Memories of Aunty Jenna and Neighborhood Pranks
Interwoven reminiscences recount Jenna Gates a longtime neighbor and family friend. The piece recalls her devotion to her daughter Virginia ginny as a typical child with familiar mischief and the author’s shared moments. A practical joke involving a letter from the police and civic pride ends with fond farewell remarks.
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Jenna Gates
Virginia
Ginny
Jenna
Dad
Bill
Airdale
Gates Yard
New York
Police Department
Safe chipping and polishing tips from Household Scrapbook
Practical reminders on protecting eyes when chiseling or drilling concrete. Use a rubber cup catcher on tools to stop flying chips. Advice also covers removing lint from fresh varnish with turpentine and polish, and storing shoe polishing powder puffs with wax.
Points for Parents and Child Cooperation Penalties
A mother resents constant reminders to tidy bedrooms yet awards a blue ribbon for order each morning. The exchange highlights how a clear rule system can promote cooperation but also provoke resentment when penalties feel unexpected or unfair.
Daily Crossword Across And Cryptoquote Puzzle Transcript
A reader presented a dense crossword puzzle list with clues and a Cryptoquote sample. It includes numbered across items, language notes, country abbreviations, and a code tip about substitution ciphers. The Cryptoquote shows an encoded quote with a hint about letter substitution and yesterday's solution.
Best place to have a baby in the era of doctors and delivery rooms
An Eastern paper argues hospitals favor fathers in labor with a lenient attitude but delivery rooms remain closed to them. It criticizes hosptials as hoity-toity and urges shared parenthood. Dr Brady offers guidance and lists books on maternity and childbirth for prospective parents.
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New Haven
Grantly Dick Read
Carl H. Davis
M. D
Donita Ferguson
Harpers
Helen Heardman
William Wilkins
la Leche League
Rose Street
Franklin Park
Illinois
Blackwood On Bridge Discontinued By Author
The Blackwood On Bridge column ends Aug 31 due to other duties. Readers’ strong response prompts the search for a new expert on bridge to take over the feature soon.
Four Die In Two Car Crash Near Greensburg
The Associated Press reports four people died after a two car collision near Greensburg. Betty A. Hardebeck, 20, Westport, died in Indianapolis hospital. Killed at the scene were Joyce O. Meyers, 19, Greensburg, passenger. Frances L. Heck, 42, Greensburg, driver. and Dorothy Oliphant, 25, Burney, Heck’s daughter.
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Associated Press
Greensburg
Betty A. Hardebeck
Westport
Indianapolis
Joyce O. Meyers
Miss Hardebeck
Frances L. Heck
Heck
Dorothy Oliphant
Burney
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
A humorous vignette records a society dentist, Dr. Pullman, agreeing to rework a lady’s false teeth for the fifth time while she complains they do not fit in the glass. The piece then shifts to a note about post office authorities and a letter addressed to someone.
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Bennett Cerf
Madison Avenue
Pullman
Bill Feather
Helen Erskine Advice Column Montage
Reader letters discuss marital cleanliness and spiritual harmony, with responses stressing faith and shared duties. A teen asks about modeling careers and schooling, with guidance to pursue high school diplomas and contact modeling agencies for placement.
Boer War captor robbed at South Africa farm
91 year old Rolf De la Rey who captured Winston Churchill during the Boer War was attacked by three African bandits at his farm 35 miles from Johannesburg. They struck him and escaped with 21 dollars and a World War I pistol.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPS
Winston Churchill
Rolf de la Rey
Churchill
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