mother Daddy Peter Rosymeade Oregon Palmer's

Mary Frances Transforms For a Delicatessen Stop

Mary Frances and Ermintrude fashion new looks using Cecily’s cosmetics, strolling through town to Mrs Van Slycke’s Delicatessen. Ermintrude frets over Mary Frances’s plan while Phil’s silence unsettles Phil’s girlfriend at Redfern Plumbing. Te Be Continued.

Mary- Frances Ermintrude

Netting a Mat mileage rater for mobiles furnished and sheriff

Funds appropriated for a maintenance of a joint high WO. To be placed in a separate treasury of the school and cannot be withdrawn except by order and signature of official.

The Grandparents Falsely Guard Wealth Amid Family Strife

Orphaned sisters Ann Cecily and Mary Frances Fenwick live with impoverished grandparents Rosalie and Grand who pretend to retain former riches. Ann, 28, Cecily 22, work secretarially while Mary Frances, 15, attends school. Ann is engaged to Phil for eight years. Cecily brings home Barry McKell and grows fond of him. A friend Ermina Trude mentions actor Earl De Armount arriving, and the sisters plan to meet him while Phil visits Ann and is brusque. Subsequent plans unfold as the plot advances.

Ann Cecily Mary-Frances Fenwick Jeccily Rosalie Mary-frances Philly Bkogoyb Barry McKell Erma&ntrlde Earl DE Armount Phil Anne Ermintrude de Armount

Paris coat rules spark bold color fur contrasts

New York readers learn that dress coats should feature contrasting fur rather than matching tones. Paris authority Maison Heim promotes bold pairings such as black velvet with white ermine or beige with dark beaver, plus a two-fur option to swap looks. A new blue shade bleu bleuet brightens ensembles, and Redfern showcases an Lyons velvet gown with a white velvet flower. The article notes Christmas fashions, including self-made ornaments via The Athens Messenger care department.

New York Maison Heim Paris Redfern Lyons Athens Messenger

Attendant Albert Jolly Recalls Two Sweet Girls at Service Station

The attendant named Albert Jolly noticed two young girls, described as sweetly comely, approach his station, then forgot them while he tended pumps and oil cans. About a quarter hour later he saw them again in his graveled corner, noting how all youth look alike to him.

Albert Jolly Zed Albert

The Plague of Correct in Dress and Home

A critique of the obsession with being "correct" in fashion and interiors. The author mocks rigid dress codes and homeowner trends, celebrating individuality and warning against imitation. The piece contrasts practical comfort with fashionable constraint and calls for personal choice over social policing.

Selecting Children's Gifts By Eleanor Ross

A mother muses on Christmas gifts for babies and young children. She argues larger age appropriate toys ease supervision and aid development, criticizing tiny novelty items. Educators and stores offer guidance on choosing safe well made toys that inspire independent play rather than clutter.

Janey Polly

Letter to the Chinese in Your House Unearthed During Family Outing

The family discovers a hidden letter attached to a white flag found by the pasture fence. Hank and Bill read aloud the top line in Chinese while Junior and Roderick debate who reads which part. The note appears to direct delivery to the Chinese in the household with a tentative timetable hinted as tomorrow.

Junior Roder Hank Bill Dicky Non Roderick Alphonse Gaston Harry Underw

Ruling Limits Township and County Spending on Insurance

In separate opinions Attorney General Bettman holds that township boards may not legally spend funds to buy group insurance for volunteer fire department members. He also states county boards may rescind resolutions related to an administrative function.

Columbus Bettman Board of County Commissioners

Woodcock Agrees with Kentucky Arrest Policy Clarified

Washington reports orders by U S District Judge Cochran of Kentucky align with Prohibition Bureau policy on liquor violators. Woodcock, newly in office, notes arrests focus on larger offenders while smaller violators face limited action, shaping enforcement as officials bring cases from half pint to larger quantities.

Washington U. S Dist

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