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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1971
Page
4
Column by Jean Adams provides brief Q and A on teen issues including leaving home and apartment independence. Readers send letters about problems such as accusations, pregnancy rumors, and guidance from an outside advisor.
Creative Woman advertises pattern No. 1308 with Photo Guide in sizes 10 to 24 bust 33 to 47 inches. Includes 4 yards of fabric and contrast. pattern costs 75 cents plus postage. Send name address style number and size with $1.00 for the Fall Fashion Basics kit. Printed by Troy Record in New York.
Home dry cleaning tips include using a large comb as a washboard for spots and ensuring clothing is fully dry before ironing. Restore shine to patent leather with biscuit inside, then buff with cloth. Use dental floss to sew school clothes buttons for durability.
Practical kitchen tips include lining a quick hot dish with cardboard and foil, dusting pans with flour and shaking out excess, dampening a cloth for juicing to prevent absorption, baking bacon on wire racks for about ten minutes, making fruit ice cream sodas, crushing fruit before mixing with ice cream, and reusing bread bags for freezer or fridge storage.
Canyon California reports Edith Lynch as postmistress of the village post office set in a trailer serving an estimated population of 250 residents.
A essay arguing that women internalize subservience and men sustain superiority. It critiques polls and rhetoric, urging both sexes to explore real options between subjugation and equality. The piece envisions couples choosing roles consciously, valuing genuine freedom and partnership.
Across clues list many terms including Forbidden Yogi Abbi and various wordplay hints. Down clues include Japanese general long river and many themed entries asking for definitions and cross references across the grid.
A blooming potted plant needs more water than a non blooming one. When a cutting from a potted plant is hard to root place a drinking glass over it until it has rooted. Use aluminum foil pans to hold potted plants on furniture to prevent damage. They are less noticeable if enameled to match the room color scheme.
Use dry hands and pot holders for hot glass and pottery to prevent cracking. Keep jars upright and well apart away from drafts when removing from heat. Dry the outside of glassware before cooking to avoid uneven heating and cracking.
The guidance emphasizes discarding a medicine bottle if the label is missing even if the bottle is nearly full. It cautions that without labeling you cannot confirm contents, dosage, or expiry, posing safety and misuse risks.
The tips advise not to drop eggs into smoking bacon fat and to cool briefly if fat is very hot. Baste eggs with hot fat for tenderness and avoid high heat to prevent rubbery texture. Also suggests salmon sandwich filling with chopped eggs and relish and brief cooking to keep peas green. Braising meats include beef pot roasts and lamb neck among others.
A column blends aphorisms about judging women by how they decorate, makeup, and dress with quirky facts about animals, matches, and a Q&A on place names and traffic. It notes Henry C. Traute’s book matches joke, then riffs on common questions and curiosities from daily life and history.
A reader asks about removing strawberry birthmarks on a nearly two year old. The advice notes most marks fade gradually without surgery or radiation, with periodic measurement and photography to track progress, and cites Dr. Amos Christie’s camera and ruler method as a monitoring approach.
United Press International notes events on October 5 across history. Key items include Allied forces breaking the Hinderburg Line in 1918, the 1960 Boston Harbor Electra crash with 61 deaths, Pope Paul VI’s 1965 UN peace appeal in New York, and 1970 Quebec separatists abducting James Cross demanding ransom and prisoner releases. Also mentions Chester Arthur born this day and a historical thought on education by Trevelyan.
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