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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1926
Page
6
A reader asks Winifred Black for advice on a difficult second marriage burden. With alimony of 50 dollars monthly and reduced income leaving two children to support, she describes a tense home life and requests options including separation. She signs as a distressed wife seeking guidance.
Wanda Barton counsels readers on handling alimony and family strain with patience. She urges practicality, urging the wife to foster peace, engage with children, and ease tensions to support the family while considering the husband’s pressures. The piece reflects 1926 guidance on domestic life.
Fashion notes highlight a revival of silk bathing suits with taffeta and printed crepe options. A standing taffeta suit uses bright blue yellow and red while a second ensemble pairs a crepe dress with purple satin trunks. Beach accessories include tight rubber caps and matching or tone coordinated handkerchiefs.
An article promotes slim hips and personal fitness with chair aided exercises. It describes a routine using a kitchen chair to stretch and strengthen hip and abdominal muscles, promising a slender waist and renewed vitality, with gradual waistband relief as a payoff.
A satirical open letter recounts a brash plan to declare an Open Season on meddling people and a fictional candidate Elsie for US president. The piece lampoons gossip, insults, and the social ethics of gift returns in a 1936 Premier Syndicate context with a long reader-response style.
The piece highlights USSIAN boots endorsed by Paris and London, bold gown colors in demand for hats, embroidered silk shawls, painted velvet, patent leather slippers with metal webbed straps, and minimal daytime rouge. It notes vividly colored lips, semi precious stone jewelry in antique gold featuring opal to carnelian sets, slender brilliante anklets, and a shift from light stockings to gun metal and sheer black styles.
Benefic configurations rule the heavens today promising happiness and favorable outcomes in many affairs. The two Greater Fortunes align with Luna suggesting growth in goals and aspirations while advising discretion to avoid rash moves. A birthday year brings fulfillment in business finances and friendships. A child born today may gain cultural polish and high status but must curb pride.
In parts of Africa the Munshi of the Bassa imitate birds to lure prey. Men dress in straw shirts and hold a bird’s head near theirs to appear as a branch. The method catches birds but risks danger at distance and reflects hunting as a route to liquor.
Health column by Royal S. Copeland argues dental care prevents serious disease. Emphasizes early care for baby teeth, regular dentist visits, and brushing to avoid gum infection and systemic illness. Includes reader Q&A on double chin and freckles with brief remedies. Copyright 1926.
A high school girl asks how to handle two older boys who claim love and then ignore her. Annie Laurie advises that neither suitor has a right to jealous behavior if she is not engaged and to explain calmly that she may choose her friends and accept invitations freely.
In this installment, Dicky’s impulsive kiss triggers Madge to confront her fading emotional response to passion. Mary Harrigan shows anxiety about family upheaval as Uncle Kawin’s reserves are called, while Madge and Mary navigate tension, meals, and looming consequences at the family home.
Peggy Brown meets Jabby Jerboa and his mate Happy Giggles in a playful riverbank encounter. The Jerboa family shows Peggy how they hop, stay hidden by day, and greet the night with cheerful squeaks and family life.
A collection of aphorisms and quotes from Montaigne Corneille Juvenal Goethe Byron and others. The passages reflect on courage ambition generosity and the human condition with brief maxims on action mind and love.
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