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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1929
Page
6
A reflective verse fragment notes that architects of fate work within walls of time. It praises massive deeds and enduring value of usefulness. Each thing has a place, and even idle appearances support the whole in Longfellow’s measured view.
Practical old recipes for preserving fish with vinegar water and spices plus dessert ideas. Pickled fish uses lemon onions bay leaves peppercorns allspice and a spiced liquor for canning. Russian Rocks dessert and Best Doughnuts offer brown sugar butter eggs nut raisins and sour milk methods with oven baking and chilling steps.
A brief note describes an Indian superstition that presenting the bride with an ear of corn brings luck and plenty and wards off evil spirits. The call to “give ear, girls, give an ear” emphasizes the custom observed, attributed to a syndicate columnist.
A column urges readers to forget old wrongs and focus on constructive living. It quotes Macbeth and a creed about kindness, forgiving, and seeking happiness by not dwelling on memories. It notes mothers’ forgiveness, personal growth, and the value of improvement over revenge.
Travelers in British East Africa report locals in Mombasa using jam jars and curtain pins as personal jewelry. The unusual practice highlights resourcefulness amid colonial-era expectations of adornment and trade.
A 1929 poem by Douglas Malloch paints a grim portrait of "honest men" who cheat not with fraud but by denying care and love. It urges that honesty is hollow when sheltered by selfish acts, leaving cheated hearts, betrayed families, and inner deceit.
A verse notes the moon lacks sustenance and liquids, leaving inhabitants unable to live there now. It attributes the view to learned men.
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