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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1908)
The Frontier. VOLUME XXIX. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27.1908 NUMBER 10 [CLEARANCE OF ODDS & ENDS Before the new goods arrive I am going to clean up all left overs, and so have some special bargains to offer. This clean-up will commence today, and if the goods last continues till Sept 5. Come and look over the bargain counters, for space will not permit me to specify the many offered. Remnants of wool dress goods in different lengths at unheard of prices, remnants of outing flannel at less than cost, remnants of calico and gingham, Kabo corsets, all that is left, at 58c each, petticoats at cost price, small line of ladies' shirtwaists at any price, ladies' skirts at a low figure. The object of this sale is to clean up before the stock of new goods arrive, so don't miss this last chance. Come early and get your choice. LOCAL MATTERS P. J. McManus started yesterday for Chicago on a business trip. L. L. Mandevill departed this morn ing on a trip to northern Iowa. For Sale—Horse and buggy. En quire of Mrs. James Sullivan. 10-tf Tne O’Neill schools open Tuesday, September 8, Monday being Labor Day. Don’t miss the fall opening at the Grady millinery store, September 4 and 5. J. L. Chapman of Randolph was in the city last Friday attending the races. Now that the races are over, it is time for some one to come in with a new fish story. Dr. Corbett, Dentist, in O’Neill September 14, 15, 1(1, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30 and 31. Miss Dott Wolverton, who has been spending the summer in Colorado, arrived home yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Trommershaus ser of Ewing were in the city attend ing the races last Friday. Miss Margaret Green was over from Creighton last week, visiting friends and attending the races. Back Berry of Paddock was whooping it up for tlie winning horses in town last Thursday and Friday. Mrs. M. V. Nicholson of Valentine spent last week in the city, the guest of her sister, Mrs. P. J. Flynn. Mrs. Clyde King returned toiler home in Moline, 111., Wednesday after a protracted visit with relatives here. Will Green came up from Meadow Grove and attended the races last week, going to Wheeler county Satur day. Mrs. Saltier and children of Norfolk are in the city visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Oar ton. T. P. Mullen arrived in the city last Friday from Hutte, Montona, and will spend a few weeks here visiting rela tives. Miss Pea McGinnis returns Friday to her duties at tin; Lincoln asy lum, after a week’s visit with friends in the city. J. J. Thomas went to Omaha Tues day to accompany his wife home, she having sufficiently recovered her health to leave the hospital. 0. D. Keyes of Inman was in town Tuesday to sign up a batch of county warrants for claims allowed by the supervisors at their last session. Stray—Came to my place about the 9lh of August, a hog weighing about 300 pounds. Owner may have same by paying for feed and this notice.—J. Q. Howard. 10-tf Strayed—From D. A. Doyle’s pasture south of Northwestern tracks, about August 5, a red bull calf 5 months old Fiuder please notify D. A. Doyle or A. Mulligan. 8-tf Mrs. C. J. Malone has been enjoying a visit from her aunt and cousin, Mrs. Emma Robinson and daughter, Mrs. Lillie Kellun, of Anderson, Ind. They start for home tomorrow. Mrs. James F. O’Donnell went to Sioux City yesterday morning to meet her mother, Mrs. John Skirving, and her sister, Miss Sadie, who returned last night from Seattle. The O’Neill ball team went over to Spencer this morning where they play the Spencer team Friday and Satur day. Manager Parker and Ed. Gal lagher went along as boosters. Here’s hoping they return with the scalps of the Spencerites in their sack. Miss Kathryn Grady is home from Chicago, where she purchased a stock of fall millinery and is getting her store and display of hats in readiness for her fall opening, September 4 and 5. Farm For Sale—Northeast quarter section 33, township 29, rangelO, being eight miles east of O’Neill and six miles northwest of Page. Write me. Clarence E. Smith, Tecumseh, Nebr., exclusive agent. 9-4 Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Weiland of Barl ing, Io., arrived in the city last Fri day for a visit at the home of their niece, Mrs. D. H. Cronin. They-left for Randolph yesterday morning for a visit witii relatives at that place. The Yankee Robinson show which was here last Friday was about the poorest exhibition ever seen in O’Neill. They had a large crowd, both after noon and evening, but we have yet to see anyone who thinks they got their money’s worth. John McCarthy, who took the ex amination before the state pharmacy board about ten days ago, has received word that he passed the examination and now is a full-fledged pharmacist. His many O’Neill friends congrat ulate him on his success. Ab Wilcox, accompanied by C. E. Hall, went to Lincoln last Saturday and will remain in a sanitarium there for a time for medical care. Mr. Wilcox lias been failing in health for several months. Ilis many friends here hope his stay at Lincoln will prove beneticial and speedily restore his w.onted vigor. Creighton Liberal: Miss Anna Mullen went up to O’Neill Saturday for a visit with her many relatives there. Her home is in Utica, N. Y., and she is at present employed in Wayne. Coming up here a short time agt. she and Dr. Mullen traced up a a relationship which goes back to the old home in Kingston, Canada. Taken Up—On my farm, the east half of the northwest quarter section 2, township 28, range 11, three miles east and one mile and a half south of O’Neill, on or about July 25,1908, three red calves, two heifers and one steer, about live months old. Owner can have same by proving property and paying expenses.