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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
1
On Monday evening the Rudolph Company of Swiss entertainers performed at the school auditorium to a small but appreciative crowd. The four performers, led by cheerful manager Mr. Rudolph, delivered vocal and harp solos and quartets with lively rhythm, earning enthusiastic applause and talk of a return engagement to a larger audience.
Pleasant View residents enjoyed a mild Christmas with family visits and winter delays. Charles Stanton missed part of his mail route due to drifting snow but delivered on Friday. Bundy family celebrated with L M White’s relatives. A holiday week included visits among Skarka Ponticus Teneyck and Needham families, with Santa said to have visited every house.
A humorous item notes how professions react to errors from plumbers to editors. It contrasts double charging by plumbers, desired retrials for lawyers, buried errors by doctors, and laws shaped by judges with a quip about editors. The quip ends with a Good-night line.
The annual meeting of the local Farmers Union is called for Wednesday January 5 1921 to be held in the Seyfang Theatre. Julius Johnson secretary.
Early in the week an airplane carrying mail narrowly missed striking the municipal power plant stack. Workmen, finishing touches on the stack, were frightened as the pilot apparently did not see the stack until within a few feet. He swerved and barely avoided disaster, coming within an ace of landing in a lumber yard.
The new $36 000 Methodist church at Lodge Pole Nebraska was dedicated Sunday. Bishop Homer C. Stuntz and District Superintendent Marve E. Gilbert led services with Rev M Bennett of Sidney as principal speaker. A deficit of 17000 was covered by 5000 designated for a parsonage and multiple 1000 and 500 gifts.
A quotation from Herbert Quick asserts that any farm able to fund essentials like a silo, cream separator, pumping and storage for livestock, and field equipment can also afford modern home conveniences. The message links farm productivity with household modernization, urging investment in bathrooms, septic systems, washing machines, electric lighting, and related devices to improve life for women and families on farms.
An unknown man was hit by a Burlington coal car being moved from a platform after reloading. He was taken to a local physician's office and listed as not seriously injured. Name could not be learned by inquiries at the doctor’s office.
Four defendants charged with murdering Fred D. Shephart a wealthy peach grower by poisoning were discharged tonight by the judge at a preliminary hearing in Macon Georgia on December 22.
Mrs Myrtle Lisk aged 53 died in Cheyenne on Christmas Day from injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Potter Nebraska on September 21. Body held here pending funeral arrangements. The Lisk couple had been staying at the Aman home on Twenty second street. family home is Gilbert Arizona.
Leafdale neighbors gather for dinners and dances amid illness and injury. Guests include Chas Elquist Tor rington Wyoming Fred Olson Kearney George Leafdale Kirk Emma Olson Potter. Omholt hospitalized after ranch accident. Brothers also recovering. Non-Partisan League recruiting. schoolhouse stove pipe mishap causes laughter. Christmas trees and snow frame greetings as community reflects.
On Monday evening January 3 at 7 30 a meeting in Biggs hall aims to organize a brass band for Potter. All interested should attend and bring or loan instruments if possible. WM HELSING urges participation and calls for discussion.
Christmas Eve brought bright programs from two local churches. Lutherans presented a regular program befitting the day. Methodists staged the new pageant The Christ Child, impressing audiences with its striking presentation.
Paul Parrish of Sidney visited Potter yesterday as a business caller. confirms local commerce activity in the region.
E. H. Biggs announces relocation of his land and insurance office to the Potter Furniture Co. store and will be available during all business hours.
Mrs J Clausen and her son Cleo departed last week for Illinois to spend the winter visiting relatives, continuing a family trip southward in the season.
The community learns of H. P. Hanson death in Denver the day after Christmas. An older settler who recently moved here with his family, Hanson suffered stomach trouble for months despite medical care. A full obituary is expected next week.
Mrs. Louisa Wurl of Laramie Wyoming recently visited her daughter Mrs Win Heinneman and departed on Wednesday for Fremont Nebraska to continue her visit and travel plans with family.
Chas O. Troy, pastor. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Annual election of teachers and officers. Preaching at 11 a.m. Kepworth League at 6:30 p.m. Evening preaching at 7:30 with the subject The Veil of Flesh. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at the usual hour.
Mrs Evelyn McElhaney was found guilty of murder in the second degree in district court at Alliance. The jury returned the verdict Saturday evening. The charge carries a penalty of ten years to life imprisonment. A motion for a new trial is expected. The case is described as one of the most sensational in western Nebraska.
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