Hints from Heloise readers share simple home tips
Readers send brief notes on kitchen and household tricks from removing eggs from cartons without breaking them to using two mixer beaters for whipped cream and egg whites. Other tips include repurposing ironing boards as overbed tables, tiny knitting needles for beginners, and quick cleanups like rice on the floor that dries and sweeps up easily.
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Heloise
Zimmerman
Printed Pattern 9812 Childs Sizes 2 to 8 Sun Fun Trio
Sun Fun Trio prints a child pattern 9812 with top shorts and pedal pushers in 35 inch fabric. Ad describes sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and lists prices 75 cents per pattern plus 25 cents air mail handling.
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Air Mail Ae
Engagement Ring and Gifts in Broken Proposals
A court case explains that an engagement ring is returnable if the engagement ends, a gift made in contemplation of marriage, while gifts given before the engagement or from friends and family may not be recoverable. The decision cites a $5,000 joint bank account set up by a father as an implied betrothal gift.
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Heloise
Gwen
Andy
Eligibility for social security disability payments
A 21 year old who has worked since 19 and developed a disabling heart condition asks about monthly benefits. The correct outcome is that disability payments may be available if the disability prevents work for a year or more, not retirement, age, or tenure alone.
Crossword puzzle clues and answers list
A dense set of crossword style clues with numbers and scattered phrases. It lists many across and down entries such as Treatment, Girl's name center, Harbor, Shield, Charges with, Apex gas, Highways, Humor, Gaelic sea god, Choler, Golf hole, Constitution, Shouted, Agile, Advanced, Shack, White, Glace elephant, Regret, Compact, Majority, Whipped, Intelligence agency, Truncate, Worshiper, African river, Lethargy, Consonant, Beige, Airplane maneuvers, Hummingbird, Kennedy, Forage plant, Fellow, French author, Brilliance, Past tense, Precept, Pro votes, Cream cake, Siblings, Russian cab, Broadway playwright, Corrupt, Stout, Scion, Mortar mixer, Compass point, Oxford tutor.
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Shield
Apex Gas
Constitution
Agile
Advanced
Shack
White
Glace Elephant
Regret
Compact
Majority
Kennedy
Forage Plantee de Menthe
Playwright
Corrupt
Stout
Scion
Compass Point
Oxford Tutor
Giannini stamp honors Bank of America founder
Amadeo Peter Giannini is honored with a 21 cent U.S. stamp to be issued June 27 in San Mateo California. The design features his portrait and the Bank of America legacy from the Bank of Italy founded for working people. The first day cover details urge remittance by money order and a June 27 postmark. The feature notes inflation affecting stamp prices and cites a 1973 price guide update from H E Harris. A separate auction by H R Harmer Inc. in New York realized $228,811, beating forecasts.
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Amadeo Peter Giannini
Bank of America
U.S
San Mateo
Calif
Amadeo P
Giannini
USA
San Francisco
Bank of Italy
Federal Reserve Banks
New York
Chicago
H. E. Harris
Canada
Newfoundland
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edwardsland
Confederate States
Canal Zone
H. E. Harris & Co
Dept
Boston
Mass
H. R. Harmer, Inc
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