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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1923
Page
7
Dr Royal S Copeland urges mothers to protect their health during summer heat to better care for babies. He advises rest fresh air nourishing meals and light recreation while lightening household burdens and stresses treating mothers like a racehorse to endure influenza and daily demands.
Smart shops display lightweight crepe de Chine and silk crepes for country club wear. White and buttercup yellow outfits emphasize simple, elegant designs with pleats and panels, highlighting freedom of movement and easy sewing for women.
A historical guide describes a simple routine to reduce a double chin and strengthen the chin area. It instructs turning the head over the left shoulder, lowering the chin to the shoulder, returning to position, and repeating on the right side. Regular practice promises a firmer, shapely chin and improved facial profile.
A narrator helps Katie feed six hungry children, including an ailing baby, while officers detain a bootlegger couple. The scene shifts to family tensions as the narrator seeks advice on pursuing the escaped suspect and balancing care for the vulnerable children.
Winifred Black notes JHE Busy Lady has returned home after a memorable visit. The piece praises her clever storytelling, singing, and playful imitations while noting she performs only occasionally, shaping the neighborhood's fond reaction to her presence.
The Busy Lady is a constant publicity machine, turning daily life and visitors into art. She sketches scenes, writes letters, and promotes her work, using friends, family, and even meals or songs as colorful prompts for her next creations. Residents wonder if she ever pauses to reflect on others’ feelings or her own busy career.
Readers ask about gland treatment for a five year old with developmental concerns and prognosis. Answers advise continued glandular therapy, extended time before normal development, and requesting full particulars by return envelope. Other questions cover red nose causes and thin lips with no offered fix, plus bronchitis care emphasizing fresh air sunshine and cod liver oil.
A reader asks whether to choose between two suitors while pursuing a career in music. The adviser urges waiting for true love before promising marriage and confirms it is proper to shake hands when introduced to strangers.
The Great Bell of St Pauls tolls only on death of a royal heir or sovereign in the direct line. It also tolls for Canterbury’s archbishop, the London bishop, the Dean of St Pauls, and the Lord Mayor dying in office. News travels via Home Secretary to the Dean of St Pauls for tolling. A sparrow nest reportedly eats about 3,000 insects weekly. Oysters survive only in water with 37 parts salt per 1000.
A dialogue asks if a girl should invite a young man to take her home from a party. Bobbie and Obbie reply that it is the young man’s duty to ask and parents determine suitable dating age for their daughter.
Annie Laurie invites letters of inquiry on feminine topics from young women readers. She will answer in this column, with letters addressed to her in care of the office.
Explorer Mendana named the Solomon Islands in 1568 after contact with a Pacific isle group east of New Guinea. Natives welcomed visitors cautiously and later faced hostility from cannibals. By the 19th century the islands began civilizing, while adornments included shells, feathers, and crab claws. A beetles leg necklace signals an impending wedding among Solomon Islanders.
A vintage Home Kitchen feature offers five adventurous recipes led by Home Cooking’s Young Norton. The column presents a New Potato Salad with capers and mustards, an Open Peach pastry, a Mandarin Orange salad in Japanese lettuce, a Glorified Apple Pie with maple syrup, and a Plantation Day Club Sandwich with cornbread and ham.
The予racle forecasts a lively day with notable relief from old obstacles but warns against deceit and quarrels. Jupiter's influence may delay immediate financial gains. birthdays bring an anxious year, while a child born today may be impulsive and headstrong requiring guidance.
Doris wakes to a cloudy Saturday and fears rain but a golden butterfly explains rain fate is unreliable. The butterfly notes butterflies stay inside on rainy days and cannot predict weather, then Doris' day clears as the sun comes out. Copyright 1923 Newspaper Feature Service.
A collection of reflective maxims touching friendship amid adversity, the relation of thought and action, beauty as truth’s attire, and the balance of necessity with courage. It notes that despotism harms individuality and that love eases pain while strong minds carry biases and preconceptions.
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