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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1915
Page
3
A compact recap highlights key moments across multiple topics, noting notable people, places, dates, and organizations involved. The overview emphasizes concise facts and the interplay of public interest across politics, culture, science, and community events.
Brief war notes report British casualties 259 069 in the house of commons asquith. Marconi named lieutenant and wireless chief in Italy. Udine says Austrian town looted. meat at 1 dollar a pound with bread scarce. Norway lost 29 ships valuation 7.5 million. 10,000 Italian recruits joined colors in Milan with donations and pay. Romania poised to enter war per M Filipescu. Cunarder Orduna passengers suspect loss of dreadnought Agamemnon. US sends note to Germany for Lusitania reparations. Berlin bans military info publication. Russians halt Austro German push on Dniester and Lemberg. Chicago cops replaced. rifles contracts for Allies. Sioux City ex-chief Peirce jailed. Baldwin wins locomotive contract. Butte paper wrecked by dynamite. Roosevelt backs Wilson on policy with Germany.
At Omahas front lines jurymen are away delaying the trial of Porter Charlton for the murder of his wife in Italy. Other items note Dr. William H. Welch of Johns Hopkins will depart Baltimore June 30 for China to aid medical education, while Calumet and Hecla mine workers receive a half million dollar bonus plus regular wages. Senator Underwood urges building merchant ships to boost southern cotton transport, a banker cites contracts for 25 million shrapnel shells worth about 500 million, and R J Phenka lauds Wilson for neutrality in a Bohemian speech in Omaha.
Louis Disbrow wins the 100 mile feature at the Wisconsin state fairgrounds Milwaukee in a 5 000 sweepstakes free-for-all from eleven starters. Spriggan the bay gelding wins the 2 10 trot in San Francisco. Royal II wins Latonia derby at Shatonia Ky worth 10 125. Ernest Sasse wins Soo Gun intercity shooting title at Sioux City with 48 straight targets. La Grange High School tops Chicago interscholastic meet. Graham sets pole vault world record at 12 feet 7 44 inches.
Washington reports the Federal Reserve Board will publish a complete statement of expenses and earnings for the twelve Federal Reserve banks effective July 1. Other notes include a ruling by the Interstate Commerce Commission on unlawful joint class freight rates for grain carloads from Iowa to Kansas City, and a Virginia debt settlement requiring West Virginia to pay 12,303,929 dollars at the time of state partition. Additional items discuss Carranza’s reply to recognition and preparations for the Fourth of July at the summer White House in Cornish New Hampshire.
The world's championship wrestling contest between Joe Stecker of Dodge Nebraska and Chas Cutler of Chicago will be decided July 5 at Rourke Park Omaha. Stecker has attracted wide attention for years and has never been defeated on the mat. Cutler, the current American champion, has a world wide reputation.
Cutler has wrestled big men and dominated them with the same ease Joe Stecker shows in op ponent handling. Wm Rochelle, Cutler's manager, is a wealthy Chicago business man who reportedly takes no pay for his services. Rochelle believes no living athlete can take Cutler's laurels. Nebraska sentiment for Joe Stecker runs strong and may be hard to sway.
Among the latest wounded sent back from the front is Vaddik Pravdin, a boy of 18, who has already won all four grades of the St. George's cross.
About 100 mutilated soldiers enroll in a special Charenton school to learn new trades. Former coal miners masons dyers cooks plumbers farmers painters plasterers butchers and carmen are among the pupils adapting to civilian work.
British forces under General Botha fight in harsh German Southwest Africa covered by veils and goggles due to 122 degree heat. Troops endure blistering sun in waterless desert while sustaining with minimal gear, tents offering only shade. Many Boer burghers suffer sunblister, some admitted to hospital.
A collage of ad style lines and quips appears, promoting Denison's Coffee and Red Cross Ball Blue while weaving in humorous wedding sayings and social notes from Life magazine. The text mixes product pitches with light jest about marriages and dancing.
In a clipped exchange, a man jokes about his former lover Maud being a widow and muses that marrying her would have meant his death, implying luck and fate. The remark hints at past romance and survivorship in a terse, wry tone.
A dialogue questions whether a knight in London could resign his baronetcy or surrender the title. The exchange notes that such a title cannot be surrendered or removed at will, implying a fixed hereditary honor rather than a negotiable office.
The note notes Mr. Brown phoning to return the umbrella borrowed a year ago. The reply suggests the owner has purchased a new umbrella, implying humor over the elapsed time and renewal.
A reader quips that King George has taken away the Garter from the Kaiser and other German rulers. The remark adds a sharper barb suggesting it would have been more effective to turn the hose on them.
A child asks why the dog loves his master. The parent explains the dog senses a polecat. The girl responds that she has smelled polecats before, though she had not seen one.
A raconteur recalls a parade where the grand marshal's bay horse halted briefly. The narrator notes the stallion refused to move until its shoes were shined, prompting sly jokes about recognition and pride.
In a Brooklyn Eagle caption style anecdote a teacher asks Horace to identify what lies to his left when facing north in Europe. The boy quips that he has a wart on his left side, delivering a lighthearted classroom moment.
A casual dialogue shows Jim rejecting a night out at a show and opting for Jiggins’ party to buy a new hat. The exchange hints at social expectations and personal priorities in leisure choices.
A light exchange between Mrs Dixon and Mrs Vixen reveals a playful domestic moment about tolerating a grumbling husband when guests are present. Mrs Dixon questions the habit, and Mrs Vixen brushes it off as the only time he grumbles.
A comment notes a man who chews fine cut tobacco regards himself socially superior to the man who chews plug, reflecting class attitudes in tobacco preferences.
Delays are dangerous as Jones acts before thinking, prompting scrutiny of impulse over planning. The exchange questions whether thinking first would prevent his quick moves, highlighting a pattern of hasty decision making.
Advertises Cuticura Soap to cleanse and purify and Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal skin issues. Claims relief, rest, and sleep follow use with speedy healment for all ages, even after other remedies fail. Free sample by mail with postcard request to Boston department XY. Sold everywhere.
A bride asks if her husband kept a vow to quit smoking on their wedding day. He replies that he did not smoke a single cigar on that day, thus claiming he fulfilled the promise while still smoking afterward.
A father asks Tommy about a high hat and frock coated figure handling a whip. The boy replies with a sharp quip noting relief that the whip master is not his father. The scene ends on the boy's sly judgment of authority.
A Briton questions national loyalty as he contemplates interning fellow citizens who ordered German dishes. The exchange highlights public pressure to prove patriotism during wartime.
A dialogue reveals tension over late callers with She conceding indifference to late arrivals while He objects to late stayers, underscoring a domestic clash over boundaries and timing.
A reflective line notes that at sixty a man recognizes he did not know what he thought he knew at twenty, highlighting humility and change in understanding over time. The terse quotation frames wisdom as a loss of confident certainty, replaced by cautious insight.
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