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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1936
Page
6
Olive Roberts Barton offers practical ideas for mothers to manage children during school vacation. She assigns chores such as cleaning, cooking, and lawn care to children, emphasizes shared duties, balanced play, and independent exploration with simple materials like boards and paint to foster busy, happy days and reduced parental stress.
Bette Davis in The Golden Arrow at the Athena with George Brent leads a fast paced First National comedy drama. Davis plays a light romantic role with drama, Brent is a shy reporter who falls for her amid misunderstandings and comic complications including a rich heiress and foreign princes. The twist reveals Davis as a simple American girl seeking true romance and real love.
A mother recounts using Vendol on her three and a half year old daughter Margaret to stop bed-wetting. She reports rapid improvement after two bottles and describes better appetite color and activity. The Vendor Man at Athens Pharmacy promotes Vendol as a general tonic for children with various symptoms and urges parents to consult him.
Laura Wheeler promotes a sunny crochet pattern for cool lacy gloves with knot stitch, short cuffs, and multi size directions. Pattern 1247 uses crochet cotton in colors matching dresses and includes stitch illustrations and material lists. Send 10 cents plus pattern number and mailing details to The Athens Messenger Needlecraft Dept. in New York.
Pasadena report notes Milton A. and Francis H. Clauser, twins born 23 years ago in Kansas City, plan final degrees in aeronautical engineering. Professors find it hard to distinguish them, yet both will pursue identical career paths in the field.
Vinton residents report a flurry of family visits and hometown connections. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Love and family of Columbus spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Love, while Mrs. Frank Benjamin of Columbus visited Mr. and Mrs. David Lloyd for several weeks.
A fragmented listing of WLW and NBC programs across day and night, naming shows and performers such as Kyser Orch Adrian O'Brien Toy Band Lowell Thor Johnson Jimmy Mati Lum and Abner Rudy Vallee Bing Crosby and Nadine. The schedule includes Town Hall Singers Hit Parade Amos n Andy and orchestras, reflecting a mid century radio lineup with time slots and program titles.
A long list of performers and ensembles appears for a forthcoming matinee and concert series. Names include orchestras, choral groups, soloists, bands, and vaudeville acts. The program hints at multiple venues and “To be announced” segments across the schedule.
Dorothy Dix outlines practical keys to lasting marriage using common sense diplomacy and consideration. Six rules cover accepting flaws, avoiding quarrels, tactful communication, staying companions, balancing work and family, and showing appreciation to sustain partnership.
Opera star Helen Gleason credits health and simple living for beauty. She urges sleep, exercise, fresh air, and a balanced diet over cosmetics. She advocates daily baths and soap and water cleansings for face and neck and uses light makeup by day and rouge at night.
An article profiles Native American beauty practices reported by actress Binnie Barnes, detailing long hair oiled and sun treated, clay body packs, steam baths, and leaf-woven heat cages, describing rituals and modest cosmetics of colonial era observers. It also briefly reports on a Montana cowboy bounty and California turkey farmers adapting to grasshopper plagues.
Adele Garrion and Samuel Brixton navigate a moral dilemma over a promised twenty five thousand dollars. The narrator weighs confessing her deceit to Dicky against aiding Brixton, hedging to avoid burning bridges while pondering consequences and truth. Brixton interruptions reveal his weary, despondent outlook on the possible aid.
In a tense exchange, Brixton weighs proceeding with a 25000 investment despite constraints. He fears delaying Ronald’s future and hopes to persuade Dicky to release funds while considering his family’s finances and a looming deadline.
Miss Gleason advocates daily exercise and brisk walking to stay trim and clear skin. She stresses cross ventilation and abundant sunlight in a well lit apartment as essential to beauty.
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