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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1928
Page
5
A long Thanksgiving list enumerates guests at many Sidney area homes, noting a heavy snow day and gratitude for moisture aiding crops. Names, relations, and households in the region appear, with several families hosting multiple relatives and friends before evening sleighing outings and dinners.
The Gift Shop in Sidney advertises Community and Rogers silver at low prices, claiming bargains comparable to silver offered anywhere on earth. The notice invites purchases in person or by ordering from any location.
Beginning tomorrow morning the electric siren will blow at 7:00 a.m. every day, the same as the current 8:00 p.m. curfew siren. The change applies to mornings from Saturday onward and aligns with the curfew schedule.
The district sponsored by the state university College of Agriculture will hold its annual meeting in Alliance from December 12 to 15. All who can attend should participate as the programs are printed and circulated.
A white female hound with black tail spot weighs about 55 pounds and is missing. A $25 reward is offered by G A Stark of Redington Nebraska. The notice urges readers not to borrow it and to subscribe.
A Kansas City Star anecdote recalls Houdini’s early stage act with his wife. He claims a message from Benny Carter to Bill Doakes and Jim Saunders about razors, prompting a frightened silence and a hushed confession that the men “are present but not staying.”
British entomologist W T China describes a Homoptera insect in the Dutch Indies that secretes a tasting fluid for black ants. Ants milk the bug then the insect stabs and drains their lifeblood with a sharp beak. Carcasses attract a red species that scavenges on relatives.
J C Bartlett and brother G Bartlett and Mr and Mrs Guttemeyer visited Saturday in Denver with Mr Bartletts sister, returning to Potter early Sunday morning.
The Gift Shop on the Corner in Sidney advertises new Sheaffer Deluxe lifetime pen and pencil sets priced at 15 dollars. Other gift sets are available from 2.50 dollars and include the Sheaffer guarantee.
Mr and Mrs Ishgar Kelso of Omaha Nebraska visited at the G L Rogers home one day last week. Kelso is a cousin of Rogers and was en route to Woodman Colorado for a family reunion.
Friday evening dinner guests at the G L Rogers home included Mr and Mrs J C Bartlett with daughters Ardith and Miriam Mrs Rose Neal and her son Arthur and Miss Alice I Brown Loraine Hall and Mr and Mrs Chas Gatzmeyer and their son from Chadron Nebraska.
Know your jeweler if you do not know diamonds. You can place confidence in the Gift Shop Sidney. A money back guarantee with every diamond.
A note says Hafis wrist watches are featured at The Gift Shop in Sidney as a potential Christmas gift. The Sidney Steam Laundry continues weekly visits to the Biggs Barber Shop, while Mrs. G. L. Rogers offers angel food cakes Parker house rolls and buns to order.
A Sidney gift shop promotes Qsey Diamonds with prices from 20 to 400 dollars and a written guarantee with every stone. The ad urges investment and subscriptions rather than borrowing.
The piece describes princess education in social graces, citing Empress Augusta of Germany who trained to make the rounds of a court circle with polite remarks. It notes young girls visited by governesses, stopping at each bush or tree to offer gracious smiles and ingratiating remarks as part of courtly etiquette.
Stone and wood sign posts for automobiling are being displaced in England by durable stone markers. They stand tall enough for clear inscription at driver eye level and remain visible at night with headlights. These markers are said to enhance the landscape unlike existing markers.
Simple Flannigan and Hannigan face a humorous weigh scale problem in a tall tale from the Kansas City Star. The duo joke about scales only up to 200 pounds while Flannigan claims being near 23. They debate removing superfluous weight to balance and wonder if Flannigan could get on twice.
A corpulent patient asks after trying golf for health but struggles. The doctor insists golf is the finest game, yet the patient laments the ball vanishes when visible and remains unseen when hittable, prompting humor about what to do next.
A table notes a special value at SI and a two dollar amount at Phe Gilt Shop. Details specify pricing or value points for items or services though exact items are unclear from the fragment. Further context would define the scope of the specials and the merchant's selection.
A card dated December 1 from R. A Babcock and family says illness in Guilup New Mexico kept them bound. Mrs Babcock and the three girls are improved and expected to resume their journey to California the first of this week.
Mr and Mrs C A Larsen entertained Friday night for visiting guests from Omaha and Lincoln including Mr and Mrs K C Knudsen and Rev and Mrs Wright and others. Music and entertainment followed by a luncheon served by the hostess. Knudsen is C A Larsen’s sister and Wright is also a Larsen relation.
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