Gourds and Onions Win Prize in Tables of the Nations
In New York the Tables of the Nations contest at Horticultural Hall Rockefeller Center favors unconventional table decor. Festooned displays feature grapes, nuts, yew trees, beer steins, lily pools, goldfish and dried fruit over tulips narcissi and crocuses, highlighting quirky edible and nontraditional elements.
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Horticultural Hall
Rockefeller Center
Marguerite Mergentine
New York
Old Maid Bears the Brunt of Family Work and Finances
Dorothy Dix argues that single women face pressure from families to sacrifice work and money for relatives. Unmarried women endure scrutiny, control, and financial draining while married siblings enjoy independence and resources. The piece portrays the old maid as a family scapegoat and criticizes social double standards.
Senate approves retirement plan for state employees
Senator William Herner's bill to create a state employee retirement system moves to the House. The plan would require annual state funding and employee contributions of at least 2 dollars, with most workers eligible for pensions in 12 equal installments after reaching retirement age.
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Columbus
William Herner
Senate
House
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Sleep Claim
Nervous nights and insomnia blamed on quivering nerves. The ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy to quiet nerves and induce restful sleep, citing a Chelsea Massachusetts user who reports better sleep after use. It urges readers to secure a bottle from their druggist.
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Lydia FE
Pinkham
Emma G. Batchelder
Heard Sc
Chelsea
Massachusetts
Engineering
Relaxed Muscles Aid Timeless Beauty and Poise
An article advises that tense muscles ruin appearance and nerves, offering a neck exercise to loosen tension. Sit on the floor with legs folded, hands on the floor, back straight, relax the neck, and rotate the head left, front, right, and backward to ten repetitions.
Notable nativity Flo Ziegfeld tied to sudden plans
A day of unforeseen developments signals changes in finess and private associations with strangers playing a friendly role. Those with birthdays gain new opportunities and signs of shifts in contacts and papers. beware treachery in writings. Flo Ziegfeld noted as born on this day.
Married Comrades A A Sequel to "7" Given in Marriage
Adele Garrison portrays a lighthearted domestic scene with baby Faith roping her father’s wallet into her control. The parents debate spoiling the child and bend rules as Faith gleefully retrieves the wallet, prompting laughter and guilt over indulgence. Continued tomorrow.
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Dicky
Faith
Portable oil heaters for chilly early spring rooms
A compact heater with one or two burners and optional humidifier outfits homes for chilly days. Valued for bath and children's rooms after the furnace is cooled, it combines a neat look with effective heating.
Applique Gay Butterflies On Linens Pattern
Transfer pattern 927 offers two butterfly motifs and four mouse shapes for linen decor. Includes material needs and stitch illustrations for applique. Send 0 cents in stamps or looms to The Athens Messenger Neediecraft Department 82 Eighth Avenue New York N Y.
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Athens Messenger
Neediecraft
Eighth Avenue
New York
New Red Cross Head Officially Announced
A formal notice confirms Admira as the new head of the Red Cross. The announcement outlines leadership change and the organization’s immediate priorities and ongoing relief efforts.
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Admira
The
Red Cross
Women Share Favorite Recipes in Messenger Food Page
Athens women phoned for recipes gladly share their favorites for a new Messenger Food Page feature. A second group of recipes, old and new and extra special dishes, will appear Friday as editors continue contacting women from last week and new lists.
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Athens
Messenger
The
Anne Adams Spring Pattern Book and Dress Pattern 2217
Advertises Anne Adams pattern 2217 for a young girl's frock with a cape yoke and short sleeves. Describes fabric and accent options, sizes 10 through 18, and yardage for size 12. Includes illustrated instructions, price 15 cents for pattern, 25 cents for book and pattern, send orders to The Athens Messenger Pattern Department, New York City.
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Anne Adams
Athens Messenger Pattern Department
West Ith Street
New York City
Nourishing Liver Cakes Cup Made From Beef and Pig
Dietitians promote liver as a meat source for children noting beef and pig livers are palatable when prepared carefully. The article offers recipes and methods for serving liver to kids, including liver paste, broiled liver cakes, and braised preparations with rice and vegetables.
Russian Beet Soup Recipe in Frugal Dinner Style
A compact old fashioned soup recipe explains making bore sh with beet stock meat and vegetables. It lists ingredients such as beets onion cabbage potato turnip carrot butter and sour cream and suggests optional vinegar lemon juice for tang.
West Side School Honor Roll Selections Named
Twenty eight pupils from West Side School appear on the honor roll for the past six weeks. First grade Benita Bretz Betty Deeter Betty June France Rose Mary Gloeckner Dickie Potts Second grade Joan Campbell Ann Lee Channell Clara Coppers Winifred Dixon Audrey Guthrie Mary Rabadu e Mary E Wilson Robert Winters Third grade Louis Burgett Jeanette De Pew Evelyn Frost Louise Mason Fourth grade Joyce Bigum Joan Seaman Fifth grade Wendel Bretz Don Burley Marie Suciite Gaston George Give Clarence Poston Gerald Wiseman Edna Young.
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West Side School
Juanita Bretz
Betty Deeter
Betty June France
Rosemary Gloeckner
Dickie Potts
Joan Campbell
Ann Lee Channell
Clara Coppers
Winifred Dixon
Audrey Guthrie
Mary Rubadue
June Schuler
Wanda Townsend
Mary E. Wilson
Robert Winters
Louis Burgett
Jeanette DePew
Evelyn Frost
Louise Mason
Joyce Bigum
Joan Seaman
Wendel Bretz
Don Burley
Mar
Suciite Gaston
George Give
Kner Clarence Poston
Gerald Wiseman
Edna Young
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Dorothy DIX
Lady Ken
Beas
Vinton
Mary
Baily
Mother
Wather
Sally
Mrs. Batchelder
Alicia Hart
Genevieve Kemble
Flo Ziegfeld
Adele Garrison
Madge
Tophet
the Red Cross
Christ
Mary E. Dague
Bey
West Siders
Jack Horner
F. J. Beasley Co
Athens, Ohio
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