Dogs at a Family Dinner Spar Over House Rules
Dear readers, a letter from Sue in San Diego describes a quarrel where an 87 year old sister asked two adult children to leave their dogs at home for a holiday gathering. The son refused, three dogs urinated in a guest room, and the dispute escalated with no resolution in sight.
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Ann Landers
Sue
San Diego
Calif
Reprintable Heloise stain remover and weevil tips
Barbara Sellers of Harrisonville Missouri asks for a rerun of Heloise’s stain remover recipe. The economical prewash spray uses equal parts dishwashing liquid, full strength non sudsing ammonia, and water in a spray bottle and should be followed by immediate washing. Also shared are Casco Bay Handyman tips on preventing weevils by freezing new pantry items and keeping the freezer full for efficiency. A senior retiree shares a clothing hanger method to flag items worn once by reversing hangers in the closet.
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Heloise
Barbara Sellers
Harrisonville
Port wine stains and birthmarks in medical letters
Dear Dr Donohue explains a port wine stain a vascular birthmark present at birth that may affect vision if on the forehead or eyelid and is mostly cosmetic. lasers can erase it, but it does not cause memory loss. A later child case suggests a hemangioma, a vascular birthmark appearing in infancy that usually fades by age nine, though some do not shrink and require specialist review.
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DR. Donohue
C.R
L.D
Crossword Across Clues and Puzzle Fragments
Puzzle item list shows clues with enumerations and partial phrases from a crossword page. Includes names like Dennis the Menace girl and Ms Gardner, plus various wordplay hints and scattered letters suggesting a fill-in-the-blank style feature from a newspaper page.
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Andy
Ms. Gardner
Word Puzzle Fragments From Lead Snippet
A fragmented OCR puzzle lists clues and partial phrases across numbers and lines. It references people such as Stravinsky and Bradley, places like Winnipeg, and items including eggs, coast, monastery, and a hot tub.
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Metropolis
Spotter's
Stolen Cry
Winnipeg
Carly
Monastery Stravinsky
Bradley
Wahine
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