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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1927

Page

9

Adenoids Misreadings and Old Myths Debunked by experts

The column mocks shifting medical fads from adenoids to vitamins and blue glass cures, noting how opinions flip about health signs. It quotes Professor Guy M. Whipple on adenoids as a talent marker and laments changing beliefs across decades while recalling outdated remedies.

Winifred Guy M. Whipple National Intelligence Professor Whipple Benedict Arnold Judas Iscariot

Advice to Girls by Annie Laurie

A reader asks about leaving home to work when a family is short of money and a boyfriend objects. Annie Laurie advises prioritizing parental duty, suggests the boyfriend may be unworthy, and wishes the family success. A second reader requests guidance on messaging two sisters after promising to write to both, and the response urges courteous, inclusive notes to all three girls.

Annie Laurie Pal Opal Brake

Absorbing Sequel to Love's Ember Seeks Harry Underwood

In a heated discussion, Lillian and Madge explore Phil Veritzen’s belief that a manuscript, sent as the work of a young author, could be Harry Underwood's. Phil praises fragments once written by Harry and hints the completed play might prove his genius, with Veritzen backing a possible production.

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Printed Silk Tunics Rule This Season In Pleated Skirt Sets

Short tunics reveal five or six inches of a finely pleated skirt and pair with navy or black skirts. Featured outfits include a crepe de chine tunic with red and black flowers on white, and a navy tunic with green floral print. Beige lace ensembles with matching skirts create a refined summer look.

Egotism and a Healthy Pride Compared to Cancer

Essay contrasts egotism with healthy self pride and its dangers. It likens cancer to ego run amok, warning that excessive self regard corrupts justice, humility, humor, and common sense. Various egotistical types are described as warning examples of pride’s damage.

Eri Beomeena Cotta Elsie Marlowe

Shoulder shaping exercises from dieting era manual

The article outlines exercises to develop the shoulders while maintaining slim torso lines. It describes raising the arms, bending elbows, drawing hands to shoulders, and repeated body raises, followed by leaning back on a bench and side-to-side sways, with gradual repetition to foster toning over weeks.

Odd Facts From British Film Trade and World News

A collage notes Britain sells many films to the United States and Turkey bans ribbons of blue or orange with white dresses to avoid clashing with Armenia and Greece flag colors. It mentions winds affecting health and a 1000-year-old Kafir bread plant in London’s Royal Botanic Gardens.

Johnny United States Mary Federated Club Wright Newspaper Feature Service, Inc Britain Armenia Greece Royal Botanic Gardens London

Tomorrow's Horoscope by Genevieve Kemble

The July 30 forecast warns of possible complications and obstructions. Secret agreements or postponements may smooth affairs while fraud or treachery should be guarded against. Notable nativity Harrison Fiske is highlighted as a theatrical producer born on this day.

Harrison Fiske

Home Making Helps By Wanda Barton

A combined essay and Q A on autointoxication explains internal poisons from abscesses to digestion, urging drainage and digestive relief. Garden notes promote sun dials summer houses and fountains as focal points, with practical tips for wiring and plant choices. A reader asks about bald spots and alopecia areata, and health guidance covers bakery tuberculosis risks under health rules.

Famous Composers By Cozette Douglass

The article profiles Frederic Chopin born February 22 1810 in Zelazowa Wola Poland and traces his rise from child prodigy to famed pianist. It notes his Vienna influence Georges Sand friendship and death October 17 1849 with burial in Pere la Chaise and return to Warsaw with his Pole earth goblet.

Frederic Francois Chopin Zelazowa-Wola Warsaw Poland Chopin Joseph Elsner Elsner Vienna George Sand Pere la Chaise Paris Church of the Sacred Cross

Mr Red Bat Visits David In Nighttime Tale

In a whimsical scene from 1927, David meets Mr Red Bat and Happy Giggles, learns about bat life, and watches Mrs Red Bat and her babies hanging asleep. The bat family plans a nightly hunt as David and elfin friends part after supper.

David Dav Mr. Bat Red Bat Blo Rat Mousie Mama Red Bat Mr. Red Bat Mrs. Red Bat

Words of the Wise and Moral Reflections Collage

A collection of aphorisms on custom human nature memory courage and judgment. Quotation like lines from Plautus Helps Colton Spurgeon Blake and Dryden reflect on ignorance insults opinions presence of mind and the relation between thought and action.

Spurgeon Stan Blake Dryden

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