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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1920
Page
1
Local talent theater presents The Deacon Entangled a three act comedy on Friday May 14 at Ley Fang Theatre. Potter Ball Club oversees nine cast members delivering love baseball and religion themes with new specialties between acts. Cal Spangler stars as a pitcher with a comic night in a dean’s cell and a climactic game finale.
Saturday May 15 at 8 p.m. at the school. Anny Lorry presents an evening of literacy acts. Instrumental solos and a duett performance highlight the program. Spelling Bee contestants vie for prizes in a lively school stunt night.
Mrs. Mary Allen of Scottsbluff, state deputy for the Royal Neighbors of America, is visiting this week with the local lodge to promote interest and enlarge membership. She was welcomed warmly and, on Wednesday night, met with the ladies to discuss important matters and receive instructions. The visit is expected to benefit the lodge.
The Union Presbyterian Church in Dix will be dedicated next Sunday May 9. Storms and bad roads moved the service from Sunday to Sunday but it is hoped to hold it this Sunday. Services start at 10 30 a m and continue all day with Rev John E Farmer D D moderator of the Synod of Nebraska among visitors. Attendees are asked to bring basket lunches and join the dinner in the basement of the church.
Editor's Note presents 35 years of Potter history from 1885 to 1920 by O. E. Anderson. The piece highlights western settlement by longtime residents now living in Fort Collins, Colorado, noting how the area evolved from prairie dog habitat to a land of plenty and urging readers to preserve the article for future generations.
The author recollects leaving Henry County Illinois in February 1885 for Nebraska, reaching Sidney then Potter, noting open homestead land, harsh March winds, and hard pan. He recalls a frontier depot, old section boss Mike Evans, and the first Potter post office under August Thompson, as the town grew toward bigger prospects.
Cap tain A H Hardy of Denver Colorado will give an exhibition of fancy shooting in Potter next Sunday May 9 demonstrating the merits of Peters ammunition. Captain Hardy is well known in this region and is perhaps the best shot with rifle or revolver in the west. He appeared at the county fair last year and has been a feature at Cheyenne Frontier Days for years.
The notice invites older Potter settlers to submit corrections and additional material for the Potter history study. Readers are asked to bring in dates and old diaries for publication and to share old time adventure stories, with help offered to write or format them for publication.
The village charges a flat $25 for making a water tap to the property line and $15 for a water meter. Critics claim lower costs, but the article details the required materials and work, including service extension box, brass curb cock, lead gooseneck, corporation cock, valve box, pipe, and more, with material prices justifying the charges. The village board reviewed the matter, noting meters cost about $14 and taps involve modest profit for drayage.
Wyoming Oil World reports Osage field likely to become one of Wyoming’s best. Geologist H W Hugo says shallow sands show high production and offer economic drilling, with deep sands potentially expanding operations. Rigs rise from about 70 to 150 as tests continue and equipment fills Osage Crawford routes. Newcastle Upton Osage and nearby towns enter oil boom as weather improves.
Sale notice for Lot 150 by 140 in Brady addition listed under owner J H Biggs. Property described as a residential building site with clear title and sale terms available from the advertiser.
Tickets priced at one dollar for the Potter Ball Club home talent play next Friday evening at the Seyfang Theatre. Tickets available now at Potter Drug Co. Reserve early. standing room is expected to be in high demand.
Don Dey Ermand, longtime Observer employee, left last Saturday for Dalton to lead and manage the Dalton Delegate, a publication he recently bought from Mr. Lally. He brings thirteen years of newspaper experience, eight of which were with the Observer publisher, and is described as a man of high ideals and thorough press background.
A brief local item notes a meeting or collaboration involving Let me Figure With You and L Y Minor in Potter Nebraska. Details are sparse but the names point to a community event or partnership with a small town context. No dates or institutions are specified in the readable text.
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