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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1925
Page
1
Chris Campen presents His Majesty The Outlaw in Potter this Friday night. Arrow feature stars Violet Plante and Yakima Canutt the world champion cowboy. A two reel comedy Follow Me and a one reel Horse Play are added for variety.
The following parties are new or renewal subscribers of Potter's paper and remittances are acknowledged: Miss Mary Hansen of Pasadena California Lawrence Schwartz city W C Shriver city O I Anderson Jt Colins Colorado
Wm. Goding, proprietor of the Potter Garage and County Commissioner, was summoned to Los Angeles by the death of his mother. His brother E. E. Goding of Dix and sister Mrs. James Davison of Dalton joined the trip to California for the funeral. He plans to stay about a week before returning to Potter.
Three men are trapped in a small room when a lighted bomb is hurled through a barred window. The note suggests reading The Black Gang by Cyril McNeile Sapper in the next Review issue, promising a mighty good story and encouragement to follow.
A reader questions why a country doctor earning 25 cents for gas, $1 for wear and tear, and 2 cents for oil to reach a rural patient is considered rich when some people tip him $2. The letter challenges perceptions of fair compensation for medical calls off the beaten track.
The Review presents Cyril M. Neyle’s Bull Dog Drummond serial The Black Gang starting next week. Drummond faces danger in wider forms as his arch foe Peterson plots to defeat him. Read the next issue for the thrilling adventures.
C. W. Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Clarence Johnson, Chas. Cords, and R. Arnell drove to Cheyenne Wednesday to attend the Frontier celebration. They traveled in C. W. Johnson's new Hudson coach.
Pleasant View residents like Pleasant View and Frank Mathes were busy pulling up pipes from his well last week. Dan Herboldsheimer called on his son Charley last Wednesday. Harry Courtright bought a binder from C. G. Mathewson last Wednesday.
Ten years ago in Potter Manhattan Oil Company shipped material for 25,000 wallon storage tanks to be sited on city property across from the City Garage. A combined meeting of the W O W lodge is set for July 27 at the Review office to plan a new fraternal hall. Elevator work proceeds with basement, store foundations, and bank building under rapid construction. Local items include licenses, licenses, and licenses.
Brownson reports a shower for Mrs. Tolle bride to be on June 25 and a community rains needed after a Sunday downpour. Upland relatives visit the Nelsons as harvest runs hot with 107 to 108 degree days. J B Gilliam and Lewis Olson attend local visits. a Martin bomber passed over Sidney dropping parachute mail.
Public notice to Potter Nebraska taxpayers outlines refunding bonds totaling 30000 dollars to replace existing lighting and water bonds for a lower interest rate of 434 percent per year paid semi annually. Objections may be filed with the Village Clerk by July 31 1925. Also notes a family trip by John Seyfang and daughters Edna and Minnie and Mrs Leyfang to the Pacific coast with plans to visit Oregon cities Roseburg and Portland.
N S Miller and Peter Hansen Sen win the week’s golf prize. Miller scored 36 on nine holes with a 40 stroke line and handicap. Hansen Sen takes second prize of two handkerchiefs. Prizes vary weekly from local merchants, with handicaps offered to balance skill levels.
Six army pursuit planes from Selfridge Field crossed Potter at noon on their westward route to the Pacific coast. No bombs were dropped and anti aircraft guns remained silent. Maj Thomas G. Lanphier led the brigade. they landed in Cheyenne at 1 02 p m and attended Frontier grounds events as guests of the 76th Field Artillery. A Curtis bomber served as mother ship and later accompanied the group to San Francisco and back.
The article notes cooler week conditions aid harvest as most wheat is being combined or headed, with threshing underway in some areas. Quality is above normal with many tests over 60, fields yielding 10 to 35 bushels per acre, mostly 15 to 20. No rust, light hail losses, corn outlook guardedly good with rains needed.
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