Governor touts road project to ease unemployment here
In a Review letter Governor Bryan formally announces the opening of a highway from Brownson through Potter to the east Kimball county line. He says the project aims to ease local unemployment. The 11.0 miles of bituminous surfacing will be let this week. completion timing remains uncertain.
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Bryan
Brownson
Potter
Kimball County
Lodge Pole
Cheyenne
Kimball
Bushnell
Union Pacific
Here
Mrs Julia Ahrens Dies at 73 in Sidney Nebraska
Mrs Julia Ahrens aged 73 died at her Sidney home after a long illness. A Cheyenne county resident for 46 years she came from Lost Watson Iowa with her husband Milton Ahrens who died in 1913. Surviving are three sons Edward George and Don. Funeral services were held at Rice funeral home with Rev Mills officiating and burial followed in Greenwood cemetery beside Mr Ahrens.
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Julia Ahrens
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Mother of slain boy seeks cause of death
Nebraska mother Mrs Gladys Murphry of Kearney seeks the truth behind the October death of her son Virgil Boring near Mountain Home 27 miles southwest of Laramie Wyoming. Boring, shot multiple times, was found in brush after being linked to bootleggers. sheriffs and Cheyenne police made identifications but no suspects. Mrs Murphry appeals to the public for information.
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Nebraska
Laramie
Wyo
Gladys Murphay
Kearney
Virgil Boriing
Mountain Home
Boring
Sidney
Gene Smith
A. A. Sanders
Cheyenne
Mrrs
Murphry
Green License Plates For Next Year In Nebraska
Nebraska will issue olive green license plates for next year with cream white lettering. The board of control approved the color combo and plates are being manufactured at the state license plant in Lincoln. Nebraska will be written out beneath the identification numbers with a dash between the state name and digits 34.
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Nebraska
Board of Control
Stats
Lincoln
Camp Fire Girls Cook Breakfast Northwest Of Town
Camp Fire girls took and cooked their breakfast Wednesday morning northwest of town. Lunch consisted of wieners, toast, marshmallows and fruit. A good time was enjoyed by all present.
Moench and Black Visit Denver for Weed-Desday Business
Herman Moench and T. F. Black were business callers in Denver on Weed-Desday, discussing local commerce and potential partnerships. Their visit highlights civic networking among Denver professionals and ongoing regional trade ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Moench
T. F. Black
Denver
Weed- Desday
Potter Village Board Seeks 1933 Levy At 17 Year Low
The Potter village board requests a $3,000 levy for 1933, the lowest in 17 years. By using sinking fund bonds to cover interest, the board trims costs but warns next year will need higher taxes. The request breaks down into General Fund 2100, Street Light 600, Park and Library 300, totaling 8000.
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Wis Agai
Fire Department
Road Fund
Cemetery Fund
Park & Library Fund
Methodist Church Notes H E Sorter Pastor
Sunday school meets at ten o clock with a cordial welcome to all. Morning worship starts at eleven with the sermon The Abundant Life. Vesper services are at five in the grove. All are welcome.
Local Social Roundup at North Potter Area Homes
North Potter residents and guests shared meals and visits at multiple homes from Wednesday through Sunday. The gatherings included Neal Tank Loriette, Jeff Tompkins and son Lyle from Walthid, Emiel Tank family, Ray Berry near Dalton, A B Rapp and Wickhorst households, and several others in Bloomfield and Pine Bluffs. Events featured dinners, calls, and hospital updates as families described in the week’s social calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrr
Neal Tank
Loretta
Emiel Tan
Jack Tompkins
Lyle
Walthid
Fred Beetz
Mirs
Emiel Tank
Ray Berry
Dalton
Warren Newbold
Vern
O. Newbold
A. B
Homer Light
Fred Prince
Leslie Wickhorst
Henry Hagge
Frank Teitz‘imeir
Bloomfield
Henry Hotel
Hagge
Teezoek
Hotes
Fred Elmquist
Henry Hates
Frank Teitzweir
Clarence Strandberg
E. R. Hadley
A. B. Rapp
Henry Wickstrom
Alfred Johnson
Edgar Anderson
Herbert Johnson
Miller Hospital
Elmer Mayer
Maxine
Ray Arnell
Roy Jacobson
Henry Hotes
Bear Cats Versus Peetz Set for Thrilling Sunday Showdown
Local fans rejoice as the Bear Cats host the Peetz aggregation next Sunday on the diamond. Peetz headlines one of the finest west teams, with prior thrillers including 7 3, 5 4 in ten innings, 14 6, and 4 0 defeats for Potter. Regular league admission is 25 cents. ladies and children enter free.
