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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1942
Page
3
An 19 year old office worker asks Kathleen Norris for advice after a failed romance with a married boss and a growing yet forbidden friendship with a 42 year old office manager. Norris frames women’s office relationships as often fruitless and risky. The letter reveals social scrutiny, heartbreak, and a dilemma over pursuing affection versus propriety.
The letter argues that philandering beyond companionship harms his wife and child, and warns Olivette against an office romance with a married man. It notes social disapproval, likely divorce risks, and financial burdens if the man must support a first family after separations.
The writer argues that managers and ball players often appeal to the wrong sources for calls, noting umpires are right most of the time when positioned properly. He cites Durocher and Frisch, praises pitchers like Walter Johnson, and predicts Dodgers or Cardinals vs Yankees in a likely World Series, urging focus on teams not officials.
A series of photographs captures coast artillery anti aircraft units in the Mojave desert California. The images highlight training routines daily life and the sailors and soldiers as they prepare to meet all comers on better than even terms.
A National Monument marks Andrew Johnson’s Greeneville shop once a tailor’s home. The piece recounts his 40 years in public life, from alderman to president, and notes his humble origins, education by wife, and wartime and Reconstruction roles.
A nostalgic set of household hints covers flavoring pie with leftover coffee, smoothing rough stove surfaces with stove blacking, dampening for ironing with a sponge, dedicated pastry-board brush use, avoiding dough cracks, cinnamon in custards for color, and breadbox maintenance with air, washing, and a potato to prevent dryness and mildew.
Surveys show tobacco is the preferred gift for soldiers, sailors, airmen, and coast guardsmen. For pipes or hand-rolled tobacco, a pound of Prince Albert is a popular choice among servicemen as local dealers feature it for those in the armed forces.
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