Dear Abby Letters on Courtesy and Privacy in Phone Etiquette
A reader questions etiquette for answering phones, arguing against demanding caller identity. Another letter from a New Yorker defends privacy, shares personal relationships, and mocks neighbor judgments about appearances. The column preserves quirky, period advice tones on social norms.
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Abby
Give Dull Room Instant Pow By Carole Eichen
A columnist urges summer decor refresh with four easy design ideas. Focus on quick changes such as supergraphics using two or three colors, sketched as a room blueprint with straight lines and sharp corners, or a bold color band for dramatic impact.
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Peter Max
Fortune
Supergraphics
Bridge Bidding Scenarios and Takeout Decisions by Goren and Sharif
A series of bridge bidding problems presents South and North hands with vulnerable and nonvulnerable positions. Each item asks for the best action, including passes, doubles, and suit bids, citing partner support, potential slams, and the risks of penalties in various auction contexts.
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East
Partter
Your Horoscope Your Horoscope September 5 1977 by Jeane Dixon
The column outlines birthday impacts for the year with focus on relationships, temperament, and language gifts. It then presents daily segments for ARTES TAURUS GEMINI CANCER LEO VIRGO LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS CAPRICORN AQUARIUS PISCES with cautionary notes on plans, social tensions, fatigue, finances, and turning points.
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Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Super Slimming Printed Pattern Ad for Waist Reduction
An old newspaper style advertisement promotes a printed pattern labeled SUPER SLIMMING with waist nips and a jumpsuit in knits. It lists pattern numbers 9060 and various sizes, mentions a bust of 37 inches, and directs sending payments to Marian Martin Pattern Dept at Danville Register. Prices include pattern cost and first class handling.
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The
Danville Register
18Th St
Zip
Sue
Pillow Shaw-Otis
Papaya Pineapple Jam from Mrs Kealoha
Readers are offered a no sugar papaya pineapple jam recipe from Mrs. James Kealoha of Hawaii. The method blends ripe papayas with crushed pineapple and lime juice to yield about three cups, usable as a spread or dessert accompaniment and storable in the freezer.
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James Kealoha
Hawaii
Kealoha
Best Science Fiction Of The Year No 6 Tales Spotlight
A digest of 1975 science fiction edited by Terry Carr, highlighting stories like Damien Knight’s I See You. The collection explores a future where a mysterious natural ability lets viewing minds alter time and identity, revealing complex social attitudes and surveillance themes.
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Terry Carr
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Damion Knight
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