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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
10
Dorothy Dix advises the 20 year old husband that age gap harms their marriage and urges him to leave home, find a job, and support himself. She notes a rich wife with a poor husband creates friction and emphasizes the man should mature and contribute financially.
A vintage pattern notice offering Style No. 2655 for ages up to 20 years. Describes a back closing uplift brassiere with dainty silk or satin crepe briefs, size 18 needing 1.5 yards of 39-inch material. Request pattern by 15 cents and order the Spring Fashion Book plus pattern for 25 cents from The Athens Messenger Pattern Department, 160 Fifth Ave New York.
Police say Bertha Tischmacher was beaten to death in her Cleveland home yesterday. Her estranged husband, identified as Jacob Detec tive Sergeant James Hagen notes, killed himself by stepping in front of a train.
The Container Corp of America shut its Cincinnati plant indefinitely due to vandalism agitation and threats of strikes and violence. The move followed the company statement citing unsafe conditions that risk worker safety and operations.
NY reader outlines a simple plan to boost skin. Eat well, sleep enough, walk daily until Easter. Emphasizes cleanliness and proper cleansing for dry or oily complexions, plus selective use of creams and pore treatments. Suggests a cosmetic break of two to three weeks and a makeover with new cosmetics when returning to makeup.
Radio listings show WLW and CBS programs across a wide lineup including band Jess Armetron Ringing Lady Orphan Annie comedy skits news from Bing Crosby and Lowell Thomas plus many orchestras and vocal acts. Friday sketches feature Pat Barnes Weatt Farm Home Hour Mount and Gest Ted Malone and a mix of sports and variety acts.
State Department reports from the consul general at Hankow China warned of threatened danger to American missionaries. A gulfboat was sent days earlier toward Hwangshihkong but had been removed. Rose Island in the Samoan group is noted as the United States most southern undisputed possession.
Brooklyn official reports industrial employment rising 31 percent from April 1933 to December 1935 and industrial pay rolls up 61 percent, highlighting broad wage gains for the period.
Dayton reports Albert Joseph Huff alias Dan Ware aged 25 of Oklahoma City is under arrest awaiting extradition to Oklahoma City where he is said to be wanted on a murder charge and for jail break.
Police believe a bomb or dynamite blast caused damage to four windows in two houses here one of which is occupied by Mrs. Ethel Johnson known as Big Ethel. Authorities have repeatedly arrested and fined her on moral charges. The report notes global averages of 1,800 thunderstorms ongoing and 360,000 lightning flashes per hour.
South Seas romance with Mala and Lotus Long to be shown at the Ohio Theater Friday. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer evokes tropical life on coral islands with native dances and a typhoon sequence. Filming took five months on an unspoiled Pacific isle with limited contact social life.
Cleveland firm Cleveland Colum bus & Cincinnati Highway asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to purchase the Reo Transportation Co of McConnelsville Ohio for 33000 dollars. A second sentence notes Sahara Desert solar energy in a day equals thrice all world coal use in a year.
Dicky and I discuss a fraught situation at the farmhouse where Katie, the nurse, and Mrs. Ticer maneuver to shield mother Graham from conflict. The nurse lacks imagination but has kept the ruse alive as Katie and Jim guard the truth from father, mother, and son.
A family quarrel centers on a last chop and pie portions at meals. The father asserts control to teach Harry about sharing while the mother and son react with shock and humorless resolve. The scene exposes power dynamics and generational tension in a domestic setting.
A fragment from a column notes a fatherly persona and a desire to save every dime. The speaker, addressing Sadie, mentions a baby growing into a soft pudding and requests a dime for lunch. The snippet hints at a humorous or observational piece on paternal modernity.
A day of excellent promise for progress and happiness presages the current planetary positions. Those employed gain favorable attention from employers and power figures and rings or secret circles assist high ambitions. Social and domestic life also advances.
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