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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1920
Page
4
A reader asks if whistling changes lips and whether pleated skirts or wrist watches will go out of style. The answer says whistling does not thicken lips, pleated skirts are in, and rouge is safe if removed nightly with cold cream. pale cheeks may signal anemia or need for better health.
The piece argues that Article X of the League of Nations would surrender U S sovereignty and force military involvement in European disputes. It warns that defending territorial integrity could obligate support for German Alsace Lorraine, Japanese Shantung, and Korean rule, labeling the covenant as a war instrument. It urges voters to oppose European monarchies and questions Wilson and Cox support for the pact.
Two women entered a fashionable suburb court during automobil cases night. They argued that men receive lighter penalties for similar offenses while a white man faced lower costs than another culprit. They questioned gender bias and civilizational standards in sentencing.
A collection of light humor featuring a disgruntled office worker named Blank, jokes about fishing with a girl, a cultured London parlor maid, a transmigration gag, a dejected Brown disturbed by police, and a comic mistaken shooting incident. The repartee unfolds with playful contradictions and dry wit.
A practical guide for kitchen preserves with mustard pickles and sweet cucumber pickles. Instructions cover mustard pickle preparation using vinegar salt sugar horseradish and mustard. cucumbers are prepared with brine and weight. Also includes home made vinegar from fruit canning residues and thorough rinsing for clean jars.
Our clipping tidbits note Mrs. W. A. Goodwin of Oakland visiting in town with her husband employed at Central Maine Powder Co. The column riffs on fashion hats and a playful jab at Congress costs and summer jokes amid light society chatter.
Claim appears to promote liquid argon as a cure for dandruff concluding it dissolves and destroys all signs of dandruff with nightly applications and immediate relief. It asserts hair improves in texture and gloss after use and that argon is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
Millfield Mrs. Percy Fulwider hosted the Bible class on Thursday evening. Chauncey visitors Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Stack were guests Sunday. Gilbert Boudinot and family of Sand Rock joined C. H. Boudinot for Sunday dinner. Mrs. Grant Knight visited relatives in Glouster Saturday. Fred Lemley and daughter of Nelsonville were guests at Garfield Grimes’s home. Helen Van Dyke, local teacher, was weekend guest of her parents in Albany. The Needle Club met at Mrs. F. E. Boudinot’s home Wednesday with refreshments for Fred Lemley, J. R. Wade, Garfield Grimes, Percy Fulwider, Dan Fulton, Lewis Howard, and Helen Van Dyke. Mildred Poling of The Plains High School spent Sunday with her parents. Vera Fulton visited relatives in Glouster recently, and Mrs. C. E. Sanders was a Nelsonville visitor Wednesday. Mrs. Lewis Howard gave dinner Wednesday for Mrs. Martha Sayers and Mrs. Sarah Cags.
Sand Rock residents Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Boudinott and daughter Virgene visited relatives near Amesville on Sunday. Mrs. Mary Brown visited Mrs. George Moore last week, and Mrs. Coe and her son from Charleston were also mentioned in calling circles.
WV residents visit Charley Moore family and attend Lonnie Morrison sale. Marion area households host and visit relatives including Chesterhill Broadwell Glouster Utley Jerseyville and local births noted with a six pound daughter born to Orla Roberts.
Bates Rev Genheimer kept his regular Sunday appointment. Ross Tippie returns home to his parents Mr and Mrs Riley Tippie in Elbert after Toledo work. Sams family hosted Mr and Mrs George Hartley and Easton, Mr and Mrs Alexander Smith and Richard, Mrs Flora Bean and Dora, Mrs Gilbert Crawford and Rachel Margaret, Don Haney back from Athens to Mrs George Haney. Mrs Frank Pugh of Angel Ridge visited sister Mrs Harry Pugh of Bates.
A devoted wife, 26, with three children, suffers infidelity as her husband spends nights away and takes another woman to rides and movies. She asks if she can leave and whether she could keep the children. advice suggests legal counsel, warns against flogging the other woman, and urges postponing confrontation to let the affair fade.
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