Household tips and DIY ideas from readers
A collection of practical reader tips on packing lunch boxes, keeping cats from furniture, using celery cores in soup, creating a bottle holder for babies, repurposing worn sheets as mattress pads, improvising knitting containers from coffee can lids, and other everyday hacks. The notes cite Mrs Richards Mrs D Doris Joan Jenrich Elizabeth Johnson and Mrs Dimple along with simple, low cost solutions for busy households.
Grandpa's Romance and Practical Advice Across Readers
A reader letter column discusses a 71 year old man enamored with a 21 year old nurse and advises the wife to stay calm while noting warning signs. The column also defines alcoholism by lack of control and offers practical gift budget guidance to a wife overwhelmed by expensive presents.
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Abby
Dear Abby asks when a person becomes an alcoholic
A reader asks how to define alcoholism with drinking only after four pm. The letter notes daily drinking beginning at four, pre-dinner doubles, and requests Abby to specify the exact start time that makes someone an alcoholic.
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Heloise
Dear
Abby
Curried Eggs Standout for Ladies Lunch
Good for lunch curried hard cooked eggs offer a tasty option served in curry sauce with steamed rice mango chutney salted peanuts and flaked coconut for a light meal.
Kids urged to tell parents in time of trouble
Confidential guidance to a child in Spartanburg South Carolina advises telling parents and urging the boy to tell them. The message emphasizes parental support as the best path to resolve issues and urges action today.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Dear Abby Personal Advice Roundup Notice
Reader asks how the world is treating them and seeks a personal unpublished reply. Send questions to Dear Abby Box 69700 Los Angeles California 90069 with a self addressed stamped envelope for a private response.
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Abby
Los Angeles
Cal
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Mrs. D. Call
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Joan Jenrich
Mrs. Dimple
Grandpa
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