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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1920
Page
8
A brief exchange about marriage between Mrs Brown and a visitor touches on the newly married daughter. Mrs Brown notes her daughter finds her husband dull, but the speaker counters that good men are dull, a light social quip on wedded life.
A humorist exchange presents a garage man jokingly diagnosing the doctor outside with a flat tire. The punchline twists the idea to flatulency of the perimeter and billing accordingly, illustrating satirical business conduct.
F L Baker spends the week in Grand Island on business. Various residents including Mrs Ray Bartlett Mrs F H Mattocks Nina Challburg and EB R Johnson visited in the county seat and nearby towns. Sidney plans a strong baseball effort. Bonds approved for Kimball County High School and a new city engineer Schwartz took charge of water and electrical plant duties. A Dalton area play Which One Won? set for May 14 with 25 cent admission.
Jack Bennett and A. J. Branscom toured Pine Bluffs Wyoming on Thursday to discuss business prospects with the Trey Bon Stock Company.
The Potter Lumber Company on Front Street nears finish with cement floor being laid. Miss Clara Peterson of Wisconsin visits cousin Mrs. Peter Hansen this week. Peterson is a Red Cross worker who has just returned from overseas service.
Keenen Brothers plan a wild west exhibition at the Garard ranch near Kimball next Sunday. They will pay $20 for every critter they cannot ride, with Dodgers to this effect printed in the Review office this week.
Mrs. A L Overman leaves this week for St Joseph Missouri to visit indefinitely. Mr and Mrs Overman have sold their farm north of town. Mr Overman remains in Potter.
Several players tested their arms Sunday as preparations for the summer scrap. Pritchard shows excellent form this spring and is expected to capture many scalps before the season ends.
Mrs. Wm. MacAdam and her daughter Dorothy along with Mrs. Ina Nelson and her young son departed Tuesday for Cedar Rapids and Postville Iowa to spend a month or two visiting relatives and acquaintances.
H. J. Ireland of Crete Nebraska arrived early in the week to assist A Hicks in the Potter Repair and Vulcanizing Shop. Ireland is a professional auto mechanic and is expected to be a valuable addition to the company.
The foundation for a large steam engine for the Farmers' Union Trading Company was laid yesterday. The boiler, weighing nearly 20,000 pounds, has been jacked up and placed over the new foundation, awaiting cement to dry before the engine is erected. Engineers employed careful planning to position and raise the boiler into place.
Lambert Johnson and family prepare to move from west of town to Wheatland Wyoming to engage in irrigated farming. He recently sold his place west of Potter and will drive to the new home in a few days. he plans to return later for his truck and remaining household furniture. The community regrets their departure but wishes them well.
The Ladies Aid Society will meet in the church basement next Wednesday afternoon with three hostesses Mesdames Grant Brady Frank Armstrong and Wm Hagemeister. All ladies should bring thimbles and darning needles and come early to begin work after dinner. The group hopes for good attendance and invites friends as well as members.
Wednesday night a crowd gathered at the Union Pacific depot to bid farewell to Mr. A. F. Whitmire. He was led to a hall for a guest of honor party with games and a light luncheon. Whitmire plans to depart soon for Arkansas to visit family before returning to the road.
L Y Minor runs a small Review ad offering all kinds of cement work and carpentry. He emphasizes his qualifications and equipment for any job, large or small, aiming to inform the public of his capabilities.
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