Frahm Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge
Fred Frahm pleads not guilty to first degree murder in the John Frahm case. A badly decomposed body found near Oshkosh last week was identified as John Frahm, triggering the murder charge after years of suspense in western Nebraska. Frahm claims he can produce John alive in ten days if convicted.
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Fred Frahm
John Frahm
Garden County
Oshkosh
Julesburg
Nebraska
Sidney
Fre l Frahm
John
Telegraph
Frahm
Johns-Brahmsx
Ed. Lehmkuhl
Morris
Benton
Associated Press
Lincoln
R. P. Kepler
Cheyenne
Garden
Sandy
Plain English speech on power trusts by Congressman Carpenter
In a broadside circulated in his district, Congressman Terry Carpenter printed a speech opposing power trusts. The envelope caption quotes him, in large letters, declaring support for municipal ownership of power and stating that power trusts can go to hell.
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Power Trusts
Terry Carpenter
Terry
Old chattel mortgage details from 1893
A 1893 chattel mortgage on a $42.85 loan by Martin Leafdale to L Crownover lists security including a black mare two iron grey horses four red bull a four year old cow Lizzie a six month old steer calf two six month old heifer calves two black sows with six pigs another sow ten months old and a Moline wagon in Kimball County recorded November 1 1893. Leafdale does not recall the loan purpose. County clerk S Wooldridge oversaw the record.
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Martin Leafdale
Potter
L. Crownover
Lizzie
Leafdale
Kimball County
S. Wooldridge
Community Club Meet Next Wednesday Evening
The regular June community club meeting will be held next Wednesday evening at Cords cafe. Emil Nelson is the program leader. A good attendance is desired.
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Cords Cafe
Emil Nelson
Mr and Mrs Pete Nelson Visit Courtright Home
Mr and Mrs Pete Nelson visited Sunday at the Courtright home. They called on the family and spent the afternoon there, sharing updates and greetings in a neighborly social call.
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Mrs
Pete Nelson
Courtright Home
Benton quotes threat over missing person case
A Benton quoted remark asserts knowledge of the missing man’s location and threatens action, declaring that the man in question is not John and vowing to make someone “smoke” for the issue. The fragment implies a tense, unresolved disappearance tied to a threat atmosphere.
Great Horseshoe Pitcher From Sac City At Potter Event
Guy Zimmerman of Sac City Iowa wowed Potter fans with flawless ringers and long shots, dominating 25 and 24 handicap matches on the local court. He posted 95 ringers in 100 shoes for 290 of 300 points, with Mrs Zimmerman also delivering a notable Florida Open win in 1933. An exhibition bout with state champions may come to Potter day.
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Guy Zimmerman
Sac City
Iowa
Zimmerman
Potter
Edens
Siebenaler
Kimball
Horseshoe
Sidney
Dix
Orlando
Florida
Civic Ten Commandments for Watertown Townsfolk
John W. Griest, secretary of the Watertown South Dakota Chamber of Commerce, offers a set of ten civic rules. The list urges residents to boost the city, support home industries, obey laws, stay optimistic, and contribute time and resources to community works for peace and prosperity.
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John W. Griest
Watertown, S. D
State teachers examinations set for Sidney court rooms
County Superintendent Gertrude M. Nelson announces statewide teacher examinations will be conducted in the Sidney court rooms on Saturday June 2 1934. Candidates and local educators should prepare registration details and arrive early for the written tests and verification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Gertrude M. Nelson
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society Social at Mrs Rogers Home
Mrs G L Rogers and Mrs Clarence Rogers host the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society at Mrs G L Rogers home on Wednesday June 6 at 2 45 PM Mrs McAdam leads the program All invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L Rogers
Clarence Rogers
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
G. L. Rogers
McAdam
Peetz Farmers Livestock Shipments Total Over Year
The Peetz Farmers Livestock Shipping association moved livestock valued at 20,415 dollars for its members in the past year. In its 15-year history, the group has shipped 1,010,859 dollars. Ted Gross, cashier at Vine Bluffs State Bank, had an ulcer operation at the Galveston Veterans Hospital and is expected to return home around June 1.
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Peetz Farmers Livestock Shipping Association
Ted Gross
Vine Bluffs State Bank
Veterans Hospital
Galveston
Texas
Gross
Fish and Game Plant Brook Trout for Youth Fishing Near Bridge
The State Fish and Game commission planted between three and four thousand bluegills in a shallow pond near the Gering Scottsbluff bridge and posted it for youngsters of 16 or younger. A limit of ten at a catch was made.
