Preservation boom fuels winter canning and freezing decisions
Garden abundance this spring drives many homemakers to preserve. Women weigh canning versus freezing, weighing family preference and freezer space. Extension expert Sue Hellar notes freezing is popular though some fear pressure canners. costs, gauges, and new jar brands add to guidance. Experts warn against microwave or oven methods and advise following lid maker instructions.
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Franklin County
Sue Hellar
Ball and Kerr
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Franklin County Extension Office
Kansas State University
USDA
Ann Landers column letters on parenting and memory issues
A reader asks if a seven year old should use the ladies room alone amid safety fears and the columnist suggests a boy be watched by a kindly man as an alternative. Other letters discuss forgetting names and memory, a brainteaser puzzle about a photograph, and a bank forgery case involving a son and disowned youth seeking guidance and therapy. The column closes with an appeal to contact a Syracuse mental health clinic for the text’s young man in trouble.
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Ann Landers
Figire
Soibie
Oenaepeia Id Sén
Syracuse
Chicago
Ann
Smart Crochet Pattern Catalog Offer
An advertisement for worsted crochet patterns and books from Needlecraft, listing titles like New Fifty Quilts and Ripple Crochet, with prices and a mail-order form. It invites sending $1.09 per pattern to Alice Brooks at Needlecraft, New York, with name address zip size and style.
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Needlecraft
Alice Brooks
Oreane Harald
Neodiecraft
Mess Wits
Truman Stamp Design for 8-cent Issue
The Harry Truman commemorative stamp issued May 8 1973 featured a portrait from a Kansas City photographer Leo Stern combined by designer Bradbury Thompson with an inscription. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing rushed two stock Truman portraits from the 1940s before adopting Sterns photo for the final design. It debuted on Truman’s birthday two years prior, becoming a popular stamp.
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Harry Truman
U.S
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Truman
Kansas City
Leo Stern
Bradbury Thompson
Stern
Kaub Silver Wedding Anniversary Open House
To honor 25th year friends and relatives are invited to an open house from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the home Ottawa RFD 4. The Kaubs request no gifts. Fred Kaub and Ruth Klein married June 11, 1950 in Ottawa. They are the parents of Fred Kaub and Steve Kaub, both of the home. Kaub is an electrician at Hercules Powder Company Sunflower and Mrs. Kaub is a registered nurse.
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Fred Kaub
Ottawa
Rfd
Ruth Klein
Steve Kaub
Kaub
Hercules Powder Company
Sunflower
Club Foretasts and Local Meeting Schedule Summary
Ottawa area clubs outline weekly meetings at First United Methodist Church IOOF Hall Ottawa Library and other venues. Activities include TOPS chapters NARFE Knights DeMolay and WCTU with times from 6:30 p.m. to 9:90 a.m. plus a travel snack tip about foil lined egg cartons.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Garden Club
First United Methodist Church
Ottawa Coin and Stamp Club
Anchor Savings
Narfe
House of Douglas
Knights Progress Chess Club
Demolay
PEO
Paul Damron
Highland Avenue
Carrie Magenthin
Alta Unger
WCTU
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DE McGlashon
Harry Brown
Brown's Hardware
Upstate University Hospital
East Adams
By Wee Broek
Mrs
Retail Association
15Th and Main Street
Golden Age
ALCO
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