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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1929
Page
11
Winifred Black narrates Peggy’s bid to challenge her mother’s will in court. Peggy fights to break the will, claiming prejudice by a stepson and an old friend, while the backstory reveals a strained mother-daughter history and Peggy’s costly neglect.
Mary recounts a bus ride and a park walk where she encounters Jack Leslie, haunted by Grace Draper’s influence and a past masked dancer episode. The tale centers on guilt, redemption, and a painful confession as she reveals how her earlier actions entangled with Noel and a powerful figure, prompting a planned continuation tomorrow.
The piece surveys fall fashion, highlighting soft silks, jerseys, and velvets. It notes black jersey gains charm, with outfits featuring lettuce green crepe and porcelain blue jersey, plus hat and accessory styling. Moire suit dresses with crepe satin blouses receive attention for graceful lines.
A vintage guide details enhancing a boric acid and witch hazel tonic for normal oily or dry skin. It explains making a boric solution, adding glycerine for dryness, and using tincture of benzoin. The method covers beating, blending, and using as a base for rouge and powder with tips to keep makeup fresh and pores unclogged.
Eleanor Ross recalls traditional table carving as a male craft once taught by gentlemen and practiced at meals. The piece notes evolving kitchen versatility, advises hostess preparation with sharp carving sets, and details step by step methods for carving roast chicken, turkey, lamb, and beef, stressing fresh slices, grain guidance, and orderly service.
The column foresees a complex state of affairs with abrupt events that could alter environment and work. It hints at new alignments with large interests and suggests cautious handling of personal matters. It notes favorable outcomes after changes and predicts intriguing shifts in social, domestic, or romantic connections.
Annie Laurie replies to a girl married two years in a village asking about her husband night loafing. She suggests inviting friends over for evenings, preparing refreshments, and sharing home hospitality to improve connection. The letter also covers theater outings and proper etiquette for leaving a theater with a date, advising the man to walk to the aisle first.
Copied from a 1929 feature service piece by Royal S. Copeland M D detailing the brain as captain and regulator of all bodily functions. It likens the nervous system to ship controls and wheelhouse, stressing the brain’s central role in directing muscles digestion heart lungs and overall health through proper nourishment sleep exercise and a balanced diet.
The account recounts Marie Eugenie de Montijo rising from Granada finishing schools to become France’s Empress. It notes a New Year’s Eve snub by a public official’s wife that Napoleon III used to proclaim marriage plans. Eugenie advised her husband in state affairs, yet political intrigue, the Franco-Prussian War, and exile followed. She died in 1920, leaving a legacy of glamour and influence.
Knarf and the Shadow-Children enter a Natural History illustration and meet a chameleon that can change color by eating a rainbow. The creature explains color shifts from green to gray to black as the group explores the garden world inside a picture. The tale blends whimsy with a playful lesson on camouflage.
A compact reflective note quotes Browning on humility and the limits of wisdom, Cicero on fools seeing others faults, Wellington on battles won versus lost, and Byron on the fragile rise of states. The piece assembles aphorisms to ponder character and destiny.
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