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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
1
A regional plea urges Potter residents to form a community club with business leaders and farmers to boost local roads. The piece champions initiative, collective action, and the idea of meetings in town and countryside to draft a mass petition to county officials urging road improvements.
A historical celebration of telegraph and telephone networks as American triumphs. It highlights invention and organization, cites world rankings in number of telephones, investments, annual conversations, and total wire mileage with U S leadership in most metrics.
Universal Ike Nearly Gets Married in two reels. The Jungie Master 101 Bison Animal Feature in Animated Weekly No 140. What Happened to Shultz Joker Comedy. 5 000 feet of film. Orchestra music. Music begins at 8 Pictures 8 15. Come and enjoy a good time.
L K Nelson and wife C W Johnson and families left for a month long trip visiting two Expositions along the coast and Universal City. They will base at Berkley California and Madera California with relatives. A farewell party for Rev Hansen and family and others was held at Dix. Breitung plans to move to Denver. Stevens and family occupy a new east town residence. A G Smith moves into Stevens north town house after retirement from farming.
The bid opening for the new bank building is moved from June 1 to June 15 to allow contractors more time. Plans and specifications are available at Potter State Bank.
We will publish weekly batting averages from the ball boys, starting with this first attempt. The aim is to urge daily practice and improvement in batting and all parts of the game. The article notes that regardless of fielding, hits drive scores and scores tell the tale.
Memorial Day was observed in Potter with an afternoon service led by Rev. Miller of Sidney and band music. Afterward the procession to the cemetery, led by the band and flag, carried flowers to lay on graves, despite few war veterans. The cool rainy day heightened solemnity among about sixty marchers.
At a special stockholders meeting of Farmers' Grain and Milling Company a 25 000 bushel elevator was approved contingent on raising the necessary capital within one week. A building committee of Dr A J Ames Charles High and Fred Nelson was elected to oversee the project with work to start promptly and aim for fall completion.
A call urges residents to repair the cemetery conditions including broken fences and overgrown graves. The speaker insists the site deserves respectful upkeep and laments a grave of the murdered Italian reflecting poorly on Potter. Public effort is needed to restore order and holiness to the resting place.
The notice promotes a two reel feature described as a dandy and announces the Animated Weekly as a first for Potter. It claims the weekly provides the latest news and pictures from the European struggle.
The passage critiques the urge of some parties to “run it all.” It suggests stepping back to reflect and heal the mindset, labeling such domineering intent as harmful and pitiable. It describes the drive as an invalid condition that should be corrected.
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