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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1972
Page
6
Dear Heloise shares reader questions about old superstitions like wet umbrellas, salt tricks, and rocking chairs, while others offer practical household tips. Contributions include using foam meat plates for spoons, packing routines for travel, bead organizers, recipe-card clips, knitting needle clamps, and gardening seed sowing with corn meal.
Advertisements for A M or P M slimming patterns and Marian Martin sewing patterns. Includes Pattern 9020 with sizes 12 to 20, yardage details, price 75 cents plus 25 cents for air mail handling. Also Pattern 9465 in half sizes with tunic and pants yardage, price details, and sales pitches for instant sewing books and fashion guides. Addresses in New York and Mexico are listed for order placement.
A scrambled list of across and down clues from yesterday’s puzzle includes entries such as Sepies 31 Facsimite 5 Rabble 33 Heart cherry solid 35 form of 11 army meal esperanto 12 Shoulders 36 different 14 main 38 lucky nut thoroughfare 40 macaw 16 sadiron 42 feet 17 therefore 44 at home 18 sworn promise 45 welsh dog 20 athletic 47 kind of building suzala 21 lawful 24 sweetsap 2h electric current 26 expensive 28 bus stop author pore 50 national guard 52 helper 53 english cathedral 54 mountain foom 1? ati on of yesterday's puzzle british 5 weaverbird tommy gun 6 bovine 7 intel down 8 manufacturer's candlenut tree motto apricot cordial 9 effortful' old thrusting-10 abound sword 13 behold compass point 15 repetition to weed varnish ingredient 2? pastorial poem 24 prong 27 askew 29 small bomb 30 thousands of years 32 nacreous 34 italian wine center 37 maine's senator 39 and tall 40 zenith 41 makemuddy 43 discordant 46 soldier 48 phosgene 49 small cyst 51 peacock butterfly.
Stamp collectors report a surge in maxi-cards with large formats and special appeal. A St Valentine Emily Dickinson maxi card, 9 by 6 inches, features Amherst home and Dickinson verse and a canceled 8 cent stamp, available from the International Stamp Collectors Society for 1.50. Also new from Germany and West Berlin are eight stamps under Protect The Animals, with youth-focused motifs and proceeds to youth groups. Minkus Publications releases 76 supplements for 1971 stamp albums including All-American and UN issues.
The article promotes a Cornell University soil mix as a complete growing medium for flowers and vegetables in limited spaces. It notes the mix contains vermiculite, peat moss, and nutrients, lacks weed seeds, and is useful for bulbs, top dressing, bare spots, window boxes, root cuttings, and general watering tips to prevent overwatering and yellowing leaves.
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