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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1940
Page
3
Ruth Wyeth Spears offers a simple DIY screen from four boards, 9 hinges, and smart chintz. The piece lays out materials, a sizing formula for fabric, and reference to multiple craft books with patterns and directions available for purchase.
Crochet pattern 2506 offers a chair set with scarf ends and a decorative flower medallion. Includes directions, illustrations, stitches, and materials list to dress up a room with a crocheted chair set. Send order to the provided address.
A compact reflection notes that enduring misfortune should teach prudence and balance, urging all to welcome prosperity with the same measured steadiness used in hardship. The quotation underscores virtue in temperate response to varying fortunes.
A concise quotation notes that a man cannot truly know others without first understanding himself. The line attributes wisdom to Benjamin Disraeli and emphasizes introspection as a prerequisite for social insight.
The article traces how the Gatling gun gave rise to the slang gat and notes inventor Richard Jordan Gatling born 1818 in North Carolina, a man who also created seed drills and other innovations before the weapon he is remembered for. It also explains the Van Dyck surname and beard, the Gladstone bag named after William Ewart Gladstone born 1809 in Liverpool, with his four terms as prime minister, and mentions Vandyke beard, collar, and cape.
Preston Sturgis directs Down Went Mc Ginty, a bum saga starring Muriel Angelus Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff. The piece joins a crop of sleepers like It Happened One Night and Mr Smith Goes to Washington with a mix of star motion and behind the scenes casting tales. Rod Cameron rises from dime-store days to Paramount while Adolphe Menjou swaps roles after John Barrymore shifts parts. Toscanini NBC Symphony players face passport woes as many lack nation status in a broader South American tour plan.
The text notes widespread ceremonial washing in early civilizations and religions. It cites Hebrews offering a foot bath to guests and Greeks and Romans providing baths as part of hospitality.
George Brent offers ten thousand dollars at ten to one against marrying for three years to focus on his film contract with Ann Sheridan denying plans. Sheridan denies engagement while Hollywood rumors swirl. Carl Hoff on CBS Al Pearce show inspires a crowd as he wrestles with a stuck coupe door and thief locks, finally handing the key to a bystander.
A sewing pattern description lists Pattern No 8716 designed for sizes 12 14 16 18 and 20. The size 14 dress requires 4 4 yards of 36 inch fabric without nap 8 yards ric rac trim and 34 yard ribbon for a bow. Send order to:
A lively fashion pitch praises cotton prints model 8716 with low-cut or tailored collar and a bow. Describes panels outlined in braid to flatter the waist. Suitable for house and market wear, in plaid gingham or polka dots with bright ric rac braid.
Strange facts describe Baiga nails to brace ground after earthquakes in India, crimes often go unpunished during fierce winds on hot plains of South America Africa and Asia Minor, Molone Island near Brittany now has only women and children as men serve in France's army, Sao Paulo telephones listed with five Red Book classifications including automobile licenses, per Collier's.
A fragmentary quotation notes that proximity can breed both ridiculousness and magnificence among neighbors, underscoring the paradox of closeness and interaction and the humor found in everyday social proximity.
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