North of 36 film heads three day run in Sidney
Paramount picture North of 36 opens a three day engagement at the U S A theatre in Sidney next Monday. The Irvin Willat production stars Jack Holt Ernest Torrence Lois Wilson and Noah Beery in a Texas frontier tale set after the Civil War as pioneers seek a market north of 36 with danger and drama. The article compares it to The Covered Wagon and urges seeing both for audience choice. Also notes local society items including Claude Johnson's trip to Grand Island for work a New Years masquerade dance prize winners Mrs Lulu Burke and Lagh Mellen and moves of families Mrs Lavotny from Scribner to Dix and Rebekah Lodge attendance in Sidney.
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Irvin Willat
Emerson Hough
Jack Holt
E¢rnest ‘Torrence
Lois Wilson
Noah Beery
Sidney
Texas
Lone Star
Garl
Adv
Claude Johnson
Grand Island
Lagh Mel'adden
Lulu Burke
Aronson News Items from Potter and Palmar Thurston
Mr and Mrs Lewis Olson and Mrs H Stevens shopped in Potter Saturday. Mrs Henrietta Thurston and child ren returned from Dalton after two week visit. Elmer Wilson is hauling hay in these days. Mr and Mrs Nels Thurston of Sidney and J Peterson of Rock Springs Wyo were Sunday visitors at Palmer Thurston s. Harold Nelson son of N J Nelson ill with ear abscess and improving under Dr Ames care. Ella Anderson and Mrs Henrietta Thurston motored to Sidney Tuesday. N J Nelson and sons with Clemence and Doyle Easton visited Palmer Thurston Sunday evening.
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Lewis Olson
H. Stevens
Potter
Henrietta Thurston
Dalton
Elmer Wilson
Nels Thurston
Sidney
J. Peterson
Rock Springs
Wyo
Palmer Thurston’s
Harold Nelson
N. J. Nelson
Ames
Ella Anderson
N. J. Nelson and Sons
Clemence and
Doyle Easton
Palmer Thurstons
Dix Items and Local Social Notes
The Odd Fellows entertained families on New Year’s Eve with a program, supper, dancing, and cards. Emil Johnson returned from Omaha where he had worked. No church Sunday due to bad roads. the minister could not make the Bushnell drive. Dwight Kelly visited Sunol with his sister. Mr and Mrs Geo Whitney dined with Mr and Mrs Lee Peterson. School resumed Monday after a two week vacation. Mr and Mrs H R Smith and daughter visited in Dix New Year’s Day.
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Odd Fellows
Emil Johnson
Omaha
Bushnell
Dwight Kelly
Sunol
Geo. Whitney
Lee Peterson
H. R. Smith
Dix
Library rules for Potter Library Board oversight
The librarian must arrange books by classification, keep magazines sorted by date, prevent waste and dust, and promote binding tape use for preservation. Monthly reports cover purchases donations wear loss and on hand totals plus a prior month. Records of disbursements and receipts are kept and surplus cash handed to the treasurer. The librarian may appoint an assistant and must notify the board if services are needed. By order of the Potter Library Board.
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Potter Library Board
Inheritance and Wealth Patterns Among the Elderly
The data show 6 are self supporting through labor while 54 rely on children relatives or charity. At 75 years old 63 are dead with 60 leaving no estate. Three are wealthy and 34 depend on others for support. About 95 percent of those dependent will not have sufficient resources.
Boat-Building Metaphor Rings Through Funeral Note
The fragment hints at defraying funeral costs with a boat building metaphor. It questions prior experience and suggests that without building and sending a boat, one should not expect a windfall or “ship to come in,” implying skepticism about easy gains from effort.
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Cient
Rabbit Hunt Feed Set for Next Monday Evening
The rabbit hunt feed will be held next Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the Lincoln Highway Cafe. A good menu is planned and attendees are expected to enjoy a pleasant time.
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Lincoln Highway
Indignation and snakes in a Moose Jaw exchange
An odd dialogue shows a movie scene redo and a public joke about a local man who avoids action, trading barbs about improvised indignant lines and a surreal digression about snakes and prohibition in Moose Jaw and Okauchee.
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Moose Jaw
Okauchee
Party Plot Delights at Evelyns Family Soiree
A wry tale centers on Evelyn and her sister at their mother's party where slick talk about marriage becomes the party’s joke. The sister’s pledge to wed the speaker arrives as the night’s anticipated “news,” but the child notes the true news is the gathering itself.
