Farmers Union Picnic Marked By Large Crowd And Big Dance
Annual Farmers Union county picnic at Johnson Grove drew a large crowd with an informative program and popular sports. Potter defeated Bunkerhill 6 to 3 in a nonleague ball game, mound duties by Noyes Slack and H Rhemers for Potter and Phelps for Bunkerhill. An evening pavilion dance produced funds to cover most expenses with the balance shared by the two ball clubs.
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Farmers Union
Johnson Grove
Potter
Bunkerhill
Noyes
Slack
H. Rhemers
Phelps
Sidney Man Dies Sud Qnly On Colorado Trip
Dale S. Boyles, manager of Farmers National Company, died suddenly at Estes Park Colorado while on a Colorado business trip. His wife located after efforts by attorney E L Hyde and relatives. Boyles had health issues and may have overdosed on medicine. Funeral at Alvo residence this afternoon. No children survive.
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Dale S. Boyles
Farmers National Company
Esites Park
Colo
E. L. Hyde
Boyles
Hink
Colorado
French Lick Springs
Indiana
Alvo
Bayard Passion Play draws near twenty thousand attend
The Gift of God pageant by Bayard federated churches concluded its four night run southwest of Bayard with a Friday audience near 5,700. Attendance for the event totaled 19,360 across all nights with 3,908 cars from 56 counties and 19 states.
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Gift of God
Bayard Federated Churches
Bayard
Nebraska
California
New York
Oklahoma
Tennessee
North Dakota
Colorado
Oregon
Iowa
Minnesota
Utah
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Montana
Wyoming
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Gas Stolen From Gurley Union Tank
Nearly 100 gallons of gasoline were taken from the Farmers Union gas tank last night after thieves cut the hose and drained the tank. Police traced the crime by tracks and identified local men as the suspects, believed to be repeat offenders who previously tapped other tanks in the spring.
Beans Stolen Trailer Missing Near Pine Bluffs Station
A trailer loaded with seed beans was stolen from near the Pine Bluffs Service station early last Thursday morning. Pete and Bill had just purchased the beans for seed trailer and left them on the lot during the night. They have not located the trailer at this time.
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Pine Bluffs
Pete
Bill
Fort Collins Men Visit Potter This Week
Jos. J. Johnson and H. W. Struble of Ft. Collins Colorado visited residents in Potter for a few days this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos
Broadwater steel safe cracked in Sunday night burglary
A nitroglycerine charge blew open a Broadwater Elevator safe door enabling burglars to steal cash totaling 11.83 and about 180 in personal checks. Entry used a jimmy, locks pried, elevator keys stolen, and gunny sacks arranged to muffle the blast. Sheriff Webb and Deputy Clark examined the scene Monday. fingerprints were lifted but no suspects named yet.
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Broadwater News
Broadwater
William Schwass
B. L. van Druff
Holbrook
Nebr
A. M. Webb
Roy Clark
Yeggs
Getting a Bad Break
Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports J. N. Briggs a local dairyman faced a surprising calf heist as a calf was loaded into his truck and caused soiling. The auction yielded 35 cents after selling costs of 25 cents and a 10 cent check from a Gering bank. He cashed the check in a Scottsbluff bank and paid 5 cents for an out of town check handling. A panhandler accepted the 5 cent piece, and cleaners charged $1.25 to restore the suit.
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Scottsbluff Star-Herald
J. N. Briggs
Dorthy Barden Plans Trial for World Records in Parachute
Dorothy Barden of Redington, a noted parachute jumper, aims this season to set two world records one for altitude and another for most jumps in a day. She planned a first leap from a plane in Oklahoma after an attempted Scottsbluff departure, recovering from last summer’s Torrington injury. She must go east for altitude, carry oxygen, and wear a heated suit, while training to fly a glider for a pilot license as stunt flying and parachuting continue.
