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The Frontier.
VOLUME XXXV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915. NUMBER 39.
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Spring!
Has
Come
BUT like the robin with its dar
ing, dazzling luster remind
ing you by that thrilling
chirp of the beauties and mirth
of the coming season, I too have
again come to you asking a liber
al share of your business and promise that you will see upon investi
gation the largest and most up to date line of spring merchandise ever
shown anywhere in this section of Nebraska. I hand you this tip as
it was handed to me by the ultra of fashions, a beautitul Tipperary
=* girl, who modeled these garments at the world’s greatest fashion show
and they are now to be seen in my ready I o wear department.
— TAILORED SUITS
The accompanying illustration shows the very
popular styles of Taylor Suits now in stock for
spring wear made in all the late cloths, Chudder
cloth, Black, Belgian, Blue, Navy, Sand, Putty,
Green, Price $22.50 to $32.50.
Faille Silk, Belgian Blue, Sand, Putty Green
$25 to $35.
Poplin, Brown, Green, Purple, Sand $18.50 to
$27.50.
Serges, Black, Navy, Putty, Brown, Price $13.50
to $18.50. !
Silk Dresses... .$8 $10.50 $12.50 $15 to $33.76
Wool Dresses.$6 $7.50 $8.50 $12.50 $15
Skirts.$2.50 $3.50 $4 $5.50 $6 $6.50 $7.50 Jj
Petticoats, Silk.$2.50 $3 $3.50 $4
Petticoats, Cotton.75c $1.25 $1.50 $2 $2.50
NECKWEAR
Neck Wear a large assortment of the many styles.
Tipperary Collars..... .25 50 65 75c $1 $1.25
DRESS GOODS
Dress Goods, Silk 40 inch Poplins at remarkable
Price, Belgian Blue, $1.25; Tip Green, $1.25; Black,
$1.25; Navy, $1.25; White, $1.25.
40 in. Wool Crepes, Westeria, $1; Black, $1; Copen, $1;
$1; Helio, $1; Rose, $1; Navy, $1; Gray, $1.
42 inch Shippend Check all two designs, yard.. $1.25
36 inch Shippend check cut crepe, yard.65
40 inch cut voiles Floral Designs.25
30 inch crepe Commona Designs.20
40 inch cut crepe Floral Designs.35
40 inch Birds’ Eye crepe, all White Mercerized .75
p. j. McManus “THE HOUSE OF COOP MERCHANDISE” |
Shoes, Cloth Top, Lace,. $3.50 $4 $4.50 $5
Shoes, Cloth Top, Button_$3 $3.50 $3.75 $4.50
These shoes carried with Louis or Spanish Heel.
Pumps, Spanish Heel, Pat Fancy Trimmed_$4.00
Pumps, Spanish Heel, Gunmetal.$3.50
Pumps, Louis Heel, Pat Buckled Trimmed... .$4.50
Pumps, Louis Heel, Kid Buckled Trimmed_$3.50
LOCAL MATTERS.
W. W. Bethea came up form Ewing
Tuesday.
A1 Miller of Atkinson was in the
city Wednesday.
Mrs. Bert Wattles of Neligh visited
in the city a few days.
Miss Nell Hughes of Battle Creek,
Neb., visited this week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. 0. F. Biglin.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Smith of Ewing,
are visiting their daughters, Mrs. E.
D. Henry and Mrs. F. M. Sparks in
this city since Monday evening.
Tuesday Judge Carlon issued mar
riage licenses to the following: Har
vey Shearer and Mabel Sanford, both
of Page; Lorenzo A. Ott and Cather
ine Erb, both of Joy.
Frank Leinhart received word this
morning of the death of his brother’s
baby at their home in Chambers town
ship. Frank secured a team and cut
ter and started for there at once.
Myrtle Lucile, infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Kendell of this city,
died Monday. Funeral services were
held at the home Tuesday, Rev. Bruce
of the Methodist church conducting
the same.
W. J. Malloy of Emmet, who has
had to change the date of his sale
now twice, was down Tuesday and
The Frontier fixed him out with bills
foi'j’iis sale March 15. W. J. thinks
the weather ought to be permanently
straightened up by that time.
Judge Malone of Inman was in the
city Wednesday and called. The
judge has what he believes is a feas
iable plan for straightening things out
in Mexico. The United States to take
the country and colonize the same
with our negro population, is his idea.
The Frontier learns of the death on
March 6 of Mrs. Mary Gerard at her
home at Bellwood, Neb., at the age of
eighty years, lacking one day. The
family were old residents of this
community, Mr. Gerard, who died five
years ago, settling north of O’Neill in
1879.
