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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1972
Page
5
A reader shares a kitchen tip from Heloise: do not peel onions before slicing. Separate slices peel away, leaving the remaining onion fresher. The note praises the author and urges credit, signing June and others who found the method useful.
Jeanne Campbell explains affixing a strip of adhesive tape running back to front, five-eighths of an inch right of the needle that aligns fabric under the foot for perfect stitches. She shares a biscuit saving method to divide a half can and bake both halves together, keeping one warm in foil.
A dense OCR style crossword puzzle grid and clue list with Across and Down entries. It catalogs clues like Manifesting indifference and Expunge along with numerous numbered items such as 4 Morning moisture on Cigarfish, 20 Lowest high, 24 Communistic, 27 Wood nymph, 29 Costa, 35 Compact, 38 Mother, 41 Indian wild ox, 46 Workroom, 50 Football position abbr, 53 Raccoonlike animals, and 54 Repaired shoe. Down clues include Soprano, Tantalum symbol, and various thematic fragments. The text is fragmented and interleaved, reflecting a puzzle page crop with partial entries and stray characters.
SYD KRONISH reports on the American Topical Association expanding from countries to diverse study units like Americana, Presidents, Space, Railroads, and stamps on stamps. Details cite unit bulletins, the ATA journal Topical Time, and a Milwaukee address for information. Australia marks rehabilitation stamps for its 50th anniversary and a world congress in Sydney.
An advertisement promotes printed sewing patterns with tulip bowl shapes and flowing lines. It lists pattern numbers 03438 and sizes 10 12 14, price seventy five cents each, plus postage for additional patterns. Mail order from New York NY 10011 requests name address and ZIP, with size and style number.
AP News features Donna Fargo the happiest girl in the U.S.A. She rose from ninth grade English teacher to hitmaker, with The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. topping country charts for five weeks and entering the pop top ten. Fargo, born in Mount Airy, North Carolina, blends songwriting with guitar, guided by producer husband Stan Silver, and balances teaching with a rising career at Dot Records.
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