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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
10
A fragmentary ad style verse urges swift action and prudent business sense. It hints at neglect offering no excuse and promotes direct advertising once more. The speaker signs as Judac in a terse, old newspaper tone.
A U S soldier brings in a German prisoner and finds him with trench money. Contemplating Parisian restaurants, the soldier taps the prisoner and asks in German to change the money, muttering Kamerad kanst du craps schult wen.
Forrest Knox son of S L Knox was in town Wednesday Mrs H Biggs was a caller in Cheyenne last week Geo Thornburg was a Sidney passenger Friday forenoon J W Mahler a business caller in Ogallala Friday Mrs H L Bonham of Kimball arrived for a short visit in Potter W S Ball left Friday to attend the Round-Up at Ogallala Mildred Jacobson arrived in Potter Tuesday from Santa Ana Miss Dorothy MacAdam was a Kimball caller Wednesday Anna Uncapher of Wheatland Wyoming visiting Mrs Andrew Nelson Dewey Lovall returned from a vacation between the Canadian border and the Gulf of Mexico Fred Johnson joined Citizens State Bank after returning from Lincoln Lucile Olson returned from the State University to spend summer with her mother Sadie Foster, a former Potter teacher, returned to Gibbs on Saturday R A Babcock cashier of Citizens State Bank left for Omaha to attend to business Mgr Raymond Johnson and wife spent part of the week in Denver Thomas Cowger cashier Potter State Bank was a Kimball visitor Mrs M L Anderson of Gurley won the Oldsmobile 6 car in the Omaha Daily News contest Pine Bluffs Post J W Harvey night engineer at the light plant operated on in Cheyenne for removal of the right eye a tumor inside the eyeball required operation He is recovering well and is expected to be as good as ever after full recovery
Wm. Goding returned from a eastern overland trip and praised Cheyenne County roads as the best he traveled. Mrs. F. S. Hassler returned to Minneapolis after visiting daughter Mrs. F. E. Crawford in Potter. Rev. Saeger drilling a well south of town dropped about forty feet of pipe and joked he heard a Chinaman yell at bottom.
Mrs. Cora Ochiltree and Miss Lula Temple of Denver stopped at Mas. E G Thornburg’s home Monday evening while en route to visit Mrs. Ochiltree’s brother Ollie Hensen at Redington Nebraska.
Ed Myers returns from Omaha after appendectomy and regains strength. Pine Bluffs school board re elects Clayte Hume as head of Pine Bluffs schools for 1920 1921 with a substantial salary increase.
About three-fourths of the Potter population filled Sidney Monday afternoon to witness the big ball game. Sidney's salaried team suffered defeat at the hands of Casper Bear Cats, backed by the Midwest Oil Company.
Mrs. R. P. Larson and Mrs. Wm. Wagner of Bertrand Nebraska visit their sister Mrs. Sarah J. Ladely in Potter after attending the funeral of their sister Mrs. J. F. Farrell in Kimball. They plan to visit Sidney with W. LeRoy Larson before returning home.
Work on the new Farmers' Union Trading Company power plant progresses rapidly and nears completion. The 24 hour electric service is planned to begin after August 1. The smokestack has been raised and most heavy machinery is in place under O. W. Whalen of Kimball in charge of installation.
Next week the Seyfang Theatre will start Tuesday night showings at 8:30, shifting from 8. Management promises more good plays and a consistently strong program. In Nebraska a Salvation Army Home Service study highlights protection for girls and women from deception. Omaha Maternity Home seeks a new building as demand rises, with 231 girls admitted and 166 births in the year to March, plus postnatal support for three months and help toward self-sufficiency.
Gyreeley Colorado June 8 Alex Miller deaf mute was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury after a December massacre of Mr and Mrs Adam Schank and their four children at a ranch near Gilcrest. The nine year sentence is pending defense motions. Miller employed by Schank and quarrels over profits preceded the killings. The trial featured sign language testimony interpreted by his brother.
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