There should be no complaint that
the fire alarm can not be heard any
place in town. The alarm which was
sounded Monday evening was heard
at the H. R. Henry place fifteen
miles northeast of town. Charles Si
ders, who is living on the place and
is in town today, called at The Fron
tier to inquire about the fire, saying
he heard the alarm Monday.
Frank Phillips of Star was in town
a few days last week and this.
The old Cockerell pool hall and
bowling alley was closed last Saturdaj
The Burlington railroad is seeking
bids for 1,500 new cars. Now, let us
not get excited about the extension of
the O’Neill line.
F. W. Corkrell, having come into
possession of a pool hall and motion
picture show in Omaha, departed Sun
day with his family for that city.
Jack McMannus as chief engineer
and Charley Pettijohn as driver
started in Monday and did a good job
of opening up the roads around town
for teams to get through.
Clint Elkins started for Chambers
Saturday with the mail, the first un
dertaking of the kind since it began to
snow last Tuesday, but had to give the
trip up and return to town.
A cart with wheels eight feet high
used by the telephone company for
stringing wire was at Sniggs’ black
smith snop yesterday, the smithies
just having set the tires, which they
say were the largest circles of iron in
the shape of wagon tires they were
ever called upon to tighten to the fel
lies.
Senator Robertson, who came up
from Lincoln Friday, informed us of
the arrival of a grandson at the home
of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Weidman, of Plain
view, March 4. Mrs. Weidman, who
was formerly Miss Lottie Robertson,
taught one year in the O’Neill high
school.
A surprise was planned on Mrs.
Birdie Henry Tuesday, the occasion
being the anniversary of her birthday.
A big dinner was gotten up and a fine
social time had. Those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Smith of Ewing;
Mr. and Mrs. George Henry and Mr.
and Mrs. F. M. Sparks and family of
this city.
A petition to the city council has
been filed with the clerk for the sub
mission at the spring election April 6
for a vote on the question of saloons
or no saloons. The petition contains
the names of many business men and
property owners. The question was
submitted last year for the first time
in O’Neill and the element favoring
retaining saloons won by fifty-nine
votes. The drys express the belief
that the time is ripe now to overcome
that majority and vote the saloons
out.
Old folks say nothing like it has
happened since the winter of ’80 and
’81. Thus they regard the snow storm
that lasted from Tuesday of last week
until Sunday, when the sun shone un
obscured for the first time in many
days. Something like two and one
half feet of snow fell during this
period. Mercury went down to ona
degree below zero Monday morning.
Smoke curling from a chimney and
rolling down over the roof of the
house, giving the appearance of the
house being on fire, caused someone
to turn in an alarm at 6 o’clock Mon
day evening that the home of Clyde
King at the east end of .Douglas
street was ablaze. The vicious call of
the creamery whistle aroused the
usual excited crowd, but happily
turned out to be a false alarm.
The city council met Tuesday eve
ning, transacting the routine business.
A number of claims were allowed and
warrants ordered drawn in payment.
It was ordered that $823.40 in the
water fund be transferred to the gen
eral fnud. Instructions were given to
the policemen to notify property own
ers to clear the sidewalks of snow.
A fund was raised by solicitation
around town for opening a road
through the snow toward Chambers
and Charles Pettijohn was put to
work. He opened a track three miles
Tuesday afternoon and continued on
south west Wednesday. It is under
stood that men and teams are also at
work on the Chambers end of the road.
Hon. E. H. Whelan is in West Point
this week trying the James O’Connor
will case.
Everybody’s Magazine: During the
last G. A. R. encampment there was
one woman amid the crowd of spec
tators on the day of the parade who
made herself conspicuous by her
noisy hurrahs and excited waving of
a flag as the old veterans marched
past. One of the bystanders told her
sharply to shut up. “Shut up your
self!” she retorted. “If you had
buried two husbands who had served
in the war, you would be hurrahing
too.”
It appears now that the automobile
hasn’t even put a crimp in the buggy
business. Statistics show that the
buggy sales in this country last year
broke all previous records, and reach
ed the rather staggering total of 2,
200,000, ! However, this is not so
strange as it appears at a glance.
There are just as many young fellows
and girls to do their courting now
days as ever before; more in fact.
And you can’t drop the control of an
automobile over the dashboard 01
windshield and let the gasoline engine
and front wheels plug along on their
own hook.
