The Mugged Morning Coffee Habit
A reflective piece on coffee culture from percolators to mugs. The narrator recalls buying a German 12 cup machine, only to discover cups are actually mugs of varying sizes. They muse that Americans now drink from mugs, not cups, redefining portion sizes, daily routines, and even the meaning of a coffee “cup.”
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Elvalee
Mount St. Helens
Kelly
Kline
WGBS
Archie
T.S. Eliot
Wasteful school lunches spark PTA debate nationwide
Dear Abby letters from Arizona describe daily food waste in a junior high lunchroom. Parents, teachers, and students face discarded whole meals, fruit, and snacks while some kids refuse to take food home. The column suggests raising the issue at PTA meetings and asks if similar waste occurs elsewhere.
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Abby
Arizona
PTA
Minneapolis Philanthropist Percy Ross Known for Helping Others
Percy Ross, noted Minneapolis millionaire and philanthropist, encourages giving while living. Readers submit letters praising or challenging his charity, with some asking for aid and others debating charity ethics.
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Minneapolis
Percy Ross
Remembering Miss Kimmel and her sewing lessons
The narrator recalls a home economics teacher Miss Kimmel who praised ingenuity with needle and thread. Through references to Gone With the Wind The Sound of Music and Citizen Kane the piece fondly laments how creative use of fabric shaped imagination and memories, even as bluebirds stitched dresses.
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Rhett Butler
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von Trapp
Dorothy
Katharine Hepburn
Humphrey Bogart
No farewell as Noah moves west with mother to Los Angeles
Noah, 16, leaves Cleveland for a new life with his mother Tina in Los Angeles. They fly into LAX and pack belongings at the Beacon Home after a final round of goodbyes with friends and staff. Tina, a legal secretary and movie actress, had located Noah after years in various institutions following adoption at age three.
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Los Angeles
Beacon
West Side
New York
Cleveland
L.A
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