Dear Anne Hirst Advice on Love Age Gap and Family
A reader asks if an 12 year age difference is acceptable when two adults love each other and share three children from a previous marriage. Anne Hirst counsels weighing maturity commitment and how children will welcome a stepfather before deciding.
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Anne Hirst
Sew-Easy Outfit Pattern 4567 for Misses Sizes 10-20
Pattern 4567 offers a high-waisted princess dress with a cover-up bolero and a contrast bodice option. Includes complete illustrated instructions and fit-tested guidance for sizes 16 as requested. requires specific fabric amounts and 35 cents in coins stamps for order.
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Cois
Ladies First and Desert Raiders in War and Peace
A column reviews Norman Phillips’s Guns Drugs and Dachers in the Middle East detailing Special Investigation Branch work after Alamein and Arab raids that led to weapon thefts and chained rifles. It also notes Nature's sodium propionate in Swiss cheese and its bakery uses to delay mould in bread and baked goods.
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Red Sea
Alamein
Desert
Norman Phillips
Special Investigation Branch
Middle East
S.lb
Iraq
Nature
Mouldy bread and defense against spoilage
A housewife can detect mould by smell before visual signs appear. Mould thrives in summer heat and moisture, especially at 80 to 90 degrees, and can be combated by strict cleanliness and the chemical sodium propionate baked into bread to protect crumbs from bacteria.
Modern Etiquette Q and A on Invitations and Introductions
A young widow’s second marriage invitations follow the standard form with the parents or relatives named, as in Mr and Mrs William Johnson request the honour of your presence for their daughter Mary Johnson Carter. Introduce a stepfather as my step father, adding his name if needed Mr Carter.
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William Johnson
Mary Johnson Carter
Mr. Carter
Welcome Spring and the Garden's First Quiet Burst
The piece traces a shift to warm weather with garden chores and household activity. It notes flowers blooming, birds calling, and insects waking as spring vitality returns while farm animals react to heat and confinement. A neighbor’s cheerful motto “Oh well” frames reflections on weather, work, and changing light in daily rural life.
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Forsythia
Better Business Bureau
Crusty Dinner Rolls Made Easy with New Yeast
Quick rye? No. The ad touts Fleischmann's Active Dry Yeast for fast action light doughs. A dozen packages stay at full strength without refrigeration for convenient batch baking.
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Fleischmann
Crusty Dinner Rolls Recipe
A dough method to yield 18 crusty dinner rolls. Ingredients include lukewarm water, sugar, Fleischmanns yeast, bread flour, salt, shortening, and cornmeal. Steps cover mixing, rising twice, shaping into 2 inch pieces, proofing, steaming, and baking at 425 degrees.
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Fleischmann
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