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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1923
Page
7
After a tense night the narrator tends Dicky’s bandaged head and contemplates the need for a truthful morning explanation. Dicky shows vulnerability while promising a tale, as the narrator plans to inspect the bandages and uncover the hidden truth behind the injury.
A reader asks how to handle a young man known for wild behavior who frequented her home and has not called recently. The adviser says greet him first if you have and, if he returns the greeting, invite him back without further effort.
Winifred Black notes parents' anxieties over their two daughters aged sixteen and fifteen. She contrasts a blonde with blue gentian eyes and a brunette with dimples, suiting a nostalgic, maternal tone.
A 1923 slice shows Pal, a seventeen year old, flooded by calls and visitors. Young men ring the bell before ten, driveways fill with cars, and neighbors hustle girls indoors for dinner as Pal juggles demands, gossip, and social bustle.
A family comedy vignette shows a father fretting over three daughters aged nineteen to fourteen who dance with mysterious suitors at a country club. He bans dancing, lamenting the return of waltz polka and schottische while the girls laugh and sing, testing parental nerves.
A narrator laments parental anxiety over modern youth trends such as dances cars and jazz. He recalls past fads like roller skates and tintypes and wonders how daughters and sons really view the changing social scene. He asks for reader opinions within days.
A fashion diary excerpt shows a designer discussing smart pleats and a youthful flair. Jas stands before a fitting room mirror while Desmond critiques the navy wool frock and its fall.
Genevieve Kemble outlines caution for September 26 with health and financial warnings tied to planetary positions. The column shifts into a fashion excerpt featuring a wool crepe fall frock with pleated details, a blue taffeta cape, and a sculpted blue felt hat described as chic and adaptable for day or housewear.
A health feature explains warts origins and varieties, noting possible germ involvement and the role of skin irritation. It lists treatments from tying off growths to chemical caustics, freezing, electrolysis, and prescription care by doctors, emphasizing cleanliness and caution to avoid scarring.
The piece profiles Margaret Oliphant Wil son known as Mrs Oliphant, detailing how widowhood and poverty spurred her writing. It traces her Scottish roots, early hardships, perseverance, and eventual success with Zaidee and Chronicles of Carlingford, which secured her family’s care.
A compact reflection on virtue and conduct, urging industry and perseverance while warning against hypocrisy and pride. It extols humility, love, and patience, noting knowledge should be shared, not hoarded, and that true wisdom blends rule and experience.
Home makers face a flood of novel table-set options from Italy France China and Japan. Exquisite handwork in cut work embroidery damask and lace defines choices. undercloth use and laundering practicality guide daily use versus formal sets.
Dicky and Dotty meet a talking barnacle named Mr Barnacle who explains his strange life cycle from larva to a creature with no legs using his old limbs as fishing lines. The siblings are warned to let him cling and set him free into the waves.
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