Halloween safety reminders from Southern Illinoisan
By Bryan Hawickhorst Carbondale and Herrin police offer safety tips for trick or treaters. Carry a flashlight and use reflective tape on costumes. Masks should not obstruct vision. loose ends pose tripping risks. Look both ways before crossing. ride safety and stranger offers warned. Keep porch light on and inspect treats. wash fruit before eating.
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Bryan Hawickhorst
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Tom McNamara
McNamara
Gene Clark
Herrin
Ann Landers Advice on an Overpowering Wife
A reader, 72, offers a fond view of his wife once labeled overpowering and bossy. He notes she controlled 20 percent of every paycheck and, through steady saving, helped them build a paid-for life, suggesting the complaints miss the value of prudence and partnership.
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Ann Landers
Overpowering Woman Helps Family Through Challenges
A reader praises a strong decisive wife who managed finances and parenting, noting her common sense and firm hand aided three children and marriage. The letter urges joint partnership, compromise, and shared responsibility, highlighting gratitude for a blessed partnership and urging daily acts of kindness and forgiveness. Confidential postscript addressed to Lonesome Louie adds a sharp closing remark.
Guilt and appliances spark a practical rant by Bombeck
In a humorous column Erma Bombeck mocks modern kitchen gadgets branding them scientific breakthroughs. She riffs on see through ovens talking fridges and lighted alerts for under fridge cleanliness while poking fun at guilt and domestic chores. The piece ends with a quip about calling one’s mother for guilt instead.
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Erma Bombeck
Finding perfect fragrance is sweet smell of success
A New York Times piece on perfume advice from Richard Loniewski covers why scents vary by skin type and how dry or oily skin affects fragrance staying power. It notes blondes and brunettes may need different scents, testing fewer fragrances, applying on skin, and letting it settle for hours for best results.
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New York
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Charles
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