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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1936
Page
8
Weekly sale at the Sidney Livestock Pavilion promises top prices for quality hogs and products. Advertises A. B. Appery for arranging consignments and notes Potter State Bank as the date source with satisfaction guaranteed.
A terse sequence of aphoristic musings on religion ignorance fame public talk patriotism and economy. It critiques political dependence cost and decay while urging resilience and desire for excitement amid social change. An epigrammatic slice of opinion with scattered observations on modern life.
Popular Mechanics notes ancient coins proliferated where banks did not exist. Discoveries include 20,000 bronze coins in jars, 4,000 copper coins from Louis VII era, and a Baltimore cellar cache worth thousands. Royal collectors and early Lydia minting history highlighted. notable coins include the Pine Tree shilling and the pieces of eight.
A patent describes a clock network using Hertzian waves from a central master clock. The system claims all clocks within reception range can achieve precise timing, outperforming wired clocks by removing line lag since radio waves travel at the speed of light.
A group of radicals in Santa Fe, Argentina, nominated two lunatic candidates as a symbol of contempt for the conservative platform. The candidates campaigned with gravity, delivering speeches to cheering radicals each night. Just before election day a possession of about 800 party supporters was diverted to the local jail where they remained through the voting.
The article notes the strong land ownership among foreign born families in Massachusetts. In Boston 45,986 homes are owner occupied, with 26,866 owned by foreign born occupants. Of 130,140 rented homes, 63,695 are rented by white native Americans and 61,505 by foreign born whites.
The smallest dwelling in Douglas Scotland with three stacked rooms was razed. It rented for 16 cents a week and housed large families. Once a center for smugglers, it stood as one of the town’s few remaining old places.
A committee of engineers in South Africa reported that lightning travels between 14,900 and 68,400 miles per second, with an average velocity of 28,500 miles per second or about 15 percent of the speed of light, as summarized by Science Service.
A playful exchange contrasts pull and head as a pun on advancement. The dialogue hints at competition and wit between two speakers named Tom and Jim with a light, conversational tone.
A collection of aphorisms on life, work, aging, youth, politics, and society. Observations touch on honesty, patience, diet, leisure, work, taste in cheese, conservatism, urban manners, and the illusion of progress.
Dr. Alexander Winchell argues man originated in a region now under Indian Ocean. Sir John Murray funded an expedition using the Mabahiss to map boundaries between India and South America. Findings support Lemuria as part of Gondwana that persisted into the Mammal Era with Madagascar and Seychelles as high lands.
Rich ard Halliburton in Cosmopolitan notes Persia remains largely untouched by the machine age with under six hundred miles of railroad. Camel caravans, guiding stars, and dramatic geography still shape commerce and travel, while lush gardens and artistic people attract visitors more than ancient tombs or ruins.
The floral clock displays a 100 foot diameter dial with a 50 foot minute hand and 15 foot hour numerals. Surrounding the numerals are 12 plant beds each 25 by 15 feet. Steel hands ride in wooden soil troughs, lit by about 1000 incandescent lamps at night.
Collier's Weekly notes women increasingly fill dangerous roles. In Europe they run multiple women only prisons. in Chile they form the official fire fighting unit of a large city. in Russia they crew several large merchant ships without any men aboard.
Britain claims to be the second largest beer consuming country with an average of 15 gallons per person annually, behind Belgium at 37 gallons and ahead of Germany and Austria tied for third.
A blunt exchange shows a suitor seeking marriage to a daughter asking for contact details. The businessman replies with a pragmatic offer to wait and notify if a better proposal arises. The dialogue reflects reserved social etiquette and marketlike dating norms.
A dialog notes that milk is not weighed but measured, with mention of a dairyman and a possible yard measurement. The exchange highlights the practical difference between weight and measure in dairy trade.
Women undergo gas mask drills as part of regular training in Russia. They are admitted to many army branches with no restrictions, reflecting broadening roles for women in the armed forces.
Cattle receipts at the Omaha Union Stock Yards on Monday June 9 show 8 000 head with light and handy weight steers and yearlings at steady to strong prices while heavier cattle were slow to sell. Best steers fetched 8.40, desirable heifers in active demand, stockers and feeders largely unchanged, with detailed ranges for cornfed steers and yearlings, beef cows, fat heifers, feeding steers, and stock cattle.
Hog prices eased as buyers offered 10 to 25 cents less for heavy and mixed hogs while light weights held steady. Monday’s receipts reached 7,500 head. best light hogs sold between 9.60 and 9.90 dollars, medium weights 9.50 to 9.75, and heavy and mixed packers 9.50 down.
Receipts of sheep and lambs on Monday reached 4000 head with fat lamb inquiry broad and prices steady or firmer in places. Idaho range lambs sold to 11 dollars and California lambs to 10.45. Trade in stockers and feeders stable. aged lambs sold similar to last week with fat lambs and feeder ranges listed by quality.
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