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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1934
Page
8
A white leghorn hen at Henry Ball farm near Alliance adopts five small kittens and acts as guardian to the mother cat. She nests with the brood in a barn manger and spreads her feathers over them. The bird denies leaving the kittens and defends them if disturbed.
Oregon Trail Days plans total $300 in prizes with ten parade sections led by Historical and Historical Art. An old west saddle outfit debuts as a new section, five Class A bands perform, and Lions Club along with Co. of C. will wear ten gallon hats and yellow accessories.
When you think undertaker think Rice Funeral Home in Sidney Nebraska Phone 107 This classified line promotes funeral services and contact details for a local provider.
E H Biggs of Sidney filed Wednesday to run for county clerk on the Republican ticket. He said he had considered the race for some time and decided after friends pledged active support if he entered the contest.
The first parachute descent occurred in Lyons in 1784 from a three story building by Sebastien Lenormand who invented the device. Garnerin later made the first parachute ascent from a balloon in Paris in 1797 using a 23 foot canopy and wicker basket. Parachute drops became common in 19th century fairs and expositions, but were not used in early airplanes until wartime by Germany.
The famed scout William Frederick Cody known as Buffalo Bill is described as the last of the great Western scouts alongside Boone, Crockett, Carson, Bridger and Wild Bill. The article notes his Pony Express days, Civil War service, Indian campaigns, and his nickname earned from supplying buffalo meat for Kansas Pacific railroad workers in 1867.
Potter Nebraska village board met June 15 1934 at 9 00 am in Potter Review office. Actions included disconnecting Hagemeister elevator electric service to Potter Feld Mill except village connection, rotating eight hour workdays for plant engineers from July 1, 1934, canceling the August 20 1934 fuel oil contract with Producers & Refiners Corp. now Sinclair, and allowing Herman Moench to purchase lubricant oil of his choice. Board adjourned.
A Montreal Herald excerpt explains how egg-eating snakes rely on touch and taste through a forked tongue to locate nests. The blind search climbs bushes, rocks, and trees, detecting bird traces to carefully inspect nests.
Union Stock Yards Omaha June 26 1934 cattle receipts total 17000 with over 4500 drought cattle bought by government for processing. Desirable shipping steers in demand at steady prices. losses noted in bulk. Cows and heifers held steady with broad demand and firm market for stock cattle and feeding steers. quotations list wide ranges for steers and yearlings across quality tiers.
The article traces weekday names to pagan roots, noting Thursday derives from Thor. It describes Thor as the chief Teutonic god of thunder, his rainbow bridge ascent, and his role as patron of peasants. It mentions Thor’s hammer that returns to him, symbolizing power.
Tidings from Pitcairn island emerge as the Bounty mutineers’ descendants live in isolation. The recovered rudder, underwater for over 140 years, remains in good condition. The Bounty sailed South Seas. mutineers left Bligh and 18 others adrift, after 3,000 nautical miles to safety.
Receipts of hogs Monday were 12,500. On good hogs of all weights the market ruled steady with both local packers and order buyers buying freely. Desirable hogs went largely at 4.25 to 4.50 dollars, choice butcher weights up to 4.60. Sows sold at 3.75 to 4.10 and pigs and light weights were hard to move from 4.00 down to 3.50 dollars.
The article contrasts Native American honorifics such as princess and queen with European hereditary nobility. It notes that a chieftain's office was not hereditary, though succession often stayed within a family. It cites the U.S. Constitution prohibiting titles of nobility.
Market reports show 6500 head of sheep and lambs sold on Monday with fat lambs trading from 8.50 to 9.10 for range and 8.25 to 8.75 for fed shorn. Western and native lambs reached up to 9.00, feeder lambs from 5.50 to 6.85, and feeder yearlings from 3.50 to 4.75 as aged sheep remained ready for sale.
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