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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1948
Page
8
Dear Mary Haworth I am at a loss to answer a question from my brother s second wife Ellen married Tom eight words text ends abruptly with a wedding inquiry by a reader seeking guidance on family etiquette after a arranged or distant wedding arrangement.
A Nora pattern 9040 sewing instruction advertises a shirtwaist frock with shawl collar and hip pockets, offered in sizes 12 to 20. A separate social column discusses Ellen attending her ex husband Tom and Bessie’s daughter Beth’s June wedding, advising Ellen to stay away for tactful reasons.
Take it easy with crackers and jar spreads rather than heavy sandwiches. Pack crispy crackers or wheat wafers and let picnickers build their own bites. Include ripe tomatoes eggs and cold cuts for easy spreads that pair with crackers.
Laura Wheeler Needlecraft promotes a transfer embroidery pattern with six motifs in a 6 by 7 inch area featuring Romantic Renaldo and Carmen Cat. The notice requests twenty cents for the pattern from Middle town Journal addresses and outlines sending a fifteen cent fee for a Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book including 101 illustrated crafts and free weaving instructions on huck toweling.
A caution on how to respond to a compliment without boast. Do not mention price or personal details. Thank the giver and keep focus on the moment, ensuring a poised, factual response if others inquire about Ellen.
The menu lists breakfast with stewed apricots shredded wheat rye toast butter margarine marmalade coffee milk and fortified items. luncheon includes tomato soup chicken sandwiches ham and cheese spread corned beef spreads scallions radishes applesauce tea milk. dinner features stuffed peppers with chicken rice and peas parsleyed potatoes rolls carrot sticks celery fudge pudding light cream coffee milk.
A description lists assorted food items such as pickles carrot sticks celery wraps waxed paper containers cole slaw or potato salad and a thermos with iced drinks. Sweet items include cookies grahams chocolate cookies raisin squares fig bars and toy cookies for children. Peanut butter de luxe yields about cups.
An advice piece stresses darker sheer stockings hide imperfect grooming and skin discolorations. It suggests leg shaving, depilatories, and opaque makeup bases to ensure a flawless look, with a caution about maintaining a smoky effect.
Jessica Blake recalls a wartime romance with Tom Blake in a southern town crowded by soldiers. She marries during a sudden furlough after eloping with the duty bound captain who wooed her. Back home she hides the ring as family tension and secrecy test loyalties and love. Betsy, her two year old, remains her bright spot.
A 10 year marriage advice piece argues women can alter failing patterns by changing themselves not their husbands. Consistency in adopting a new role prompts husbandly attitude shifts, using the example of a yielding wife to illustrate how self change reshapes the marriage pattern over time.
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