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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
6
Eve, bored and hopeful, meets British war correspondent John Travers in a hotel lounge. She offers tea, captivates him with charm, and dances as a dreamlike encounter shifts toward romance. Travers hints at a future call, and Eve eagerly imagines traveling with him back to England.
Airmen recorded bird flight heights including swallows at 700 yards and wild ducks at 1,800 yards. Green plovers were seen at 2,150 yards. Ducks reportedly moved at 6514 miles per hour upward and 69 miles per hour horizontally.
A New Success Magazine piece urges salesmen to maintain clean, spruce appearance and avoid overfamiliarity. It stresses speaking slowly yet forcefully and, above all, working hard. The article warns that charm without effort yields poor results, citing the impression of being a “good fellow” rather than a “good worker.”
Scotland may tap vast hydropower potential with waterfalls estimated to yield about 1,000,000 horsepower. Researchers warn the figure depends on development and technology, but the prospect promises a major energy source for industry and power grids.
An Electrical Experimenter writer estimates a 150 pound man contains about 3 500 cubic feet of gas oxygen hydrogen and nitrogen worth 2 80 for illumination at 80 cents per thousand. He notes fats to make a 15 pound candle and 8 500 cubic feet of gases giving illumination potential. The body holds twenty two pounds ten ounces of carbon enough for 780 dozen pencils. Blood holds about 50 grains of iron and the bones hold a spike. Phosphorus totals fifty four ounces enough for 800 000 matches or to kill 500 persons. Two ounces of lime form bones and brains. Sugar about sixty lumps and twenty spoonfuls of salt season the body. Distill a man into water yields about thirty eight quarts, more than half his weight, with starch chloride of potash magnesium sulfur and hydrochloric acid. Break 1 000 eggs to mirror a man from toes to brain. This is the scientific answer to the question.
A London Answers writer notes old sayings linking gait to fate. Bandy legged boys are said to lack poverty, while toes turned in may portend money trouble or even prison. A long stride and swinging walk are seen as signs of resilience and eventual fortune. Watch your step.
Henry Cuyler Bunner crafts a nostalgic scene at a theater where a chaperon, aged yet aglow with revived youth, captivates the crowd. The narrator admires her youth rekindled as old suitors recall past romances, while he longs to recapture his own lost youth.
A writer signing as Sepharial in the British Journal of Astrology forecasts a new world war starting in June 1926. He claims to have named the dates of 1914 and the 1918 cessation a year in advance, tracing the conflict to Turkey, Prussian intrigue, and a chain from Vienna and Berlin to Petrograd, Russia, and on to Syria and Palestine.
The article recalls an old sport of horseshoes as a rural pastime. A Maine traveler described two farmers starting a game in front of a farmhouse and playing from morning until evening, only pausing for occasional meals.
A collection of pithy quips on relationships and vanity. A man judges minds by speech, a girl assigns love to her sweetheart, a deceived man suffers vanity’s stroke, and walking on an empty stomach is said to cure indigestion though one should beware whose stomach is walked upon.
A reflection on second chances versus first chances. It contrasts how individuals seize opportunities under the same circumstances and how they respond when a setback occurs, invoking Thomas Hughes to illustrate personal resilience and accountability.
Italy ranks among the world’s top sources of art and building marbles with Verona quarries supplying Veronese marbles such as white nembro coral pink white peach patridge eye yellow snail yellow azure and paradise. Venice uses stone from Istria and Verona extensively for durable fireproof architecture and decorative work.
The state department reiterates a ban on nonessential travel to European nations. It notes passport requests from Britain France Switzerland Belgium and Italy require strong documentary proof of urgent need. Some firms and relief groups have sought passports in bad faith and may be blacklisted if found to misstate facts.
A 19th century style recipe note describes grape nectar and ginger lemonade. Grape juice is mixed with syrup and oranges, then charged water for a refreshing drink suitable for desserts. Ginger lemonade combines Canton ginger, sugar, lemon rind and juice, water, and additional lemon juice to serve over ice.
An old fashioned field drink recipe uses two tablespoons of ginger and three tablespoons of sugar, diluted with chilled water. The mixture is stirred and served. Molasses was once used as the sweetener instead of sugar.
A recipe note describes adding strained orange juice to each tumbler, along with two tablespoons of syrup made by boiling sugar and water, and three quarters of a cup of plain or carbonated liquid.
Mix a pint of grated pineapple with a pint of prepared syrup and a quart of water. Chill on ice for three hours, strain, and serve. Sometimes add lemon juice with a pint of charged water for a variation.
A compact instruction describes making a strong coffee concentrate for a reception. Brew a quart or two depending on guests, sweeten to taste, strain and cool. Serve in tall glasses with a spoonful of ice cream on top of each for a simple dessert beverage.
Melt two squares of chocolate with two tablespoons boiling water and a pinch of salt. Add two cups boiling water and sugar, cook five minutes, strain and bottle. Keep in a cool place until needed.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports on three lots of native steers fed for five months to test profit from corn silage, cottonseed meal, oat straw, and shelled corn. Lot results show gains, pork credit affects profitability, shrinkage in transit, and carcass fatness, with net profits around $11 to $15 per steer depending on pork credit.
Hogs die from heat in summer. provide shade or sheds with roofs of poles and straw to give relief. Build posts support to allow air flow. place near water so hogs can pass hot weather safely.
Orphan lambs can be raised on cow's milk and, with proper care, a small flock may grow quickly. Legume hay makes good horse feed if fed in limited quantities. Ensure a dedicated pasture for colts to avoid following the team into the field.
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