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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1936
Page
6
Dear Dorothy Dix summarizes changes in domestic labor norms when a wife works outside the home. The answer stresses shared housework as fair when the wife contributes to upkeep, while noting unequal burden previously. Also mentions a local radio context and civic notices about Father Coughlin events.
The piece warns of growth and rising finances but cautions against tempestuous behavior. It notes a birthday year of potential success with restraint, and calls for early discipline for a child born today. Washington report lists compensation totals for 1935 at Twentieth Century Fox executives and actors.
Rochester dispatch notes Lake Ontario, once famed as the bux on the Lady of the Lakes, has fallen to a shadow of its former self. Water levels reach the lowest point since records began in 180.
Mrs. Clifford Radabaugh of 170 Second St Athens recounts a year of declining health worsened by liver issues, digestion trouble, and fatigue. After trying many medicines, Vendol from Athens Pharmacy restored her energy, sleep, appetite, and overall well being, and she recommends the remedy to others.
A slate of Ohio political figures seeks Delegate-at-Large. Notables include Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth of Cincinnati, Gertrude Jones of Findlay, Carmi A. Thompson of Cleveland, and Walter F. Brown of Toledo. Other candidates are Frank M. Ransbottom, LeRoy N. Bundy, Myers Y. Cooper, Clarence J. Brown, and more, with varied public roles and ages noted.
A roster of Ohio political figures profiles A B Caple S A Stack Robert L Barton Mrs Frank B Willis Miss Jean Graham Granville Barrere John H Rives William S Ronald with ages occupations and positions. The summaries list Caple a Rossford feed manufacturer and ex agriculture board member Stack a Columbus retiree railroad executive Barton a Columbus attorney and YR clubs secretary. Others include Willis widow of Senator Willis Graham Hillsboro editor Barrere publisher Rives founder of The Forum Warren steel worker Ronald a Republican leader and VFW member.
Sinclair Lewis novel adaptation opens at the Athena theater with Pat O'Brien and Josephine Hutchinson. A country doctor brings his city wife to a small town where jealousy and gossip erupt. The romance and tragedy unfold as a young artist pursues her, ending in a fatal car crash.
A long list outlines WLW NBC programming with Edith Karen Toy Band Lowell Thomas The Johnsons Jimmy Mattern and numerous time slots from noon to late evening. It mentions Mary Sothern Ringing Lady Orphan Annie and various acts and programs including Rudy Vallee Bing Crosby Amos n Andy and Cavalcade in a dense, era-specific schedule fragment.
In a long scene on a porch a mother-in-law scolds over daisies while Lillian and I share humor. I reveal a coded urgent letter to Lillian, who offers to help decipher it but fears the unknown message and insists on remaining with me. (Continued tomorrow)
President Albert Ruddy of the Carpenters District Council announced all building trades unions would return to work today on a 3 million dollar West Side slum clearance project. Two months of limited activity were blamed on labor controversies.
An exercise expert promotes simple posture drills to straighten the neck and chest. She suggests balancing a book on the head for ten minutes daily, walking without shoes, and keeping the chin in, with shoulders not pressed to the chair back. Also recommends a floor exercise lying on the back with knees bent and vertebrae touching the floor for twenty seconds, repeated.
Licking County health authorities moved today to prevent a meningitis outbreak at Hanover after the death of three year old William S Ramsey. The child's grandmother Mrs. Stanley R Rector died Sunday of meningitis.
The Federal Trade Commission announced a trade practice conference for the rubber tire industry to be held in Chicago on June 4.
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