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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1926
Page
7
The article extols easy to grow yellow narcissus and sacred Chinese lily while suggesting thrifty crafts. It describes using plant food in a bowl and making wax covered vases from bottles by melting wax with a lamp and rotating the object to form a sealed colored surface.
The article notes colored shoes repeatedly entering fashion and being sent out again, now offered in delicate shades. Palm Beach sands are described as a pastel backdrop with kid shoes in old ivory, bois de rose, crystal gray, cool blue, laundry, cream and apricot. A check short-coated tweed suit and a mannish boutonniere add a spring flourish.
A recipe for a frozen salad combining grated American cheese with mayonnaise and pineapple. Mix cheese and mayonnaise, add chopped pineapple, then fold in gelatin softened in cold water and whipped double cream. Chill until firm.
The article outlines methods to prepare a dessert and emphasizes careful infant weighing. It notes daily weight checks until three months, then three times weekly to age one, with typical birth weights seven pounds four to eight ounces and expectations of doubling by five months and tripling by one year.
Style notes describe green as the spring color and cape coats and cape dresses, including lace capes, moving with April breezes. Skirts stay knee length as outfits transition to warmer days.
The phrase describes ensembles maintaining dominance across morning, afternoon, and night wear, with a focus on style persistence and coordinated outfits across daily time periods.
Cream cheese and red raspberry marmalade for sandwiches also candied ginger chopped date and nut sponge cake with ice cream and chocolate sauce marguerites made by melting marshmallows on saltines with nut halves or maraschino cherries will thrill the literary club.
A short verse urges staying at home to a resting heart. It contrasts wanderers with homebound peace, claiming home keeps hearts happiest and free from trouble and care.
The article notes that lemon juice strained into the final rinse water adds a red glint to hair and helps cut soap. It also mentions blondes believing that a pinch of soda in the water keeps hair from turning yellow.
A line notes that rosewater and glycerine keep hands from chapping and cure existing chapping if one dislikes the smell of hot mutton.
The 1926 bridal scene features white satin gowns ending at the knee with long satin trains trailing. Marine hues extend from there to the floor, while mint green pink baby blue and lavender coats pair with white sports frocks. Lace dinner gowns are the chic rage.
In Minghong near Shanghai a dozen days of shop closures followed a violent dispute over a weight issue with a Salt Smuggling Prevention Corps member. A butcher was lashed 300 times publicly before military officials and his unit faced censure. peace returned after General Sun Chuanfang intervened.
A shortage of hay in the Spring Creek mesa district forces ranchers to feed cattle onions to stretch forage. The unusual feeding practice, described by ranchers, aims to keep herds fed while hay supplies remain tight despite plans for dining cars and restaurants in the West next spring.
A brief notice notes cattle products surge as herds graze, onions featured prominently in feed. The fragment hints at agricultural buzz around livestock and crop interplay, reflecting market or farm activity in a rural region.
John J. Hynes of Penn Yan New York spent thirty six years and four thousand dollars to locate his father who died in Poughkeepsie New York at age 75 just as the son found him.
Ray Wood of Rossford, a colored man, was near death in a Toledo hospital after a fight in Rossford over fifty cents. Lee Wing, also colored, is jailed awaiting formal charge.
Rembrandt's "Young Man in an Arm-Chair" bought by the Duveen brothers for 410000 dollars is en route to New York despite the Swedish government's protests over its departure from Sweden.
Oil and gas in paying quantities were found at Mason City near here. The well was spouting oil in the pay zone, indicating a productive veritable field in the area and promising prospects for future drilling activity.
Three firefighters were overcome while battling a five story loft fire that sent smoke through a crowded tenement street, forcing tenants to evacuate as flames raged.
A survey by the National Association of Travelers Aid reveals that women have a better chance of getting no Florida than men in employment conditions. The study discusses regional opportunities and gender disparities in job placement across states.
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