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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1914)
The Frontier. VOLUMF XXXV. LOCAL MATTERS. Editor Jackson, of Inman, was a caller at this office last Saturday. Anton Toy went to Omaha Sunday to spend> a few days on business. Fred Swingley, of Atkinson, trans acted busines at the court house last Tuesday. J. H. Dunn returned Sunday evening from a weeks’ visit at his old home at Algona, Iowa. Cornelius Keys went to Omaha Sunday to resume his studies at Creighton university. Pat Harty returned last Saturday after a months visit at the home of ■his parents in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cook are re joicing over the arrival of a 11 pound son at their home last Thursday night. Miss Nellie Quinn departed Satur day for Omaha where she goes to take a business course at the Boyles’ college. Floyd Miller and Mrs. Luella Jcs O’NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10 1914, NUMBER 13 HOLT COUNTY FAIR T uesday-Wednesday-Thursday September 22—23—24, 1914 A Celebraction—A Vaccatiorv—A Recreatiorv . , Mammoth Display of Live Stock Agricvritvirs, Fruit and MacHirvery Big, New and Entertaining Free Acts Daily The Annual Event of the Northeast With More Exhibits, More Attractions, Racing and Ball Games. The One Fair of all Fairs you should attend. A most magnificent gathering of all the finest breeds of Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Swine. The best of music all the time. Let’s Go. Don't Forget the Dantes: September 22-23-24, «=^-'. ■■■ ■ ■ ■■■■:■■ .. -"..==U ser, both of this city, were grapted a marriage license in county court last Monday. W. R. Butler, of Gregory, S. D., ar rived in the city Tuesday afternoon to spend a few days looking after busi ness matters. Romaine Saunders returned to his Wheeler county ranch last Monday after assisting in this office for the past two weeks. William F. Backhaus and Miss Minnie Bliss, both of Inez, were granted a marriage license in county court last Tuesday. The Misses Julia and Beatrice Cro nin, who have been visiting relatives in Northern Michigan the past month, returned home yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Sheridan Simmons came up from Norfolk last Friday and is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Cook, northeast of this city. C.W. Moss, of Atkinson, republican candidate for state senator from this district, was in the city Monday on business matters and looking after his political fences. Miss Julia Manderville is home from Deadwood spending a fortnight with her parents. Miss Manderville is taking a course in nursing at a hospital in Deadwood. Dr. R. M. Campbell returned home last Saturday from Davenport, Iowa, where he has been the past three weeks attending a convention of chiro practors and taking a post graduate course in chiropractic. Jas. F. O’Donnell went down to Lincoln last Tuesday morning to at tend a meeting of the democratic state central committee, Mr. O’Don nell being the member from this dis trict. Mrs. R. J. McGinnis and children of Cody, Wyoming, arrived in the city last Saturday morning and will spend a few weeks visiting relatives and old time friends in this city and vi cinity. Charles Daly, one of the progres sive farmers and enthusiastic repub licans of Swan township, was trans acting business in the city Tuesday. Mr. Daly says that everything is prosperous in his section. * Mr. and Mrs. Webb Kellogg re turned Tuesday night from Chicago. Mrs. Kellogg has been visiting friends in Ohio the past month and Webb went to Chicago last week to meet her and accompany her home. At the regular meeting of the re publican state central committee at Lincoln last week O. O. Snyder of this city was selected as a member of the executive committee that will have charge of the state campaign this fall. Last Monday was labor day but it was not generally observed in this city, except by the banks and the county officers. The banks and county offices were closed that day. School opened Monday morning but the pupils were given a holiday in the afternoon. P. J. O’Malley arid J. Kane, of Creighton, were in the city Tuesday and went over in the south country that afternoon. Pat says that cops are fairly good in the vicinity of Creighton but that in parts of Knox county they will have hardly any corr on account of the extreme dry weather in July. Miss Maud Gillespie, daughter of Judge and Mrs. B. S. Gillespie for merly of this city, received the re publican and democratic nominations for county clerk of Sheridan county at the primary election last Monday. Miss Maud has many friends in this city who tender congratulations upon her political success. The O’Neill Photo Company will have a Mr. Graver, a competent pho tographer, here Saturday afternoon at three o’clock to take a panoramic view of the streets of O’Neill. Let everyone be their with their car and make a good showing for O’Neill. These views can be made eight feet long. Get in the picture. Thomas S. Mains, of Stuart, and Miss Evelyn Tierney, of this city, were united in marriage by Rev. C. V. Powell, Methodist minister at Stuart, last Thursday. The bride is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tierney of this city and grew to womanhood in O’Neill. Her many O’Neill friends tender hearty con gratulations and good wishes. