Strayed Jenny Mule Near Potter Seeks Finder
A Jenny mule was reported missing Saturday night from a place southwest of Potter. Finder please notify Fred Wittrock.
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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1933
Page
5
A Jenny mule was reported missing Saturday night from a place southwest of Potter. Finder please notify Fred Wittrock.
Miss dna Seyfang returned from Lodge Pole last week where she completed a term of school at the Lodge Pole school.
Joe Johnson led a herd of 500 calves bought by C. W. Johnson and sons to Hackberry pastures last week. He was assisted by Maynard Osborne and Dr. Thompson of Sidney in the drive.
Mr and Mrs Henry Bailiff and daughter of Havelock Nebraska are visiting at the home of their daughter and sister Mrs Wd Harrison and family. Miss Dorothy Harrison of Lincoln is also home for a visit.
The bridge club enjoyed a very pleasant evening last Wednesday at the Thayer home. The family prize went to Mrs. and Mrs. Ray Alnell, and the individual honors to Mrs. Enevoldsen. Mrs. W. A. Johnson and Miss Besse Blair were special guests.
Fine warm weather this week ends the long rainy spell and enables farmers to complete spring work. The ideal growing conditions boost field activity and crop prospects after heavy rain.
Jessie Mae Hughes entertained numerous young friends at a four o clock yesterday forenoon. Attending were Shirley Miller Dorothy Sorter Maxine Stormberg Chas Sheets Merle Booth Marilyn Miller Billy Shea Jewel Jones and Gwendolyn Malone.
Mr and Mrs Lee Hagemeister welcomed a baby girl Monday morning at a Kimball hospital. The mother is convalescing well after initial fears for the infant, but doctors now expect the child to survive.
Mrs Mary Gunderson was honored on Mother's Day with a surprise party attended by seven of her nine children, twenty grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. The event celebrated the family gathering and noted appreciation for her role and affection from relatives.
Those present included Mrs Shoemaker of The Siding Wyoming who is visiting relatives here.
Ina H. Fowler 70, longtime resident of Ogallala, died there. He was an early settler of the country. A Ford coupe stolen from Marty Kauffman at Chappell was found abandoned near Bridgeport.
Depositors of the defunct First National Bank of Peetz met and organized a depositors league to look after their interests.
A marriage license was issued in Gering last week to John M. Her boldsheimer of Potter and Mrs Eth el J Hines of Rome Ohio.
The Liberty State Bank of Sidney paid out $14,000 to depositors, bringing total restitution to 20 percent since the bank closed on December 14, 1931.
Mr and Mrs J E Davison of Dalton were surprised by neighbors to mark their twenty third wedding anniversary. Mrs Anna Bratz wife of the late Fred Bratz is in Dalton hospital after a slight stroke and receiving medical attention.
Flora Allison to lead Peetz school faculty. H H Whaley elected Pine Bluffs mayor. Harold Curry wins 145 of 177 for town councilman. Legislature adjourns in Nebraska and Colorado after record sessions. North of Columbus to visit. Pawnee Scouts veteran Captain North linked to Nebraska. Kimball shop owner Kelier hospitalized after collision. Deloris Wheeler uninjured. Sidney man Mathews detained for mental lapse. wife named in pocket billfold. Logan county to cut delinquent taxes 50 percent for 1930 and earlier before year end 1933. Kimball celebrating 50th anniversary. Brooklyn birth to Kimball residents. Colored snow reported at Saratoga Wyoming. Chappell farmers organize baseball league. Chambers Commerce offers pay. payments scaled to weeks to ease burden. Contempt of court case includes Lux et al.
Affidavits claim attendance at a Wilber barbecue as foreclosure sale pressure grew. The state senate rejected the impeachment of Saline County Judge Kahout by a 21 to 2 vote and ordered the case expunged from records.
Farmers of the North Platte valley in Morrill and Scotts Bluff counties plant 60 thousand young pine trees to prevent soil erosion under supervision of Clay Watkins, state extension forester. Trees sourced from the National Forest at Halsey, Nebraska. Work sponsored by farm owners, farm bureau, Burlington Railroad, and civic groups with young men entering reforestation labor.
Scottsbluff business men vent frustration as Nebraska lags behind Wyoming for beer supplies. Newspapers note heavy trade in Oshkosh and dwindling farmer visits to Colorado, suggesting demand wanes after initial excitement. Local leaders blamed for publicity while prices and availability remain unsettled.
Rural reminiscence recalls a local man around Potter who can ride the hood of a car and rope a bull, praised as a hot doctor. The note contrasts past roughness with modern slickness, hinting at calf branding without heat and a week of marks, leaving cowboys amused and frustrated.
The Gering Chamber of Commerce voted for succession but rejected beer funding as the state legislature refused to reimburse Scotts Bluff County for 73000 dollars spent on a state bridge years ago. County officials offered 60000 to settle, but the committee allowed a suit against the state. McCarter of Bayard and Green of Sidney supported payment. other western lawmakers sided with eastern Nebraska and Charley Bryan.
Oliver Dunlap 21 Chester Dunlap 24 and Edwin Wilkins, former Nebraska inmate, were convicted at Alliance of robbery and torture. On May 1 they went to Eric Sherwin's ranch near Harrison, demanded money, bound him to a chair, and roasted him with a fire for a half hour after threats with a butcher knife. They looted the ranch and fled in a vehicle.
Shervin avoided reporting them after riding 12 miles to submit a report. In Lusk Wyoming arrests, Jim Butler a rancher 20 miles west of Alliance confessed in the same scheme, securing 237.50 dollars cash and groceries. Oliver Dunlap got ten years in the reformatory while Chester Dunlap and Wilkins received fifteen years in prison.
An old advertising notice explains Lincoln Daily Journal and Nebraska State Journal delivery options. It notes late night editions printed in Lincoln on the Iowa line, with morning editions arriving by mail the same day. Subscription rates shown include daily and Sunday prices and cautions about solicitors.
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