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Had it with office’s lack of hiring

Dear Annie: I’ve dated a man for five years. He used to work, prior to the pandemic, but he hasn’t really actively applied to jobs. My biggest issue is the fact that I’m paying all the expenses for the household we share together, and he doesn’t need to do anything to assist me. At the same time, he’s starting to treat me like a servant in my own house. He controls the TV. Foods that I like, he throws away, since he doesn’t eat them. He has outbursts and tantrums when I tell him to get a job. I’m fed up with supporting a grown man. What should I do? -- Frustrated Dear ...

Cleaning hairbrushes in the washer

Dear Heloise: To keep combs and brushes clean, remove as much hair as you possibly can from your combs and hairbrushes. Then, run them through a wash cycle in the washing machine with laundry detergent. They’ll come out cleaner than doing it by hand. -- Rebba C., Colorado Springs, Colorado Rebba, there are a number of things you can wash in the washing machine or dishwasher. I have plastic silverware holders in my kitchen drawers that I periodically wash in my dishwasher. I wash my down comforter on the gentle cycle in my washing machine, then hang it outside on a sunny day to ...

Doanld “Sep” Tauer

Aug. 20, 1938-Oct. 7, 2023 NEW ULM—Donald “Sep” Tauer. 85, of New Ulm died Saturday, October 7, 2023 at Woodstone Assisted Living in New Ulm. A visitation will be 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 14, 2023 at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home SOUTH Chapel in New Ulm. Burial will ...

Miss New Ulm at firemen’s ball

JAN SCHARLEMANN, left, sponsored by Green Clothiers was crowned Miss New Ulm Saturday at the Firemen’s Ball in George’s. From left, runnersup in order, were Jill Schlong, Beth Burns and Rose Franta. (Photo by Ron Grieser) New Ulm Daily Journal, Oct. 8, 1973