Dear Polly Pointers and Home Craft Ideas
A collection of reader tips for family craft and household hacks. Suggestions include using stove mitts as cleaning tools, making cloth books from decorated hankies, repurposing pill bottles as tiny flower vases, filling bottles with spices, turning a revolving piano stool into a lazy Susan, and DIY shelf and door repurposing. Readers praise ingenuity and show practical, low cost solutions.
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Polly
Graham
Emma
Mature Parent Advice on Procrastinating Students
Mrs. Muriel Lawrence asks how to help a 16 year old who delays studying until the last minute. The guidance urges parents to stop reacting with sympathy and to require the teen to experience consequences, fostering responsibility while avoiding endless anxiety for themselves. The card also includes a bridge hand analysis, noting misplays and strategic options.
Bidding puzzle and colonial claim mix in one prompt
The text begins with a bridge bidding sequence ending with a question of how to bid six hearts to show two missing kings. It then shifts to a teaser about Count von Gotzen claiming Rwanda and Burundi as part of Tanganyika in 1894 after being impressed by the Watusi dance.
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Count G. A. von Gotzen
Rwanda
Urundi
Tanganyika
Tony Curtis reflects on fame and ambition in Hollywood
Dick Kleiner reports Tony Curtis, 37, discusses breakable moments with Debbie Reynolds on set, his philosophy of opportunities in acting, and how travel, intellect, and fencing keep him in shape. He recalls meeting Melvin Belli in Argentina and explains why he pursued acting after admiring Errol Flynn and Humphrey Bogart.
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Hollywood
NEA
Tony Curtis
Debbie Reynolds
Tony
Debbie
Charlie
Bobby
Melvin Belli
Jack Ruby
Argentina
Taras Bulba
Belli
Painter
DeBuffe
Paris
Errol Flynn
Mary Grant
Humphrey Bogart
I Wanted to Be a Brain Surgeon or a Lawyer
Tony reflects on luck shaping his career and the era of studio stardom. He recalls swordplay and tuxedo moments, saying television has not yet produced a big star and noting he might be just another TV actor today.
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Tony
Jim Garner
Steve “IeQueen
Jacobys Bridge North South vulnerable 2NT sequence
Bridge excerpt shows South opening 2NT, North responses with 2 3NT and passes. Opening lead noted.
Crossword Clue Digest for August 3
A compact clue list with across entries such as One-pint container two-quart tidal flow roman oft ho ng acid card pack inlet merit western India wide-mouthed denomination ancient Irish capital german river angry seine hawk.
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India
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Delaware
Encyclopaedia Britennice
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Solomon
Keenen
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NEA, I
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OWLS
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Austin Daily Herald
Mr. Poe
Hawaiian Island
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Patricia
Dad
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Mrs. Worth
Roger
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