Obituary of Catherine McMillan Duncan in Potter Nebraska
Catherine McMillan Duncan born May 28 1858 in Clachaig Scotland died December 11 1920 in Potter Nebraska at age 62 years 6 months 13 days. She married in 1882 her husband died 19 years before. Survived by nine children including James Duncan Dan Duncan Mrs D A McQuistan Robert Duncan Hugh Duncan Mrs Ralph McDonald Archie Duncan Jessie Duncan. Funeral in Potter then burial in Pender Nebraska beside husband and son. She was a Presbyterian Christian all her life.
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Duncan
Potter
Pender
Nebraska
Catherine McMillan Duncan
Clachaig
Argyleshire
Scotland
Yotter
Nebr
Robert Duncan
Omaha
Hugh Duncan
Sioux City
Iowa
Ralph McDonald
Baldomfield
Archie ‘Duncan
Jessie Duncan
Presbyterian Church
Potter High to Host Rudolph Swiss Singers for Dec 27
Rudolph and Swiss Singers will perform at Potter High School in the auditorium on Monday December 27 under school auspices. The troupe led by Rudolph includes his wife Lenée and other performers. Proceeds fund school activities and royalties from the show will support school purchases.
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Ae the Potter High School
Rudolph
Euver
Leneé
Conittalto
Saepis
Evangelism Meetings in Dix Declared Successful
Readable text shows the Dix evangelistic meetings at Union Presbyterian Church led by Kircher evangelistic party with strong turnout and many converts. Sunshine Booster Band children's choir to give final program this Saturday night. WCTU ladies held a profitable gathering. bake sale total reaches 25.70 dollars after a missed item was found.
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Dix
Union Presbyterian Church
Kircher Evangelistic Party
Sunshine Booster Band
Fifty Voices
Evange
A. M. Leafdale
Celebrate Silver Wedding Anniversary at Beale Home
Last Saturday a host of friends and neighbors gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Beale’s home in the Dye neighborhood south of Potter to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. A turkey dinner with trimmings was served and guests presented the couple with a silverware chest engraved with initials.
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Mrs. Beale
Dye
Potter
Mrs. Bealey
H. P. Nelson
Chris
Bertha Nelson
L. K. Nelson
Jack Nelson
Frank Hruza
Andrew Anderson
Jimmie Jensen
John Rasmussen
Jim Bertramson
Mrs Linnville
Miss Kearney
Joe Madden
Hugh Kenoyer
Vern Nelson
H. Steele
Jens Olsen
Jim Nelson
Frank Hazlett
Jimmie
Harry Johnson
Fred Carl Johnson and Lucille Ohlsen Wedding at Potter Methodist
Fred Carl Johnson and Lucille Charlotte Ohlsen wed at the Potter Methodist Church at noon on December 15, 1920. The ceremony featured traditional music, a rose and heart pillow with rings, and a six course dinner at the Ohlsen home for about sixty guests, including out of town relatives.
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Potter
Fred Carl Johnson
C. W. Johnson
Lucille Charlotte ,Ohison
Emma. Ohison
Roland Varnadore
Cc. O. Troy
Jichengrin
Fréd Ohlson
Nora
Victor Johnson
Doran Leafdale
Carl Elquist
Elwood Johnson
Toni
Thiere
Rev. C. Troy
Ohlsen
Ellie Wickhorst
Dorothy McAdam
Anna Nelson
Nina Challburg
Rudolph's Swiss Singers and Players Come to Town
Rudolph's Swiss Entertainers bring Alpine English songs to the community. The quartet, in Swiss costumes, performs with harp and zither, mixing humor with familiar tunes. Admission 75 cents and 36 cents.
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Rudolph
Ham Offered For Biggest Lie At Lions Meeting
At a Lions club gathering Rev Wright and F H Kronkright offered a ham to the person who would tell the biggest lie in forty seconds. Kronkright won. Rev Wright claimed he could not tell a lie and finished second after the ballots were counted.
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Kimball
le ‘Wakeover
Saints
F. H. Kronkright
Rev. Wright
Mr. Kronkright
Winds Weighed Down The Week In Dusty Conditions
The wind was high and cold on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with tumble weeds and sand in the air. The persistent winds dried the ground and increased the desire for moisture, as observed in the newsroom.
Potter Couple Weds After University Years
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Potter Nebraska married after studying at the State University in Lincoln. The couple, well known in the community, spent a brief honeymoon in Denver and Colorado points before settling in Potter where Mr. Johnson will work at Citizens State Bank. Guests from nearby towns extended congratulations and best wishes.
