White flag cord trick helps prevent falls for farsighted readers
Dear Heloise notes a simple safety tip using a handkerchief laid across a cord to stop eyeglasses from snagging and causing falls. The column praises Grandpa Sam for suggesting it and mentions applying the idea to appliances to prevent burns. Also asks how to remove candle wax from holders to repurpose as vases.
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Heloise Homemaking Hints Share Quick Tips
Readers get compact tips from Heloise on freezing containers to pop wax free, mounting foam magnets to stop doors, heating foods in glass jars in microwaves, and using a teaspoon end to open laundry detergent boxes. The column invites readers to send hints but notes no individual replies.
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Middletown Journal
Broad & First Sts
Ohio
United States