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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1942
Page
11
In wartime economy, Alicia Hart advises using one versatile cream for cleansing and treatment, plus a homemade skin tonic, with weekly overnight layers. Suggests oatmeal masks, olive oil substitutes, lemon rinses, and simple at home hair care as alternatives to costly products. Also offers an economical sandwich filling recipe using leftover ham and cream cheese.
Ruth Millett argues that many fields now hire women and that the wartime shift should be used to secure steady, appropriate work. She urges women graduates to stay in suitable jobs, avoid flitting between roles, and build a path for future generations despite postwar competition.
Cold cuts menu outlines sandwich ideas and a hot soup recipe with peanut butter. A funeral in Middleport for Mrs Edward Anderson drew large attendance and floral tributes, with the Riverview Camp and Royal Neighbors represented. The Andes climate note describes tropical fruit at some elevations and ice at others.
The piece argues for natural American speech over fanciful diction and broad A pronunciation. It notes that native pronunciation and unaccented, natural language reveal a speaker's background and education, while archaisms or regionalisms feel alien. It adds that traffic deaths in seven years exceed all wartime American fatalities.
In Madge Graham's suite Katharine Bickett searches for her husband Jack after a forged appeal to join their children. Madge orchestrates rest, luncheon plans, and a cautious watch for a visitor as family tensions mount and a mysterious card arrives from an urgent contact about J. Bickett.
Mr and Mrs Guy Hawk learn their son Clinton has been transferred from Syracuse New York to Fort Dix New Jersey. Reverend Mitchell of Athens presided at the Hawk bridge baptizing. Announced marriage Clifton Hawk and Eva Bolus occurred in May at Galion.
The Cher rington Hospital obtained a judgment of $421.82 against Charles Summel. The execution of the judgment was filed in the Court of Common Pleas after the court returned the judgment last week.
The 1940 census counted 3 417 347 goats in the United States with 118 896 listed as mild goats and the remainder classified as Angoras raised for mohair.
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