Dear Abby Readers Prodded to Credit Poem’s Author
Readers debate attribution of Ella Wheeler Wilcox poem Voice of the Voiceless. Ruth Price of Lakeland Florida cites miscredit in a January Dear Abby column and asks for proper attribution to Wilcox. The exchange includes reader letters praising the poem and Abby’s guidance on etiquette.
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Erma Bombeck on Illusion Versus Reality in Ads
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Horoscope for the Week and Year Ahead
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