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Scottsbluff
Miss Barden
Bass Catchers Show 4-Pound Prize fish
Merle Hughes and Maynard May er display a four pound bass caught near the east Kimball claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Hughes
Maynard Mayer
East Kimball
Oddfellows Plan Big Fourth of July Celebration in Potter
Potter lodge 399 I O O F and western Nebraska lodges organize one of the region s largest Fourth of July events at Johnson grove two miles east of Potter on the Lincoln highway. Speakers Jerry Carpenter and Cullen Wright, Weyerst band, rodeo, baseball game Potter vs Lodge Pole, tug of war and races. Nominal admission 75 percent of car. Parking free. Safe, economical Independence Day with refunds offered if not satisfied.
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Potter Lodge
Nebraska
Jerry Carpenter
Cullen Wright
Scottsbluff
Will Rogers
Weyerst
Ernie Nelson
Potter
Lodge Pole
Oddfellows
Johnson Grove
Lincoln Highway
Johnson’s Grove
Open Letter Proposes Prohibiting Wheat to Boost Mood
A reader urges the editor to publish a plan byVolshead style to ban growing and processing wheat and flour sales. He argues prohibition would raise prices, reduce misery, create jobs, and allow farmers to grind flour at home, while millers would profit via bootlegging flour.
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Potter
Deer
Edgar Leafdale
Stevie
Volshead
Bee-News and World-Herald Bargain Subscriptions
Bargain offers end June 30 for Bee-News and World-Herald subscriptions. Bee-News six months daily and Sunday plus travel and pedestrian policy for $2.50. World-Herald six months daily and Sunday for $2.50 plus a 25 cent three piece cutlery set. Local agent H Stevens handles subscriptions.
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Bee-News
World-Herald
The
H. Stevens
Electric Utility Tax Imposed at 3 Percent
Commencing June 21, electric current used will be taxed three percent. The tax will be added to consumer bills as required by law. June service will show one percent tax, since the new rate applies for most of the month. Later bills will reflect the full three percent. The levy covers electric lights, power and heat only, not water charges. The village clerk will maintain accurate accounts and remittances to the government each month.
July Fourth Travel Bar Gains Via Union Pacific
Union Pacific cuts fares for July Fourth Excursion with round trip rates near 1 cent per mile in chair cars and coaches and about 2 cents per mile with sleeping car berths. valid across most Middle West cities and towns. Travel can begin June 30 and return by midnight July 12. inquiries to Union Pacific agent.
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Middle West
Union Pacific Argent
Railroad Honors Judge Lovett With One Minute Silence
In memory of the late Judge Robert S. Lovett, chairman of Union Pacific, all railroad activities on the Union Pacific system paused for one minute at 8:00 a.m. last Tuesday. The moment coincided with Lovett's funeral in New York at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
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R. S. Lovett
Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific
Mr. Lovett
New York
Pageant Audience Mistook Visitor as Santa or God
A brief exchange from the Pageant scene features a child shouting Santa Claus upon a visitor’s appearance, while another child corrects that it is God. The humorous moment captures youthful confusion and the program’s festive atmosphere.
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Santa Claus
God
Sunday School Rally at Grove near Redington
A Sunday school rally will be held in the grove one mile south of Redington on Thursday, June 30. Special speakers for morning and afternoon sessions and a basket lunch at noon. Each school gets twenty minutes for their special numbers. All welcome. P. B. Castle missionary.
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Redington
P. B. Castle
American Sunday School Union
Paxton Trio Visits Wray Wryckoff Household Monday
Mr and Mrs Rex Graham and Mrs Graham s mother from Paxton Nebraska visited Monday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Wray Wryckoff.
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Rex Graham
Graham
Paxton, Nebr
Mrs. Wray Wryckoff
New Union Pacific Train Schedule Takes Effect
A new Union Pacific schedule went into effect last Sunday, with mail arriving in Potter at 9 30 a m instead of 11 30. Eastbound trains include No 20 at 4 42 a m and No 18 at 9 45 a m. Westbound No 113 is at 9 30 a m, No 17 at 5 58 p m, and No 19 at 10 46 p m. Mail make up details cover Nos 189 6 122 and 118 with first class and parcel post services.
