Potter Notes and Local Updates From Potter Nebraska
Mrs Chas McKee travels to Marshfield Wisconsin for change of climate and care Mamie McKee hosts in her absence Prof Bixby treats la grippe in Sidney Mr Chambers fills Potter school principal post A box supper raises 24 dollars Yeoman order planned Potters new station house work begins Good Friday services Cheyenne marriage Kimball to Cheyenne Mr Nelson Sidney visit M E church work resuming Beards mail order day update Potters social phrases and town business highlighted Also Iowa penitentiary reforms noted for contrast and amusement For sale established business at Dalton Nebraska by P O Box 5 Dalton Neb.
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Miga April Fool
Potter
Mamie McKee
Prof. Bixby
Sidney
Simon
la Grippe
Mr. Chambers
M. Rose
Lawrence
D. H. Shultz
Mr. Bixby
Dan Flynn
A.B Beard
A. B. Beard
Hazel Thornburg
R. Brown
Chas. McKee
Lewellen
Nelson & Co
A. Nelson
R. Barnes
Hansen
Noble and civil deeds praised over wealth in republic
The piece extols nobility of character over riches, noting ancestry and honor as lasting rewards. It mentions Morris Rose's return with his bride and welcomes Mrs. Rose, plus a Potter blacksmith shop addition by Gunderson in Kimball county. It condemns printing Card of Thanks as bad taste and a travesty of Christianity.
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Republic
Morris Rose
Potter
Lee Stoddard
Manville Wyoming High School
University of Wyoming
Gunderson
Kimball County
Nelson & Co
Doan’s Kidney Pills Backed by Nebraska Testimony
A Sidney Nebraska resident Mrs A Ickes says three months of Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved backache and dizziness, with two boxes ending all pain. Ad promotes kidney health, notes price 50 cents and Foster Milburn Co as US agents. Doan’s urged for overworked kidneys.
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Sidney
A. Ickes
Sidney, Neb
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
The Ancient Art Of Helping Yourself
A reflective essay uses a Sunday school picnic memory to illustrate self-reliance. It contrasts city visitors who help themselves with local youths who miss out when others feed first, arguing life is a constant picnic where one must take initiative.
Mme Geoffrin’s Husband and salon anecdotes
The passage recalls Mme. Geoffrin’s marriage at fourteen to M. Geoffrin a wealthy glass maker and lieutenant colonel. It notes his role funding her campaigns and managing the household, with touches of wit about his reading habits and the irony of their union. A late remark identifies him as the husband before his death.
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Mme
Geoffrin
M. Geoffrin
National Guard
Mme. Geoffrin
Argonaut
Birds That Make Incubators in Nature's Scheme
A New Orleans Times-Democrat note describes the megapode X making its own incubator. The bird from Australia and Barrier Reef uses a mound of leaves to ferment and generate heat, hatching its eggs without a nest or parental sitting.
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Australia
Barrier Reef
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Who Will Bell the Cat in Scottish Tale
Glasgow Times recounts the old proverb about the mice seeking a bell for the cat and the Stirling meeting where lordly plans to hang Spence are interrupted by who will bell the cat. Archibald Bell the Cat is named for the man who volunteered and carried out the task.
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Stirling
Spence
James II
Lord Grey
Bell
Earl Angus
Archibald Bell
Glasgow Times
Depths of Mines and Heat Limits Workers
The Chicago Tribune notes that below fifty feet temperature rises one degree per sixty five feet unless cooled by water currents. By four thousand feet heat reaches blood heat, making mining difficult. Britain's coal commission bans working below that depth.
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Great Britain
Coal Commission
Chicago Tribune
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Mal Matter
F. A. Gapen
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Marshfield
Wis
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T. C. Eaping
Cheyenne
Miss Erickson
Kimball
Nelson
M. E
Sanders
Iowa State Penitentiary
Nebraska
Farbelows
Iowa
Convicta
Dalton, Neb
Dean’s
Nished
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Breggiet
First National Bank
First National Bank OF Sidney
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Krettleman
William T Holland
Josie R. Holland
John Hartaler
Hartaler
Josie B. Holland
John Wartzler
Flartzler
William V. Kettleman
District Court
Penel
Ringo
William T. Golland
Jesse R B. Holland
Penfield
William T. Holland
Joase R. Holland
John Hartzler
Hartzler
William V. Kmettleman
H. EF. Garen
Jonn M. Ragan
John Bender
Hulda Bender
Simon Miller
Johnender
Thirtythree
North Platte
Sidney Telegraph
H.M Grimes
Department of the Interior
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Oren S. Brooks
Higeins
James Tucker
Nebrasaska
William N. Foster
Alvin RB
Knox
Higgins
Leslie F. Cunningham
Jerome B. Hatston
J. E. Evans
Register
U. S. Land Office
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Kidney
Chismant
Lewis Brett
Sextorn
George Julfs
Ickes
Frank Lipsky
Redington
Emmons Sanders
Bextone
Frances M. Anderson
Cunty
Said
Sidney Drug Co
Board of Village Trustees
Tne
Stoney Onva Co
D. J. Scanlon
Rose Street
J.scanlon
District Court OF
Mellie F. Petteys
Rell E. Petteys
Nellie E. Petteys
Ino
Necke
E. Petreys
H. E. Gapen
T. Doman
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