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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1936
Page
6
Thornton W Burgess recounts how Billy Mink unsettled a rat conspiracy in a barn. The bold younger rats rushed in fear as Billy’s presence awoke a deep rooted terror of his family. The gray leader fled, realizing the plan could not succeed and his followers would not stand and fight.
A brief note from a mothers cookbook stresses the importance of holiday sweets and presents Coffee Fondant as a featured Christmas candy. The tone urges preserving festive treats for all ages during the holiday season.
Instructions from the Western Newspaper Union describe preparing fondant from sugar water and cream of tartar boiling to the soft ball stage. It covers forming, aging, and shaping centers, dipping in chocolate, and flavoring with peppermint or wintergreen.
A poem quoting Douglas Malloch urges readers to make Christmas a season of joy through giving. It emphasizes helping the needy, the stranger, and the single parent, pairing the joy of living with selfless acts and the Christ spirit.
The article explains thumb features as gauges of temperamental traits. It covers nail, middle, and palm joints indicating will, logic, and affections, plus muscle influence and thumb position signaling generosity or its lack.
The institution of nobility rests on the notion that special privilege, once gained, passes to descendants. Rome’s nobles were anciens inhabitants, Venice’s nobility grew from wealthy merchant traders, while much of Europe’s nobility arose from freemen who earned wealth and status, becoming feudal lords with near-kingly power.
A historical look at early political betting shows brokers taking massive risks from 1908 to 1916. It notes 60,000 to 1 odds against Debs in 1908 and Taft's shifting favorites, then multi‑million exchanges in 1916 with Wilson and Hughes. A notable 1916 tale features a drunken bettor naming states to back Wilson, aiming to net at least $15 by hedging South states.
The 1888 Republican convention nearly crowned William B. Allison of Iowa after delegates from eight states conferred and backed him. Chauncey Depew's withdrawal due to farm belt opposition doomed the effort, though Allison’s stature matched the presidency as he served 35 years in the Senate after starting in the Iowa legislature.
The British blame their defeat in the American Revolution on a maritime focus and weaker naval performance. They contend land failures stemmed from scarce sea support while Yorktown fell as control of the sea temporarily shifted, with Paul Jones harassing British forces at their doorstep.
Delightful cuddle toys for babies, each made of two pieces except the bear and chick. Transfer pattern 5609 includes instructions and material needs. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. at 259 West Fourteenth St New York NY with pattern number and your name and address.
Household guidance covers thickening tomato juice for soup with milk, polishing black marble clocks with olive oil, keeping white woodwork clean with mild soap, and using a pencil end to mark initials on linen embroidery. Associated Newspapers WNU Service.
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