Dear Heloise And Other Household Tips From 1960s Columns
A chaotic collection from a Dear Heloise style column with tips on carpet burn repair using fuzz and glue, bedspread folding for easy make, a tooth fairy ruse for children, and a mother’s anecdote about broccoli. The advice is casual, humorous, and aimed at everyday domestic puzzles with names like Mrs Thomas Fessler and Peggy McCallen appearing amid family scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Fessler
Heloise
Peggy McCallen
Zkind
Lamp Repaired By Resourceful Juveniles
Dawn and Diane age 12 salvaged a broken lamp by mounting a socket and bulb on a repurposed pole, shining it up to create an original lamp. A second note mentions chocolate fudge frosting mishap leading to a vanilla pudding mix addition and Foil tips, producing a rusting dissolved result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawn
Diane
Cable car grip evolution in San Francisco history
A fragment describes 1871 patent for Endless wire rope by Andrew Smith Maudie of San Francisco and details Hallide’s cable railway trials on Clay Street. It notes rival systems, Casebelt grip improvements, and the shift to electric trolleys in the 1880s, preserving the grip’s niche as a San Francisco tourist feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Smith Maudie
San Francisco
Hallide
Pi Alldie
Hallo
Clance B. Hornung
America
A. S. Barnes & Co
Allie
Cablec Railways
U.S
Menry Casebelt
Bottien, Ceramice
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Rineys
Marcon
Weber
Ford
Mercury
curKo
Ry aNto
Guadalupe River
Tage
Fit F
John
Ravel
Palmer & Palmer
Shasta
Seifined
J.C. Lucas
Wardint
Cuero
Willy Finance
C. C. Palmer
Jey
JAMES
Wistan Tovin Oaks Gravel Co
Aoe
TSS
Manhattan Revenue
Sandy
Meyersville
Sam
Nettle Estate
Cueto
Stratton Road
Io Pearoom
Fast St
Itamata
Ste
Jim Conrad
Darrell Cooper
Otthee
Ato
ION
Air & Power
EAN
Leske Motor Company
Carsler
Plymouth
Texas
Cuero Record
Cuero Discount Lumbi
Aeachant
Chevrolet
Junker
Our Lady of Guadalupe Churen
Angie Rodriguez
S. Esplanade
W. S. Crisp
Yorktown
Alcoholics Anonymous
Lacy St
Lotanac
Homer Blanton
Mrs. Fessler
You, Heloise
Fll
The
Ward of
Word
N. Cuero
Arage
First St
Uarage
Moss Lane
Dial
Piano Organ Mart
Sundalupe
Peice
P.O. Box BS
Leon Lemke
A. Sima
Ruddock Real Estate
Kesch
Oratanes
Kandy Kompany
Bat Rd
San Antonio
Tex
Plants, Inc
Live Oak St
Bath
Nice
Brin
Bath K
Elia. D
BALA
Lim
K. & Bath
N. Henry St
Arneckeville
Fla. D
E. Heaton St
T. Newman
Esplanade
So Hill
Whangarei
N.Z
Max Joseph
Bavaria
Maximilian
de Telos
Majories
Rillin
Daybook of America
Clark Kinnaird
John Augustin Roebling
Roebling
Allegheny River
Pittsburgh
Washington Roebling
Brooklyn Bridge
U.S. Army Reservist
Mra. Baird
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