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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1925
Page
2
A collection of pithy statements on love health patience and self improvement. It includes reflections on happiness economic restraint aging and the odd humor of daily scenes such as boys longing for Shortcake and a poet seeking a heroic muse. Notable lines mention New Guinea fish nets and spider-spun gear.
British authorities move to curb radio howling in areas where communism runs strong, aiming to stop interruptions for all listeners nearby.
A reader notes a dull scene overheard in a busy street exchange stating Passerby-Lion is business and a sharp critic responds I never saw things so dull in my life.
A visitor asks if any job openings exist and then shifts to offering to fill a secretary position. The exchange centers on employment needs and the potential fit for clerical work.
The first diesel motored and electrically driven sidewheel ferryboat in America will operate on the Ohio River between Jeffersonville Indiana and Louisville Kentucky, marking a historic propulsion milestone for river transport.
A McClure Syndicate essay argues that a pleasing voice with musical intonation wins audiences in any setting. It warns against harsh loud speech, urging cultivation of refined tone and gentle manners to aid sales and social success.
A student text recounts the line Ee or he who fights and runs away may live to fight again and the rest of Goldsmiths quotation about dying in battle. It traces Oliver Goldsmith born in Ireland in 1728 and outlines family, schooling at Trinity College Dublin, early clerical ambitions, tutoring misadventures, gambling losses, and attempts to study law and medicine without degrees.
The piece recounts Oliver Goldsmith’s education in Leyden funded by his uncle, his celebrated works The Vicar of Wakefield and The Deserted Village, and his financial struggles, dying in London on April 4, 1774 in debt over ten thousand dollars, attributed to Wayne D. McMurray and George Matthew Adama.
A reflective poem on friendship and self reliance. It extols the value of true friends who provide support in adversity and urges readers to be self sufficient while appreciating lasting companionship. The verses stress that aging teaches independence and mutual aid.
Poem fragment in which the dewdrop asks for mutual aid from a nearby drop. A warm south breeze may carry the speaker away, but they vow to help each other to create a brook that will reach the sea.
A list of cooking ideas favors meat reduction with dishes like creamed asparagus on toast and various salads. Includes Creole Soup from beef bone, Tomato Ice, Clabbered Milk, Chicken Custard, Summer Squash preparations, Cucumber Sauce, Stuffed Peppers, Rhubarb and Strawberry Conserve, and whipped cream filled sponge cakes.
The text traces the surname Wycliffe to a parish in North Riding of Yorkshire England and notes John de Wycliffe’s birth in 1324. It recounts David Wickliffe as Maryland’s first Protestant male child, his father arriving in 1638 and dying in 1642, and mentions a wife Jane who remarried. It also covers a Maryland link to Virginia through David’s son, with marital and educational details and connections to notable Virginian families including Col. William Pierce and John Rolfe.
The Merritt name traces to Merriott in Somersetshire while Lumley is an old Anglo Saxon surname tied to Durham since the Conquest. In 1603 James I visited Lumley Castle where a bishop praised the Lumley family, and the king dismissed further details with a remark about Adam Lumley. Boston now imports about two thirds of the wool entering the United States.
A 1925 Western Newspaper Union recipe column suggests vegetarian mains and desserts. Pea and corn morsels with honey and olive oil mold into cups with a cream sauce, nut loaf substitute, tomato seasoning, and baked potatoes with onions. Also offered are a cream soup with toast, lettuce with peanuts, cantaloupe balls with lemon sauce, berry pie à la mode, and a lima bean croquette served with fried apples.
The young lady across the way notes another reason to avoid drinking now is the danger of impure products. She highlights that there is no guarantee the alcohol is genuine synthetic or safe, urging caution and awareness.
Mrs T H Fuller of Walpole New Hampshire says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her health curing months of irregularity and painful symptoms. She regained strength to work and care for two babies. Over 200 000 women have responded to the question with 98 of 100 saying Yes. For sale by druggists everywhere.
President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia warns that mechanical progress does not equal intellectual growth. He cites a debate with an aged Hindu about speed in flight and asks whether Americans can match ancient Greek writing. The Hindu questions rushing to speed when all roads lead to the grave.
Investigators report electric mining lamps are rapidly displacing safety flame lights. Over 200000 electric lamps are in use in the United States, with flame lights dropping from 45000 in 1911 to a few thousand. Early mining used tallow candles and crude lamps, causing explosions, but flame lights warn of low oxygen by signaling dangerous mine gas.
A fragmented quote praises a woman as well groomed, noting remarks about her being "for years" described by others. The readable text centers on social impressions and humor surrounding her presentation.
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