George Coulter Elected Manager of 1921 Baseball Club
George Coulter was elected manager of the 1921 baseball club at a meeting of the Commercial Club and American Legion. He is an experienced baseball man expected to build a home material team this year under Legion supervision. Committees are addressing finances and player selection as talks push toward a regional league and a season start. New uniforms for the Potter team are planned as a first order of business.
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George Coulter
Coulter
American Legion
Potter
Nebraska State Teachers' Association District No 6 Meet
District No 6 of the Nebraska State Teachers' Association convenes March 31 to April 2, 1921 in Alliance. Noted speakers include Hugh S. Magill John M Matzen and W T Stockdale with sessions for primary grammar high rural home economics and a Chadron State Normal School orchestra program. Delayed rooms and enrollment details available from W R Pate and Ada Haldeman.
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Robert S. Eliott
Chadron State Normal School
Alliance
Nebraska
Northwest Nebraska Teachers’ Association
North Platte Valley
Teachers’ Association
Duel
Cheyenne
Kimball
Garden
Morrill
Banner
Scotts Bluff
Sioux
Box Butte
Sheridan
Dawes
Cherry
Hooker
Thomas
Hugh S. Magill
Washington, D. C
National Education Association
John M. Matzen
Dean W. T. Stockdale
Chadron State Normal School Orchestra
Magill
W. R. Pate
Ada Haldeman
Gering
Nebraska State Teachers’ Association
Wesleyan Glee Club Entertainers at Potter Theatre
The Wesleyan Glee Club Entertainers will perform Monday March 28 1921 in Potter at Seyfang Theatre under Epworth League auspices. Twenty or so musicians from Nebraska Wesleyan University form a fine troupe with orchestra glee club male quartet and soloists.
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Wesleyan Glee Club
Potter
Seyfang Theatre
Epworth League
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Epworth League Postpones Program to 28th Evening
The program originally set for the 26th has been moved to the 28th. Tickets printed for the 26th will admit holders on the 28th. Advance ticket sales are being conducted by Epworth League members.
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Epworth League
High School Notes and Botany Plan
Ninth and tenth grades finish English and start botany resumed after term break. Georgia Thornburg and Margaret Wagner were ill this week. Prof. Robinson will lecture on stereo ptican botany Friday at Dix. Students anticipate four o clock due to tennis. Mildred jokes about pleasant table talk. Hilma Nelson travels to Sidney to adjust glasses.
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Georgia Thornburg
Margaret Wagner
Prof. Robinson
Dix
Father
Mildred
Hilma Nelson
Sidney
Oyster Lesson Sparks A Nutlike Fish Jibe
In a natural history class the teacher asks what an oyster is. A student shouts I know I can tell, and says an oyster is a fish built like a nut. The class then begins modern history with World War I and expresses provocation toward the Germans.
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Bobby
Working the Piano Teacher and Pioneers Riddle in School
A humorous classroom exchange asks what an engineer and a pioneer are, with Tommy giving simplistic answers. The piece notes Saint Patrick's Day went unobserved by many students and lists humorous questions about students’ behavior and habits to reflect school life and daily expectations.
Municipally Owned Electric Plant for Dalton
The Dalton board accepted a petition from a majority of adult residents to submit the proposition of a municipally owned electric plant to voters at the spring election on Tuesday April 5. Legal proceedings are expected to be published in the Delegate next week.
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Dalton
Wagner Returns From Denver Trip
Chas. Wagner came back the first of the week from Denver Colorado. He arrived with no injuries and resumes his duties.
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Chas. Wagner
Denver
Colorado
The Hypnosis Scheme On A Train
A countryman, convinced he is the world’s greatest hypnotist, foists a stunt on an editor aboard a train. The editor pretends to be hypnotized and is pressed to reveal the ideal paper code. The exchange exposes the editor’s strict cash and moral policy and his pledge to publish nothing questionable. Kingwood West Virginia Argus reports the curious tale.
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Tam
Kingwood
W. Va
Argus
County Surveyor Boardwell inspects new road near Potter
County Surveyor Boardwell visited Potter last Friday to survey a newly established road located just south of the town. The item notes official field work as part of local infrastructure development with no reported incidents.
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Boardwell
Potter
Freight car derailment delays trains near Point of Rocks
A freight car derailed near the Point of Rocks, delaying passenger service for about an hour on Wednesday morning.
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Point of Rocks
Kimball Boosters Band Delights Potter Audience
The Kimball Boosters Band, largely under fourteen, wowed Potter with free afternoon and evening concerts in Seyfang Theatre. Young players, led by H. L. and Berma Bonham, impressed as solos and ensemble work earned praise amid cold streets and a chicken supper at the Methodist church. Harold Ball and Vernon Sanders won advance ticket prizes.
