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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1935
Page
5
A tense telephone conversation exposes Philip Veritzen seeking to keep Mary with Noel at the farm due to Mary’s illness. The speaker questions the request, noting Noel’s short marriage and the improvised motive behind separating the couple from city life.
Advice column discusses whether a second husband could work in a trial marriage. The piece contrasts loyalty, sacrifice, and compatibility with social expectations while urging patience and self-reflection before remarriage. Also includes fashion notes for a spring picture frock and Anne Adams pattern book offers.
A home oriented menu showcases a three daily meal plan with grapefruit cocktail shrimp of the main course baked fish with vegetables and lime jelly salad. Key steps include preparing salmon with celery potato marbles and a creamy sauce baked 20 minutes and lime jelly salad served on a bed of lettuce with mayonnaise.
Puzzle style fill in the blanks with scattered clues referencing treasury and related terms. Includes numbered hints like to love to excess dawn and various financial and desk terms.
Laura Wheeler’s Afghan pattern named Fan Afghan has become popular with crocheters. The design uses three shades of one color with a contrasting outline and a dark background for best effect. Pattern 8&1 includes directions, material list, block illustrations, and stitch details, available for 10 cents from The Athens Messenger Needlecraft Dept.
A 1919 article urges women to maintain grooming on tight budgets. It advises night hairnet care to protect fingerwaves, economical beauty routines, and spotless white accessories. It notes self-material clothing for easy upkeep and recalls the July 18 1919 rate change abandoning special airmail pricing.
The February 5 sky warns of perplexing or sinister moods and treachery from unlikely sources. Avoid rash anger as changes may bring advantages, including possible employment gains. A child born that day may show unusual talents for research needing constructive channeling in youth. Notable nativity: Dwight Moody.
Mrs Rolla Z Koons 71 mother of Edward H Dowell social science instructor at Athens Senior High School died early today at her son’s home 101 Grosvenor Street after two and a half years of ill health Funeral services will be held Tuesday in Wooster Ohio The body was taken there She is survived by her son and two daughters Mrs C B McKellogg Lorain and Miss Fern Koons Athens
Chauncey on February 4 witnessed three marriages in the afternoon. John Dow Gabriel Jr and Marjorie Mae Laird were wed by Rev. Goes Graham of Zion Free Will Baptist Church, to reside in Athens. William Ginnan and Helen Minor were married by Rev. Gilbert Courtney of the Church of Christ. Lawrence Edward Gillett and Lola Mihon of Trimble also exchanged vows at the Church of Christ parsonage with Rev. Courtney officiating.
Two births were reported this week in the vicinity. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Clyde Rutter and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Leslie McClellan. The Rutters have nine children and the McClellans eight.
Twenty one mines in the Hocking Valley fields are operating today per the work report. The active list includes Chauncey No 2 and No 1, Ohio No 1, Poston No 6, Lick Run, Carbondale, Coonville, Kimberly, Luhrig, Salem Hollow and others such as No 9, No 219, No 68, No 267, No 15, No 28, No 24, No 119, No 258, and No 10x.
Opening services at Central Avenue Church began a revival attracting church members and outsiders. The musical program featured several special elements led by Rev. A. W. Campbell of Hillsboro, who recently sang evangelistically across Southern Ohio after serving overseas in World War I.
The bayonet gauge must be returned absolutely clean after checking the crankcase oil to ensure proper readings.
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