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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1940
Page
2
Ruth Wyeth Spears describes a trio of corner shelves crafted from tin can lids, spools, beads, and wire. Painted cherry red, the shelves hold condiments and small items, with directions included for making the project from Book 3 and an end table from Book 5, timely for Christmas orders.
Constipation relief emphasizes Dr Caldwell's Laxative Senna with Syrup Pepsin as a pleasant carrier. The ad claims the laxative wakes lazy bowels and smooths its taste, appealing to finicky users, including children.
A Montaigne line expresses that love of a friend is defined by mutual sameness. The speaker says love cannot be justified beyond the simple truth that the friend is themselves and the speaker is themselves. It emphasizes a deep, intrinsic bond.
George McAusland, aged 38, sails from America to take a Fiji Islands post, overwhelmed by a crime in a moment of excitement that shattered his confidence. He avoids Mary Doncaster who boards in Honolulu en route to visiting missionary parents on Gilead Island, while Mary is drawn to his evasive behavior.
John Gale, Mary, and others discuss a tense situation as Joseph Neargood contemplates contact. A cry arises when George McAusland falls overboard. Mary Doncaster dives into the sea to aid, while the minister also acts, and crew scramble to locate the pair amid towering waves.
Mary Doncaster rescues shipmate George McAusland after he sinks. She hauls him aboard the boat, calms him, and shares a wary, hopeful exchange about returning to shore as they near Gilead. George adapts, while Mary guides navigation toward a welcome reunion with family.
The piece argues football rewards luck as much as skill, noting coaches agree that breaks decide games more than yards or first downs. It highlights Minnesota's tough schedule, near misses, and the mental attitude crucial to a single game, with Yost foreseeing a changing game for players and crowds.
Home repair tips cover plastering wallpaper removal and use of gypsum based plastic paint for plasterboard walls, damp cellar fixes with repointed joints and proper mortar mix, addressing condensation, damp odor sources, floor finishing with varnish under waxing, rusted refrigerator parts replacement or plating, and porch floor refinishing with priming and crack sealing.
Pattern No 1265 B offers a weskit calot and mittens trimmed with stitching. Choose felt flannel or suede and sew a two tone set with a feather in the calot. Sizes 11 13 15 17 and 19 with busts 29 31 33 35 and 37. Yardage given for size 13. Send order to Barbara Bell.
A household health note explains constipation from insufficient bulk in meals. It suggests Kellogg's All-Bran for breakfast as a natural aid, noting its high bulk and advising regular use with plenty of water and physician consultation if chronic.
A playful aphorism on life and cycles hints that events circle back, echoing the idea that actions recur as the world rotates. The remark attributes a world-weary sentiment to a nameless speaker, framing fate as a rotating inevitability.
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