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Kimball Boosters
Potter
Seyfang Theatre
Epworth League
H. L
Berma Bonham
Kimball
Harold Ball
Vernon Sanders
Witty and Wise Quote Compilation
A standpatter is defined as someone with a point of vantage near the feed trough. A man with a snow shovel is someone to whom you can give an inch and he won’t take a mile.
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Baltimore Sun
Detrait News
True, Women’s clothes still cost a good deal
The Washington Post notes skepticism about women's clothing prices while hinting at the expected value or display to justify costs.
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Washington Post
Petticoats are cheaper proves scarcity not value
A Detroit Free Press remark notes that inexpensive petticoats show rarity does not guarantee high value, challenging common notions of worth based on scarcity.
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Detroit Free Press
Quotations From Papers on Self Reliance and Loss
A Petersburg Virginia Appeal notes the satisfaction of a woman being her own boss while the Ashland Missouri Bugle remarks that few men are so uprooted there is a hole to look at.
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Petersburg
Thoex
Ashland
Bugle
Foolish marriage recalled by a cry of self blame
A Monett Journal item notes the idea that a man who laments marriage was a fool before tying the knot, underscoring a curdled wisdom about choices and self perception.
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Monett
Journal
Inconsistencies: Mouse Afraid of Man Woman Fearful
A witty quote from Wiggins Courier notes the paradox that a mouse fears a man, a man fears a woman, and a woman fears a mouse, highlighting quirky social dynamics in a Colorado community.
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Wiggins
Colo
Boston Woman’s Remark Sparks Courtroom Debate
A Boston woman’s remark about “the silly sex” becomes a notable line in a social or legal story, illustrating gender attitudes and public reaction as reported by the Philadelphia Record. The item reflects cross-city media quotes and the era’s tone.
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Boston
Philadelphna Record
Illinois man offers whisky reward for lost Holstein heifer
An Illinois man recently lost a fine Holstein heifer and offered as a reward for its return one good drink of whisky. The next day twelve heifers were brought in.
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Illinois
Colorado Paper
Woman links frankfurters to span the nation
A Chicago packing plant employee reportedly linked sufficient frankfurters to stretch from Maine to California in a stunt likened to a Lin kin Highway. The Providence Journal notes the quirky feat as a local curiosity drawing attention to industrial wit.
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Chicago
Maine
California
Providence Journal
Merchants Pause Ads Over Bad Trade At Baudette Region
The Baudette region reports merchants halting advertising due to poor business and suggests cutting life insurance as health declines. In Winona the Republican Herald notes French talk of abolishing kissing customs, questioning the value of kissing for conservation.
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Baudette
Minn
Winona
Republican- Herald
Sex topics spark debate across movies and life
The Lake City Graphic Republican complains of excessive sex content in films and life while pondering how to handle it. A related example notes the egg industry’s price drop of 24 cents per dozen, yet the helpful hen continues to lay eggs, shown by the Lawrence Journal World observation.
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Lake City
Minn
Graphic-Republican
Lawrence
Kans
Journal-World
Denver man seals Caterpillar Harvester deal in Potter
S. R. Coffee of Denver, representing Holt Mfg Co, met F. L. Baker in Potter and appointed Baker as local representative for the Caterpillar Combined Harvester. A large harvester advertisement appears in this issue. They plan to place several machines in service this season.
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S. R. Coffee
Denver
Holt Mfg. Co
Potter
F. L. Baker
Potter Band Comes Fine at Legion Club Gathering
Potter concert band, organized a few weeks, played exceptionally well at a joint American Legion and Commercial Club meeting. Elmer Hicks received a surprise birthday party with about thirty five friends at his home last Friday night.
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Potter
American Legion and Commercial Club
Elmer Hicks
Potter Review marks tenth anniversary since 1912 start
The Potter Review celebrates nine years of operation since its March 12 1912 founding by Charles C. Stevens. It recalls multiple owners editors and budget battles, the shift to intertype typecasting and Campbell press, wartime challenges, and a readership of 1 765 463 over the years.
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Potter Review
Charles C. Stevens
Washington
Johnson Department Store
R. D. Wilson
Kimball
W. D. Brown
Brown
Citizens’ Publishing Company
John R. Wills
Review
Herbert Stevens
Wills
J. D. McMillen
McMillen
Devil
Stevie
Citizens’ Publishing Co
Stevens
C. T. Jones
C." BE. Grisham
Chas. Stevens
C. E. Grisham
Kappen
Sidney Enterprise
Sidney
Oyster Supper Supplies Evening of Games and Music
Guests enjoyed a oyster supper later in the evening with games and singing. Glenn Osborn provided solo and reading entertainment while gifts were presented to Mr Hicks. All attendees reported an excellent time.
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Glenn Osborn
Hicks
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Susan
Loren
Morris
George
Hilton
Margaret
Byron
Raymond
Spike
ARMY
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the Potter Lumber Co
H. R. Curry, Mgr
Potter, Nebr
Mickie
LOONY
Charles Sughroe
Tenern Newspaper Union
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