—Sam Wolf. 9-5 Mabel Hayne has begun suit in the district court for divorce from Win field Hayne on the grounds of cruelty and nonsupport. They were married by the county judge last March. The defendant owns real estate to the value of $7,500,the petition states, and live stock to the value of $759. She asks for divorce, alimony and costs of suit. There is going to be a big crop of corn in this community and the husk ing time will be gladsome days for the opulent farmer. In addition to the bountiful crop the indications are that anti-Bryan prices will prevail. A farmer who has a hundred-acre field of prize corn near town says lie has al ready been offered 40 cents a bushel for the product of the entire field, but declined the offer. James E. Delzell of Lexington, Dawson county, was in the city last Thursday mingling witii local repub licans. Mr. Delzell is a candidate for the republican nomination for state superintendent at the primaries next Tuesday. He is a thorough school man, having followed teaching all his life, and is well qualified for the position to which lie aspires. During his visit here he received much en couragement from local republicans. Donald Hess was Ihe victim of a little piece of carelessness last Friday and is minus a line young horse, a saddle and bridle, in consequence. He left the horse tied on the streets and someone made away with the same. The town was overrun with strangers, incident to the circus and other do ings, and it is thought one of this class stole the horse. Sheriff Hall is now endeavoring to get some trace of the outfit, as he is also of a horse and buggy stolen near Inman two weeks ago. Kearney Hub: Thousands of tons of fruit in eastern Nebraska are prac tically of no value because there is no market. The lack of market owing wholly to prohibitive transportation charges which prevent tire fruit grow er from shipping his product iOO or 200 miles within the state and market ing at a price the consumer is able to pay. In central Nebraska everything is shipped in from California, Utah, Idaho, etc., and the consumer is com pelled to pay fancy prices while being shut out from the nearby orchards of his own state. The annual county convention of the Woman’s Christian Temprance Union will be held in the Methodist church Wednesday, Sep tember 2nd. There will be an after, noon and evening session. The after noon session will consist of music, papers, readings, reports, etc., and election of officers at the close. Mrs. Caroline M. Woodward of David City, stale organizer, will give the evening address. A cordial invitation to both sessions is extended to all. Time, 2:30 o’clock p. m.. and 8 o’clock in the evening.—County President. That Holt county teachers and those educated within her borders are in constant demand by school officials of other counties is evident from the following clipping taken from a recent issue of the Butte Gazette. The Miss Harrington referred to is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Harrington, pioneer residents of this county who reside about seven miles northeast of this city and received her education in the rural schools of this county, St. Mary’s academy and the Wayne normal. The Gazette says: “Miss Elizabeth Harrington of O’Neill ar rived in Butte Tuesday and is assist ing Superintendent Brandvig to get things ship shape for institute week. Miss Harrington lias been engaged to teach the Chris Anderson school at a salary of $50 per month. This is good wages for a country school, but the school officials of this county are be ginning to see the necessity of an advance in wages for good teachers.” LAND DRAWING OCT. 5 O'Neill Comes In As One of the Registration Points. By order of the president, 800,000 acres of the Rosebud Indian lands in Tripp county, South Dakota, have been thrown open to settlement under the usual plan of selection by the lottery process. Registration will begin Octobers. O’Neill has been named as one of the registration points, as has also Valentine, the only two towns in Nebraska to have a part in the regis tration, which will continue until Oct 17. O’Neill is advantageously sit uated and has the railroad facilities to make it easily reached from the east and southeast. Dallas will be the registration point nearest to the lands opened. Methodist Church Items. Next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock our fourth quarterly meeting will be held. Rev. Dr. Bithell, district sup erintendent, will preach, after which the sacrainent of the Lord’s supper will be administered. This will be the last visit of Dr. Bithell, as his term of ollice expires with the confer ence year. In the evening at 8 o’clock the pastor will preach from the sub ject “How to do Something Worth While.” Everyone invited to these services. Sunday school at 9:45 Sunday morn ing, Junior League at 3 p. m. and Epworth League at 7. Subject of 7 o'clock service, “Crossesor the Cross,” Ethel Burge leader. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 8 o’clock. The ladies of the church will hold an “exchange” again next Saturday at .1. U. Yantzi’s store. The fourth quarterly conference will be held at the church on Saturday even ing and the importance of the meeting demands a full attendance. Dr. Bithell will preside. T. S. Watson, Pastor. OPENING Fall Millinery Sept. 5 # 6 *^jr~~ I have just returned from the Chicago markets where I bought a line of the season's choicest millinery goods. It will interest every lady to see these and on the above dates I will have them on display, so come in and select one from the large variety that will be shown. KATHRYN GRADY. EDUCATIONAL NOTES 11 y the County Superintendent. Saturday, August 29, is “house cleaning” day. This is the date set aside by State Superintendent Mc Brien for the cleaning of school-houses throughout the state. District No. 181, In Deloit precinct, is building a $1,500 school-house. The building is of cement blocks. Districts 8, 223, 247 and 248 are