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Potter
Dix
Ehlers
Gunderson
Pe Ole Es
Dog
Eave
Ole So
James Peterson Pe
Union Pacific
East
Omaha
U. P
Mail
Water Tests All Satisfactory Pass Safety Checks
Twelve samples submitted by Dr. W T Sloan and H Stevens show no contamination. Tests from the Johnson grove well city water and Potter wells found no E coli in any sample though some bacteria counts were high. The state chemist marks all tests bacteriologically satisfactory with biannual sampling to guard the public water supply.
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Bureau of Health
Lincoln
Methodist Church Notes with Worship and Music
J H C Sorter, pastor, invites all to Sunday school at nine forty five. Morning worship starts eleven with special music and a sermon on Freedom. Evening service at five at Johnsons Grove features Roy Porter with more music and a sermon on Righteousness as an Investment.
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Johnson's Grove
Roy Porter
July Fourth Celebration Bills Printed for Oddfellows Event
Two bills prepared for the July 4th celebration staged by the Oddfellows. A small bill appears as an advertisement in this issue and a 24 by 36 inch broadside in color. If the day is favorable a large crowd is expected.
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the Oddfellows
Review
New Postage Rates Take Effect July 6
On Wednesday July 6, new postal charges apply. Letters rise to 3 cents, air mail first ounce 8 cents and each additional ounce 18 cents.
Dance Saturday Night on New Pavilion
A dance is advertised for Saturday night June 25 on the new open air platform at the Johnson grove two miles east of Potter. Bills were printed Wednesday.
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Johnson Grove
Potter
Thayer and Wheels Visit Friends in Sidney
Floy Thayer Harold Thayer and Ervin Wheels spent Sunday evening visiting friends of the Thayer family in Sidney.
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Floy
Harold Thayer
Ervin Wheels
Sidney
Potter Loses Well Played Game To Lodge Pole
The Potter Bear Cats, dropping to the 500 class, lost 4-2 to Lodge Pole on Lodge Pole’s diamond. Noyes, E Riemers and Slack sparked Potter’s offense with seven hits among them, while Lodge Pole’s early bunts built a lead they never surrendered. Dalton faced Potter, Lodge Pole played at Chappell, with other matchups listed as Sidney at Gurley and Peetz at Bunkerhill.
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Potter
Lodge Pole
Bear Cats
Noyes
E. Riemers
Slack
Dalton
Chappell
Peetz
Bunkerhill
Sidney
Gurley
H. Miller
Peeee Hafer
White
Eanee Whitefoot
Potter Lodge Pole
Clausen
Fenske
Lodge
Pole
Av. Fav
Slack Sahibie
Noyes Wsteeeanve
E. Rhemers
Goding
Bunkerhill Lodge Pole Chappell
Suit Filed Against Man For Hammer Attack In Rural Nebraska
Donald Turner, a Hull area farmer, filed a district court suit in Gering seeking 15230 in damages from Roy Lougman for injuries from a hammer blow to the head on April 8. Turner, hospitalized at Scottsbluff with a skull fracture, says the quarrel over a horse led to the attack on a public road along the Scottsbluff Banner county line. He alleges permanent partial paralysis and lists medical expenses of 230 with nine days in hospital and brain pressure surgery.
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Donald Turner
Hull
Gering
Roy Lougman
Loughman
Turner
Scottsbluff
Banner
Twin boys left on Torrington doorstep foundlings
The Gering Courier reports two week old twin boys were left on the doorstep of Dr. and Mrs. Brown in Torrington last Saturday night. No parentage clues are given. The infants were taken to the local orphanage for care.
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Gering Courier
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Dorthy Barden
Bee-News World-Herald
Wasarye
Cc. C. Kadelri
E. H. Bartlett
Methodist Church
JH. C. Sorter
BILLS
NEW Pavilion
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