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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1927

Page

6

Watch Out Girls Chase and Catch You in the News

A humorous tale recounts Jessemy chasing Joe to marry him after planning a road trip and a quick wedding. Joe seeks money for a wedding, disappears, and the couple ends with Joe’s mother and father arguing while police take Jessemy to jail. Public reaction splits between sympathy for Jessemy and concern for Joe’s safety and reputation.

Winifred Black Joe Jessemy Jessemry Sertive. Inc

Home Kitchen Holiday Candies By Jeannette Young Norton

A vintage home cooking feature presents simple candy recipes for Thanksgiving treats. It describes tools and step by step methods for Brown Sugar Walnut Candy Honey Balls Sea Foam Kisses and other confections with tips on boiling soft ball stages and beating eggs for textured results. The instructions emphasize easy ingredients like sugar milk vanilla and chopped nuts and advise buttered pans and wax paper for cooling.

Horoscope for November 16 offers growth and caution

Astronomy shines but life must be enacted for value. Jupiter brings expansion and honors while Neptune’s clash may hinder progress. avoid craft and chaos in work. Those born today face a year of growth with employment safeguards, and a child may gain honors but risk intrigue.

Jupiter Neptune John Hit Pia Graler Stason

Today's Fashion: Bouffant Net Gown With Velvet Sash

The robe de style gains vogue as a youthful evening frock. Net fabric forms a narrow velvet waist sash bow, tiers of pointed net ruffles create a long hem, and diamond points repeat on the bodice.

Jose Net

Complexion and health linked to diet and hygiene

Royal S. Copeland argues in a Kansas travel piece that national prosperity hinges on the health of farmers and the general public. He stresses that proper digestion and elimination, not cosmetics alone, shape a true complexion and urges balanced lifestyle beyond cosmetic use. The piece includes reader Q and A on pores, laxatives, and goitre.

Royal S. Copeland M.D United States New York New York City Kansas America

Odd facts on starfish scent, Malta farming, dog heat

The text notes starfish undersides smell, Malta farmers grow three or four crops yearly using imported Sicilian soil. It claims dogs do not sweat through skin and that shearing them to cool is ineffective.

Island of Malta Sicily

Pride and Pain in Fashion Across Cultures and Time

The piece contrasts historic and modern fashions, noting women in China binding feet and Central Africa lip plates, then focusing on Burma's Padaung neck coils. It highlights pride in wearing heavy coils, resulting in neck distortion and fatal strangulation risks for those seeking fancier adornments.

China Central Africa Padaung Womeen Burma

Faith A Stimulus To Success In Life

An article emphasizes faith as essential to life, arguing any form of faith fuels mental and spiritual strength. It urges belief in self and in others, warns against bluff, and links faith with action, patience, and truthful conduct for improved outcomes.

Tolstoy Stright King Features Syndicate

Bumble Bee Learns to Value Ground Life

A humor tale where Billy Bumble Bee mocks ants for ground living. Mrs Busy Ant explains her wingless life beneath ground, showing how wings can be shed and happiness found in work and home. The story ends with Bees learning to respect different ways of living. Copyright 1927 Newspaper Feature Service.

Mrs. Busy Ant Billy Bumble Bee Sim Mr. Bumble Bee The

Advice to Girls by Annie Laurie

A sixteen year old writes about being pursued by several boys who profess love and asks how to decide. The guidance urges refusing serious commitments due to youth, seeking parental input, and keeping friendships open until readiness for romance. Another reader asks about a pushy ex and advises maintaining friendship without giving up other friends.

Annie Laurie

Love's Embers Absorbing Sequel at The Larches

A Sunday at The Larches follows Dicky's visit to sketch Eleanor Lincoln, while Mary Harrison endures Noel's absence. The family dinner reveals Mary's disappointment and Dicky's blunt humor as tensions and unspoken romance ripple through the table.

Hi Reat Dicky Eleanor Lincoln Junior Katherine Katie Lillian Marion Mary Harrison Noel Trcer Farmhouse Mary Papa Papa Veritzen

Proverbial Epigrams on Virtue and Wealth

A compact collection of moral reflections contrasting study, vanity, and honesty. The verses juxtapose dulling effects of changing studies with human folly and the idea that riches tempt even honorable men.

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