each putting up substantial frame buildings this sum mer. The census report for 1908 shows an increase of llfty-one children between the ages of 5 and 21 years, making a total in the county of 5050. Other statistics of interest found in the re port are as follows: Number of teach ers employed, 217; total teachers’ wages, $5,8381.38; amount spent for other purposes, $24,172.42; amount in district treasuries, $16,077.20; total, $99,231; average length of term six months; average salary per month, $35.50; number of children enrolled, 3947; average dally attendance, 2486; cost per pupil on enrollment, $21.01; on average attendance $34.85. Holt county will not have enough qualified home teachers to supply the demand, but we are receiving daily applications from other portions of the state where the supply is greater than the demand. We have not is sued any emergency certificates this year. Of the forty issued last year only sixteen “made good” in the ex aminations. These certificates have always been a source of much trouble. Half of the teachers who have used them have proven to be expensive to the district. A short term with a well qualified teacher at good wages is a better investment than a poorly qualified teacher for a longer term at low wages. _ No Ticket No Ride. Effective at an early date, tlie Bur lington will require passengers to present tickets to train men before boarding trains at stations where a resonable opportunity is afforded for the purchase of tickets. The clerical work required of con ductors in connection with the pay ment of the large number of cash fares on trains has grown to such an extent as to seriously iiandicap them in their far more important duties in looking after the operation of their trains and insuring the safe transportation of passengers. While conductors collect 25 cents in excess of tlie ticket fare between Ne braska stations, they issue a rebate ctieck good for this amount at any of the company’s stations and consequen tly there is no penalty involved. A similar condition existed in Missiouri, which was remedied several months ago by the institution of the rule re quiring passengers to secure theirtick etsin advance. The practice met with public approval, no confussion or annoyance resulting therefrom. For several years past there has been a general inciease in passenger travel and a consequent increase in the conductors’ work in collecting trans portation, alid the management is confident that the wisdom and reason ableness of this regulation will be ap parent to its patrons. Granulated Sore Eyes Cured. “For twenty years 1 suffered from a bad case of granulated sore eyes,” says Martin Boyd of Henrietta, Ky. “In February, 1902, a gentleman asked me to try Chamberlain’s Salve. I bought one box and used about two thirds of it and my eyes have not giv en me any trouble since.” This salve is for eale by Gilligan & Stout. Norfolk Easy Victims. Accompanied by a good-sized dele gation of rooters the O’Neill ball team went to Neligh Wednesday where they played the Norfolk team at the race meet that afternoon, and trim med them 9 to 0. j Roy Bradley dished up the twisters for O’Neill and had the Norfolk play ers buffaloed right from the start. They secured but three hits, two of j them of the scratchy kind, off of his j delivery and but once during the game did they get a man as far as third base. Every man on the team ? played classy ball and all had their batting “lamps.” A j Bovee, a soutli-paw twirler of some renown, started the twirling for Noi> folk and the way O’Neill lambasted | his curves was a shame. He was touched up for two doubles and two singles when Kirkland yanked him out and mounted the rubber himself. Bradley opened on Mr. Kirkland with a two sacker and when the side was : finally retired O’Neiil had six scores and the game was won. Kirkland j was touched up for ten hits and was j wilder than a March hare, hitting six ; men and walking two. In the second , inning he hit Wilson over the eye and Bill went down for the count. Powers caught the rest of the game, Wilson going to right field. Powers, while making no pretentions as a catcher, caught a very nice game. The score: O’Neill 60111000 0—9 Norfolk 00000000 0—0 Hits—O’Neill 14; Norfolk 3. Two base hits—Boyle, Primley, Bradley and Foreman. Struck out—Bovee 1; Kirkland 8; Bradley 7. Batteries— O’Neill, Bradley and Wilson and Pow ers. Norfolk, Bovee, Kirkland and Hoffman. Kola Items. Miss Pearl Howarth returned to her home in Randolph last week, after a two month’s visit here at the home of her brothers. J. B. Barnum passed through Kola ! with the land inspector one day last week. Mrs. W. S. Smith of O’Neill came out on last Saturday’s stage to visit with her daughters, Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Shermer. Jacob Pfund sr., went to the county seat last week on business. The hot weather of this and last month is hard on the little ones. Mrs. Shaw’s and Vrooman’s little ones are sufferers from this cause. Did you say prairie chickens and ducks? Well, I guess yes, more than plenty, and it will soon be September 1st. s Trip County, S. D., Government Land Opening. The government opening of a milli on acres of fine agricultrual and graz ing lands will probably occur about Oct. 1st. The Rosebud extension of the Chicago & North Western Ry. is the only railway reaching these lands, and Dallas, S. D., is the railway ter minus and the only town on the reser vation border. The U. S. land office will probably be located there. Pam phlets describing this land and how to secure a quarter section homestead, ! free on application to any agent Chica go & North Western Railway. 9-2 j I am selling the best Hour made in Nebraska. Patent $1.25 a sack straight grade $1.15, and to those that owe me please note 1 need my money.—Con Keys. Mrs. John Biglin and children of HoJdredge arrived in the city last evening for a short visit with rela tives. j