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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1920
Page
6
A trapeze tent scene shows Billy insulted by Miss Polly the parrot before being splashed with water and captured by animal keeper Trego Montgomery. Billy is confined in a vacant wildcat cage as his punishment deepens, with tomorrow promising further torture and a cliffhanger ending.
A sorrowful woman struggles to craft a self restrained letter to her husband then answers a ringing phone to a toast of Kreisler and Madame Butterfly, a phonograph soothing her turmoil with a moment of musical peace.
A young woman asks whether to return a Christmas jewelry gift and how to handle a vanished date. The columnist urges forgetting the ungentlemanly suitor and mail the jewelry back. Other letters seek love independence parental blessing and avoiding petty gossip with comforting, cautious guidance.
Miss Opal McBride Ethyl Robbinett and others spent a weekend with Miss Lela Coon. Elmer Coon is slowly recovering from a sprained foot. Robbinetts returned from Columbus after the death of his sister. Several gatherings and illnesses are listed including visits to Chauncey Murray City Athens and The Plains. An entertainment by girl scouts is announced at The Plains school Friday evening.
A daughter reflects that her father's refusal to give a blessing should not affect her happiness with her husband. She emphasizes that their love is the true measure of their joy and future together.
A teacher under contract should give two weeks notice but requests three weeks to inform the school board. The writer argues the teacher should stay the year to avoid harming pupils while seeking a different career path.
Pittsburgh. Tony Szablecky once a schoolboy who dismissed Latin now faces jail for forging prescriptions for whiskey. A misspelled word raised the alarm and led to his arrest.
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