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Peetz
Peter
Potter
Bear Cats
Bearcats Fall In Ragged Loss To Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill defeated Potter 7 4 on Brownson diamond as tight defense and timely hitting fueled the victory. Bearcats drop to third in the league standings while Gurley upset Peetz ending the latter’s 13 game win streak. Next Sunday schedule features Peetz Potter Lodge Pole Gurley Kimball Lorenzo Datton Chappell and Bunker Hill at Sidney. Miss Janice Babcock suffered severe injuries after being thrown from a horse near Spearfish South Dakota and remains bedridden after a period of unconsciousness.
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Bunkerhill
Potter
Brownson
Bearcats
Peetz
Gurley
Peetz Comets
Pottee
Bunkerbill
Lodge Pole
Kimball
Lorenzo
Datton
Sidney Chappell
Chappell
Sidney
Yeam
Potter Gurley
Sidney Chappell Bunkerhill
Kimbal
Dalton
Rambling Through the Exchanges
Four permits were requested in Gering with three granted. Two inches of rain fell at Paxton last week. State payroll figures show little decrease: September 1932 437000 dollars, March 1933 435000 dollars. Truckers pay 3.00 per hundredweight for spuds at Lingle and 2.25 to 2.50 at Kearney. The Scotts Bluff road project will take over a year for funds. Spencer Stiles’ threshing rig near Broadwater burned likely from a dust explosion on a hot day. Leland Williams bitten by a rattlesnake on Bill Williams farm. treated and recovering.
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Spencer Stiles
Broadwater
Grocerymen Agree to Remain Open 70 Hours a Week
The Potter area four grocery and meat merchants approved a revised opening schedule setting store hours from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and 10:30 p.m. on Saturdays, with Sunday closures. Wells Cafe joined to restrict grocery and meat stock sales to these hours, effective immediately until further notice.
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Potter
Wells Cafe
Thayer Family Visit to Lodge Pole This Week
J Karl Thayer and his son Jimmy visited Lodge Pole on Tuesday while Harold Thayer returned home with them after the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Karl Thayer
Jimmy
Harold Thayer
Episcopal dean Oliver Riley dies of heart attack in Denver
Oliver Riley, dean of Episcopal churches at Gering and Scottsbluff, died of a heart attack in Denver. Burial was in Scottsbluff with Bishop Beecher presiding.
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Oliver Riley
Gering
Scottsbluff
Denver
Bishop Beecher
Miss Phyllis Pritchard Visits Kansas Aunts This Week
Miss Phyllis Pritchard of Sharon Springs Kansas spends the week at the home of her aunts Mrs Gertrude Nelson and Miss Anna Uncapher.
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Phyllis Pritchard
Sharron Springs
Kansas
Gerftrude Nelson
Anna Uncapher
Lawyer Robert G. Simmons Opens Office in Stuart Building
Robert G. Simmons opens a law office in the Stuart building at Lincoln. His family has joined him to take advantage of nearby schools and colleges for the children.
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Robert G. Simmons
Stuart Building
Lincoln
1928 Chevrolet Truck For Sale In Kimball Nebraska
Motor completely reconditioned brakes relined four speed transmission good bed. Price 125 dollars. Contact Dyer Storer Chev Co Kimball Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Dyer-Storer Chev. Co
Kimball, Nebr
Home loan branch located at Scottsbluff
Frank Fisher of Goldsmith architectural firm managed the branch at a salary of 3000 dollars. Floyd E B Wright served as attorney at a salary of 2400 dollars a year.
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Scottsbluff
Frank Fisher
Goldsmith Architectural Firm
Floyd EB. Wright
Parade Split Into Four Parts Sets Dignified Western Nebraska Event
Historic, comic, beauty sections of the free entertainment parade will be held in four parts with Riss Bridgeport chosen as featured. Dances in the evening invite all residents of western Nebraska to attend.
