27 Jun 1913
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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
1
County superintendent urges district voters to support the eleventh grade and a new school year plan. He defends Potter’s new school building and argues for hosting the eleventh grade locally to benefit students and town growth despite higher costs. The notice favors voting next Monday June 30 at the schoolhouse.
This week Dave Kikert is on the sick list. Redington and Kirkland’s game Sunday ended 11-9 in Redington’s favor. Local residents Amos Wyat Homer Sickles Vern Hutchings and Charlie Hutchings have invested in Ford cars. Ted Kelley of Banner county helps Vern Waitman plant alfalfa. Billie Pickerell bought a new Superior stacker for hay. The first alfalfa crop is nearly ready and shows good yield despite little rain. Corn and potatoes look well. gardens are thriving.
A fragment notes a faded line about a subscription lapse tied to the Review office. It mentions Falvage, implying a reporting context or person linked to the office, with unclear details due to damaged text.
Young men are invited to a stag gathering in the basement rooms of the Lutheran church at 8 o clock Friday evening June 27. An evening lecture on white elephants will precede games and amusements and a college boys feed. There will be important business, so attendees should be present. Martin MowienSen. P S Tell the other fellow.
H M Armbrecht president of the Mobile Chamber of Commerce lauds Nebraska editors for a state booster edition. He praises the Omaha publicity bureau and says Mobile hopes to form a similar organization. He toured various cities, endorsing the Nebraska approach and noting 200,000 copies mailed nationwide to support Nebraska.
Postmaster Nelson told the Review man that on his trip from Omaha he saw crops along the road and described them as generally good. He noted corn slow but progressing, small grain mostly strong, with minor misplumbs near Kearney and Ogallala. He spoke of an immense winter and compared eastern state crops to expectations for $150 land, per official Fritz of the silk hat.
A late night hoax fire set oil soaked boxes ablaze between the depot and stores last Tuesday at 11 pm. Locals chased a supposed poster about the blaze as 15 participants are suspected. The town prepares for possible charges and a special edition if the gang is caught.
F. A. Gapen editor of this family comforter leaves Sunday for a vacation trip visiting relatives in Missouri Illinois and New York. He plans to enjoy the time away and return refreshed.
The wedding occurred in Dannebrog on Wednesday June 25 with Harold Hald, once from Dannebrog and now in Potter as a drag and transfer operator, marrying Helga Jacobsen who is also from Dannebrog. The couple arrived in Potter today.
A welcoming note states a pleasant and agreeable young lady and her partner will occupy the Struble residence, expressing hope they feel at home among the community.
Sidney Telegraph reports County Superintendent Mrs. Stark, in her eighties, back from a week with Mr. Stark’s parents in St. Morgan Colorado. She attended a Daughters of the Revolution convention where she remains a paid contributor to leading publications. She was among the first four women to vote in the United States and is the last living member of that group, still engaged in major public questions.
Recent statistics on Elmira reformatory inmates show 60 percent, under age 25 at first conviction, were ruined in orphan asylums, highlighting harsh start in life for young offenders.
A New York to Chicago shipment of a pomeranian weighing three pounds costs 595 dollars by Pullman carriage. The dog is valued at 5000 dollars, reflecting high-value pet travel costs.
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