The Nebraska State Hortical So
ciety is assembling material for vol
umes devoted to the lives of men who
won distinction among the poineers of
the territorial period. The first vol
umes to be issued will probably deal
with such characters as J. Sterling
Morton, Andrew J. Poppleton, Govern
or Alvin Saunders, General John M.
Thayer and Phineas W. Hitchcock.
Anyone who has correspondence, doc
uments, photographs or other data
bearing upon the lives of these men
A SPRING EXHIBIT
OF SURPASSING STYLE AWAITS YOUR IN
SPECTION. WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU
TO BE PRESENT ON FRIDAY AND SATUR
DAY, MARCH TWELVE AND THIRTEEN.
THE GRADY MILLENRY
ire urged to send the same to the
State Histroical Society or to notify
;he Society where the material may
se examined.
Norfolk Press: Norfolk friends,
ind they are many, of Doctor R. M.
Campbell, regret the notoriety given
that young man by the action of an
O’Neill man who is trying to spite his
wife who is asking for a divorce.
Campbell is made defendant in a suit
brought by the O’Neill man for $20,
300, alleging alienation of affections.
It’s getting to be a favorite pastime
of dog-in-the-manger husbands to sue
for money damages some young man
who happens to have a speaking ac
quaintance with their neglected and
often abused wives. Campbell is a
brother of our Doctor J. R. Campbell
and was associated with his brother
here before going to O’Neill about a
year ago. He is a wholesome appear
ing young man, of a modest, retiring
disposition not at all of the “masher”
type. His friends have every confi
dence in him and look for his com
plete vindication.
C. C. Millard favored The Frontier
with the opportunity to see a piece of
radium bearing ore, sent him by a
friend from Colorado where the ore is
fond, and also showed us a few other
specimens of ore bearing rock. The
radium bearing rock is in appearance
as much like sulphur as anything the
layman would think of for comparison,
other than it is a brighter yellow than
the sulpher. Mr. Millard, who has
had a large experience in prospecting,
is able to impart much information
concernng mining but says he is not
sufficiently familiar with the nature of
radium ore to tell much about it other
than it requires nearly a mountain of
ore to produce an ounce of radium,
which, however, is worth a good sized
fortune. The specimen of ore which
he has is worth $3 per pound and con
tains radium in so small a quantity
that the figments coming from a
pound of ore would be invisible.
Once in a while the sedateness and
decorum of a court room is enlivened
by an incident bordering on the com
edy. Such a situation arose in Judge
Carlon’s court Monday. The case at
bar was to settled a dispute over a
fourteen dollar account between two
O’Neill gentlemen. Both were in
court with their lawyers and no par
ticular headway seemed to be gained
either by pleadings to the court or
conferences between the parties for
amicable adjustment, when the at
torney for the defendant arose to his
feet and with solemn dignity said:
“In view of the apparent difficulty to
come to an agreement fair and equit
able to both these parties, your honor,
I propose they be allowed to go to the
back yard and settle it.” “Thump!”
went a pair of heavy feet on the floor
as the gentleman being sued jumped
up and started for the door to put this
suggestion into execution. The laugh '
went around and probably spoiled
what might have been an interesting
session outside in the snowbanks.
The railroads have had a hard win
fer of it combatting snow and the
storm of last week, continuing for
five days and laying out a blanket of
snow two and a half feet deep, was
particularly severe on train service.
There were no trains over the Sioux
City-O’Neill line for eight days, the
rotary cutting a path through the
huge drifts yesterday, getting to
O’Neill at 5:30 last evening and a
passenger leaving for Sioux City im
mediately. A freight train followed
a few hours later. A force of snow
shovelers, thirty or thirty-five men,
were put to work Sunday on this end
of the line, but so little progress could
be made that the work was discon
tinued Tuesday. The boys behind the
shovels say that the snow in the cut
two miles this side of Page wlas
twenty-five feet deep. Telegraph
wires were within easy reach of a
man standing on the snow. The snow
shovelers worked in tiers of three,
throwing the snow from one to the
other. Towns down the line cut off
from train service ran short on pro
visions. Tuesday the shovelers sent
a “commission” from their “camp” to
Page to buy provisions, but not a loaf
of bread, pound of butter or meat nor
an egg could be had, they said. They
expected to return to the work Wed
nesday with a stock of provisions and
cooks, but directions came from Lin
coln to “lay in”, and a rotary plow
came up and bored its way through.
Notice to the Public.
On and after the First of April all
meat well be cash.
39-3pd. City Meat Market.
Notice.
The annual meeting for Rock Falls
township will be held at the regular
voting place on Tuesday, March 16,
1915.
39-1 Charles Bigler, Clerk.