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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
5
Local notes from Sidney Nebraska cover names such as M Wimpsten dentist and families dealing with flu cases. Mentions include the Farmers Grain mill taking 10 200 bushels of wheat, a shift to night mill operations, Thanksgiving gatherings, dental work in Sidney, and editor illness delaying publication.
Miss Tia Wickhorst spent her Thanksgiving vacation with home folks near Potter. The following Sunday Mr and Mrs Roth and Mr and Mrs Tallbeck from near Dalton joined gatherings in the area.
Pneumonia takes Robert Woodrow aged two and Lulu Louise aged four from the Barron household on Wednesday and Thursday. They were laid to rest in Potter cemetery. Community offers condolences to grieving parents. Also an advertisement extolls the value of Grand Island Business College, promising practical training, better students, and guaranteed positions, urging readers to request a free catalogue from Grand Island, Nebraska.
The Food Administration credits farmers and threshers with saving 16,000,000 bushels of wheat by cleaner threshing and field gathering. States report reduced harvest losses in barley oats rye and other grains, with widespread repairs and stoppages of faulty equipment reducing waste. The drive is hailed as patriotic service, leaving rain growers financially better off due to the grain saved.
Gerald Stanley Lee recalls Old Bill Spear keeper of the Adams Memorial who saluted pretensions with "Largest Collection of Burnt Matches In the World" and riffs on Red Cross Roll Call imagery. He envisions a national unity via shared dollar memberships benefiting soldiers and families alike.
A knitting pattern details yarn, needles, cast on, knit and purl sequences, shaping for neck and shoulders, and finishing steps with measurements. The piece closes with a moral appeal urging support for the Red Cross and wartime charity, prompting readers to donate via carfare ballots and join the cause.
A brief historical notice notes Dr W M Kimpston practicing dentistry in Sidney Nebraska. The entry lists him by name and profession as a local dental provider in the community. No additional dates or affiliations are provided in the fragment.
The piece lauds Americans for cutting sugar use by over half a million tons during July to October, saving the supply amid wartime stringency. It notes normal quarterly use at 1.6 million tons, with July at 260k, August 325k, September 279k, and October 230k, praising public restraint and Food Administration guidance while urging continued shared rationing with Europe until new sugar crops arrive.
Lieut. Wilfred H. Day of Niagara Falls leads the Red Cross run gassed soldiers hospital housed at the Pavilion Bellevue near St. Cloud. It is the first hospital of its kind for gas cases. Day has served in almost every country of the war and received honors from Worcester England’s Lord Mayor and the Queen of Roumania for aiding wounded and destitute.
The statement emphasizes duty to soldiers and victims of war urging Americans to support the Red Cross. It prioritizes spiritual commitment over money, noting dues are secondary and the public will aid suffering peoples to the end.
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