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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1948
Page
7
Dear Mary Haworth: A divorced mother resents her daughter’s happy second marriage and attempts to undermine it by recalling the unhappy first union. The advisor says the mother is possessive, jealous, and emotionally dependent, and suggests maintaining distance and limiting visits, while the daughter should stay content with her husband and independence.
The NEA reports a rise in home sewing as the cost of ready to wear clothes surges. Women seek dressmaking at home with increased pattern and fabric sales, crowded classes, and rising demand for sewing machines. Pattern and piece goods sales soar well above prewar levels with notable price increases for woolen suiting and rayon dress crepe.
Ruth Millett argues that women should seek balance in marriage, avoid nagging, and value a good disposition over beauty. She contends there is room for either one career or two, but never two careers for one marriage, and that happiness comes from being a contented wife.
Adelaide Humphries describes Janice Hilary, a capable nurse who runs the office for a handsome society doctor Eric Holbrook. A rich patient provokes a dismissal request, sparking tension as Betty Jane Coxe and Miss Willows weigh Janice’s future. The story portrays a three story old house, family dynamics, and Janice’s return home amid familiar household bustle.
Nutritious prune cake recipe serves 16 with spices and a rich coffee cocoa icing. Includes breakfast and luncheon ideas featuring oats, peanut butter carrot sandwiches, carrot slaw, and prune walnut cake batter folded with prunes and walnuts.
The article counsels teens to prefer natural pink nail polish over bold shades and stresses regular grooming. It urges daily hand washing with scrubbing under nails, pushed back cuticles, and trimming or filing to maintain uniform nail length, noting long tips look out of place on young hands.
A bachelor or unmarried woman is invited by married friends with children to spend Christmas Day at their home. The note highlights social expectations around family gatherings and the potential awkwardness for a single guest during the holiday.
A public notice contrasts gifting ideas for children and families, urging inexpensive toys or shared candies. It notes the dollar’s reduced purchasing power, claiming the lighting industry states today’s dollar buys 15 times more than two decades ago.
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