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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1936
Page
6
Dorothy Dix advises a young man and his partner who both support parents to consider marrying sooner rather than delaying for financial reasons. She argues parents often resist, keeping couples at home, and suggests reconsidering family sacrifice and potential pensions that enable youthful marriages.
The astrology notice warns of a lively yet difficult day with adverse employment prospects and ominous signs about rings or secret groups. For birthdays, a strenuous year lies ahead with possible setbacks in work and finances from speculation or extravagance, plus a prominent social child.
A broadcast listing features Wise Crackers Steven Merrell the Toy Band and Patti Chopin Parade of Reports with performers including Resun Renfrew Kate Smith Boake Cart Music Hall Ken Murray and Reichman. Orchestras led by Stabile and Schreiber appear along with George Givot.
Paramount presents a light romance with Francis Lederer as a foreign count who marries an American girl played by Ann Sothern. The plot follows his effort to prove he is as American as her pioneer grandfather Fred Stone. Harold Young directs with humor from Elmer Davis’s story.
Fashion Field promotes pattern 4168 for girls from toddlers to teens with sizes 6 to 16. Easy to sew with illustrated instructions, offered in fabrics like seersucker and gingham and adaptable for day wear or Sunday best. Order details include a pattern book and prices, sent to Athens Messenger Pattern Department, New York.
Crochet blouse in plain mesh with lace yoke and sleeves. Pattern 1285 covers blouse sizes 16-18 and 38-40 with illustrations and stitches. Pattern 971 provides plain skirt sizes 16-18 and 38-40 with illustrations and materials. Each pattern costs 1c and 10c respectively. Send 10 cents per pattern to Athens Messenger Needlecraft Department New York.
The text notes a day of unusual astrological influences with secret and treacherous undertones. It warns of social, artistic, and affectional entanglements, possible journeys, and a child born then may be novel and unorthodox, citing Leo Tolstoy as a notable natal example.
Hop pickers from across the United States converge on Sonoma and Mendocino counties to harvest the season's short hop crop. More than 3,000 outsiders are needed to meet the labor demand during the brief picking period.
Rebecca Wood of Tampa has a full 20 baby teeth at 20 months, reportedly the earliest tooth development. Her nearest competitor is a Boston child with 16 teeth at 16 months.
A Utah artist notes a shift in mood as Idaho painters create portraits of Sioux leaders once enemies for the white settlers. The scene hints at growing interest in Native subjects across the state with curio and art trade implications.
Olive Roberts Barton argues that children should gradually face real world dangers rather than be shielded. A sensitive boy reacts to a vivid disaster image, but parental caution should balance protection with exposure to life’s insecurities to build resilience. Time aids adjustment.
The passage notes two distinct wolf types in America the large gray timber wolf and the coyote or prairie wolf. It distinguishes large timber wolves from smaller adaptable coyotes and hints at their separate identities within the North American fauna.
A detachment from Scho field Barracks is dispatched to Kilauea camp to make improvements at what is described as the only American army post perched on a powder keg near the Halemauman crater.
Notice states Harriet Baird and R Baird Stuart of Nelsonville Ohio are named Joint Executors of the estate of John C Baird deceased of Athens County Ohio. Dated August 26 1936 signed by 8 M Johnson Probate Judge of Athens County.
Notice announces William D. Hines of Chauncey Ohio appointed executor of Ella Tedrick estate in Athens County Ohio. Dated August 26 1936 at Chauncey Ohio. Probate Judge 5 M Johnson signs the notice.
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