Barnyard antics and engineering titles in Ann Landers asks
In a light letter from readers, a boyfriend mimics barnyard sounds at gatherings, and a professional group debates the pomp of titles like domestic engineer. The page includes Ann Landers noting Mets players rarely have names on jerseys and contrasts team styles from Oakland to the Cubs, Mets, and Yankees.
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Ann Landers
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P.E
Fellas
Rockville Center
New York
Mets
Ann
Oakland A's
Paper towels as a pressing aid discovery by seamstresses
Dear seamstresses share a tip about ironing with paper towels. When lacking a pressing cloth they used wet white paper towels to press seams, noting towels can be reused and reveal iron heat by paper scorching. Also suggests saving towels for kitchen use and a camping prep tip to portion charcoal into labeled lunch bags to prevent spills.
Hints and household tips on grilling and zippers
Readers share practical shortcuts from bagged briquettes in grocery sacks to burning cardboard egg cartons to start charcoal. A tip suggests sealing an envelope over a phone cord to keep it clear, while a zipper remedy uses graphite from a pencil to ease sliding teeth.
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Dee Baxley
Heloise
Dorothy Hurley
Cros Across Puzzle Fragment Post
Fragmentary crossword clues show and incomplete fill with hints like flatfish beverage and riding whip. Several entries appear garbled or truncated leaving readers to guess missing letters and related terms.
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Miss Gardne
Puzzle clue strip from Eugene Sheffer puzzle page
The reader encounters a cryptic crossword style grid and clues. Entries include sword Greek poem haircloth honor arrow poison vain cocktail ingredient pare chums poem down and a list of numbered clues such as hounds undivided female ruff and a girl's name noxious.
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the Hounds
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