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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1922
Page
5
The narrator observes Dr. Pettit's bedside manner with her mother in law as a broken arm is set and pain eases with a mild opiate. Afterward the household discusses hiring a new maid and managing routines during Jim's absence, amid tensions over Lana's return.
A narrator weighs leaving to care for her ailing mother in law and a city trip to fetch Katie and others. Companions Dicky and Lil debate the plan while old tensions flare and the narrator vows to return before her mother-in-law recovers.
A cautionary tale of Willy Ermine who ignores his mother’s warnings about changing from a white suit. He wanders away, meets the sly Red Fox, and never returns home, leaving only the reddish brown suit as a sobering reminder to his siblings and readers.
An editorial urges daily cleanliness as a moral duty and public health measure. It stresses habitual sanitization for surgeons and citizens alike, noting cleaner habits reduce mortality and protect others from disease. The piece cites Dr. Reginald Tarrar’s death from typhus as evidence of communal risk and calls for consistent, instinctive hygiene.
Remodeling projects showcase linen and clothing closets built in hallways and stairs, featuring sunlit drawers, labeled compartments, and daylit doors. Unique setups include a three-section linen closet with locked lids, an upper hall clothes closet with an electrical door light, and a hallway hat closet with drop fronts for box storage.
The piece contrasts youth certainty with age doubt using comic color metaphors. It muses on shades of black white and blue, then asks if good and bad can mingle into gray before highlighting Mary Mary’s playful struggle with choosing colors and reacting to others.
The piece traces Mary Mary and Tom Tom through imagined life pains and conflicts. It contrasts Mary Mary’s misery with Tom Tom’s need for precise art, while noting family ties, debt of tears, and a gradual ache toward weariness, ending on a note about finding gray.
A reader age 17 asks about a traveler who left before marriage and now seeks renewal. Annie Laurie warns against rushing, urges parental consent for marriage, notes dishonesty with another girl, and counsels caution to protect happiness. Another letter from a reader about kissing and social pressure ends with encouragement to wait for respectful suitors.
Diary notes AM visiting West Point for an afternoon hop amid uniforms and cadet style. She describes a navy blue serge dress with reverse braid, white silk lining, silver buttons, pleats and long tassels, plus a black satin hat. style hints show a military influence.
Sunday and Monday forecasts warn of difficulties anxiety and potential reversals across affairs. The horoscope urges shunning strife and litigation and advises calm behavior while predicting possible unusual changes and sudden transitions affecting those born in coming year.
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