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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1957
Page
15
A newspaper feature promotes a daily stretch bending routine credited to Ida Jean Kain to slim the waist. The routine emphasizes centered stretching, side bends, and alternating arm movements performed to a rhythm, with a final rag doll finish. Readers are invited to request an illustrated leaflet by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Ida Jean Kain.
Instructions describe steaming a fish by wrapping it in cheesecloth and placing it on a rack over two inches of boiling water in a kettle.
Beginner projects and two complete patterns are printed in the 1957 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. Dozens of other designs are available for order, featuring easy to medium level handwork for hobbyists.
A wife seeks advice on whether to name her child after her husband's long family name or choose a different path. She resents the ghastly moniker and worries about lifelong associations, pondering using part of the name as a middle name or waiting to see if they have daughters. The columnist weighs cultural and religious name practices and suggests weighing personal conviction against generational expectations.
Dr. George W. Crane urges mothers to bolster a child’s morale after polio or physical impairment. Emphasize positives, cite famous figures who triumphed despite disabilities, and use stories like Cinderella and Little Sandy Sleighfoot to inspire resilience.
The passage questions boastful claims about ancestral achievements and urges focusing on present reality. It contemplates naming a firstborn after oneself to embody ideal qualities and opportunities.
The article urges parents and grandparents to shape a child’s mental outlook through daily example and guidance. It promotes sending for Dr. Crane’s booklets via the newspaper, with a stamped self addressed envelope and a payment to cover printing costs.
Conservation officer Louis Kahl used a garden hoe to break ice and a rowboat to reach a deer that plunged through Morrison Lake. The exhausted animal reached land, rested briefly, then bounded back into the woods.
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