Potter Bearcats Standout in 1928 Tri-State League
Potter Bearcats under Fred C. Johnson have a six win nine loss record in the 1928 Tri-State League. The youthful lineup features Johnson at home plate and Himmel at third, with a few veterans. They display fast play and strong hitting, with a few losses to Bushnell Cheyenne Kimball and wins over Pine Bluffs Bunker Hill Dix Bushnell and Peetz. Northwestern Life Insurance of Omaha donated new slats, and five games remain including trips to Pine Bluffs Cheyenne Kimball Peetz and a postponed Bunker Hill date.
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Potter Review
Potter Bearcats
Fred C. Johnson
Fred Johnson
Himmelright
Bushnell
Cheyenne
Kimball
Pine Bluffs
Bunker Hill
Dix
Peetz
Potter
Northwestern Life Insurance Company of
Omaha
Northwestern
Bearcats
Cheyenne, Kimball and Peetz
Union Pacific to Build New Station at Gering
The Gering Courier reports orderly progress on Union Pacific’s Gering development. Engineers are laying out the site for a new 70000 dollar passenger station with bids to open soon and a contract to be awarded. Work on roundhouse shops and turntable foundations advances, coal chute to be contracted separately.
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Gering Courier
Gering
Union Pacific
Fall Market Week to Be Held in Omaha August 2
Up to 1500 merchants and families from Omaha wholesale trade will attend the annual merchants fall market week in conjunction with the Mid-Continental Merchants association meeting from August 20 to September 1. P F Powell chairs the committee. A broad program includes Orpheum party, Krug park dancing and rides, Peony park swimming and carnival with a bull fight, Field club buffet dinner, and a golf tournament with prizes. The Omaha Radio Trade association will also hold its annual show on the same dates.
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Omaha
Mid-Continental Merchants Association
P. F. Powell
Orpheum Theatre
Krug Park
Peony Park
Field Club
Omaha Radio Trade Association
Old Ironsides Comes to Theatre for Three Days
Thousands of children who funded the frigate Constitution restoration can view an exact screen replica in Old Ironsides. James Cruze directs Esther Ralston Wallace Beery George Bancroft and Charles Farrell in a three day engagement with matinees on Wednesday and Friday and features comedy and news.
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America
James Cruze
Tripoli
Lawrence Stallings
Esther Ralston
Wallace Beery
George Bancroft
Charles Farrell
Johnny Walker
Harry Carr
Walter Woods
Card of Thanks from The Harlan Family
The Harlan Family thanks friends neighbors church members and American Legion for kindness and sympathy during their recent bereavement in the death of their father.
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The
Christian Church
American Legion
Gypsy Band Held For Series Of Thefts In Nebraska Towns
A group of gypsies traveling in an old Cadillac touring car is held by Morrill authorities in connection with a $17.75 theft from Mead mill. The same band is credited with taking $50 from a business in Alliance and was forced to return the money at Bayard. Police warn western Nebraska towns to watch for the roving group as detectives link the incidents.
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Sidney
Nebraska
Scottsbluff Star- Herald
Morrill
Scottsbluff
Mead Mill
Alliance
Mead
Bayard
John Mead, Sr
Well Known Crook District Resident Dies at 48
Mrs. Lillian Belle Stadden of Crook district died at 4 PM Thursday after an operation at Sterling hospital. She was 48, wife of William A. Stadden, and lived four miles west of Crook. Survived by two sons William and Paul, a daughter Mrs. William Neary of Dalton, two brothers and two sisters in Pennsylvania, and a sister in Virginia. She was a Rebekah lodge member at Arcadia. Funeral 2 PM Sunday at Crook Presbyterian Church, Dr. J. M. Todd of Sterling officiating. Burial north of Crook.
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Lillian Belle Stadden
Crook
Colo
Sterling Hospital
Stadden
William A. Stadden
Crook District
Arcadia
Near
William
Paul
Western picture being filmed near Cheyenne
The Glorious Trail starring Ken Maynard began filming at Cheyenne on Wednesday, produced by First National Pictures. Local talent will fill minor roles, frontier days provide the backdrop, and a military reservation camp north of the country club controls access with soldiers guarding the perimeter while the public may visit during designated times.
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Ken Maynard
Cheyenne
First National Pictures Corporation
Country Club
Former Kimball County resident dies at Brush
Mrs. A. P. Van Winkle of Brush Colorado died Sunday July 22 three weeks after her husband. The Van Winkles lived on a Kimball county homestead from 1904 to 1917 then moved to Haswell and finally Brush. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Brush. Surviving are five sons Lewis Brush Irvin Craig Curte Dante Arch Tyndall Dave Huntington Park and two daughters Mrs Lloyd Johnson Haswell and Mrs R E Pilloid Elko Nevada.
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A. P. van Winkle
Brush
Colo
van Winkles
Kimball County
Haswell
Irvin
Craig, Colo
Curte
Dante
S. D
Arch
Tyndall
Dave
Huntington Park
Cailif
Lloyd Johnson
Haswell, Colo
R. E. Pilloud
Elko
Nev
Electric industry to study furnaces for energy use
The National Electric Light association will study oil burning domestic furnaces, oil quality, and motors used with forced draft. The goal is to assess demand as a steady winter load and to ensure uninterrupted service from central stations in cooperation with manufacturers.
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National Electric Light Association
Little Boy Crushed by Truck in Lyman District
Two year old son of Robert White in Lyman district was run over near his grandparents' home. The truck passed over the child, crushing the pelvis and tearing ribs. He is in a plaster cast at Torrington hospital and doctors say he has a chance for recovery.
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Robert White
Lyman District
Torrington Hospital
Three Boys Bitten by Rattlesnakes Will Recover
Three western Nebraska boys bitten by rattlesnakes this week are expected to recover. Two Ross brothers, ages ?, helped by first aid after a knee bite near Lyman. Three-year-old Butler child seriously bitten in Northport, swelling and discoloration but improving. Six-year-old Brooks boy east of Redington also bitten, seriously ill yet expected to recover.
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Northport
Lloyd Brooks
Redington
Correction credits surgeon in Frances Tompkins appendectomy
In Friday Telegraph notice an appendectomy on Miss Frances Tompkins of Dalton was performed by Dr. G F Zarbaugh and Dr. F A Barger. An oversight omitted credit for Dr. Hugh Mantor who aided the operation and is now properly acknowledged.
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The
Telegraph
Frances Tompkins
Dalton
G F Zarbaugh
F. A. Barger
Hugh Mantor
IOWA Couple Injured When Car Turns Over
Mr and Mrs W H Simpson of Cedar Rapids Iowa both patients at Chappell hospital after their automobile overturned in a ditch on the Lincoln highway due to a deflated tire en route to Laramie Wyoming to attend funerals of relatives killed in a crossing accident Mrs Simpson suffered multiple rib fractures probable internal injuries and severe cuts while Mr Simpson had severe cuts from broken glass the couple had encountered four separate motor car accidents after leaving their home en route to Wyoming
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W. H Simpson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Simpson
Chappell Hospital
Lincoln Highway
Laramie
Wyo
Mr. Simpson
Simpsons
Potter Boys Fined for Breaking Street Lights
Three Potter youths were caught breaking street lights with rocks last Friday and were brought before police magistrate Ames. They pleaded guilty and were fined 10 dollars plus costs, totaling 14.75 dollars per party, paid by the boys' parents. The repeated mischief had become tiresome, with other boys also involved.
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Potter
Ames
Marshall Amell
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