Dear Abby column on neighbor theft and marriage questions
Abigail Van Buren offers advice on a neighbor stealing shorts from a clothesline, a mother upset by her son's Vietnam engagement, a Paris marriage with French requirements, and a wife reacting to a husband naming pigs after stepdaughters. The column emphasizes direct communication, distant remedies, and practical cosmopolitan considerations.
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Abigail van Buren
Abby
Vietnam
Rose
Joyce
Marie
Letts News Notes Highlights Local Social Activity
Letts community notes record Mr and Mrs Earl Wilson and Mr and Mrs Harry Van Delinder returning from a week with relatives near Minneapolis. Obituary notice for Willard Birclay of Morgan Hill California. Various visits and gatherings at Amanas Princeton Calona Illinois and Sterling. Local church Women’s Society meeting notes and school camp and cheer leader activities.
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Letts
Earl Wilson
Harry van Delinder
Minneapolis
Willard Birclay
Morgan Hill
California
Olive van Delinder
Women’ 'S Society of Christian Service
Lone Tree
Doris Clark
Phyllis Small
School of Missions
Lord
Louise Padgett
Warren Jennings
Mike
Calona
Ilinois
Goldin
Lelia Linter
Clarence Allen
Sterling
Patty Marshall
Davenport
Jerry Diller
Roy Diller
Jane Jennings
Chrisanne Raabe
Mary Branson
Simpson College
Patricia McCormac
Cedar Fails
Oakville Council Holds Meeting with Budget OK and Ditch Work
Oakville Town Council met at Town Hall with Mayor James Knouse and council members present. They approved the 1969 budget, discussed a cable gate for the town dump, replacement of a broken fire station window, drainage district funding, and ditch cleaning contracts. Various claims and expenses were authorized, including road work, sand hauling, utilities, and police constables, with adjournment after the session.
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Oakville
James Knouse
James Gerst
Cody Grooms
Donald Gerst
Melvin Beckhemmer
Donald Kramer
Nu-Tone Products Co
Muscatine
Kemp and Sons Construction
Lens
East Jedge
Russell Cook
Otis Swafford
Lilbern Gentry
Richard Lehnert
Mat Parott
Ted Nelson
Iowa Southern Utilities
Wilkinsons Office
League of Town Municipalites
Frank Boshart
K and. M Tractor and Impl. Co
Mary Williams
Keith Brockway
Jim Wykert
Clarence Earnest
Joy kindergarten enrollment ends August fifteenth
Joy township announces final enrollment date for kindergarten. Registration fee is ten dollars. Blanks available from Mrs Don Murray. Children not registered by August 15 cannot enter kindergarten. Village board met Friday night and purchased a new tractor from Stronghurst Implement Co Stronghurst IL.
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Joy Joy
Joy
Don Murray
Stronghurst Implement Company
Stronghurst
Nichols Women Tour Factory Visit in Washington
Twelve members of the Nichols Past Noble Grand Circle toured the calendar factory in Washington on Thursday afternoon. They dined at Shamrock Inn in Ainsworth then learned the plant opened in 1903 by Mr. McLeary and uses Heidelberg Germany sourced machinery. They viewed calendars, cutting, spiral, tinting, sewing, and cylinder wrapping equipment. each attendee received a pad and pencil as a keepsake. The next meeting is September 12 with Eva Walker and Elsie Swanson hosting. Ethel Lehman and Elsie Poole named to the social committee.
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Nichols
Nichols Past Noble Grand Circle
Washington
Shamrock Inn
Ainsworth
Mary Meeks
McLeary
Heidelburg
Germany
Eva Walker
Elsie Swanson
Ethel Lehman
Elsie Poole
Onions Could Help Prevent Heart Attacks Says British Study
London AP reports three doctors believe onions may halt the process causing heart failure. In BMJ the team studied 22 patients aged 19 to 78 who ate breakfasts with or without fried or boiled onions. Onions appeared to prevent fibrin breakdown linked to clotting and coronary risk. Led by Dr J S Menon, the experiment drew on French horse diet observations of garlic and onions reducing blood clots.
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London
The
British Medical Journal
J. S. Menon
France
Driver Takes The Wrong Bus After a Stop
In Idaho Falls two Greyhound buses arrived, one from Butte to Salt Lake City and the other from Salt Lake City to Butte. The Salt Lake bound driver switched to the Butte bound bus after a stop, and passengers did not notice. A state patrolman stopped the misrouted bus in the next town, 0 miles away.
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Tdaho Falls
Idaho
Greyhound
Idaho Falls
Butte
Mont
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Utah
Five Day Forecast for Iowa From The Associated Press
Iowa's temperatures are expected to average near seasonal normals over the five day period Tuesday through Saturday. The Weather Bureau reports a warming trend through the middle of the week will give way to cooler conditions again by Friday or Saturday. Normal highs range from 81 in the northeast to about 87 in the southwest with normal lows around 60.
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Iowa
The
Weather Bureau
Weather Report Hints Mild North South Temperature Shift
A forecast notes a mild shift with temperatures peaking near 65 in the south and precipitation around half an inch or more. Showers are expected midweek, signaling unsettled conditions across regions.
Avoid Insect Bites With Simple Precautions
Pharma Views advises avoiding bites over treatment. Tips include using fragrance free products, wearing white clothing, standing still during an attack, and applying insect repellents for 300 minutes to two hours to exposed skin. The guidance emphasizes prevention and practical application.
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Paris
Making
Mrs
Ollie Wright
Fort Dodge
Walter Hahn
Grand Terrace Cohen
Gertrude Vansint
John McColm
Atalissa
Amanas
Nellie Lee
Muscatine General Hospital
Hamburger
Sandys
Columbus Queens
Columbus Junction
Louisa County Fair
Judy Collier
Columbus City
Diane Parsons
Columbus
Ohio
Janet Greene
Dave Orr
Rick Williams
Jocelyn Pedersen
WT. Grant Co
Supreme Court
Robo
Colorado and
Plaza
Vickie Carlson
Kim Schneider
Associated Press
S. G. & P. Stein Furniture Co
Your General. Electric
General Electric
G.E. Company
S.G. & P. Stein Furniture Co
Iowa Avenue
Pharma
By M.J
Chuck) Brammer
Hill's Fair
West Second St
Dial
Congo
Wauart
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