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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1948
Page
7
A wife asks Dear Mary Haworth about an independent allowance from her generous husband. After 16 years of marriage and two children, she lost personal income when not working and relies on his sporadic loans of 10 to 20 dollars. She fears rising living costs and yearns for a regular allowance to buy small gifts and maintain financial autonomy.
A reader columnist counsels a wife to demand financial parity with her husband. The letter argues the shift from male control to shared funds, criticizes his money policy as restrictive, and advises a straightforward plan: a weekly or monthly household allowance and a personal pin money fund.
Tips from jewelry experts show salvage techniques to refresh outdated pieces. Cut broken pearl strands, wrap with black velvet ribbon, and reattach clasps for a renewed look. Use odd earrings as necklace clips, solder dazzle onto a compact lid, or mount a dated watch on a wide gold bracelet for modern reuse.
Mrs. M. Elder of Canton Ohio reports losing 36 pounds with Rennel Concentrate claiming no hunger or diet list. The ad touts Rennel as the grapefruit juice fat loss remedy and offers instructions to mix with grapefruit juice for daily use.
After skating or cold weather sports, serve a hearty buffet with New England baked beans, brown bread ham and cheese sandwiches, and a ginger Cole salad. Includes recipes for brown bread sandwiches and molded salad, plus breakfast lunch and dinner buffet plans.
Ruth Millett recalls a long married couple sharing two core rules for harmony. Tell each other the truth and each carry his part of the load. The advice, though plain, is proven and timeless for new marriages.
Step by step slip cover patterns and six other needlework types with charts photos and concise directions. Send twenty cents pattern number name address and zone to Middletown Journal Needlecraft Dept Brooklyn NY. Also print fifteen cents for Laura Wheeler 1948 Needlecraft Book catalog with 101 illustrations and free weaving instructions.
When the early settlers arrived they lacked timber carpentry for log cabins and instead constructed bark huts. This brief note highlights primitive shelter construction by colonial newcomers in unfamiliar terrain.
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