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The
State Fish and Game Commission
Gering-Scottsbluff Bridge
Doctor Miller Nears Home After Two Feet Amputation
Reports from Presbyterian hospital in Denver indicate Dr. AL Miller Kimball surgeon and physician is recovering well after amputation of both feet and is not expected home in about two weeks.
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Presbyterian Hospital
Denver
AL. Miller
Kimball
Minot
Swayzee Injured in Saddle Horse Fall at Donahoe Ranch
Hank Swayzee a former Kimball resident lies in a Cheyenne hospital with a broken jaw broken leg and multiple cuts after his saddle horse fell at the Donahoe ranch northwest of Cheyenne He was unconscious from Wednesday until Sunday.
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Hank Swayzee
Kimball
Cheyenne
Donahoe Ranch
Swayzee
Obituary: Joseph Vogler of Dalton Dies at 69
Joseph Vogler, retired farmer from Dalton, died at his home aged 69. Born in Rassdorf Germany he came to America in 1893 and settled near Dalton in 1914. He is survived by his wife two sons two daughters and several grandchildren.
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Joseph Vogler
Dalton
Rassdorf
Kreis
Hindfeldt
Germany
America
Dalton business leader W. J. Ewing dies at 58
W J Ewing a prominent Dalton businessman dies at 58. Born in Falmouth Indiana he moved to Exeter Nebraska as a boy then Sidney and settled in Dalton in 1906. He led Bridgeport Lumber's Dalton yard and served as president of Dalton State Bank from 1918 to 1931. Survived by his wife two daughters and two grandchildren.
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W. J. Ewing
Dalton
Falmouth
Indiana
Exeter
Nebra
Sidney
Bridgeport Lumber Company
Dalton State Bank
Stapp Steals Chevy Arrested. Old Pioneer Passes Away
Donald Stapp, an Eustis boy, took a new Chevy from A R Thomlinson of Ogallala and was captured by Sheriff Taylor. He was ordered to pay $16.40 in trial costs, live with his father, attend Sunday School and church for a year, wash dishes nightly for a year, and report monthly to the county judge. Also, Kimball County mourns longtime resident William Thomas Young Sr. aged 79, who came to the Pawnee Buttes country in 1874, lived at Bushnell, and left a wife, three sons and a daughter. interment followed at Bushnell cemetery.
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Donald Stapp
Eustis
A. R. Thomlinson
Ogallala
Taylor
Kimball County
Bushnell
William Thomas Young Sr
Pawnee Buttes
L F Outfit
Pine Bluffs
Cheyenne County
Bloomington
Indiana
Wapello County
Iowa
Bushnell Cemetery
Mrs Lucille Bushee Gordon dies at 92 in Redington
Mrs Lucille Bushee Gordon 92 of Redington died at her son Robert Faurburns home near Redington. Born in Poughkeepsie she moved to Wisconsin in 1843 with her family then to Nebraska then Kimball where she taught. She married Harry Gordon and lived on a claim near Twin Mounds and was the first operator of the Redington telephone exchange for 23 years. Services at Redington church. burial beside daughter Grace and father Rev Bushee at Bethel cemetery near Potter.
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Lucille Bushee Gordon
Redington
Robert Faurburn
Poughkeepsie
New York
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Nebraska
Kimball
Harry Gordon
Twin Mounds
Potter Nebraska Church Service Notice
A church in Potter Nebraska lists Sunday activities with Sunday school at 2 15 p m and worship and sermon at 3 p m Please invite friends Dr W T Kahse is mentioned as pastor in Potter Nebraska notices
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Potter, Nebraska
W. T. Kahse
Methodist Church Notes B H Murten Pastor
Sunday school at 10 a m and evening worship announced. Bishop Lute will visit Potter on June 10 and conduct services at 3 p m. A cordial welcome is extended to all attendees at every service.
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Methodist Church
B. H. Murten
Lute
Potter
Poppy Sale Surpasses Three-Year Total in Potter
Poppy sales in Potter exceeded the previous three years with a total of 32.59 raised by the Auxiliary this year. Last year about 26, in 1932 about 29, and in 1931 around 31 dollars. Auxiliary members thank the public for generous support and will apply the funds to rehabilitation work.
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Potter
Bunkerhill Set to Face Bearcats Next Sunday Showdown
Bunkerhill travels to challenge the Bearcats in a Sunday game at 2:30 pm. The visitors seek their first win while locals aim to add another scalp, with admission 25 cents for men and 10 cents for women.
