Fast Passenger Demolishes Auto Near Potter County Line
A four cylinder Overland car stalled on railroad tracks west of Potter as train No. 1k approached. The car was crushed with unknown number of occupants. The victims were later identified as Kimball residents Charley Janse and daughter. The train crew stopped the engine and witnesses report no injuries. Details remain scarce due to the vehicle’s owners boarding the train and leaving.
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Potter
Nebraska
Kimball
Charly
Janse
Daughter
Mysterious Robbery Ends With Arrest In Dal ton Nebraska
At nine oclock November 20 in Dal ton Nebraska two shots startled residents. A village marshal shot at a fleeing man with a package. A well dressed man lay injured nearby, the robber was arrested after being found. The next day he pled guilty and gave a dubious life history at trial.
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Dalton
Nebraska
Shoes and Firestorm Robbery Alter the Convict’s Fate
A man from St. Louis failed to secure work at Peters Shoe Co. and followed a shipment of sixteen shoeboxes to Walford's in Dalton. He attempted arson to steal the merchandise, was injured by falling timber, later found a duplicate shipment, and robbed a man carrying shoes. The judge offered twenty years or restitution but the prisoner chose prison to keep the shoes.
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Peters Shoe Company
St. Louis
Walford
Dalton
State Penitentiary
Official Nebraska vote count by counties and offices
This issue presents the official abstract of Nebraska’s vote by counties for President United States Senator Governor and Congress by districts plus the wet and dry amendments. The tabulated statements span the state offices and appear on page 2 for readers to preserve for future reference.
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Nebraska
United States
Notice on cash terms beginning 1917 at Orry Garage
Notice states all transactions will be strictly cash from January 1 1917 and demands payment of all debts before that date or legal collection will be pursued. Orry Garage, L. L. Caywood, Mer. For Sale four registered Dorc Jersey boar pigs about 24% months old at Ed Anderson’s place eight miles east of Potter. Netdiced.
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Orry Garage
Intlope
L. H. Caywood
Mer
Potter
Anderson
Pluck and Plots in a Business Talk at School
A business class hears a financier boast that all success came from pluck. A student quips about finding the right people to pluck. The Athenians high school society hosts a successful program with music, recitations, a dialogue, and a navy debate.
Wilka Comedians to Perform in Potter Nights
The Wilka Comedians, a clean high class show, are billed for Potter on Monday and Tuesday evenings, December 4th and 5th. The company promises novelty and entertainment with musical numbers.
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Wilka
Potter
Dentist Dr Nolan to Visit Potter Wednesdays
Dr Nolan the dentist from Kimball will be in Potter every Wednesday to do dental work at Dr Carter's office. Plates crowns and bridges a specialty. All work guaranteed.
For Sale Five Shares of Baldwin Standing Grain Threshing Co
Five shares of stock in the Baldwin Standing Grain Threshing Machine Company offered cheap if taken soon. Interested parties may contact Ralph Russell in Hutchinson Kansas.
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Baldwin Standing Grain Threshing Machine Company
Ralph Russell
Judge Chambers Rules Leniently In Lodge Pole Coal Case
Four farmers from near Lodge Pole attempted to take coal from a standing freight train after car shortages left them cold. A special agent fired on them, sparking a mob that chased the agent from the depot until authorities calmed the scene. In Sidney court Judge Chambers fined each farmer one dollar and urged leniency toward those in dire need, noting they meant no theft.
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Lodge Pole
Sidney
Change in Businesses As Thornburg Moves Stores
This week Mr. B. F. Thornburg is having his new store building reshelved. Next week he will move his stock into the building now used by his son J. G. Thornburg and this store will shift into the newer building. The change improves display space and should not hinder the hardware store. Dan Kalsto and John Mueller are doing the carpenter work on the new shelves.
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B. F. Thornburg
J. G
Dan Kalsto
John Mueller
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Carl Spitzbart
Prof
Lewis
Melba Sanders
Nora Johnson
Clyde Brady
Ida Gunderson
Inverest Fuller
Daisy Brady
Anna Nelson
Athenian
Pota Ha Sa
Lillie Jacobson
Everett Fuller
Edward Wielkhorst
Lucile Olson
Nic Wiekhorst
Dorothy MacAdam
Edna Lafferty
Lillian Minor
Helen Gunderson
Cecil Wiekhorst
Johnie Seyfang
Erwin Spitzbart
Fred Johnson
Hutchinson, Kansas
Judge Chambers
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