Dear Abby Advice Column Letters and Answers
A Dear Abby column features a reader seeking help for motivation low mood and self destructive thoughts amid daily life stress. Abby urges medical and psychotherapeutic care, outlines affordable mental health options, and signs off with supportive guidance. A second reader asks about pigs as pets, Abby confirms pigs can be clean and trainable but notes size and local legality, advising consideration before adoption.
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Abby
Rob
Aurora
Ontario
Fair's fair as supermarkets expand food staples sales
New York reports supermarkets have long sold over the counter drugs and cosmetics. A Food Merchandising for Non-Food Retailers survey notes more than 70 percent of drug, discount and general merchandise stores now promote staples like peanut butter and canned tuna. About 60 percent also sell household and grocery-related items such as paper and plastic goods.
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New York
UPI
Safety plays in a trump hand by Mary Jane Farell
Oswald Jacoby and Alan Sontag present a sample bridge hand from Fred Karpin’s book. Mary Jane Farell plays a cautious four to six level contract, using a heart lead and dummy trumps to manage trump length. The note praises the safe declarer method and discipline at the table.
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Oswald Jacoby
Alan Sontag
Alan
Fred Karpin
Oswald
Mary Jane Farell
North
Mary Jane
Dummy
East
West
Paden City recalls marble origins and evolution
In Paden City West Virginia an AP report traces the long history of marbles from fruit pits nuts and pebbles to early stone spheres in the 1700s. It notes modern American marbles are typically glass.
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Paden City
W.va
U.S
Progress
Tiffany
Elephant squeezes through fence at Tulsa Zoo
Sneezy the 10 year old elephant slipped through a 32 inch gap in a steel fence at the Tulsa Zoo. The creature toppled a 3,000 pound compressor, spat out bits of jackhammer, and ate 100 feet of rubber hose during a night romp. A guard alerted staff. the elephant showed apparent guilt next day, while keepers added safety measures and provided old tires as dessert.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ed Monnet
R.G. Dalious Construction Co
Tulsa Zoo
Sneezy
Larry Nunley
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