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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1949
Page
9
Readers defend and critique the columnist's diction while praising accessible writing. Letters from Mary Haworth readers argue education level and newspaper prose bridge to real life, with notes on family impact and respect for plain speech. The host acknowledges the debate and shares public sentiment about precision of English.
New York report notes St. Louis designed weskits and shepherdess tunics that elevate plain dresses. Leopard crepe stoles add show, with set-in pockets and contrasting linings. One outfit pairs leopard rayon with a matching dress skirt and black crepe bodice, while others feature butcher linen vests, checked crepe, and a peg-top skirt with a navy polka dotted torso tunic.
A reader compliments a father using a dictionary to grasp new ideas and frames it as real progress. The writer endorses Webster's Collegiate Fifth Edition for those needing a good dictionary and closes with a personal sign-off.
Blustery weather suggests steaming bowls of nourishing chowder. A tested recipe from Successful Farming. Country Chowder With Pork serves 6 to 8. Lima beans pork hocks vegetables and tomatoes simmer slowly. Baked Pears dessert halves lemon water bake until tender then glaze with sugar. Serve hot or chilled.
Public health style notice promotes Wonder Bread as protein source for children, touts energy benefits and affordability, and urges balanced meals with meat milk fish and eggs. Mentions Continental Baking Co and local foods section with breakfast lunch and dinner items. Includes a separate USPS style notice about tire changing invention and a probate notice for estate administration with filing deadlines.
Old fashioned barter is one answer to a young girl's problem of swinging luxuries on a slim allowance. A turnabout exchange of grooming and other services with friends can be fun and a way to swing more things your way. List talents and suggest exchanges while keeping projects limited to one or two per afternoon.
A caller asks for a convenient time when invited to a house. The guidance favors naming a specific time rather than offering any time. This helps both parties plan the day more efficiently.
A rainbow appears as a complete circle from the air, though from the ground it forms an arc. Observers in airplanes can see the full circular shape due to vantage point and light refraction.
Ruth Millett lists eight habits that sap a home’s happiness. Habitual complaining, harsh outsiders views, sharp family impatience, chronic dissatisfaction, harping on daily incidents, trying to reform others, saving best behavior for guests, and letting each day blend into the last.
Santa Barbara College researchers uncovered original papers on California election procedures under the Mexican flag. One note records a deputy chosen in 1830 to attend Monterey Congress who was too intoxicated to take his seat.
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