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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1930
Page
7
An authority warns that malnutrition hinders the underweight child’s school work and ambition. extra study and catch-up efforts add a heavy burden, urging correction of malnutrition causes to restore progress and well being.
The piece urges parents to ensure proper nourishment for children, highlighting milk as the daily foundation and the role of fresh fruit and vegetables. It notes that defects like poor eyesight or adenoids can affect health and learning, and stresses consistent routines, outdoor time, sleep, and gentle encouragement to form lasting healthy habits.
A nineteen year old asks about hand and finger tremors and a remedy. The response suggests neurasthenia and notes that treatment is hard, requiring faith and persistence, and asks for a self addressed stamped envelope for full particulars. A second question about carbonated water or sour milk producing stomach acid yields a brief negative answer.
Murray City hosts Elmer Thomas family from Columbus for a Sunday visit. Logan residents Stanley Baker and son visit Thandington residence. Columbus relatives visit The Plains. Athens guests join Ralph Hamer gathering. Athens A A Person spends Sunday with E A Person. Columbus guests include Gerald Robinson family and Mary Evans. Columbus-born events include Walter Anderson announcing a nine and a half pound son with Goose Run and Nelsonville grandparents.
A columnist recounts a 1930 tale of a loving seamstress who marries a college-bound man, funds his education with twenty dollars a week, and ends in heartbreak when he abandons her for another, leading to divorce and a moral admonition about temptation and loyalty.
Fashion evolves from slim straight dresses to silhouettes with broad shoulders and long skirts. Capes, sleeve capes, bertha effects, deep yokes, and draped necklines widen the shoulder line to balance the silhouette. The trend signals fall dresses will emphasize the shoulder in new ways.
In a 1930 tale, Flor and companions enter a Natura deiory Book to study plant mutual aid. They meet ants who live in thorny stems and explain how ants protect the plant from caterpillars and pests while gaining a safe home, with the plant grateful for their partnership.
The forecast notes favorable conditions for new plans and ventures, with successful contracts and safe negotiations with authorities. Birthdays bring a lively, enterprising year with support from employers or large organizations. Direct methods and diplomacy should prosper.
Rev. W. G. Farmer, pastor of the West Side Baptist Church in Hamilton, resigned last night after a recent divorce suit filed by his wife alleging repeated assaults. The case adds scandal to the church community as details emerge from the legal actions.
Amos Parrish outlines the era defining dress look in coats. The piece highlights style details, fabrics, and silhouette preferences shaping the outfit.
A number of local residents attended the Nelsonville homecoming last week. Mrs Myra Reynolds arrived from Addison Michigan for a two week visit with Mr and Mrs Wesley Six and relatives. Guests at various homes included families from Columbus Zanesville and Circleville. The funeral of Mrs Philena Bagley at Asbury drew many here.
Adele Garrison Madge grows wary as Dicky Cleverly’s plan to pacify Edith Fairfax collides with Edith’s malice. A flower bouquet and wardrobe mishaps heighten tensions at Mrs Brixton’s guests’ dinner, while Madge navigates veiled insults and a looming quarrel between Dicky and Jax.
Mrs Bagley who had been ill for years died at her step daughter Mrs Ida Jones home in Nelsonville. Carl Larrick and two children of Chillicothe visited Mrs Ruth Risley last week. On Saturday Carl Larrick, Mr Teehn and Claude Walker of Chillicothe came to spend over Sunday with the Risleys.
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