Honest ads spark mirth as two unconventional classifieds emerge
A London home ad mocks its own decay while a Florida Job Wanted Female listing seeks an easy high paying advisory role. The piece riffs on candor in ads and imagines further frank notices across sectors, from used cars to domestic life, ending with a husband recalling a counterproductive car pitch.
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Dear Abby Wedding Invite Dilemma and Advice
A reader asks if he should invite estranged aunt and uncle to his wedding despite parental grudges. Abby commends his stance and suggests informing his parents in advance if he proceeds. The column also gives marital gift and social etiquette guidance for sales pressure, wedding dances for tips, ashes, and wedding planning resources.
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Remembering Doris Redd A&P Checker Of 26 Years
Doris Redd longtime Mitchell Shopping Center A and P checker explains how she started after an unemployment visit and stayed through relocations. She values public interaction, a good attitude, and handling inflation driven price changes while counting money at church.
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James) Redd
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Diary reveals 1851 1855 weather and crops in Graniteville
William Gregg diary found in Hickman Hall details daily weather and crop notes from 1851 to 1855 with occasional illness mentions and a daughter’s death. Items include a Bible once owned by Mary B. Gregg, pressed flowers, a poetry clipping, railroad spikes, and stockholder wills, stored among textiles.
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Debra Webb
William Gregg
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Graniteville Co
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Gregg
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