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Bunkerhill
Bearcats
Memorial Day Observance In Potter Pet Pictures Cemetery Quiet
Memorial Day was fittingly observed in Potter with a well attended Legion and Auxiliary forenoon program at Leyfang hall highlighted by a district judge Carrier of Gering. A short memorial service followed at the cemetery with the Legion Auxiliary Boy Scouts and Camp Fire girls including taps and firing salute. The Legion lot holds a model grave representing the war dead. Village workers spent two days beautifying the cemetery and bouquets and wreaths enhanced the scene, praised as one of the finest prairie cemeteries in the west.
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Potter
Legion and Auxiliary
Leyfang Hall
Carrier of Gering
Legion, Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
Legion
Potter’s Cemetery
Even Great Editors Have Their Troubles
The Albin Journal reports ongoing printer problems delaying publication. A 4:30 to 5:45 a.m. start, a balky gas engine, and a stubborn press frustrated staff through Thursday and Friday. A mechanic could not fix it until Saturday at 11 a.m., when the press finally began printing the first page.
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Albin Journal
Journal
Missouri
Edgar Leafdale Seeks State Senate Seat After Eastern Swing
Democrat Edgar Leafdale returned Tuesday from a trip through the eastern part of the 31st district reporting friendly receptions at every stop. He believes he has a strong chance of securing the nomination and election and would represent the district well if chosen.
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Edgar Leafdale
Edgar
Miss Anna Uncapher Returns from Dalton Teaching Term
Miss Anna Uncapher has returned to Potter after teaching a successful term of school near Dalton.
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Anna Uncapher
Potter
Dalton
Pleasant Hill Cemetery History Recalls Pioneer Burials
The Pleasant Hill cemetery in Banner county known as Hull cemetery is rich in pioneer history. An 1888 land grant by T. D. Deutsch and Alex Bookwalter hosts graves of Civil War Union soldiers and early settlers. A garlanded sod monument gave way to a wood marker, then a granite Georgia marble statue erected in 1933 bears inscriptions honoring unknown soldiers and local veterans. The account lists Orange J. Bailey George Wice John Wilson J. S. Rice Clark B. Whipple George Adcock Simon Ritchie A. M. Stoddard John H. Stingbaum Levi B. Spear Hiram Ammerman Dr. David C. Tremain Warren Salisbury Moses W. Loop James Foreman and other early residents and W R C members who aided in sickness and distress.
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Hull
Banner County
Pleasant Hill
Nebraska History Magazine
J. A. George
Lyman
Nebr
Nebraska State J Historical Society
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
T. D. Deutsch
Alex Bookwalter
Kimball
Alfred Calderwood
G. A. R. Post
Georgia
Orange J. Bailey
George Wice
John Wilson
J. S. Rice
Dorrington
Clark B. Whipple
George Adcock
Simon Ritchie
Sherman
A. M. Stoddard
John H. Stingbaum
Levi B. Spear
Hiram Ammerman
David C. Tremain
U. P
Warren Salisbury
Harrisburg
Gering
Granger
Mingo
Mitchell
Alliance
Ger‘ing
Moses W. Loop
James Foreman
D. L. LaGrange
LaGrange
Wyoming
Catherine Kessler
John Kessler
Mr. Kessler
Nicholas
Martha Salsbury
Martha Bailey
Esther Whipple
Sarah Whipple
Sadie Spear
Logan Ritchie
Cordelia Loop
Hettie Foreman
DeVaul Warner Goes to Kim Ball for Wet Meet
DeVaul Warner travels to Kim Ball for a wet weather gathering. Officials anticipate a casual event with limited attendance and unclear program details.
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DeVaul Warner
Kimball
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Fred
Lorenzo
Sidney, Kimball and
Gurley
Potter Bearcats
Lorenzo Diamond
Rehmers
E. Meier
Eean
Koester
R. Thomas
O. Radditz
D. Meier
P Johnson
Aoneee
Radditz
Schulenberg
Henderson If
H Mayer
Ey McGowan
Nelson
Ce Ee Slack
Christensen
Robertson
Shea
Reichstein
H. Rehmers
Potter Meier
G. Ross
Potter Bud Johnson
Lorenzo Bunkerhill
Bearcat
Slack
D. Nelson
Mayer
McGowan
E. Rehmers
Team
Community Club
Zimmeran
HEC
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