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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1925
Page
4
The Cheyenne county fall festival opened in Sidney with a strong opening day crowd. Exhibits show a fine product display and a corn palace drawing nationwide attention. The Tobin opera house hosts exhibits for all women’s departments.
Po-Lum-Co news notes William Fairbanks and Eva Novak star in Campen’s feature Fighting for Honor on Friday night October 2. The article also promotes comedy features and urges coal buyers to order now for lower prices and better coal quality. It mentions local lumber, fence, and shed projects and encourages October as machine shed month to boost farm improvements.
The Weyerts band played on opening day as all county schools attend. A huge parade led by Bunker Hill and Sidney juvenile bands is set for 11:00 a.m. with seven free vaudeville acts starting at 2:00 p.m. Machinery day follows Saturday with a parade at 11:00 a.m. showcasing farm and motor devices.
October 1st passes with no killing frost across the region. The note highlights occasional light touches of frost but none deadly. It calls the absence remarkable, citing tomato vines spared and corn bumper yields in western Nebraska as stabilizing factors for the country.
Dix Nebr residents enjoyed the Kimball fair. Family news includes John Clausen Jr and Mrs Gus Wendt learning of their mother's death Saturday. Local moves, hospital visits, and travel to North Platte are noted, with Petrus Peterson moving into a newly purchased house formerly owned by E E Goding.
Announcement from Potter reports the marriage of Gertrude Delsing to Hugh Foley of Hemingford Nebraska on Tuesday September 29. Delsing formerly taught at the local school. Rev. Chas Strandberg and family and Mrs Strandberg’s mother visited the Ellquist home north of town earlier this week.
A public notice warns against hunting on the plac es citing sightings of prairie chickens by C. E. Smith and A. G. Smith. The brief item records a local property hunting restriction and the witnesses.
A terse public notice reiterates a strict no hunting rule for the area. Signed statements from Wnm Gustafson Chas Brothers Jid Johnson John Saxon and Pete Saxon emphasize enforcement and safety. The short note urges residents to respect the ban and report violations to authorities.
Herbert Johnson and Ford Wiekhorst declare that hunting of any kind is forbidden on their properties, asserting control over access and compliance with the new rule.
Neighbors gather at Nels Nelson home for threshing and social visits. Leland Bundy, Elze Wilson, Dave Teneyck, and others assist with threshing and hay. Chauncey Hibbard and Mrs. Palmer Thurston visit Brownson events. Earl Easton shops in Potter. residents attend B H H and B H A C meetings at Anderson home.
Classified notes show a kitchen helper position at Lincoln Highway Cafe offering around 10 months pay. Multiple fragments reference selling or buying items, including stoves, heating equipment, a baby carriage, and land. The list mentions Mrs. Stormy Vizina and Turbo Tornado with miscellaneous sales in Potter and Dewey район.
A brief notice from Potter Review seeks a load of any old kindling to help residents survive winter. The appeal asks for generous donations or subscription trade, with cash offered if other arrangements fail.
Pleasant View community chatter records visitors and callers at multiple homes including Behrens, Matthes, Thies, Bundy, Gerler, and Oberndorfer. Birth announced a healthy 9 pound girl at Oberndorfer home on September 24. Several residents travel to Potter, Sidney, and North Platte for business and social visits, with numerous family gatherings and dinners noted.
The paper thanks new and renewing subscribers dated recently. Names include Erwin Lueders Frohna Mo Oscar Mueller city Henry Wikstrom city Emel Cords city Miss Lillian Brady University Place Nebr J E Wilson city Raymond Erickson city.
Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos Schwartz included Mr. and Mrs H Kaune Phyllis Art and Gene Kaune Lawrence Schwartz and Mr and Mrs Geo Schwartz.
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