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Evelyn
Adam Is Seated First as Men Wait for Their Wives
Adam was seated first and men have been waiting for their wives ever since. The line hints at a ceremonial or social scene with anticipation among the attendees.
Prompting Quip Sparks Lighthearted Debate
A playful exchange unfolds as one speaker cautions another to think twice before speaking, while the other insists on cautious, stuttered emphasis. The limericklike dialogue echoes a courtly or humorous tone, with characters debating speech and restraint.
All in Imagination at the Dance Night
A witty exchange frames the social scene with Maudle remarking on the number of young men who paid attention at the dance and Gracie teasing that she has already imagined them. The light dialogue captures a lively, era-appropriate social moment.
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Gracie
Doctor’s iron diet joke from Wayside Tales
A quip notes a doctor’s “rigid diet” that oddly allows unlimited spinach, suggesting the physician’s ignorance about spinach’s effects, with the punchline linking the vegetable to the patient.
In Every Sense Society Exchange On Money For Business
A dialogue finds She asking about getting papa to fund business needs and He approving the idea as a capital plan. The exchange hints at parental financing and enterprising support within a personal circle.
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Papa
Shooting Fish and a Gun in Hand At Neighbors’ Doorstep
Mr Teaspot, returning from a hunting trip with no luck, buys a string of fish to take home. Neighbors smile at the sight of him carrying a gun and the fish, watching his unusual errand unfold.
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Teaspot
Not for Common Stomachs Tea Shop Ad
Ad touts iced drinks and ice cream confections inside a tea shop. The playful copy invites patrons to step in and choose from a variety of cold treats.
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Tea Shop
Quote on domestic life versus picnic discomforts
A wry remark noting that if home life matched the discomforts of picnics and camping, divorce courts would be more clogged than they are. It reflects social commentary on domestic endurance and public institutions.
Mercenary Ghosts Move From Haunted House
Briggs left the dwelling he formerly occupied claiming it was haunted. He notes creditors lingered constantly at the property. He affirms a true friend exists who tells him when he is wrong.
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Briggs
Value Stated in a Profiteer's Drawing Room Riff
A line overheard in a profiteer's home recalls a French professor who billed ten guineas per hour for lessons. The remark centers on a wife named Jane and a private song performance, hinting at moneyed spheres and social satire without graphic detail.
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Jane
In Training. Crawford Preps After Ram Runner Obsession
Crabshaw notes Crawford trains nightly to study ram runners after reading about them. The piece highlights a rising habit in track practice focused on technique and endurance as a response to recent headlines.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
A Serious Failure Bank Note Renewal Crisis
A cashier asks if the customer was ruined by the other bank’s failure to renew notes, while the old lady confirms. The exchange frames a financial setback over note renewals in a sharp, era-typical dialogue.
It Is Not Wise to Claim Too Much Credit
Cautious counsel notes that credit for work completed can be misread by others. Achievements stand as tests of quality, not as justification for boasting or inflating one’s role.
Voters and marriage views in a reflective note
If my party wins this fall I will say the voters are showing their usual sanity. If it loses I will sigh that they were misled by demagogues again. Someone notes true love is staying married not getting married. Many stay married out of habit according to many people.
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Mebbe
Common sense politics sparks definition clash
Opinion pieces question the idea of a government guided by common sense noting many interpret it differently. The column cites Art Brown joking that women no longer churn but load cream into a flivver and ride out.
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Art Brown
Newspaper Arguments Prove Little In Bixby’s View
A reflective note argues that vigorous newspaper debates rarely settle disputes, noting that arguments in print echo beyond the page but rarely resolve matters, a stance echoing Bixby’s view on dialogue and result. It underscores the limits of commentary in shaping final outcomes.
Hank Leggett Claims Missing Ten Commandments in Bible
Hank Leggett says he searched the New Testament but could not find the Ten Commandments, describing a perceived omission in the Bible.
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Hank Leggett
Magazine orders and subscriptions offered by Potter Review
The Potter Review promotes handling new and renewal subscriptions for the World Herald Bee and Omaha Daily News along with 2310 U S magazines. Mail orders save writing letters and money orders while a portion stays home. Daily orders go to the daily and magazines to a company guaranteeing ten hours to the publisher.
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