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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1913
Page
7
A veteran detective argues that in London the vast, anonymous city lets people disappear by simply moving, changing clothes and address. The piece cites cases including Antanas Vedegris and two student girls, noting many vanish yearly and police rarely trigger alarms.
In Dayton Street police court William H. King faced a $5 fine and costs for weapons while fighting over child support with Charles Williams, who also paid $5. King, unable to pay, was sent to the workhouse. Williams and his companion beat King before police intervened. King sought a warrant for wife abandonment.
Grape Juice will be one of the thirst quenchers aboard the ship Diana which will carry the Crocker land expedition into the Arctic. Chocolate and ground peanuts will be a food staple.
Atlantic County Mosquito Commission seeks to dig 200000 square feet of ditches in the marsh lands near Atlantic City New Jersey as part of a warfare on the Jersey Bird.
Paris report says Dr. Bouchon claims a liquid can restore a heart that has been removed from the body to beat again. He asserts the serum reanimates the organ outside the body, presenting a remarkable medical claim under discussion.
The Jayhawkers society recalls the 1849 expedition across Death Valley begun with 290 wagons, endured 52 harrowing days with boiled ox hides for soup and scarce water, and ended at a Mexican rancho near Newhall. Only four survivors, including a nearly centenarian woman, attend yearly dinners at their Santa Cruz and other homes.
A Kentucky farmer gave a goose to a friend six miles away. The goose swam the river and walked the distance to return to her original owner during the night, proving she would not be given away again.
New York campaign headquarters announce orders for printing 100 million Red Cross Christmas seals for this holiday season. Seals sold past year topped 40 million for about $400,000, with a 25 percent rise from the year before. Proceeds support anti tuberculosis work run by the American Red Cross and the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, targeting $500,000 for prevention of consumption.
A country clergyman asks for wallpaper to be hung and the tradesman replies he is busy. He has just hung Mrs s, will hang the church warden, and offers to hang the reverend on Wednesday. The passage notes social distinctions gained and lost through marriage and oddities about cliff dwellers recognizing the evils of high living.
A humorous exchange recalls a familiar old joke about two Jews, with a teller noting that everyone has heard stories of this type before. The fragment captures a moment of shared cultural humor and audience reaction.
Ad copy blends with a humorous line about sparks and meeting an old flame. It notes water adulteration and the cost of blueing, praises Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes, and includes various ads for medicines and tobacco. Ends with a remark on pay the freight and a fact about England's textile mills employing over a million workers.
A dialogue snippet shows Patrice confirming a kiss and Adele’s inability to keep a secret. The speakers note the man repeated the kiss despite a request for discretion. The exchange touches on reputation and marriage, with humor about fashion inquiries like slit skirts and judgments of wives.
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