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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1923

Page

7

A Playful Metaphor of Slopes and Desires in Thrift Week

A lively meditation uses a toboggan and downhill imagery to frame thrift, love, and luck. It notes swift descents from fortune and romantic bending toward happiness, joking about Cupid riding a ski-runner with the same carefree pace.

Dan Cupid

Western trip turns peculiar as two travelers scheme

In a tense train platform scene, Claire Foster and Dicky clash with Harry Underwood who pretends to be Don Ramon as he proclaims plans to tour the West. The narrator conceals anger while observing the farcical conversation and delayed departure.

Ned Harry Underwood Don Ramon Miss Foster Dicky Pittsburgh Buffalo Mr. Underwood Claire Foster Hoe Claire

Old Fashioned Gingerbread and Molasses Desserts

Jeannette Young Norton offers molasses based recipes including old fashioned gingerbread and candied apples with molasses, Southern molasses pie, and a molasses flavored frosting. The article details ingredients such as butter, sugar, eggs, flour, spices, apples, raisins, and candied sweet potatoes with step by step directions.

Hunting for a Mate in a Fragmented Note

Winifred Black reflects on finding a mate and shares a clipped newspaper excerpt. A reader recounts going to a leading theater and navigating crowded aisles to reach the admission area, describing guards at the entrance and a scene of crowd control.

Wombie the See Nee

People judge by looks, not character in social skits

A narrator mocks judging men and women by appearance as both sexes discuss looks. The tale contrasts a shrink and sensitive man with percent judgments and ends noting humans' inborn flaws and mutual coexistence.

Advice To Girls Defannté Lauribe

A 16 year old asks about marrying a 30 year old fiancé. He owns a farm and seems kind, but his family and circumstances delay marriage. The adviser notes age and foreign nationality should not obstruct happiness if love and compatibility exist. The reply says the girl is too young to marry.

IL. W Voy

Why Your Kind of Skin Determines Your Beauty Aids

Lucrezia Bori explains skin types by hair color and complexion, noting blondes tend to dry skin while brunettes often have oilier, thicker skin. She advises readers to identify their skin type, then tailor winter beauty care to address dryness or oiliness, warning that cold winds reveal underlying skin weaknesses.

Lucrezia Bori

Annie Laurie Advice on Jealousy and Skincare

A young man seeks guidance on controlling jealousy over a girlfriend who dates others. The expert notes you cannot demand exclusivity from someone not engaged and advises treating her as a friend while addressing insecurities. The column then offers olive skin care tips and a benzoin-based olive oil lotion routine for winter use.

Codar's Flashton Gown Hints At Subtle Party Style

Vera Winston describes Codar's Flashton evening gown with a V neck and a simple satin roll at the girdle drawing a puff at the back. A velvet bandeau with double silver petals enhances a simply arranged coiffure, signaling a refined, understated party look.

Dotty Meets a Blue Water Hen at the Lake

Dotty encounters Mrs Blue Water Hen by the lakeside who explains she is not a typical hen but a brightly dressed, tree nesting bird. She shows a nest built in a willow over the water with twelve eggs and mentions this is her second brood of the year while birds from nearby meadows fly to her nest.

Dotty Blue Water Hen Mir Gras Blue Watersen Meadow Lark Dott Secor Blue Water

What to Do to Avoid Real Old Age at Forty Five

Health guidance from Dr. Copeland stresses that aging is a bodily condition not a calendar date. It links youthfulness to healthy heart and blood vessels, pure blood, and avoidance of over eating drinking work and worry, urging temperance and hygiene to prevent early old age.

Tomorrow's Floroscope Forecast of Prosperity and Romance

A favorable sidereal outlook predicts progress in money handling and professional interests with new projects and opportunities. Courtship and marriage glow under planetary rulership with splendid home life. a child born today is likely clever and popular. Saturn poses the main delay risk if prudence falters.

Answers to Health Questions From A J M

A doctor advises a mother with prior stroke to have her physician examine her, check blood pressure and urine, and note that recovery is slow with speech and vision improving last. A 5 month old baby weighing fourteen pounds may receive a tablespoon of orange juice between feeds. cradle cap should be treated with warm water and green soap shampoo. A 20 year old woman asks about postnatal health and is given guidance to follow with her physician.

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