Dear Abby readers react to a child's eyeglasses plight
A reader recounts a crying mother who confiscated a four year old’s thick glasses in a church cry room. Abby reports the mother’s case was investigated by a local priest who contacted the mother, while other letters critique teachers’ grammar and offer humorous anecdotes about snakes and spelling.
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Abby
Pittsburgh
Alyce Forster
Fayetteville
N.C
Alyce
Sacramento
New York
Stevenson
Whitman
Poe
Millay
Dickinson
Tennyson
Austen
Carolyn Gold
Clearwater
Fla
Vacuum cleaner patent noted in almanac item
Almanac item recalls that in 1869 inventor Ives W McGaffey received a patent for the vacuum cleaner. The entry marks today June 8, 1987 as the 159th day of the year with 206 remaining and lists historical events tied to the date.
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Associated Press
U.S
Liberty
Mediterranean
Israel
Mohammed
Andrew Jackson
United States
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Chicago
Ives W. McGaffey
George Sand
Nahant
France
Theodore Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
U.S. Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Rosalynn Carter
Brazil
Reagan
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