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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1939
Page
2
Instructions by Ruth Wyeth Spears describe making spool dolls toys with arms and legs from spools and wire. The piece notes spool books No 4 and 10 cent book editions, plus free quilt block patterns with orders, and supplies a Bedford Hills New York mailing address.
A reflective line contrasts endless resolve with inaction as a person delays transformative change. The quotation, attributed to Tillotso, likens such postponement to starving oneself by delaying basic needs. The emphasis rests on the paradox of perpetual intention without action.
A fragment from a fiction scene features Rundhia and the Resident discussing Norwood and diamonds. Miss Lynn Harding is named as informant about the diamonds, while Norwood is said to be in love with her. The Maharanee contemplates arrangements for Rundhia in the palace and possible employment.
In a hidden room Lynn confronts the Maharanee over her departure and Rundhia’s advances as Mrs. Harding plans to return home. Norwood meets the Resident, hands over diamonds found on him, and questions the implicating informant while probing Rundhia’s standing and a possible throne dispute.
Morning pattern feature presents No 1860 basque frock with two-way neckline and multiple materials plus No 8568 basque frock slip set for school age girls. Details include sizes, yardage and order address at Chicago sewing circle pattern dept. 15 cents each.
Captain Norwood and Moses O Leary survey Kadur to locate a secret diamond mine. Lynn Harding, an American guest, faces danger as Prince Rundhia pursues her while Norwood and O Leary uncover a hidden mine and a stash of diamonds amid palace intrigue and romantic tensions.
Fragmentary OCR shows a courtroom scene with a lawyer in a black frock coat delivering lengthy arguments and witnesses testifying as documents and expert opinions are presented, though the passage ends abruptly.
U.S. Weather Bureau rainfall records inform Army Corps engineers on maximum possible precipitation for flood control dams. Analysis covers basins including Arkansas above Caddoa, St. Francis above Wapapella, White above Mud Mountain, Wolf Creek above Fort Supply, and Mill Creek in Cincinnati, guiding spillway dimensions.
It notes that over 12,000 workers produce plate glass mirrors annually in the country. The trade pays about 14 million dollars in wages, purchases around 41 million dollars of raw materials, and sells mirrors valued at 88 million dollars each year.
A farmer and his daughter travel to market with butter and eggs, sell the load, and on the return are ambushed by bandits who steal the horse and cart. The farmer weeps while the daughter consoles him. He praises the daughter, remarking how her mother might have saved the horse and cart.
Practical home guidance covers fillings for crackers with peanut butter and cream, double boiler salting for faster cooking, waxed paper under casserole to control heat, lemon rubbed chicken for white tender meat, alcohol in rinse to keep white silks bright, using a silver fork to mix lard into flour, and reasons floors squeak with advice to face nail by a skilled carpenter.
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