16 May 1913
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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
1
The article traces pit silos as the original, cites Caesar and early U S examples, weighs costs and dangers, and discusses sizing and removal rates. It notes Albion and Exeter Nebraska silos, gas risks, weather effects, and farm practices, concluding with Wisconsin dairy silo sizes and a hint of continuation.
Alden Kimball of Gifford writes in May that two recent rains promise ample harvest. He reports his wheat four to five inches high and commendable yields from neighbors including 50 bushels oats and 25 bushels wheat last year and 150 loads of alfalfa hay. He notes good land away from the North Divide and an excellent chicken region with an April egg record.
A Tuesday afternoon tornado near Scottsbluff caused a single confirmed death with injuries and extensive damage to dozens of houses and barns in Scotts Bluff County. Rain hail and high winds accompanied the storm. Bloomfield in Knox County also flooded, as storms moved across western Iowa.
The Review announces the first pictureless cartoons printed worldwide on its first page. It proclaims wireless telegraph and telephone parity, praising nimble wit and fancy. The editor states no commercialization, claims free access, and urges artists to create.
A quoted remark notes plans to donate an acre for a school site, with a schoolhouse slated for July and six months of schooling this year. The speaker mentions Barred Rocks and references Harry Courtright in the context of agricultural birds and community development.
After their first game, the Cubs have no diamond available and remain short of practice. They travel to Sidney tomorrow to play the Sidney school in a likely tough matchup. The Sidney squad may wear new uniforms, which could aid the Cubs slightly.
A Tuesday storm brought two inches of rain with brief breaks and continued through the night soaking the Potter district. The rain aids the winter wheat crop already damaged by hail, with a June soaking expected to finish the spring-sown field. Rain was general across the district.
A hard luck account of the Grizzlies failing to reach form as bad roads caused blowouts and a five mile detour en route to Peetz, where a 21 to 3 defeat hinted at poor practice and weak offense while Peetz showed little fight.
Teachers have drilled pupils for two plays to be staged at the schoolhouse on May 20. The program features solo and choral numbers by primary to grammar students, a scene in the Union Depot, and a high school production on May 22 titled A Bundle of Matches with a Newport hotel setting and a cast led by Harold Messenger and Anne Wyllys.
Big Springs and Brule Indians posted an 11 inning contest with a 1 2 final. Big Springs scored early in the first. Brule tied in the third and won with the 11th inning run. Battery was Brown Armstrong for Big Springs and Stafford Angell for Brule. Hits 6 for Big Springs 7 for Brule. Umpire Everson. Time 1 50. Big Springs is ready for all comers.
Bulletin 133 from the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station by Professor J H Frandsen outlines conditions for proper milk and cream care to produce butter of the best quality. It will be mailed free to Nebraska residents on request to Director E A Burnett Lincoln Nebr.
Harrisburg reports that Byron W. Marshall and Chester H. Perry of Pine Bluffs Wyoming have nearly completed Wyoming work for the Cheyenne to Bridgeport railroad project. They expect strong support from Wyoming Banner county and Morris county will soon be signed up, after which preliminary work will begin.
The note states that oe beer lodgepole express housecleaning is now on tap, with the busy housewife expressed as head over heels in work, indicating a surge of cleaning activity and a promotional push.
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