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Sic
Riss
Bridgeport
Nebraska
West Nebraska Beacon Offers 1933 Word V-8 and Plymouth Prizes
Oshkosh newspaper launches a subscription contest with a new 1933 Word V-8 as first prize and a 1933 Plymouth as second prize, plus several cash awards.
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West Nebraska
Beacon
At. Oshkosh. Is
Pymouth
Farmer Drills Second Irrigation Well Near Pine Bluffs
Herbert Campbell advances irrigation on his farm two miles south of Pine Bluffs with a second well. First water appeared at 20 feet, but crews dynamited a hard pan layer to reach deeper supplies.
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Herbert Campbell
Pine Bluffs
Testimony in Scotts Bluff case sets plant value dispute
Taking of testimony in the Scotts Bluff Western Public Service Company case was completed at Gering before Herman Aye, special master in chancery. Engineers for the city and company differed by more than a half million dollars in the plant valuation. H. H. Henningson for the company valued the property at 840000 dollars, while Robert Fulton for the city placed the holdings at 288000 dollars.
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Scottsbluff Western Public Service Company
Gering
Herman Aye
Changery
City
H. H. Henningson
Robert Fulton
Lincoln
Mrs Ella Parker 79 Dies in Dix Home
Mrs Ella Parker aged 79 died at her mother Mrs Ernest Goding’s home in Dix. Born in Iama Iowa she moved to Kimball county in 1916 and left seven children twenty grandchildren and four great grandchildren as survivors.
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Ella Parker
Ernest Goding
Dix
Iama
Iowa
Kimball County
Mexican men tied to Bridgeport beet farm murder get ten years
Gabriel Seja, 25, killed Simon Gallegos, 50, with a butcher knife on a beet farm west of Bridgeport. Judge Carter sentences Seja to ten years in prison. Both men are Mexican and without citizenship papers.
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Gabriel Seja
Simon Gallegos
Bridgeport
Carter
Fire destroys home of Carl Stewart near Peetz
A large frame house belonging to Carl Stewart nine miles northwest of Peetz and nearly all the family belongings were lost in a fire. The family was working in a field except Mrs. Stewart who holed up in the garden. she rescued the baby before flames prevented further actions. Origin of the fire unknown. some insurance covered the loss.
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Carl Stewart
Peetz
Minatare Pitcher Bud Harris Hired by Tigers Scout
Robert Bud Harris an 18 year old pitcher from Minatare who played for Albin Wyoming at the Post tournament in Denver has been hired by scout Steve O Rourke for a tryout with the Detroit Tigers. Harris posted 53 strikeouts in 36 innings across four July games with catcher Charles Mercer on the river.
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Robert
Bud) Harris
Albin
Wyoming
Denver
Steve O'Rourke
Detroit Tigers
Harris
Charles Mercer
Missing 23-year-old Billy Schwartz Found Safe
Billy Schwartz, 23, who lived with his parents north of Lodge Pole, wandered from home causing a Saturday-wide search by neighbors and Weyerts church members. Rube Lisco provided saddle horses. Sheriff Shultz aided. Schwartz was found in Oshkosh Sunday and returned to his family.
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Billy Schwartz
Lodge Pole
Weyerts Church
Rube Lisco
Sheriff Shultz
Oshkosh
County officials reject beer licenses for out of town venues
Scotts Bluff County commissioners refuse beer licenses to White City near Henry and to E. W. Leathers for a beer joint three miles east of Scottsbluff. Authorities cite lack of police patrols as the reason.
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Scotts- Bluff County
White City
Henry
E. W. Leathers
Scottsbluff
Wheat Growers Split Over Acreage Reductions
The text notes shifts in farmer attitudes toward wheat acreage with Alexander Legge, as Farm Board head, advocating allotment and reduction. It recalls Kansas wheat growers’ hostility toward him, reflecting lessons learned.
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Alexander Legge
Farm Board
Kansas
Fire injures man pouring gasoline on Colorado farm
Static electricity is believed to have sparked gasoline A. S. Cates was pouring into a tank on his son Jack Cates’s farm southwest of Peetz. Jack grabbed the flaming can from his father, his clothing ignited, and he rolled to extinguish it. The elder Cates helped with the blaze using his bare hands. Jack was badly burned.
