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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1965
Page
5
A collage of Ann Landers questions covers dating age limits for girls, shaving legs, wearing heels, and making decisions. The page includes a fertility crisis letter urging companionship at childbirth and guidance on panicky husbands, a compliment misunderstanding, and a teen smoking pamphlet offer.
In CASE V-407 Denny a ten year old resents his father at Scout events calling him darling and honey. Dr Crane notes boys react to feminine language and urges fathers to avoid terms that imply softness or tease boys into adopting rough nicknames. He warns mothers against dressing boys in overly dainty clothes.
On February 8 in history events include the incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America in 1910 and gas lighting in Philadelphia dating to 1836. World events feature Mindszenty’s life sentence in 1949 and Japan reinforcing Singapore in 1942.
Letters reveal tips like sewing elastic through sheet hems to keep blankets in place, using a shower cap as a bath hair protector, and lessons from readers on cleaning methods. The column invites further reader input for everyday solution ideas.
A reader thanks Bunnie for the contour blanket idea and describes making one at home. She explains running elastic through binding, using safety pins to attach castle bindings, and notes you can reverse the blanket if a binding wears.
Letters share methods for dieting success including pasting a slim self image on the refrigerator door and comparing to a dress kept in sight. A neighbor advised quieting appetite with restraint, and a career woman used a size 16 dress as daily motivation to curb overeating and stay slim.
A diet note urges visualizing a clear goal and advancing steadily toward it. It argues that reducing weight becomes easy when mindset shifts, encourages not overeating, and praises leaving the table satisfied but not full. Readers are told to send SASE to Ida Jean Kain for a revised calorie chart.
The guidance favors lukewarm water for sprinkling clothes as it penetrates fabric more quickly and evenly, improving wetting and cleaning action. The suggestion notes consistent penetration and uniform dampening across fibers.
The article highlights oatmeal as a key protein rich grain and offers a buttermilk oatmeal pancake recipe. It then lists a Dinner menu featuring Snappy Tomato Juice Roast Beef pan gravy and a Ladyfinger Orange Cake with orange gelatin and whipped cream. It includes a recipe outline and serving details.
A writer notes that sometimes their ice cubes come out as clear as glass by accident and mentions attempts to reproduce the result. The short fragment hints at curiosity about methods for clear ice.
A brief tip suggests freezing water in a one pound coffee can to create a small ice block for a decorative bow when serving a summer punch. The method is simple and relies on ordinary kitchen supplies.
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