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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
6
An American narrator recalls trench life during World War I in a diary style tale. A German prisoner, Carl Schmidt, shares New York memories and ballgame talk, while a risky exchange of messages and jokes unfolds across stolen rations and a stake between lines.
A brigade volunteer attends two weeks of machine gunnery school at St Omar and joins the brigade machine gun company. In front-line trench duty, the narrator oversees a Vickers gun and shares a dugout with Lewis gunners. A night bombing raid yields twenty one German prisoners, with five kept safe in the dugout amid shellfire. one prisoner, a large calm man, stands out to the narrator.
A German captain and an unteroffizier drink heavily and attempt to hang a cap on the English barbed wire. Drunkenness leads them across No Man's Land where a sentry challenges them. The captain is shot, a bomb explodes, and both officers die, buried next to Tommies with simple wooden crosses.
In a costly but successful assault, Empey and his machine-gun company press the German trenches. The next installment will recount the thrilling charge and its aftermath.
A New York Evening Mail reflection urges avoidance of gossip and cruel truths. It endorses turning a deaf ear to harmful chatter, keeping silent about what is heard, and giving others the benefit of the doubt. It calls small wits to speak only thoughts that cheer and aid happiness.
The passage describes a demonstrative family scene as grandchildren hug and kiss relatives during a holiday visit. Jed and Albert hurriedly dress as they prepare to catch their train home after Christmas. Albert teases Fred about being slow, claiming he has finished his goodbyes.
Rag Apple Korndyke Pontiac, a Holstein cow owned by Oliver Cabana Jr of Elma Center NY, becomes the world champion senior three year old by producing 651.8 pounds milk and 41.94 pounds butter in seven days, beating the prior record of 41.81 pounds. The cow is 3 years 9 months 27 days old at freshening and is the twenty seventh cow to exceed forty pounds of weekly butter.
The article discusses systematic pruning for large commercial plantations. It notes winter or early spring for most fruit trees, with peach pruned in late spring to remove dead wood and maximize fruit, while apple, pear, and grape have seasonally varied timing. Growth and blooming periods guide large-branch removal and overall pruning schedule.
The guinea is a good watch bird though its cry is somewhat objection able. It is the first to give warning when danger threatens the poultry flock and serves as an alert to keep guardian flocks safe.
Lead arsenate sprays kill asparagus beetles and larvae on foliage. Apply two pounds dry lead arsenate or four pounds lead arsenate paste per 50 gallons water or Bordeaux mixture after cutting season to reduce beetle numbers next year and support healthy growth. Common beetle ranges from Toronto to southern North Carolina, with isolated reports in Colorado and California. The 12 spotted beetle is less common and less injurious, with early broods attacking shoots and later broods foliage and berries.
The article discusses how cover crops are sometimes limited by moisture shortages in certain seasons. It notes that sowing cover crops during a drought can hurt soil moisture and stresses the need to identify limiting factors in orchards. It urges diagnosing whether plant nutrients, humus content, soil structure, or drainage are the main constraints and applying the correct remedy.
Everbearing strawberry varieties can be set in spring and yield fruit through summer and autumn. The plants are hardy with disease resistant foliage and will keep producing berries until hard frosts. Ideal for home gardens under favorable conditions.
The message urges citizens to help the food supply by keeping hens in backyards, advocating a small scale start with about ten birds. It frames poultry as necessary and practical, urging small but steady effort to boost meat and eggs locally.
Canton Ohio resident Marie Boyd recounts suffering from female troubles diagnosed as needing surgery. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with relief, enabling her to do housework and avoid operation. The ad urges others to try the remedy and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass for advice.
A touring car driver heard a squaw, claimed to be over a century old, recount how Indian children hid flowers leaves and foliage in hair to move unseen. She explained faces wigwams and horses were painted to blend with rocks trees and dirt to approach prey without detection.
A humorous dialogue records a train journey with 70 passengers, stop changes after two stops with net gains and losses totaling up to 75 after multiple stops, ending with a pun on the engineer’s name Path finder.
A patient telephoned asking if she must avoid rich foods. The doctor instructs to look her up in Bradstreet's for verification.
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