Jim Potter's Blog

No One Ever Forgets Their First Car

 

No One Ever Forgets Their First Car

Blog Post by Jim Potter

Many authors seem reluctant to promote other authors and editors, but when I discover impressive literary work, it’s easy for me to publicly commend their important contribution. Such is the case with writer-editor Mike Durall of Salina, Kansas.… Read the rest

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Postcard Detective

Horse Stolen – $70 Reward

By Jim Potter

The oldest artifact we have in our home is 148 years old. It’s a postcard from 1877.

The Reward or Wanted postcard informs the reader that a horse was stolen June 5, 1877, from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and that a reward of $70 was offered for the arrest and conviction of the thief and the return of the bright bay (reddish-brown body and black points) mare (adult female horse).… Read the rest

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Researching Robert

Leaving Liverpool

By Jim Potter

On June 5, 1926, as Mrs. Gladys Gamble Parks prepared to board the RMS Scythia from Liverpool’s landing stage, she may have considered the many ships she had previously observed from the docks of Hull, her hometown.… Read the rest

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SAVE the Reno County Museum!

Message to the Reno County Commissioners

By Jim Potter

(To be presented September 10, 2025, at the Reno County Commission Meeting, at 9 a.m., in the Veterans Room, Reno County Courthouse, 210 W. 1st, Hutchinson, KS)

Hello, Reno County Commissioners.

Thank you for your public service.… Read the rest

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Have You Ever Been Seasick?

Have You Ever Been Seasick?

 By Bud Biery, Hutchinson, Kansas; Sean McArdle, Tetbury, England;

and Tracy Million Simmons, Emporia, Kansas

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Seasickness on the Open Sea

By Bud Biery

In 1977, somewhere between Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Alameda, California, a storm suddenly struck our battle group.… Read the rest

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Western Towers

Western Towers: The Healthy Tree Massacre

By Jim Potter

The so-called “Golden Years” weren’t golden for Archie Lemon. He and his wife, Nancy, had over a million dollars in safe investments and were still working when he had his life-altering accident.… Read the rest

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Seasickness Postcards

 

Seasickness Postcards

by Jim Potter

Recently, while researching transatlantic ocean liner travel in 1926 from Liverpool to New York City, I discovered a category of postcards that I had never known existed. This occurred while speculating on whether Gladys Gamble Parks (1908-1993), an English woman from Hull, might have been seasick during her ten-day immigration voyage to America.… Read the rest

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Seasick Postcards

Seasickness Postcards

by Jim Potter

Recently, while researching transatlantic ocean liner travel in 1926 from Liverpool to New York City, I discovered a category of postcards that I had never known existed. This occurred while speculating on whether Gladys Gamble Parks (1908-1993), an English woman from Hull, might have been seasick during her ten-day immigration voyage to America.… Read the rest

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Researching Robert

Separation

After Robert Parks and Gladys Gamble were married on April 6, 1926, in Hull, England, they had days together before Robert departed on his cargo ship, the S. S. Capulin. Gladys remained in Hull, living with her family. I wonder if the newlyweds had any idea they would be separated for two months.… Read the rest

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Writer Connie Rogalsky

The Missing Shoe
by Connie L. Rogalsky

Every family is occasionally inconvenienced by losing something, even if they seem to be perfectly neat to outside observers. Our very imperfect, not-so-neat family has developed the talent of losing things into a fine art.… Read the rest

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