Dear Anne Hirst Love Advice in Wartime
A letter writer in the Air Force seeks guidance on waiting three years to marry after his fiancée returns his engagement ring. An editorial reply urges trust and continuation of frequent contact, noting the era’s emergency context and the couple’s pledged fidelity. A second letter from a worried mother asks how to counsel her 18 year old daughter about office romance. The columnist reassures trust and cautious openness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Hirst
Air Force
Tve
Best Actor Hog-nosed Snake Performs Dramatic Display
The hog-nosed snake flaunts a cobra like threat then feigns death when provoked. It flattens its head and neck and hisses, then rolls onto its back and plays dead, resisting any sign of life until turned over, after which it rolls back again.
Crossword Puzzle Mixes Defaced Words and Clues in Crete Theme
Puzzle promises a wide set of clues including soft metal and bur dened while hinting at a Crete theme. It weaves numbers and partial phrases like mutual discourse and ripple amid garbled text and stray letters.
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Goross
Black Bird
Rocky Pinnacle
Harden
Gree
Ripple Aeaingt
Crete
Safety Pin Inventor Walter Hunt Featured In Chronicle Item
The column recounts Walter Hunt as inventor of the safety pin and other devices, noting his Quaker background, New York City life, and frequent failures to profit from his innovations. It covers his sewing machine dispute, early concrete building, and various minor inventions while highlighting his lack of wealth from a prolific but undercapitalized career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hunt
Hunt
New York
New York City
Jean Libman Block
American Weekly
West 10Th Street
Arrowsmith
Ellias Howe Jr
Thirty Two Motifs Color Iron On Transfers
Dana Whe offers thirty two color iron on motifs for kitchen textiles. pattern 612 measures 1 34 inches and costs twenty five cents, sent to Box 1 123 Eighteenth St New Toronto Ontario. Include name and address and pattern number. Catalog advertised with further patterns and toys.
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Eighteenth St
New Toronto
Laura Wheeler Needlecraft
Ginger Farm Chronicles Reach a Distant Reader
A column from Ginger Farm recounts Easter walks in England and a reader from the North Bay who shares East Anglian origins. The piece reflects on how small world connections ignite, with a memory of Henry Ryes Lane and a note about publishing that travels through home-town papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Ginger Farm
Clarke
Arthur
Arthur Fair
England
Henry Ryes Lane
North Bay
Partner
Henry
Flaky Coffee Cakes From a Home Kitchen
A recipe for flaky coffee cakes with yeast raised dough, cinnamon sugar fillings, walnut toppings, and an orange butter syrup. Steps include mixing warm water with sugar and yeast, preparing two dough portions, rolling and folding, layering with sugar cinnamon, baking, and finishing with a hot orange butter syrup.
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Fleischmann
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Eighteenth Street
Ont
Fox
Dress
Sing
Amor
Tocmvien
Faa
Taverner
Canada
Daughter
Kathleen
David Ferguson
Patricia
Europe
David
By Dana Whe
Cacouieres “Ginger Farm
Gwendoline D Clack
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