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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
4
Notice offers 480 acres of choice wheat land eight miles from Potter at low price with easy terms. Also brief notes: Frank McCool injured his hand by a nail on Thursday morning. Potter Scrubs and Potter Ball Team held a tryout with promising material, especially the scrub’s pitcher.
A young man bears twenty one machine gun wounds and others suffer smaller injuries from crossing overseas to defend democracy. An upcoming banquet on the 30th will honor these boys and remember those who wanted to serve but could not. Tickets available when offered.
Chaparral prints a brief verse titled The Antiquity of the Microbe. It features a playful line Adam Flad ’em and presents a concise, antiquated microbe-themed reflection in a witty, compact form.
From Songs of a Mother by Marietta M. Andrews the poem lists a father's varied labors and humble care. It praises his daily bread earning acts from many trades and urges warmth and affection for him. The final call affirms he is a man despite not being as clever as to say.
F E Lisenby of Dix was in town on Wednesday handling business connected with the Dix Tribune.
Good progress is being made on the Twin buildings with a large force of carpenters at work daily, contributing to steady development and visible activity on site.
The Chautauqua offers a Field Meet for boys with four events including Running High Jump Standing Broad Jump Chin Ming and 100 Yard Dash. Tripods medals scale from bronze to gold for new and returning competitors. Tryouts in chinning jumping and running are required and a college athlete will train and umpire games each morning.
Farmers Grain & Milling Co will hold its annual meeting on July 7 at the Seyfane Theater. The notice lists no further agenda items.
A witty line from a Life magazine quip notes that after a wartime return the speaker did not kiss the Blarney Stone in Ireland but did kiss several who had.
A Boston Transcript item notes a stylishly dressed wife hobbled by a wider skirt remark while asking for the quickest way to reach the Blank Theatre. The fleeting exchange blends social tease with a travel moment in a city setting.
North Bound trains depart at 1:03 am and 3:05 am while southbound service shows 3:05 am and 4:00 pm. Burroughs Banking, Bookkeeping, and Adding Machines over 2500 dollars are used for instruction in the Banking Department at the Grand Island Business College, noting no other school in Nebraska or nearby uses them.
A Boston Transcript quote recalls a reply to a stalled repair, where a man sent to mend an electric doorbell rang three times and, finding no answer, concluded no one was home.
A light anecdote from the Sheridan Reveille at Camp Sheridan about a couple attending a film. The orchestra played Over There while Bill mistook it for the National Anthem and both stood, prompting a humorous correction.
W M Kimpston dentist Sidney Neb offers services and advertises implements for sale by Johnson bargains. Includes references to J I Case and Moline tractors and concrete work by Frank McCool.
Dr Paul Greusel, dentist, announces new practice in the Bank of Kimball Building at Kimball Nebraska. He emphasizes modern equipment and patient care and offers qualified clinical services to the community.
An apparently old nursery rhyme style item describes a boy named Jack Horner hiding in a corner, smoking a cigarette and discarding it which allegedly set hay ablaze and burned the barn to ashes.
Annual meeting of Milling Company will be held on July 7 at the Seyfang Theater. The notice calls members to attend and participate in the proceedings at the stated venue and date.
Helena reports the Montana state board of hail insurance issued warrants totaling 4 percent of the 1918 losses. Combined with prior 40 percent payments, total payouts reach 44 percent for insured growers. An accompanying extract cites North Dakota records showing annual payout rates from 1913 to 1918 and notes some insurers offer full 100 cent payments on crop losses.
A reflective note from Join D. Wells in the Buffalo Evening News laments changes over time. The observer recalls brighter skies, shyer women in flaring skirts, familiar fields altered, and stiffness of social class loosening. The piece contends personal shift may be the real fault rather than the world itself.
A European writer who met A E F troops in France expresses mixed views after handing a note to a Pottsville soldier. She praises American adaptability brilliance and modernity while contrasting the electric light with traditional wax tapers, claiming Europeans melt and fade whereas Americans burn brighter and harsher.
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