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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1934
Page
2
A German village in Bavaria celebrates the tercentennial of the Oberammergau Passion Play begun in 1634 to fulfill a plague vow after the Thirty Years War. The scene shows the Last Supper with Alois Lang as Christ and Anni Rutz as the Virgin Mary, amid village preparations for a large crowd.
Peter Rabbit notices Redeye the Vireo singing constantly in Farmer Brown’s maple at the Old Orchard. Jenny Wren and Sally Sly comment on nest building, eggs, and the Redeyes’ fondness for paper. A mixed feature blends the tale with a recipe section from the Western Newspaper Union.
A sharp remark from Katie about a woman not looking well triggers a playful fashion response. The comment implies the woman will swap to a new hat before seeking a doctor, highlighting vanity and social wit in a brief, period voice.
From Mottier's Cook Book section on dainty desserts, recipes for Three Fruits Ice Fruit Potpourri and Banana Cream filling are given. Three fruits ice uses citrus, gelatin, and egg whites. Fruit Potpourri combines orange peach pineapple juices with sugar and cherry garnish. Banana Cream blends butter sugar and banana pulp for cake filling or pudding.
A collection of joke letters and witty answers. The writer asks why cream costs more than milk and a reply suggests it is because cows sit on little bottles. Other bits poke fun at London policemen hats chin straps and a horse claim.
The poem traces a girl’s childhood gaze at her father the blacksmith and her grown admission that his craft and character shaped her heart. She remains his daughter and friend as years pass and feelings deepen, the forge memory lingering.
Miami society heiress Peggy Stafford Metaxa and her husband George Metaxa, near a Miami Beach hotel, are injured when their car crashes on a dark stretch while a baby is due. Peggy, who had just read James M Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, is killed. George suffers multiple severe injuries.
Oyster Bay New York reports fifty nine year old L L Churchill died twice in three months. First death January twelve found hanged near Belmont identified by daughter Mrs Gertrude Wentworth Yonkers. Hempstead buried him as Churchill and closed the case. April ten another man died of heart disease near Hicksville railroad tracks. memorandum papers identified him again as Churchill and Oyster Bay buried him as Churchill with the case closed. No view to the identity of the first man.
Charles Brett, seventy three, appeared in Sandusky common pleas court to claim a $3,000 estate of Ida Bretz. Identified by his son and Middle Bass Island residents, Brett had left 40 years ago and returned briefly 17 years ago. Judge Savard will decide distribution among Bretz and other heirs.
A note left in the cash register drawer led burglars to a substantial cash haul from a delicatessen store in Washington. After forcing entry by removing hinges, they opened the office safe with the note’s combination and took $327.
Twelve-year old Robert Henderson fled to a box car during I spy in Wesleyville Pa while the counter reached 100. He slept and awoke fifty miles away in Ashtabula Ohio. He was unharmed and awaiting discovery.
A newsboy named Paul Stewart aged eighteen was arrested for making loud and unusual noises on a street before sunup in Portland. He was detained about an hour and released with a warning.
A cow in Hanford California died after subsisting on nails stones and pieces of wire instead of normal fodder. The animal’s strange diet was discovered following its illness and death, illustrating the bizarre cause of death in the rural area.
A New York World Telegram piece discusses early school age development. It argues six marks a shift from preschool to a social, self aware child. He shows attitudes, set traits, and personal interpretation shaped by prior handling.
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