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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1949
Page
5
An article urges keeping neat home attire to curb embarrassment for visitors. It stresses regular grooming, avoiding neglectful habits, and recommends practical clothing like tailored house dresses and a dedicated house coat for morning meals to support health, comfort, and appearance.
A fragmentary OCR line appears with unclear text asking about ashes on a page and mentions an ash tray. The readable content is limited and offers no clear event, person, or place for a complete news item summary.
Registration is daily from 10 A M to 12 M, except Saturday, or by appointment.
A preview of spring millinery notes a little season of fashion as women seek fresh outfits. Holiday and resort hats dominate, with theater inspired styles, tilted caps, high bows, swathed turbans, and various shapes like pill boxes and cloches prominent in new collections.
A reader asks how to handle love at first sight at a basketball game and a dating dilemma. Woodward counsels balancing charm with boundaries, suggests avoiding necking, keeping a firm but friendly stance, and offers a free booklet to improve dating technique.
A reader describes a bedroom with three walls painted sunny yellow and a Tong wal behind the Inds papered in stripes of soft greens yellows and purples. They ask for drape and bedspread color guidance to match the plum rust and pale pink and green palette.
A cluttered ad-like text offers crochet and knitting patterns, with a focus on a medallion motif pattern T118. It includes ordering details, prices, and catalog references, plus miscellaneous home decor suggestions and color ideas for living room and bedroom items.
An alcove off the bedroom can be transformed into a separate dressing room. It suggests decorating with paper, harmonizing paint, and a few throws. The plan includes an ample ring table, a chair or chaise lounge, a small table and lamp for sewing or relaxing.
A reader recalls a favorite rolled oatmeal cookie hidden in a bookie jar. The note asks to cut them in varied jet shapes and decorate with sugar, nuts, and a sugar glaze before baking.
The piece notes a return to boyish resort wear with skirt-length pants and Bermuda lengths, loose belts, and practical yet stylish pieces. It highlights tank tops, pullovers, and T shirts as core items, predicting a smart, utilitarian season. It also includes a brief panel on children’s behavior in Family Scrapbook by Dr. Osborne, stressing seen but not heard etiquette.
A damaged clipping advises to wash lettuce in cold water and drain well before storing. It warns against water pooling in the vegetable drawer which can cause the leaves to rot or brown after about 30 minutes of resting.
A Davis Oklahoma reader reports three years of pimples cleared after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The testimonial says three weeks of treatment fully eliminated the pimples and urges others to buy Cuticura at their pharmacist today.
A brief note explains deodorant spray in atomizer bottles. Pressing the bottle releases a fine mist, offering a simple, fuss free method of applying deodorant.
A fragmented recipe note describes preparing bacon and eggs for a Sunday breakfast crowd. It suggests baking bacon in a shallow pan at 400 F for about 12 minutes until crisp and browned, with a plan to set the table and serve.
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