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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1926
Page
4
Harrison Waite, Potter Garage employee, was caught in a revolving power wheel and thrown under the shaft. He suffered an inch scalp wound, a badly bruised arm, and multiple cuts but no broken bones. Immediate treatment followed and medical staff assessed injuries as not serious despite severity.
A 46yearold man named Joshua Cobb smith was arrested in New York for trying to raise funds from gullible people by displaying a device he claimed could transmit the human voice over distance via wires. Authorities urge swift punishment to deter future con artists preying on the public.
Fourth Sunday after Trinity services list 8:00 a m Holy Communion 10:00 a m Church school 11:00 a m Morning prayers and sermon The man nobody knows asks what is the Episcopal church Its roots in England and its status as a church governed by bishops tracing back to Christ and the twelve apostles This fragment discusses the mother church relation and colonial history.
Dr J Crawford rural minister states that a branch of God’s church came from the Master through northern Europe and the British Isles to America via the Presbyterian church in Scotland. He notes a colonial independence yet reverence for the mother church and mentions Paul possibly founding a church in the British Isles.
The following business houses will be closed all day on Monday July 5 Johnson Cords Co Henrys Store Hanson Seyfang Mere Stanton Store Home Lumber Co Sandoz Hardware Potter Meat Market Potter Produce Co Geo Ginderson Shop Biges Barber Shop Potter State Bank Potter Review
M. W. Osborn of Sidney was a business caller in Potter on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. C E K Biggs and children visited Kimball Tuesday. Helen Palmer of Omaha visits grandmother Mrs. Edw Fisher. S J Ray and Emil Cords spent several days in Grand Island on business and pleasure. Mr and Mrs Harley Hite were
Visitors in Potter over the weekend included Mr and Mrs Fred C Johnson and Mrs Iemma Olson in Kimball Monday. A large delegation from the Royal Neighbors attended a Sidney convention yesterday. Wm Helsing bought a new Chevrolet sedan this week. Tor rington visitors Max and Mrs C A Elquist and daughter stayed with Emma Olson and Fred Johnson. Mrs A F Whitmire patient in Kimball hospital reported improved. Commissioner Wm Goding active in Sidney on board of equalization. C V Bullock Kimball and daughter Mrs Don Dey Ermand Dalton visited Potter Monday. Johnny Seylang of Laramie visited Potter and sister Mrs Wintmere at Kimball Sunday.
Mrs G L Sperry and Wm Heinemann Jr of Denver are visiting this week at the home of Mrs Sperry’s daughter, Mrs R L MacAdam.
Mrs Rose Hite of Egbert Wyoming spent several days in Potter and Dalton last week before continuing to Dondaha Chnois for an extended visit with relatives.
A large crowd gathered for a Farmers Union picnic at Krueger's Lake on Wednesday with reports of a fine day. Bertha Warner, two, was injured last week after a bad bump to the forehead, from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Warner.
Mr and Mrs Arvel Henrikson and children, who had been visiting friends and creatures in and near Polter, returned to their home. Mr and Mrs N S Miller and daughter visited several days this week in Grand Island, Dannebrog and other points. They traveled overland.
Mrs. L. Herman and her children, who had been visiting at the R. L. Mac Adam home, left for Greeley, Colorado, on Wednesday. Mr. Herman had already returned earlier.
Max and Mrs. F A Rowan with sons Neal and Arthur and Mrs and Mrs L I Cunningham and family from the Dalton Guiley area visited in Potter Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Warren Cunningham.
An oversight in our recent shower write up omitted Miss Dorothy MacAdam as a hostess. The omission was unintentional and has been corrected.
Mrs L M White was taken to Sidney on Sunday and operated on for appendicitis by Drs Taylor and Sloan. Though very ill, her condition is reported satisfactory at this time.
Mrs John Witt entertained from four to six Monday afternoon the following ladies: Mrs C A Larsen, Mrs Chas Smith, Mrs Homer Light, Mrs H Craig, Mrs Ralph Mershheim, Mrs W E Cunningham, and Mrs C E Biggs.
FP C Harris came back early in the week from Omaha where he visited Mrs Harris who is recovering from an operation at the Methodist hospital. She is reported as improving. He returned home in a new Buick Master Six coupe, described as a fine car.
Roy Brown of Albion Nicbr departed Sunday for home after a stay in town for business and pleasure with his family.
High north-west winds Sunday kicked up heavy dust clouds that hid the sun for hours after a prolonged wet period. No damage to town buildings reported, and country residents confirm no damages to property or structures. Roy, a former mandst er at Farmar elevator and mill, still owns Potter property.
We correct last issue and acknowledge the mixed group of reporters from Antelope school. Miss Maud Peterson teaches. students Vivian Herboldsheimer Christie Nelson and Virgil Nelson contribute news items with strong effort from both girls and boys.
A speaker recalls a friend buying a gramophone for a dollar down and a dollar a week. The list grows with a chair, fountain pen, runabout car, stove, and a set of the Lives of Famous Men, illustrating easy credit and routine purchases.
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