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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1968
Page
6
Esther Hammil shares a tip to aid slow braille readers. She suggests a light landing on pages to protect finger sensitivity and aid reading, noting it helps her when learning braille. The hint originates from her own experience after becoming blind.
Jeanne McPartland describes buying spring type extension bed rods with tar brackets to attach to bed posts and rails. She notes valances fit the height with minor alterations and that dusting is easier by lifting the valance off onto the bed, while rods slip from end brackets.
New York fashion notes discuss Hardy Amies modest hemlines versus Oscar de la Renta’s compromise with pants or skirts. Models preview bold knee lengths, white boots, and minidresses as ruffles, ostrich feathers, and body hugging designs push spring trends.
In a Chicago Tribune bridge column analysis, North leads King of Hearts as West opens. Declarer finds a winning plan after trumps, clubs, and diamonds are played, producing ten tricks despite adverse cards.
Practical tips suggest treating breakfast like dinner with variety. Ideas include serving chipped beef on toast or cubed corned beef hash with an egg. Ground beef patties are growing in popularity as a breakfast entree.
A collection of reader notes and tips including free guidance for the blind, bean seed watching, sleeve pin tricks for cripples, frugal chicken wing prep, and a Christmas tree stand repurposed as a coat and hat hanger, all sharing homemaking and family-friendly ideas.
A reader shares years of frustration with dust ruffles. Removing and replacing ruffles requires lifting the mattress, or tucking ruffles under the bed to dust, complicated by a wooden bedstead. They seek a practical solution.
Pamela Marie Wynn turns three today, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joel D Wynn of Hartselle Alabama.
The article traces sausage origins from ancient Greece and Rome through medieval Europe to the Americas. It highlights regional names such as frankfurter Bologna sausage and arles sausage, notes bootlegging and church bans, and ends with modern American adaptation and the broad availability of sausage today.
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