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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1926
Page
5
A large delegation of Eastern Stars DeMolays and Masons attended the St John’s service in the MI church Sunday morning. Rev Slocumb preached a deep fitting sermon. A solo by Oscar Redeen was highly appreciated by the live audience.
The W I M 8 will meet on July 7 with Mrs. C. W. Johnson as host. Mrs Edith Johnson will lead the program and Mrs Mielke will have the mystery box challenge. Women interested in foreign field work are urged to attend and bring gifts for the Christmas offering to be collected at the gathering.
The corrected list of the local committee to arrange for the visit of the Union Pacific Better Crops special on Friday, August 20th is as follows: C. W. Johnson, chairman, C. A. Larsen, Ford Wickhorst, Jess Tompkins, Wmn. Goding, N. S. Miller, R. A. Babcock, J. W. Bertramson and HH. Stevens. Further advertising of this special train will appear in later Review issues.
Ed Swanson filed Monday to seek the Kimball County sheriff’s post and will campaign for the office. The filing signals a challenge in the local race, with more details pending.
The Western Nebraska Observer notes a candidate seeks the Democratic nomination for sheriff. It praises Sheriff Swan son’s record as exceptionally good, stating no criminals have escaped during his term and that office business has been well cared for.
Mr and Mrs Peter Hansen and Mrs K Hansen depart late last week for a two week trip Pete attends the Consistory at Cheyenne while the women proceed to Longmont Colorado where Pete will join them later He will likely enjoy golf horseshoes and fishing tackle during the journey.
On the windy week end no one played for the golf prizes and the same prizes will be offered again this week end. First prize a golf ball donated by Johnson Cords Co. Second prize a pound of coffee donated by McCordBrday Co. Ind Justice salesman. Next week golfers compete for a gallon of lubricating oil donated by A L Scheer manager Powerine Service Station and fifty pounds of ice.
A fragment notes Emil Cords of the Potter Produce Co. as part of a local notice. The readable portion hints at business association or ownership but lacks full context or actionable details.
A shuffled classified listing offers a mix of items for sale and notices. Found razor and 50 cent reward lost item, dining table and McCormick machinery for sale, a Deering combine, and a 20 to 40 oil pull tractor wanted. Also included are dental ad claims and haynes touring car for 350 with payable paper until harvest.
Dr. Geo Auniot of Sidney Nebraska urges good dental care to prevent sickness and promote happiness in a concise morale boosting note.
The Potter Hotel offers comfortable sleeping rooms by day or night and saves you money on laundry and dry cleaning. Charles Gunderson, proprietor, advertises affordable accommodations and added service options.
The notice asks if you subscribe via Omaha or Denver daily and explains renewal timing. It states the Review will process orders and a portion of the payment stays with the home organizer. It mentions orders for any US magazine or periodical.
A sparse classified note announces a Qo agent position in Potter territory with pay of 75 dollars weekly sworn proof and a $1.50 hourly spare time rate. It also advertises Wilkin Hosiery’s 126 styles and colors, low prices, auto furnished, no capital or experience needed, Greenfield Ohio. separate listing promotes second hand cars from Bentley Auto Company in Sidney praising bargains on several 1920s models in good condition.
A Denver Music Co solicitation offers a high grade piano sale near Potter with a special quick sale price and payment terms for responsible persons. The company pledges to submit offers without obligation and invites inquiries for further particulars, noting a history of duplicating legitimate dealer offers.
Public notice invites the Legion event at Krueger's Lake six miles east of Sidney. The piece highlights the lake as the coolest spot in western Nebraska and notes upcoming posters for the celebration. Also listed is a sale ad: a Ford truck in good condition used for hauling wheat last fall, offered on terms or in trade for hoes or cattle by August Nelson, six miles east of Potter on highaway.
Rev. P. J. Holm seeks one or two young men with cars to join a mission and business trip through Minnesota Iowa and Nebraska from now until October 1. Commission expected to average five to twenty five dollars per day plus expenses. Apply promptly.
Attractive club offer through the mail or by a salesman. Bring it to us and we will fill it at prices quoted. Give the home man a chance.
Union Stock Yards reports a light cattle run around 5,500 head with some steers and yearlings up to 10 cents higher, top at 10.15. markets firm to 25 cents higher on sales. Quotations cover cattle, yearlings, heifers, cows, calves, and feeders with varied ranges from prime to common grades and several feeder and stocker categories.
TVlog receipts moderate at 7 600 head on hand with steady to 19 cents higher prices. Best hogs $14.50, bulk $13.00 to 14.40. Lambs demand broad. 14 000 head on sale with prices unevenly steady to higher. Shippers top $15.30. Aged sheep steady. Sheep and lambs quotations: Yearlings fed $12.00 to 14.15, fat lambs $14.15 to 15.80, feeding lambs $12.25 to 13.50, ewes good to choice $5.00 to 6.20, fair to good $4.00 to 5.00.
The note lists varied social observations about youth home life and practical costs, including popcorn making, road funding expenses tied to funeral costs, distrust of politics, parental praise upon a daughter's marriage, a divorce plea after spanking, and rising perceived unreasonableness among women.
A Blair man jokes about eating snails describing it as little trouble to catch them and a lazy way to dine.
A Nebraska City man discarded his night shirt to avoid being mistaken for the Ku Klux Klan while sleepwalking. The incident highlights confusion over his nocturnal wanderings and the community reaction.
A reader jokes that the only way to keep a daughter from crossing her knee is to dress her in cotton stockings. Another correspondent questions why some people hurry only when under a steering wheel, reflecting lighthearted complaints and observations.
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