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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1936
Page
10
A 1936 Gazette snippet offers Miss Leeds style guidance for facial shape and bangs, hair thinning and updos, color choices for larger figures, and weight/height notes. It also covers skin care for a scar and hair darkening options, with requests for leaflets on color schemes, reducing hips, and improving figure, including measurements and age notes.
A Charleston Gazette pattern advertisement promotes Anne Adams pattern 4037 for warm weather dresses in tan fabrics or gingham. It describes a center panel for height, cape alcoves for cooling, and an adjustable belt. Sizes range from 15 to 46 with fabric needs and ordering details included.
A prominent oculist warns that argyria results from prolonged self medication with silver preparations like argyrol. He notes skin discoloration can be permanent, often linked to eye and nasal absorption, and mentions limited remedies and historical uses of silver nitrate. Editor advertises Dr Clendening pamphlets.
The Right Rev William T L Gravatt D D bishop of West Virginia will ordain Carper to the diaconate at St Johns church on Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. The ordination service will start promptly with the Rev John Gass D D rector of the Church of the Incarnation New York presenting the candidate and preaching the ordination sermon.
The Marmet Holiness church announces an all day Sunday meeting led by Rev. A Rays. The event includes a basket dinner and begins with the first session at ten o clock in the morning. The church is currently undergoing a revival.
Frances Sherman, daughter of a rich banker, marries Bill Bonderpieye against opposition. Friction rises at a dinner hosted by Bill’s mother Martha Bond, exposing class tensions and Frances’s inexperience. Bills vows to work hard and improve their finances, while Frances worries about her status and acceptance as their image of domestic life falters. The story continues with their struggle to adapt and stay united.
Dorothy Dix counsels Mrs. R. N. to seek psychiatric help for her husband and to enlist the mother-in-law in ending the dependency on his mother. The letter-writer should encourage the son to view his wife as the primary partner and the mother to step back to restore balance and happiness.
An advertisement promotes Marmela Prescription Tablets as a medical style weight loss aid. It attributes excess fat to a gland imbalance and claims the pill helps the gland supply vital substances, burning fat and reducing weight without dieting or exercise. It urges readers to buy Marmela from a druggist.
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