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A. S. Cates
Jack Cates
Peetz
Mr. Cates
1828 Chrysler 72 Coupe for sale in Nebraska
Classic car listing from Dyer Storer Chevrolet in Kimball Nebraska. 1828 Chrysler 72 Coupe offered in good condition with asking price of $100.00. Local dealer advertises limited vintage model availability and contact for purchaser inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler
Dyer-Storer Chevrolet Co
Kimball, Nebr
Reetz Home Hospitality Featured In Local Visit Schedule
Near and family spent the afternoon at the Fred Reetz home and were supper guests at the George Reetz home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Tompkins and Bernice are spending this week at the Fred Reetz home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hagge
Frank Teitznear
Fred Reetz
George Reetz
Jess Tompkins
Bernice
Dolson Rites Held. Pioneer Couple Remains Honored
Mrs. C. H. Dolson died at Oshkosh at age 76. Two months earlier neighbors celebrated the couple’s 59th wedding anniversary. The Dolsons moved from Council Bluffs to North Platte in 1883 and settled in Garden county in 1887. They lived in the Oshkosh area for years. Seven children and their families survive.
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C. H. Dolson
Oshkosh
Garden County
Council Bluffs
North Platte
Bridgeport Men Form Two Permanent Camp Clark Day Units
Bridgeport men met and formed two permanent Camp Clark day organizations and will hold the celebration again this year September 4. A museum of relics, speakers, and band music accompanied the plans.
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Bridgeport
Ratliff not to be prosecuted in Williams ranch killing
Colorado officials will not prosecute Ratliff held in Greeley jail for the death of Arlo J Howe at the Williams ranch southeast of Pine Bluffs. Ratliff says Howe attacked him with a fork handle, then a two by four, before both men and Williams moved Howe to Kimball hospital where he died. Witnesses include Williams and his family and an eye witness, a ten year old girl.
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Colorado
Ratliff
Greeley
Arlo J. Howe
theWilliams Ranch
Pine Bluffs
Howe
Hoewe
Williams
Kimball
Mrrs
Myrtle McClure
Bushnell
Hiowe
Potter town approves first beer sale at Wells Cafe
The Nebraska town of Potter legalizes beer sales for the first time. Sales began at 7:00 am at Wells Cafe and Hotel, following a state law earlier in effect but limited by local ordinance. Only Wells Cafe qualified to sell, while Cords Cafe and Wills Way Camp declined. Beer is non-intoxicating and not the same as intoxicating liquor.
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Potter
Wells Cafe & Hotel
Cords Cafe
Wills Way Camp
Nebraska
Potter Nebr Village Board Sits In Special Session
Potter Nebraska village board met July 31 1935 in the Potter Review office with chair Joe P. Schwartz trustees Arnell Gunderson Witt and absent Clarence Johnson. License approved for Harry Wells to sell beverages both on and off sale pending fee receipt. Board declared marshal vacancy and appointed Karl Fricke as marshal laborer at 65 dollars monthly. Minutes show August 7 regular session and detailed bill approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilage Board of Trustees
Potter
Nebr
Potter Review
Joe P. Schwartz
Alfred Arnell
Geo. H. Gunderson
John Witt
H. Stevens
Clarence Johnson Aibsent
Harry Wiells
Gunderson
Witt
Foy Tirustee ‘Gunderson
Harry Wells
Arnell
Marshal
Kharl Fricke
Treas
Clarence Johnson
Chris Christensen
Same
Ptg
County Treas
Hendrie & Bolthoff Co
Fairbanks Morse Co
U. S
Leonard Schwartz
Cece Cae Ee
Ref. Corp
Harry Waite
Johnson Store
Charity
Wells Cafe
Oil Co
Wheeler Son
Potter Garage
R. S. Proudfit Co
Porter Oil Co
Otter Inn
Evan Stines
M. G. Challburg
D. F. Enevoldsen
Clyde Lovall
Bert Christensen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Methodist Church
H. E. Sorter
North Potter
Janice Babcock
Spearfish
S. D
B. Locke
Eevee
Alf Borcher
Rose
Eales Peevee Nee
HEC
Paxton
Lingle
Scotts Bluff
Carpenter
Leland Williams
Bill Williams
Village Board Proceedings
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