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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1934
Page
7
A male speaker outlines his requirements for a wife, desiring beauty and brains. He denounces dumb wives and praises intelligence, education, conversation, and shared interests. He wants thrift, cooking skill, entertaining companionship, and outdoor sport compatibility in a partner.
Donna Gabriel and Madelin Siddal of Ren Froe's Circus harbor romantic entanglements involving Con David the animal trainer and Ned Trafford. Madelin flirts. Donna falls from the trapeze and is hospitalized. A reflective Dorothy Dix column critiques marriage expectations and the hunt for the perfect spouse.
The Black Cat at the Ohio Theater blends Poe and horror with Karloff and Lugosi in top roles. David Manners Jacqueline Welle lead a cast that includes Lucille Lund Henry Armetto Stu Erwin Jimmie Walsh and young William Cagney. The film mixes mad science with boxing elements ending in a comic twist.
An ad markets a non narcotic modern medicine claiming to prevent periodic pain and related disorders. It emphasizes treating the cause, promises permanent relief with persistent use, and notes availability at all druggists.
Rex Bell leads in Monogram's The Fugitive at Court Theater a prison escape caper. Joe Keyes a secret service agent ingratiates himself with Dutch Walton’s gang before exposing the plot and recovering stolen loot. Cecilia Parker and a supporting cast deliver romance and rugged action under Harry Fraser's direction.
Leader of polar expeditions and other clues fill a themed crossword style puzzle listing numerous short definitions and wordplay entries across horizontal and vertical axes. The page assembles a dense set of hints including names, terms, and abbreviations tied to exploration and geography.
Eleven members of the Ohio University orchestra selected for the All-Ohio Intercollegiate Orchestra Festival to be held at Kent State College Kent on Saturday May 12 DeForest W Ingerham announced. The concert schedule includes a Saturday matinee by college orchestras and a night performance directed by Dr Howard Hanson at Eastman Rochester broadcast nationally over WTAM Cleveland at 9 p m. Members named from Ohio University include Albert Lockner Ulah Gilmore Wilford Skinner Helen Carpenter Anthony Salvaggio Harold Guthrie Brooks Franks Frederick Mills Herman Wagner Kimball Suiter and James Parke.
The Majestic Theatre hosts the local opening of Palooka a rollicking comedy featuring Jimmie Durante Lupe Velez and Stuart Erwin. Durante plays Knobby Walsh in a story about Joe Palooka son of a champion boxer, raised in the country after his father’s fall from grace.
Rev. L Vause Snyder filled his appointment at the Fairview church Sunday night. Services for the next two Sundays will be held Sunday morning after Sunday School. A surprise birthday supper honored Lewis Myers for his fiftieth birthday. Mr and Mrs Aubra Washburn and children visited the Caplingers. Myers will move this week to the Bradford property.
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