Dear Muss Dix Advice on meddling family pressuring marriage
Dorothy Dix counsels modern readers that marriage should follow genuine suitability, not family coercion. She explains parents’ jokes and matchmaking tactics backfire, and notes daughters now contribute to household upkeep. She warns against ridicule and overbearing pressure, urging restraint until Mr Right appears.
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Guiding Your Child Through Unwilling Apologies
A parent interrogates forced apologies as a child resists saying sorry. The piece argues that compulsion harms genuine remorse, suggesting alternatives like explaining wrongs, teaching gracious acknowledgement, and allowing natural consequences to guide social reintegration. It notes children may renege privately, fearing public shame.
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Charleston Special Budget Committee Meeting Scheduled
The Charleston city council special budget committee will meet at the city jail at seven o'clock Monday evening. Chairman Harry Matthews said the panel will weigh a crematory and sewerage service charge, a special levy with people’s authorization, and a band issue election to raise funds for equipment for the fire, police, street, and cemetery departments. The council is set to convene at eight o'clock Monday evening.
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Comfort cereal claim aids bowel relief for long-term pill users
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