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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1923
Page
9
A vintage fitness note discusses hip symmetry and urges women to correct over development. Start with a short daily walk and increase to five miles a day, divided morning and afternoon, with proper posture and deep breathing. It also mentions a second nightly exercise to reduce the hips and the region below.
A fitness guide describes lying on a bed or floor to raise the right leg over the left, hold briefly, then lower slowly to exercise hip muscles. Begin with two or three repetitions and increase to five or six, repeating on the other side for overall leg and hip contour improvement.
Dicky recovers from breakfast with humor and sarcasm as the narrator navigates flattery and talk of apologies. A mail package and a postal card unsettle him, while tensions rise over letters and a stray clue about Faithful Fido.
A medical column explains leukemia affecting the spleen marrow and lymph glands, detailing symptoms such as enlarged spleen, digestive disturbance, weight loss, pale waxy skin and frequent bleeding. It notes diagnosis by blood tests, treatment options including nutrition air rest X-ray and possible splenectomy, and urges ongoing study and medical contributions.
The piece notes long sleeves dominate Winter day dresses with tight leg or mutton shaping and cuffs that turn back or drape over the hand. It highlights two frocks: a black red design with a rounded flare and dainty batistes ruff, and a beige kasha dress with bronze buttons and ecru lace on a narrow cuff.
Dotty discovers a patient spider weaving a robust web near a rose bush. The spider explains how she makes silk from tiny jointed tubes and why she avoids certain sticky threads. Dotty agrees patience beats hurried effort as she watches the creature claim her telegraph-like wires.
A reader’s letter column provides youth etiquette guidance for teenage girls and a engaged young woman. An Annie Laurie reply advises limits on dating behavior, curfew, arm holding, kissing, handshakes, and study focus, plus guidance to a married man issue and a cool response to unkept promises.
Annie Laurie will welcome letters of inquiry on feminine topics from young women readers and will respond in these columns. Letters to Miss Laurie should be addressed to her in care of this office.
A reader writes to Winifred Black about a cultivated, capable woman feeling shut out of belonging, money struggles, and the ache for a real home. She asks what sustains a refined mind when social and economic barriers leave her on the sidelines, despite talents and virtue.
A reader laments not fitting the ideal of a practical businesswoman and asks why some crave beauty and value yet cannot obtain them. The letter explores gender roles, exploitation, and a struggle to balance talents with livelihood, ending with loneliness and a plea for empathy without revealing identity.
In the Colombian Sierra de Perija uplands a tiny pigmy community cooks monkey meat by swinging the primate through flames for up to an hour. Two pigmy men perform the cooking while others receive the choice portions as rewards for their patience.
Instructions outline duck selection and multiple recipes including roasted whole duck with sage stuffing and apple sauce, duck casserole with peas and potatoes, Japanese duck with pineapple and peanut dressing, deviled duck, and Australian duck salad. Each method covers preparation, seasoning, and serving suggestions.
Annoying and unpropitious astral activity may affect this day. Those employed by others should guard their positions and beware outside attacks. Birthday individuals face a year of annoyance and intrigue affecting home heart and business. A child born today may be quick clever and talented but prone to speculative risks.
The text presents aphorisms on daily cares, fame, effort, imagination, knowledge, and duty. It contrasts enduring virtue with transient pleasures and stresses that moral evil is self-correcting, while character requires duty as the cement of all good qualities.
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