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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1920
Page
2
A surprise birthday event was held Monday night at the theatre for Johnny Leyfang. About twenty of his young friends attended, enjoying games and a light luncheon. Johnny jokes he cannot have more than one birthday per year.
A Saturday evening event at Charley Smith’s north of Potter honored Mr. and Mrs. E F Guidice of Oakland California visiting at the Smith home. Twenty four guests attended with games dances and a luncheon. Mrs Peter Hansen won best lady costume Mrs E H Biggs won consolation in ladies division E F Guidice won best male costume and N B Miller took the consolation prize.
The Review describes its ongoing effort to extend the Early History of Potter and Vicinity feature. It notes the May 7 issue printed six columns of history credited to O. E. Anderson of Fort Collins, Colorado, and reports plans to gather more data from local old timers, aiming for a fuller history possibly in booklet form.
J. R. Queen ranch received 632 two and three year old steers from Denver for summer pasture. The cattle were shipped to Dalton and driven to the north Potter ranch. Queen now claims about 1300 head on his ranch with about 200 Hampshire hogs, illustrating diversified farming beyond wheat.
A harassed college professor seeks work to make ends meet and visits a building operation. He nervously tells a red-faced manager with a diamond horseshoe necktie that he could be a bricklayer. The manager derides the idea and jokes about starting as an architect to work up.
A traveling salesman sold jewelry to a town shopkeeper whose goods proved faulty. The wholesale house pursued payment via a sight draft, which the local bank returned unpaid. They asked the postmaster to collect, he replied with a sharp rebuke naming the local bank president and others, ending with a jab about the pastor.
Potter awaits the new steam powered equipment for the electric light plant with 24 hour service expected once ready. Faculty members at the local school disperse for summer after a lengthy term. The Banner County News is leased to W M Wright of Chicago, son of Rev Wright. The new editor took charge recently. Nebraska merchants are reacting to postwar economic shifts as the dollar loses value. Kimball advertises bids for paying projects expected this year.
The Presbyterian Church's New Era publicity unit issues a manual for pastors on paid advertising. An Interchurch world movement plans a nationwide fundraising drive with a defined ad campaign across daily and weekly press. The church, like any enterprise, needs publicity to succeed.
The item lists global swine distribution the Azorean lace crafts from century plant leaves and cites large southern cities Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro and Sydney. It notes jellyfish as lowest animal life and adds a humorous diner exchange about tipping. It ends with a fact about elephant hide tanning taking about six months.
A motor carriage carrying two men has been offered to the army and is claimed to displace the horses of the cavalry. The report notes potential shifts in military mobility and the role of mechanized transport in future operations.
Antonio Moreno, once a poor baker's clerk in Campamento, dreamed of wealth in America. At fifteen he boarded a steamship to the United States where actress Helen Ware met him and predicted success on the stage. Now a Vitagraph star, he headlines serials like The Iron Test and Perils of Thunder Mountain and has just signed a two year contract.
The report notes grapes grow in Arabia yet no wine is made there. It is said the Quran caused Arabia to become dry long ago, implying restrictions on alcohol production.
The claim notes that per population the United States now has about half the number of booksellers compared with fifty years ago, reflecting a sharp decline in the bookselling sector over time.
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