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Farrier, of Chambers, were in the city last Mon day on their way home from a two weeks visit with relatives and friends at Ringgold and Des Moines, Iowa. It was Mr. Farrier’s first visit to that section for t>ver twenty-five years. He says that crops are looking just pe good in this county as they are in any part of Iowa that he visited. Hundred of thousands of men are fighting in the gigantic war now going on in the old world, and everyone is interested in the happenings of each day. The Sioux City Tribune is sup plied by the Associated Press wires (the best in the world) and you can hardly afford to miss a single copy. The price is $2.00 a year, which may be handed to the publisher of this paper or sent direct to The Tribune at Sioux City. James R. Hayden, of Red Bird, and Miss Bertha Rouse, of Meek, were united in marriage by County Judge Carlon at the conuty court room last Friday. The young people are prom inent residents of the north country, the bride being the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. A. F. Rouse, pioneer resi dents of Paddock township. They have many friends in the north hall of the county who join us in extend ing hearty congratulations and gooc wishes. “Babe” Wyant had the first finger of his right hand all but severed in the hay field last Friday evening. They were preparing to leave the meadow for home and he and the hired man, John Holt, were removing the sickle from a mower, which caught “Babe’s” finger and cut it clear through the bone. He was taken to a physician, who dressed the injury without having to finish the work of amputation that had been nearly com pleted on the mower. Wilmer Young, aged 29 years, died about 11 o’clock Friday night at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Young, five miles northeast of Ewing, as a result of an accident. Last Monday Mr. Young was making hay near Page, and while he was driving a stacker team the singletree broke and flying back struck him in the side, breaking three ribs and puncturing the liver. He was un married. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church at Ewing, The Frontier completed the publi cation of the first annual premium list of the Holt County Fair last Sat urday. The _ book makes ninety-six pages and was printed in less than two weeks, all except the advertising being set upon the linotype machine Without this machine it would have been impossible to have published the book in such a short time. If yoi have not received a copy of the bool write to the secretary, P. C. Donohoe •of this city, and he will forward one to you. A burlington freight train hit s motor car driven by Roadmastei Hoenshell of Osmond and Welch ol Brunswick on a curve a mile west of Breslau Saturday derailing the engine and one car. The engine turn ed over on one side. No one was hurt except Engineer Winnerstein of this city who had one toe smashed. The wreck was in such a shape that the wrecker was called from Lincoln and the main line cleared at 8 p. m., Sunday. A train was run down from here to handle the passengers from the Sioux City train. Ernest Leipten has filed suit in the district court to collect $617.60 from the Chicago and Northwestern rail road company for damages on ac count of the death of three horses and the injury of another by a train on the defendant company’s road on April 4, 1913. In his petition he al leges that the cattle guards at a cros sing, near the plaintiff’s place, in '.Dodge county, were defective and that six head of horses belonging to him crossed over the cattle guards and got on the right of way of the de fendant company; that two of the 'horses were instantly killed and one died three days afterwards from in juries received; another had its shoulder badly bruised. The accident happened, he says in his petition, on account of the negligence of the com pany in not having its guards in prop er condition. He alleges that the three horses that died were worth $550.00; that he paid $17.50 for veti nary services for the horses that was injured and that died afterwards; that the horse that was injured in the shoulder was damaged to the extent of $50, so he asks for judgment in the sum of $617.50, with interest from April 4, 1913, and costs of suit. NEW FALL IMODELSl On Display Next Friday and Saturday September 11-12 -AT THE GRADY MILLINERY I All are cordially invited to call and inspect same. FALL MILLINERY I OPENING I September 10, 11, 12. I Mrs. M. Fitzsimmons |