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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
3
A broad report from Washington covers court upholds city frontage taxes, proposed commissions to revise navigation laws, and bills for navy depots, Indian property segregation, postal savings limits, and beef purchases by the Navy. It notes factory strikes, rail wage disputes, court actions in Newark and Pittsburgh, and a deadly steel plant accident at Johnston.
The 1918 Missouri farm crop value is set at 175 787 125. A. H. Senko editors Slavish Daily Gary Ind plans six language editions. Anti vivisection congress opens with denouncements. union men vote to strike over open shop. Tampico tensions ease as foreigners fled to warship safety. Beaton grand jury finds insufficient evidence in Arcadia fire deaths. W A Welly fined for restraint of trade. Alfred Gouiet and Joe Vogler win six day race. Brazos flood saves 300 refugees via special train from Brazoria County. Ben Moffatt fined and jailed in Chicago promotion case.
Consolidation of state departments bringing food drug dairy oil and weights and measures inspections under one roof proves cost effective and raises revenue. 1912 to present year fees rose from 69100 to 84230 with oil division contributing 7816 of 8771 November receipts. 161 cream stations 203 hotels and restaurants 177 meat markets 377 grocers 30 milk wagons and dairies mostly in Omaha 14 saloons 58 bakeries 44 confectioneries. 260 sanitary orders written and 117 chemical analyses by state chemist. Weights and measures inspections total 1994 yielding 391 in fees.
W. H. Smith of Seward secretary and treasurer of the Nebraska Association of Fair Managers outlined a program for the gathering during Organized Agriculture week, January 19 to 28. Speakers include H. Mulenburg on fair officers and horsemen, Kenry Pickett on a well balanced program, and IL. H. Cheney on awarding premiums, with Prof C. W. Pugeley addressing State Farm Exhibits at Fairs and general discussions to follow.
An article notes women's parliamentary franchise in Britain and compares it with American parallelism. It also reports on potential U S visits by French leaders and diplomats, with global discussions on suffrage and state affairs. Legal and economic figures include Germany lawsuits and Holland potato flour production rising to 275 million pounds annually.
Nebraska plans a Christmas sugar flavor with 40000 sacks from Scotts Bluff and 75000 sacks from Grand Island as Dr Condra notes at the state conservation meeting. State officials professors and road boosters attended, and the screenings showcased the beet and apple industries beef cattle farm life and the Better Babies films from Washington.
Sixteen year old Jess J. Correll of Cambridge won eighty eight bushels per acre in a dry season corn contest earning 160 dollars in prizes and earning a trip to Washington. Seventeen year old Walter Pflug of Sarpy county took first in the Eastern district with eighty four bushels per acre as twenty five Arthur county farmers plan a denatured alcohol factory from unsellable potatoes to curb waste.
Attendance is rising for the six week winter course starting January 6 and ending February 17. Men of all ages enroll to gain knowledge in soils crops farm machinery farm motors animal and dairy husbandry pathology forestry enomology mant physiology horticulture and farm management through lectures and demonstrations.
Brief news items report Lincoln charter defeat for home rule, fires at Stockville and Beatrice hotel conversion, a newborn found along Missouri, Dodge County poultry show entries, Long Pine bond election for waterworks, Albion street numbering, Omaha air tank explosion killing Frank Kritz, Superior baseball surplus, Tobias farmers forming a Society of Equity, Newman Grove rest room, Otto Guss found in Blue river, Berg Durinsky electrocuted in Norfolk, Fremont gun club expansion, Lyons plumber burned by soldering pot, J. W Bryant's suicide by drowning, Clyde Rolston land sale at record price, Seward tornado relief totals and lingering funds, York Altar bazaar, Stephen Kegley alive after throat cut, Willard Butler charged with murder, Groff child fatal burn, Lincoln veterinary officers elected, Runaway accident in Omaha, Fremont high school association steps, Endicott scarlet fever diphtheria closures, Chappell church revival, George Burtch obituary, Dr. Davis dies on streetcar, Joseph Minor homestead reminiscence, Jesse Corell champion corn grower, Clifford Coff wins gold watch, Edith Tiston near death from fadine, smallpox vaccination at Lincoln jail.
An Indiana man creates a first toy vehicle for boys based on foot powered coasting. A low four wheeled platform uses a steel band between axles, allowing turning without tipping. A tall adjustable handle offers support while a boy pushes with one foot then rides with both feet to steer by shifting weight.
A mid-19th century essay urges boys to learn practical skills. It extols the value of a handy boy who can hang pictures, drive nails, repair items, make furniture and frames, and assist with shopping. It argues marketing is shared work and qualities learned now aid future wives. Foster Coates.
Johnny waits for his father’s return after a broken pane at Grimes’ glass house. The scene shows tense humor as the boy fears a whipping, while the father promises to settle accounts for misbehavior, recalling a prior joking pledge to settle with the grocer.
A centipede fears a tarantula and retires to rest in the desert behind a cactus fence. The tarantula avoids cactus, unable to cross the barrier while the centipede sleeps undisturbed. The curious habit shows a back-and-forth predator avoidance dynamic between two arthropod foes.
An enterprising wallpaper dealer in Ohio attracted citizens by a window display featuring a pipe organ made entirely of wallpaper. All parts including pipes keys case and even the music sheet used varied wallpaper patterns to imitate the organ’s components.
A boy creates a two-bottle box system with numbered bottles and corks aligned to indicate the next dose. The simple device, plus a paper slip with directions, earns the boy a bicycle from the grateful druggist and doctors. The tale also notes a girl who invented the surgical needle and others who discover glass-making from seaweed.
A novelty measures 4x6x2 inches and is made of wood with a glass cover lined with foil. Directions say rub the glass pane with a leather cushion to make balls and paper men perform, aided by static electricity, with lessons to keep the box clean and dry.
A teacher in a reading class asks Amy what Henry I did when tickled after learning that he never laughed after his son's death. Amy answers that Henry I “what did ... do when he was tickled,” prompting the humorous exchange as Harper's Bazar notes.
Johnny shows daily improvement in violin playing, as noted by Winspee Town Topics. His mother expresses guarded gratification, saying they were unsure if real progress occurred or if they simply grew accustomed to it.
A quip from a humor column noting that gout sufferers may feel relieved after making a will since leg a tease becomes legatee punning on legatees. The item reflects period wordplay and light wit without citing names or places.
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