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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1933
Page
5
John Seyfang and his granddaughter Bernice Seyfang visited Sunol for a few days, sharing time and local sights with relatives and friends in the area.
Dr A J Ames and Eur Thayer were active in local commerce in Sidney on Saturday.
For sale notices a Model 62 Chrysler Tudor Sedan in good condition. Contact D A Pratt in Sidney Nebraska for details.
The Ladies Aid will meet Wednesday afternoon in the parlors of the United United Service church. Hostesses are Mrs. Bert Christengen, Mrs. Fred Vaughan, Mrs. Guy Hite and Mrs. Donald Wills.
Mrs Elizabeth Stevens and her children and Miss Beryl Dykeman were callers in Kimball last Friday forenoon.
The Ladies Aid society is preparing a special Flag Day program for their meeting next Wednesday and invites the public to attend.
Next Wednesday, June 14, is Flag Day and readers are urged to display their flags. The note invites everyone to let Old Glory fly in the breeze and partake in the patriotic observance.
Chas Mayer and Maynard Mayer along with the Misses Evelyn Mayer and Leona Buckingham took a trip to Chadron, detailing their journey and activities during the excursion.
Misses Minger and Buckingham attend the first of the week summer session with Miss Buckingham hailing from Sterling.
Lee Hagemeister and his Sunday school class of young lads enjoyed a day outing Monday in the Laurence Forks.
Hlanry Wes sustained a cut to the ankle after dropping a butcher knife whose point ended up inside his shoe. The mishap occurred recently and required no further details or medical updates at this time.
Mrs Esther Carlson and her daughter Alice left Sunday evening for Chicago and other places where they intend to spend the summer, marking a planned extended warm weather excursion away from home.
Miss Patricia Johnson of Douglas, Whyoming, returned with her father Monday and is visiting relatives here.
R. B. Phillips of Stapleton called Friday at the V. C. Sheets residence and the Dewey Lovell home where his wife works for the summer.
Art Closman of Sidney, a business caller in Potter County, spent the harsh winter days largely at the Rochester clinic for a serious operation. He reports he is now in much better health and recovering well.
The Western Nebraska Oil company moved storage tanks last Thursday to a new location west of the depot in the space formerly used for a road before the crossing was relocated. The new storage building was erected there some time ago.
The Eastern Star entertained Masonic members and families at a hall party last Thursday evening with a fine program led by a notable style review staged by the Masons. A large delegation attended and a delicious lunch followed the festivities.
Mrs Cecil Stark and Miss Madonna Brady of Gordon Nebraska spent Sunday here with their brothers Clyde and Walter Brady. They left Monday with Walter for Peru to visit the parental home. They were joined by Margaret Harrison visiting in the eastern part of the state.
A collection of humorous malapropisms from clergy as tongues tangle during sermons. Examples include misread texts and dramatic statements such as Now Rababbas was a bobber and halled in the hell beneath. A Scots pulpiteer mispronounced Epistle of Paul the Colossal to the Apossians and other gaffes amuse parishioners.
Montreal Herald reflects on the virtue of admitting mistakes and retracing steps. It argues honesty requires changing mind when reason demands and condemns stubborn consistency as unworthy. The piece urges humility across ages and calls for timely self-correction.
The Washington Star discusses two uses of the term geranium. Botanists call the plant Cranebill with several varieties, while gardeners refer to the Pelargonium or rose-geranium, popular in England since 1690. The botanical kind grows about two feet tall with purple flowers and yields a bitter alumroot fluid from its root.
Several nations have enacted compulsory voting for qualified individuals. Penalties vary from disfranchisement to fines. Belgium imposes escalating fines and, on the fourth offense, wipes the voter's name from the registry for ten years and bars state promotions or nominations.
A Oxford freshman, grandson of Queen Victoria, ran through his allowance and fell £10 in debt. He asked for an advance from his grandmother, who sent a long stern letter of advice. He replied claiming to heed her counsel and said he had sold her original letter for £23 to a collector.
A writer notes that judging perfume by bottle sniff is impossible for a woman and that true scent emerges only with body warmth. Perfumers must blend talent with science, yet the final product remains unseen until use by a woman. The craft is described as a blind art.
The article extols the Stockholm region and its surroundings. Lake Malaren presents wooded shores and villages, while nearby Strangas boasts a 1204 Gothic Cathedral and a bishop's palace now used as a school. Sig eredly attinpetive.
Dr. A. L. Miller of Kimball acted as a caller in Potter yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Fowler departed last Thursday for Denver. Herman Moench recently had his residence reshingled. Miss Edna Seyfang left for Kearney to attend summer school.
Julietta Goding spent a week with cousin Shirley Davison at Dalton. Kensington ladies met Mrs Pugh on Wednesday. The summer Bible school opened Monday. Geo Brown of Kearney is in Dix on business. Mrs Henry James and son Gordon plus Mrs Lee Peterson and Mrs Wm Scheele motored to Potter Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Shaw and children visited Dix Saturday. Walter Poindexter of Laramie spent the weekend with Leland Goding.
The Daily Lincoln Nebraska State Journal notes it prints editions after 5 p.m. to serve rural routes and towns, with the Morning Journal arriving the same day by mail. Rates offered include daily 1.00 and Sunday 1.25, or yearly 3.50 and 5.00.
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