Heloise Bowles Cruse (May 4, 1919 – December 28, 1977
[Heloise Bowles Dies at 58. Florence Times Daily.]
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Find a grave entry) was the original author of the popular syndicated newspaper column "Hints from Heloise."
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David Remnick, editor. Modern Library. 2001.
Born in Fort Worth, Texas,[ Bowles married Marshal (Mike) Holman Cruse, a US Air Force Captain][
The original column was first published in the '' Honolulu Advertiser'' as "Readers' Exchange" in 1959.][ In 1961, King Features syndicated it as "Hints from Heloise";][ nearly 600 newspapers carried the column,][ and, at the time of her death, it was one of three most popular (in terms of syndication) in the United States.][Heloise Bowles of 'Hints' column]
St Petersburg Times, Dec 30, 1977. P. 11B
Her book ''Heloise's Housekeeping Hints'' was, at half a million copies total, one of the top 10 selling hardcover books in 1963. The book later became the fastest selling paperback in the history of its publisher Pocket Books.
Books
* Heloise's Housekeeping Hints (1962)
* Heloise's Kitchen Hints (1963)
* Heloise All Around the House (1965)
* Hints For Working Women (1966)
* Heloise's Work and Money Savers (1967)
References
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1919 births
1977 deaths
American columnists
American women columnists
People from Fort Worth, Texas
20th-century American non-fiction writers
Journalists from Texas
20th-century American journalists
20th-century American women writers