Local Notes on Visits and Trades in Potter Area
Fare of Geo Kinnersley trading in Potter Monday. Mrs Will Sheele and Dessie Heimer visited Mrs Hicks Thursday. Wm Goding and Geo Hicks trip to Banner County Friday. Evan Stines called on George Serear Saturday morning. Owen Hicks and Rebecca Shrear had eye surgery in Omaha and are recovering. Henry Courtright painting the school house. Visits to Geo Hicks home by Stanton family and others. Several locals in Potter and Krueger lake gatherings. Rain needed to protect crops. telegraph repairs mentioned. Herman Schroeder from Sidney on railroad business. Richard Krueger shows a new four horsepower gasoline engine. H P Jepson and wife visit John Belden at Bridgeport. Many spent Sunday at Krueger’s lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Kinnersley
Potter
Will Sheele
Dessie Heimer
Mrs. Hicks
Wm. Goding
Geo. Hicks
Banner County
Evan Stines
George Serear
Owen Hicks
Rebecca Shrear
Omaha
Henry Courtright
Chas. Stanton
Ir. Heimer
Henry Shrear
Dan Hermer
W. R. Davis
Herman Schroeder
Sidney
Richard Krueger
H.P. Jepson
John Belden
Bridgeport
Krueger
Lake
Community Notes from Sextorp District
Local residents report ongoing plastering by Emil and Carl Carlson on C. G. Ericson's house. Wm Gustafson and family visited the Gothigs, while Mrs Tom Scheele and daughter spent time with D Heimers. Several youths attended a Potter dance and Ida Sauer visited her parents. Alfalfa plots were started by Lewis Brett Pete Nelson and Charles Buchanan. Mesdames John Nelson and John Carlson visited Pete Nelsons, and the mail carrier faced delays at the post office affecting a visit to his son-in-law. Herman Schubert attended a German church near Haiston's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Gustafson
Wm. Gothigs
Tom Scheele
D. Heimers
Potter
Ida Sauer
J. F. Sauer
Lewis Brett
Pete Nelson
Chas. Buchanan
John Nelson
John Carlson
Pete Nelsons
Peetz News Roundup of Travels and Local Projects
Mrs Frazier returned from Sterling. Mrs Harry Wales visited Sidney with Mr and Mrs Bob Lowe. Peter Peetz spent Monday in Sidney. Mrs Peter Peetz and daughter visit relatives near Sidney. Clifford Van Valkenburg and Sam Davis plan a trip to Inman Nebraska. Burlington surveyors lay out gravel pit and track. steam shovel soon to load gravel cars. Water service gang left for Haxton after completing water system. Roy Johnson sold his claim near town to Mr Joghart of Sidney. J Smith plans to build on farm southwest of town. L G Lowe and wife of Sidney visited the Whitelocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Service
Haxton
Colorado
Roy Johnson
Mr. Joghart
Sidney
J. Smith
L. G. Lowe
Whitelocks
Colton Grading Crew In Early Week Progress
Colton reports another grading outfit arrived on Tuesday to begin grading work. A fence crew spent two days this week repositioning the fence to the 200 foot line near Stark, U. P. telephone inspector, who was in Colton on Wednesday.
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Colton
Or ‘Stark
U. P
Colton Wednes
Warm Sunol Weather and Saturday Dance Report
The article notes continued warm weather with a need for rain and a well attended Saturday night dance where attendees reported a good time. It lists residents and visitors including H. R. Neuman in Sidney on business, E. Fusha in town midweek, Mrs. F. Dickinson and family visiting, Howard Bros. and Mrs. F. Booth unloading two pianos, J. Becker and E. Line running a boarding house, Ferdinand Buss from the North divide, Potter Howard returning from the east to attend school.