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Fred Ohlson
Kearney
Nebr
C. E. Elquist
Torrington
Wyom
Tilda Anderson
Harry Hendrickson
Paul Hendrickson
Kirk
Nebraska
Johnson
Potter
Potter Public
Lincoln
Denver
Colorado
Citizens State Bank
Mrs. Johnson
High School Notes and Student Anecdotes
The assembly note highlights Byron Paylot in a pasmask, praise for new lights in lower halls, and ongoing student enthusiasm for basketball with a rule requiring a 75 grade in three fourths of work to be eligible. The piece closes with humorous exchanges from freshmen and references to Rudolph’s Swiss Singers and Players visiting December 27 in the high school auditorium.
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Byron’ Paylot
Josephine
Doris
Lillian
Hilton Hite
Russell
Review Will Be Issued On Time Next Week
The note states the newspaper plans to publish on the confirmed time next week after four weeks of delays. Christmas is a holiday the editor will not work, with presses Friday and no copy accepted Friday. It urges advertisers to submit Christmas greeting ads by the deadline.
Farmers Union Trading Co Markets Over the Top Flour
The Farmers Union Trading Company uses the Review columns to advertise Over the Top flour as equal to any made bread flour and claims it is a pure Pot ter product. They also announce a flour for wheat exchange offer.
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Farmers Union Trading Company
Christmas Pageant at M. E. Church in town
The M E Church hosts a Christmas Eve missionary pageant with a large local cast. It features elaborate scenery and costumes from foreign lands, plus a Christmas tree, music, recitations, and usual exercises. Characters include Spirit of China Lloyd Hicks and several named figures, with three shepherds listed.
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Spirit of
China
Lloyd Hicks
Spirits of Nature
Wind
Opal Wagner
Ethel Challburg
Doris Hagemeister
Mildred Jacobson
Ethel Leafdale
Jin-Jai
Lillian Brady
Yui Si
Yeoma Troy
Mai Wha
Vera Dykeman
Shin Dai
Mild Wagner
Dzen ‘Bao
Blue
Hagemeister Fearz-Wallace “Chaulburs
Joseph
C. C. Troy
Mary
Shepherds
George Gunderson
Lee Hagemeister
Raymond Minor
Court House Cleared of Debts
Sidney Enterprise reports the county treasurer mailed checks to lift the last bond on the court house and the old grade school, leaving both buildings debt free. Taxpayers gain relief as old debts are paid, while the new school building debt remains.
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Sidney Enterprise
Court House
Have Fight With Eagle at Wyoming Ranch
Walter Spaulding eight and his seven year old brother battled an eight foot eagle that swooped around near Glenda Wyoming. The mother joined the struggle and her husband arrived with a gun to shoot the bird after it attacked the family. The eagle was finally brought down and the boy was saved.
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Dalton
Glenda
Wyoming
Walter Spaulding
Walter
Christmas Eve Program At Lutheran Church
A children's program will be held at the Lutheran church on Christmas Eve December 24 at 7 o'clock. A preaching service follows on the second Christmas Day Sunday December 26 at 10 30 a m conducted by Pastor Braunschweig.
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Lutheran Church
Braunschweig
Christmas Service at Danish Lutheran Church
Christmas services will be held at the Danish Lutheran Church located 12 miles south of Potter on Christmas Road at 11 am. Community members are invited to attend and share in the holiday observance.
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Potter +on
Famous Last Words on a Faulty Front
A collection of risky utterances and rash bravado from various scenarios. The lines reveal hurried, reckless trials with ropes, weapons, chemicals, and traffic. Each remark highlights a moment of dangerous overconfidence and ill judged behavior in everyday settings.
Methodist Church Notes with Troy as Pastor
Charley O Troy leads Methodist Church services for next Sunday. Sunday school at 10 a m followed by a sermon at 11 a m on Christmas with Epworth League at 6 30 p m and another preaching service at 7 30 p m on the topic A Little Further Prayer meeting occurs Wednesday evening at the usual hour.
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Epworth League
Card of Thanks for kindness during illness and death
The children express heartfelt thanks to kind neighbors and friends who helped during the illness and death of their mother. They assure you that kindness will be cherished in grateful remembrance.
Irey Family Visits Potter After Five Years Away
Amos Irey his wife and son Freddie arrived Sunday from Laramie Wyoming to visit relatives and renew acquaintances in Potter. He leaves Monday due to work while Mrs. Irey stays with her daughter Mrs Arthur Cavalli for a longer visit. friends welcomed his return after five years.
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Amos Irey
Freddie
Laramie
Wyo
Potter
Mr. Irey
Miss Aletta Foster Visits Potter With Friends
Miss Aletta Foster a teacher in the Dix schools spent the weekend in Potter visiting friends and enjoying the local scene on Saturday and Sunday.
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Aletta Foster
Dix
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Priscilla Dean
Mickie
the Printer's
Devil
Charles Sughroe
Wesern Newspaper Union
Hector
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Vem
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UAT
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