Ann Landers Advice Column Monkey Business Letter
A reader complains of a husband hosting a business associate who is a girlfriend, describing late nights and flirting. Ann Landers dismisses the wife's frustration as misplaced, calling her naïve about the guest's behavior. A second letter asks about loyalty to a friend after a friend’s boyfriend stays over, and Ann counters with a call for integrity and self-respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Cincinnati
Gall
Inez
Cape
Vic
Hints From Heloise Practical Tips For Everyday Home Life
Readers share kitchen and household hacks from child safety with swing seats to leather shoe polish methods. Tips include using a rubber stair tread on a swing seat for safety and quick drying, baby oil to polish patent leather, and creative food prep ideas such as make ahead butter mixtures and quick bread using muffin pans.
Ice Cream Is Her Downfall Advice Column
A 16 year old girl asks Ida Jean Kain for help with binge eating chocolate chip ice cream. The columnist advises balanced meals, 1200 calories a day, and exercise, noting monthly tension and psychology aren’t the cause. Practical steps include breakfast, modest lunches, skim milk, and regular activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Jean Kain
Ida
Sannet
Little Brothers
Jean Kain
Tea bag moisture method for pipe tobacco care
A reader shares a technique to keep pipe tobacco moist by placing a squeezed tea bag among the tobacco in a pouch or tin. The tea bag is pre soaked by boiling water, claimed to provide clearer moisture compared with apple or other methods.
Tape Recorder Boxes Wear Out Yet Reels Remain Good
Reader explains the small tape recorder boxes wear out while the reels remain usable and shares a tip to save the box by repurposing or repairing parts to extend device life.
Lemon Pie Freezing Tip and Household Tricks
A reader shares practical hints from a citrus abundant area. Instructions include ironing paraffin into iron board covers to reduce sticking. Also notes freezing lemon juice in one third cup portions for recipes like a lemon pie.
Wife Preservers Aid Dry Water-Soaked Shoes
A household tip advises restoring pliancy to water soaked footwear by rubbing with half a raw potato after drying and before polishing. This quick method claims to soften leather and revive shape.
March to Polls Prompted by Civic Pioneers
A column extols Wendell Austin and his family for aiding Daniel in Indiana's 7th District race. It urges readers to vote, canvass, and mobilize peers, invoking Lincoln and Burke to promote patriotic ballot action and caution against apathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Austin
Olin Company
Daniel
Indiana
Austin Ihildren
Austin
Paul Revere
Sons of Liberty
Boston
Andrew Jackson
Edmund Burke
Republic
Little David
Goliath
Jon
Lincoln
Our Republic
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Heloise
Ldry
Bobby B
William Johnston
Bertie Hodge
New State Farm
Presa, Charles Wall
State Farm Fire and Casualty Compan
Bloomington
Lunois
Rose
Mother Hilo
TIBBS
N. Main
Rankiddietown
Beth Carter
DR. Crane
National Institute OF Rug Cleaners, Inc
Security/STRASSBURGER
NIRC
Security
Strassburger
Carpet and Furniture Cleaners
West
Middletown, Ohio
Nefpines
Miss Simmons
McAlpins Millinery
McAlpin’s Millinery Bar
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