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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1933
Page
7
Laura Lou Brookman writes on the 1933 era in a concise review framing cultural trends. The piece notes social shifts and artistic responses, highlighting key figures and institutions influencing the period.
Janet, secretary to Ton advertising manager, grows entangled with Rolf amid a crime and romance fog. Rosie, a young girl, is swept into danger as a purse is grabbed and a car ride leads to a life changing revelation. Janet confronts past vows and a surprising future as Jeffrey helps navigate hardship.
Janet reads the marriage notice of Betty Kendall and Rolf Carlyle, then struggles with heartbreak as she learns the couple will honeymoon in White Sulphur Springs. Janet, feeling betrayed, returns to work while gossip swirls around her. Jeff dismisses an anniversary gift, later donating a purse to a stenographer.
The horoscope notes a lively year with activity across ventures and sports, urging caution in ambitious moves. It cites a child born today as bold and clever yet prone to rash acts, with temperament swinging between kindness and impulsiveness. Notable nativity: William Jennings Bryan.
Prepared by Rev. Gaius Glenn Atkins this message on silence and confession urges inner peace through owning up to faults. It links wisdom in speech with mercy, forgiveness, and sincere penitence to merit pardon, ending with a prayer for restraint and healing words.
In a tense scene a woman travels with Hugh toward Patchogue as family tensions and hidden motives surface. She reflects on deception toward Dicky, her in law, and the risk of exposure. A warm county road landscape frames the trip as she weighs loyalty, fear, and a possible escape from nagging troubles.
Adele Garrison sketches a scene where Mrs Graham and Hugh travel by car toward Patchogue to meet Avia Arlen while avoiding Noel and Mary. Avia shows guarded optimism at the company and hints at a planned visit not to the farm.
The article explains omelet basics from French to puffy styles, stressing quick mixing, immediate cooking, and serving on hot dishes. It provides a Puffy Omelet recipe with eggs, tapioca, milk, and butter, plus step by step instructions and timing for perfect texture.
Fashion notes discuss popular lingerie in earlier days with slips and matching panties favored for ease, and notes on corsets and girdles fading. New slip designs feature straight cuts, fitted tops, and shaping effects. Nightgowns shift toward out-shoulder styles and cotton prints, with lace used mainly as edging.
The article surveys makeup trends at an inauguration event. It describes lipstick in medium clear red, rosy powder for youthful cheeks, and eye makeup with careful cream shading. Subtle rouge, lightly mascaraded eyes, and a gentle lip line are noted as fashionable.
The Junior High School exhibits trophies and certificates in a display case this week. Items include last year’s Ohio Valley Tournament cup from Marietta, Spring Frolic and Fall Festival awards, promotion and perfect attendance certificates, honor roll pins for a B average, and various school letters for basketball cheerleading managers librarians and Preamble Staff.
Mrs. Charlies Creamer of Richland Avenue cites six floods in the Hocking Valley at Athens since 1007 with higher water than last week. Records show worst flood in 1913 since 1907, with notable crests in 1910 1915 and 1921. Christmas Day 1921 mentioned.
Vintage ad offers a Dutch Windmill Hearts and Gize Zards Morning Glory floral quilt patterns by Aunt Martha. Includes cut pattern, yardage, and mail order from The Athens Messenger, Box 5112, Gateway Station, Kansas City Missouri. Allow one week to ten days for delivery.
Recipe shows how to make ham roll ups with cheese and asparagus. First prepare a cheese sauce by melting shortening, whisking flour, then adding milk and seasonings with grated cheese until smooth. Trim fat from ham, place four asparagus spears on each slice, roll, place seam side down, cover with cheese sauce, sprinkle paprika, and bake at 450 F for 15 to 20 minutes. Serve hot.
The record notes the river rose eight inches above this week levels with comparable jumps of about six inches on March 1 1922 and around 12 inches on Easter Sunday April 14 2003, marking notable flood troughs.
The article recalls President Tyler’s 1842 messages to Congress on banking and farm prices. It quotes Treasury powers to issue government stock to sustain circulation and the era’s belief in paper money maintaining par with gold, reflecting anxieties about credit and agriculture.
Mr. Nye of Athens County is the author of several The Athens Messenger articles on early Southeastern Ohio history. A metal worker by trade, he has long saved old newspapers and clippings, tracing the Nye family’s origins from England to Ohio. He leads the Nye Family Association of America and has collected papers in his home workshop, a storehouse of local archival material.
During 1843 Ohio debates on banking and specie reveal bank failures and public resentment toward credit. Letters describe coin shortages, high prices, and plans for a state bank while officials warn against relying on local institutions for circulation.
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