Dear Dorothy Dix on Grandchildren and Marriage
Grandmother Alice asks how to curb daily visits from her daughter and two grandchildren while maintaining peace. Dorothy Dix advises setting boundaries, keeping items out of reach to reduce breakage, and using a gentle, official tone with the daughter perhaps via a doctor’s warning for health reasons to reduce visits. The column then covers a 24-year-old woman unhappy in a mercenary marriage with a 41-year-old husband and his dependents, recommending separation and warning against alimony if she leaves.
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Dorothy DIX
Alice
Pipeline turned water supply for WWII route communities
The Calcutta to Kunming oil pipeline used in World War II to supply China has been dismantled and repurposed to provide water systems for communities along its former route, reflecting a shift from energy transport to local water access.
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Calcutta
Kunming
China
Wood alcohol dangers and treatment overview
Wood alcohol or methyl alcohol is poisonous if ingested inhaled or absorbed through the skin. It is distinct from ethyl alcohol and can cause blindness coma or death. Treatment includes stomach washing with baking soda IV fluids oxygen and careful monitoring of blood alcohol levels with avoidance of narcotics.
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King
Meter expert tests coins to prove parking fines valid
Burgess Ray E. Hutter of Mechanicsburg patrols meter violations by testing meters with his own coin. If the meter works, fines stand. if not, the fine is returned. He says meters rarely fail him. Also mentions an odd note on Australian tribal diets.
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Mechanicsburg
Burgess Ray E. Hutter
Burgess Hutter
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