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H. R. Neuman
Sidney
E. Fusha
F. Dickinson
Howard Bros
F. Booth
J. Becker
E. Line
Ferdinand Buss
Potter Howard
Ice Cream Social Draws Crowd at Mount Vernon Sunday School
The Mount Vernon Sunday School in District 27 held an ice cream social that was financially and socially successful. A good crowd enjoyed home made ice cream cake and coffee. The event raised $11.95 and featured a program by Miss Hahesy’s pupils plus performances by male and mixed quartets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Trivialities quoted by George Eliot on joy and waste
A reflective line quotes George Eliot about how trivial acts sow seeds of joy or waste, noting people see the earth’s loss from their own neglect and denial, and perceive no harvest of sweetness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Eliot
The Beveteter Bill and the Booster Blues Parable
A quatrain of comic verse narrates Booster Bill’s stumble and growth into wisdom with the refrain Stung. It warns readers that those who harm their town harm themselves and suggests lifting others raises one’s own fortune, ending with the moral Be a Beveter Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
New York Plans Subway System and World News Afield
Summary of diverse items: New York announces a subway plan costing 257.4 million dollars. A Missouri editor’s property is sought by a receiver. Carnegie donates 205 thousand for a hero fund in Holland. Wisconsin Senate adopts initiative and referendum bill. Treaties with Nicaragua and Honduras promise peace. Judge Julian Mack elected president of national charities conference. Lability law aims to cut railway accidents. Various other notes include a deadly river steamer fire in the Amur region, burglary in West Virginia, English polo team returning, Berlin denial on ambassador successor, Santa Fe collision near Domingo, Burns sailing to Europe, Burlington to run Chicago to San Francisco through service, Baldwin strike involving 8,000 idle workers, Dun’s Weekly on business conditions, large burials moved to Pineville, and other assorted national highlights.
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New York City
Lewis
University City
Andrew Carnegie
Holland
Wisconsin Senate
United States
Nicaragua
Honduras
Julian Mack
Chicago
National Charities Conference
National Commission
Charles F. Curtis
Clinton
Rochester
Minn
Amur
Muravieff Amurski
French Creek
W. Va
Mauretania
Foreign Office
Washington
Dr. Hill
Berlin
A. W. Green
Domingo
N. M. William J. Burns
Los Angeles
Europe
Philadelphia
Burns
Hill
Gould
Burlington Railroad
San Francisc
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Obituary Henry C. Henderson
Henry C. Henderson born June 21 1842 in Georgetown Illinois answered Lincoln’s call in 1861 enlisting in Company C 73rd Illinois. He married Mary F. Jones March 7 1872 and had eight children. After moves to Gibbon and Sidney Nebraska he died June 14 after a long illness. funeral at the Methodist Episcopal church followed by interment in Gibbon.
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Henry C. Henderson
Georgetown
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Company C
73Rd
Mr. Henderson
Mary F. Jones
J. T. Dean
Kimball
Henderson
Gibbon
Nebraska
Sidney
Neb
Lagrippe
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Buffalo County
United Brethren Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dairy Notes on Milk Quality and Breeding Practices
The article argues milk output relies on proper nourishment, blood quality, and cow breed. It advises raising a calf if buying a mature bull is unaffordable, and notes butter quality hinges on milk and cream care rather than feed.
Fattening Cattle Pasture Study Shows Higher Early Gains
Missouri experiment station researchers report cattle fattened on blue grass pasture gain twice as much in the first three months of the pasture season than in the later feeding period when fed the same grain. The five year study covered 262 cattle in 36 lots, described as the largest and most complete of its kind in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Experiment Station
Pigs Need Exercise For Health and Growth
Farmers are urged to provide ample outdoor space for young pigs to run and play in sun on the south side of sheds. Lack of exercise causes thumps and stunts growth. all young pigs are built for high activity and should be kept active.
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Pleasant View
Sextorp
Welome
Emil and
Carl Carlson
C. G. Ericson
Peetz
Colo
Booster
Gill Blue
Booster Bill
Dun’s Weekly Review
Texas
Pineville
National
Alden Croll
Paul
Ines Hierman
Burlington
Beardstown
Harvard
China
Japan
Harvard Clubs
Minneapolis
C. Frederick Kohl
San Francisco
Adele Verge
Foster W. Brown
Tennessee
Porto Rico
John J. Jenkins
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Albina S. Bekemeyer
Oklahoma Territory
Guthrie
Barnes
Ferguson
Franz
Gus William Marshall
Denver
Alice Graff
Coleraine
Silicia Siding
Aldrich
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio
Brown
Court of Claims
Senate
Canova
S. D
John Hays Hammond
George
Sidney Mercantile Co
Sidney Com
the Capitol
F. B. Tobin
Prop
Schlitz Beer
Tobin Biock
A. Pease & Sons
Sidney, Nebraska
Lement
Sidney Lumber CO
Rock Springs
Manna
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