Pleach pruning method reshapes hedges in old world style
Greener Thumbs notes PLEACH is a term familiar abroad and now in local practice. The technique trains tall shrubs and trees into twenty interwoven hedges by pruning and training. Trees are planted five to six feet apart with back branches removed.
Interims from The Reader's Courtroom and Parade Controversy
An observer notes a Labor Day downtown parade with four girls tossing candy causing crowd surges that injure an elderly spectator who sues the candy company. Discussion recalls democracy, free speech, and responsibility, with comments on family life, religious affiliation, and community values.
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Lafayette Plans to Stay on Daylight Time
Lafayette and West Lafayette officials say they will remain on daylight saving time through next winter. Mayor William Gettings and Mayor Fred Willis report unanimous council support to keep DST year round, with joint resolutions to be passed. Government clocks will be adjusted when Indiana's 1957 law requires, and city hall hours will follow daylight time.
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William K. Gettings
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Indiana jobless claims decline in week ending
Indiana reports 43 763 unemployment benefit claims last week, down 468 from the prior week but up 43 percent from the year earlier period. Claims fell in more than half of the 30 Employment Security Division offices while construction and outdoor work saw gains.
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Retired Life Harmonizes with Housework and Hobbies
From reader letters: a retired husband who enjoys helping at home and a wife who praises his efforts. One couple shares two years of happiness with shared chores, gardening, and hobbies, while urging retirees to maintain purpose with activities outside the home.
Your Baby and Mine Parenting Tip From 1940s Leaflet
A pamphlet discusses how a child experiences departure and return like peek-a-boo and offers to send leaflet No. Hints on handling a mother leaving a child and maintaining reassurance. Josephine Lowman is the contact, via the Register and Tribune Syndicate in Des Moines Iowa.
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Register and Tribune Syndicate
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Household tips and social notes across a busy page
The page blends homecraft guidance on corn shaving with child rearing advice and a civic note on German employment and Canadian transit growth. It includes tips for canning corn, handling splinters, warming lemons, and easing goodbyes with children, plus reader letters and demographic comparisons.
Sectional overhead garage door and materials pricing
A listing shows 5 section sectional overhead doors glazed with stops priced at 8 by 7 feet for 65.20 and 9 by 7 feet for 69.00. Also offered are hardboard 4 by 8 sheets and tempered recoil reels with regular prices and free delivery indicated.
How to Lock Card Tables Into One Picnic Table
Learn to pair legs with tight fitting cans to join adjacent tables for a stable, single surface. Use cans that fill the gaps snugly and keep leg lengths aligned for a sturdy communal setup.
Stop Me Ace Benny and the Fur Stole Misadventure
An unnamed husband laments his wife Mary’s lack of gratitude for a birthday fur stole. A humorous anecdote plays out as the st wertrobe is rumored to be an awkward gift. The piece reflects comic misfires in domestic gifts and social repayment.
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Ace Benny
Mary
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