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Newspaper
Daily Gazette
Location
Sterling, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1971
Page
8
Readers share simple money savers and cleaning tricks from scrapped rags reused as towels to boost kitchen gear. Pol ly notes kids learn to use them, saving about $50, plus tips on lace brightening sock waxer use gloves care and drying methods. Tips reflect 1940s homemaking advice and reader submissions to Polly’s Pointers column.
The advertisement promotes the Young Originals wardrobe builder pattern B-157 with Photo Guide for sizes 8 to 18. It outlines a black white two color pants suit, tunic top, and slim sheath options using various fabrics, with fabric yardage and price of 1.25 dollars. Orders via Box 438 Midtown Station New York 10018.
This piece describes how baths can suit various moods from uplifting to relaxing or sleepy. It highlights Calgon Nature Baths products and tips for mood matching, including lemon rind in a hot tub, scented water conditioners, tea, and bath pillows. It also mentions Calgon Bath Oil Beads for evening revivals and emphasizes baths as a mini retreat from daily life.
An old print claims the first Roman Catholic Mass in the New World was celebrated by a priest who joined Christopher Columbus on his voyage, tying early colonial religious rites to the famed explorer.
In a feature on the rise of recreational vehicles, Harold Sperlich of Ford Truck Operations notes a 1970s boom driven by urban living and the appeal of motor camping. The article highlights van conversions and luxury motorhomes like the Mark V Mini home, with Nan Russell of Mentor, Ohio sharing a five week 8000 mile West Coast trip and praise for self-contained, easy to drive units that provide a home away from home for families and retirees alike.
Dry and brittle nails respond to nightly olive oil applications. Celery’s claimed zero calories supposedly burn more energy than they yield. Enjoy fencing or karate for fitness and self defense. Use a thin moisturizer under makeup to prevent cakiness. Sleep well. isometric holds for six seconds relieve tense muscles.
The strawflower is the most popular everlastings plant for cut and dried arrangements, with statice blooming in yellow, rose, lavender, blue and white. Xeranthemums offer pink to purple blossoms, Acrocliniums add chaomois and flesh tones plus white or rose, and globe amaranths provide cloverlike blooms in pink, flesh, red and white.
A NEA food feature by Aileen Claire previews wedding plans in 1971 with traditional showers and quirky options like a ruby red cranberry chicken mold. The recipe layers cranberry juice, gelatin, fruit, cranberry sauce, and chicken with celery, topped with greens and lemon mayo, served with hot biscuits.
The article explains the Four C s carat weight clarity color and cut. A carat equals 200 milligrams and there are 142 carats per ounce. It notes seeds from the carob tree as origin of carat and warns proper storage and travel packing to prevent scratches. It adds diamonds are miniature works of art with unique personalities. It ends with a stray note about the American cuckoo called the rain prophet.
Delicate sweet sultans, close relatives of bachelor buttons, are easy to grow and ideal for cutting. Two to four foot stems carry airy blossoms in white purple lavender and pink with a light fragrance. Foliage is dainty and toothed. an annual to try.
A simple frame with fabric walls creates an outdoor dining tent anchored to a wall using eye-hooks and cup-hooks. Instructions outline frame dimensions, battens, hem placements, and fabric care, plus furnishing ideas like a table from a door and army cots for seating.
Bermuda offers a cool temperate climate, British ties, and a relaxed pace appealing to tourists. The island mixes pink beaches and modern services with limited gambling, golf, and water sports, attracting visitors via affordable flights and diverse accommodations while noting a restless expatriate labor culture and a steady but cautious economy.
Before you tip consider why you tip and how service quality, staff shortages, and kitchen delays affect your meal. Dorothy Goss notes tips historically mean To Insure Prompt Service while today averages about 12 percent.
The stonefish, a deadly member of the scorpion fish family, carries venom in hypodermic spines that can provoke insanity or death. Louis Brandeis, named by President Wilson in 1916, was the first Jew appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
New York informant outlines five consumer duties for better garment outcomes. Seek information from labels books or trusted sources, buy wisely, align purchases with existing items, save care labels, follow washing instructions, guard against accidents by keeping textiles away from flames, and report justified complaints to guide future textile improvements.
The first Girl Scout troop in the United States was formed in 1912 by Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah Georgia.
Betty Canary recounts joining a health salon promising rapid slimming. She endures a strict program of workouts, swimming, and sauna with a cucumber peel treatment and harsh advice on food. She notes unfamiliar muscles from rowing, a growing dislike for broccoli, and a doctor hinting at possible restraint measures.
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