Dear Abby column venting on messy homes and nosy neighbors
A reader asks Abby how to tell a friend to clean her filthy, crowded house where boxes and clutter block rooms. A second letter condemns nosy spectators at a heart attack victim’s ambulance scene. A third wonders how to address future in laws properly amid marital blur.
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Bridge Hands and Family Letters Bring Out The Gags
A fragment includes a bridge hand from a six spades slam tale by S Munchausen and a humorous mailbag with Abby-like advice about what to call in-laws and a San Diego doctor's office sign about morticians and smokers. It mixes high card play with light etiquette jokes and reader questions.
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Pleasantview Benefit Sale Adds Special Item Clock
The 1973 Pleasantview Home Benefit Sale in Kalona features a handmade walnut grandfather clock as a special item. The clock will cross the block at 8 pm on September 18 at the Kalona Sale Barn, amid quilts, crafts, baked goods, antiques, and farm items.
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Pleasantview Benefit Sale plans and aging facility upgrade
The notice highlights Nearing completion of a facility expansion to add 49 beds for a total of 130 guests, stressing continued skilled nursing care. It praises Pleasantview’s community effort, urges attendance at the Benefit Sale on Tuesday September 18 with selling from 10 to 4, a 6 to 8 window, and all items sold thereafter.
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