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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1936
Page
6
Dorothy Dix argues that modern society should favor girl babies as assets to families. She notes daughters work as early as sons and often provide better support in old age, with mothers and fathers cared for by daughters.
A businesswoman shows how to bundle beauty tasks into one evening to save time. She washes hair, styles, cleans collars, and does masks and nails, then relaxes before bed, ensuring a week of minimal upkeep with a single weekly session.
Radio listings show noon to evening programs including Serenade Showdown with Deane Orch and guest Edgar, Amos n Andy, Willard Robison, and Wayne King Vox Pop. Featured acts include Cugat and Redman Orch, Pennsylvaniania pieces, sports notes, and government segments with various orchestras and hosts.
The listing shows a dense CBS Wednesday program with Tom Dick and Harry Parm Home Hour Farm Home Hour Warm Home Hour Worry Clinic Pat Barnes Molly of the Movies M Perkins Vie and Bade The O Neills Gene Perarvo Betty and Bob Forever Young and more. Orchists include Spitaing Duchin Oren Hines and Benny Goodman. A Mystery Drama is to be announced.
A Chicago Pre Cancer Clubs sale featured a stenographer who found two pre cancelled one and a half cent stamps with a misspelled Athol Mass as Althol. The stamps sold for $90.
Akron rubber companies announce a tire price rise averaging 10 percent with restored dealer discount schedules. Increases shown as 11 percent on first line tires, 13 percent on second line, 5.5 percent on third line and 7.5 percent on fourth line.
The La Brea tar pits near Los Angeles have produced about 5,000 preserved animal skeletons entangled in the tar thousands of years ago, highlighting the site’s rich prehistoric record.
Olive Roberts Barton argues that improved child posture reflects advances in nutrition vitamins cod liver oil and sun exposure over the last two decades. She urges continued regimens of proper feeding rest and exercise to sustain strong upright growth and overall health.
Adele Garrison fictive narrator hides a coded letter from a missing father while juggling family roles. She seeks Lillian for support to decipher the code, plans a discreet exit for a junkman, and foils her mother in law’s daisy making session to keep the plot moving.
The reading predicts an eventful day with lunar and solar influences pushing breakups of stagnation toward initiative and industry. Elders and employers aid advancement, hinting at gains in lands tenancies mining or agriculture and a year of practical, constructive progress for those born today, noted Rudolph Valentino.
The House approved a bill continuing the 3 1/2 percent interest rate on Federal land bank loans for two more years and sent it to the Senate. The 1935 farm credit act had set the rate to rise from 3 1/2 to 4 percent after July 1.
Mrs G Fluke of Akron reports finding a dollar bill inside a loaf of bread she was slicing. Local shopkeeper examined the bill and is consulting police about the find. The incident occurred in Akron late this week and has drawn curiosity from neighbors.
Verse from Deuteronomy proclaims God as Rock and just judge. The line asserts Perfection in His works and truth without iniquity.
Three fourths of the standout circus women in Russell Brothers Circus arriving in Athens Thursday April 14 have grown up in circus families and are bred to life in the big top. Irene Booth represents the daring aerialists born to the sawdust arena while many others trained since infancy. The piece notes the hard path for new women seeking entry into the circus life.
A new comedy team debuts in Murder on a Bridle Path at the Athena with Inspector Oscar Piper star James Gleason and New York comic Helen Broderick. They play Hildegarde Withers opposite a cast including Leslie Fenton Louise Latimer Owen Davis Jr. John Arledge and Christian Ruth in the Palmer mystery adaptation.
Vinton M E Sunday School organized an Epworth League with officers led by President Reva Hutchinson and vice presidents Charles Woodruff and Paul Eshler. The League meets at 6 PM Sundays. Local residents attended various meetings and visits include county advisory board members in Gallipolis and trips to Columbus.
In Albuquerque a street altercation is described with both combatants fined ten dollars. The defendant claims a broken overall strap prevented him from fighting or defending himself, while another witness notes the attacker damaged both straps.
Letter praises Tom Jenkins for his service in Congress highlighting his rural road improvement efforts, veterans' advocacy, and Social Security role. It credits his work on Federal road divisions and coal legislation, notes committee influence, and invites renominating him on May 12th in a political advertisement.
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