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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1916)
Frontier. VOLUME XXXVI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916. NUMBER 84. GIGANTIC SACRIFICE SALE!! COMMENCING 113gjDaysl Feb. 5th, 9 a. m. , _Z'_ Our store is cram full and we must sell at least one-half of the present stock in order to make 100m for our Spring Stock. In order to do this we know nothing will accomplish it but extremely ]ow prices. No Goods Reserved FR.EE! FR.EE! Our Entire Stock of ONE PRICE The first 50 people entering Kuppenheimer arvd our store after 9 a. m., the ^ _ To All opening day, will receive a C^lotiY vIOlu open EVENINGS beautiful necktie free._ Suits & Overcoats are Included Follow the crowds to Our Store and be convinced we are Slashing Prices 0:.“ cash csH (I Neill ( i tthmfi Ci k - K. A. POUND, O’Neill | I LOCAL MATTERS. Orton Young of Opportunity was in the city on business Tuesday John Carr, the cattle king of Staf ford, was an O’Neill visitor last Tues day . He says they have a good deal more snow in Iowa than w'e have in this vicinity H. J. Miller of Bassett, county at torney of Rock county, was an O’Neill visitor last Monday. John L. Quig returned last Tuesady night from a short business trip to Lincoln and Omaha. We are pleased to learn that Frank Hunter of Star, who has been very ill for a couple of weeks, is on the mend. Mr. and Mrs. L. Storm of Gregory, S. D., are in the city spending the week visiting relatives and old-time friends. Jim Brennan says that he does not feel old but “by gad when I think that I am grandfather I began to realize the fact.” The ladies’ aid of the Presbyterian church are meeting with Mrs. Everett Brown, at the ranch southeast of the city today. Miss Mayme Coffey, who has been in Omaha the past two weteks, receiv ing medical treatment, returned home last Tuesday evening. Miss Zeffa Ziemer, who has been visiting relatives and friends at Sioux City and Allen the past week, returned home last Tuesday night. Antone Sivisend, one of the old time ^—————i^—■———— settlers of the Minneola country, was an O’Neill visitor last Monday and made this office a pleasant call. Arthur Barrett came up from Sioux City last Tuesday night to spend a few days visiting relatives and friends and to look after his real estate interests. Clarence Pierce of Amelia and Miss Violet Ingles of Ballagh, were united in marrige by the county judge at the county court room in this city this morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Murphy returned last Sunday night from their wedding trip to Iowa. They expect to leave in a short time for Joe’s homestead in Wyoming. Miss Nina Dart, who has been at tending school in this city the past year, was called to her home at Wall, S. D., the first of the week by the serious illness of her mother . A. C. King of Orchard was in the city last Monday. Several years ago Mr. King was a resident of this city, but has been engaged in the banking business at Orchard for the past fifteen years. P. J. McManus will leave Saturday morning for Chicago where he will at tend the annual style show, to be held in that city next week. While away he will also purchase his spring line of dry goods and clothing. Ic is getting almost too thick to cut good in some of the shallow places of the river, as it is frozen to the bottom in quite a ways from the sides and leaves a much smaller strip in the middle of the stream to handle. OV \ ONE MILLION In Cash with the State of Nebraska to protect | the depositors in State Banks. This fund was created by the Depositors’ Guarantee Law of the State of Nebraska. The man, woman or child with money to deposit should avail themselves of this protection, offered I by the I NEBRASKA STATE BANK The only Bank in O’Neill Operating Under the State Guarantee Law. The girls’ basket ball team of the O’Neill high school went up to Ains worth last Friday night and played the team representing the high school of that village. The O’Neill ladies were defeated by a score of 14 to 4. Mrs. Viola Brown returned last Wednesday afternoon from a trip to Omaha. While away Mrs. Brown purchased additional equipment for her moving picture show and promises now to have the finest picture show in any town outside the large cities. T. P. Mullen arrived in the city last Saturday for a few days visit with relatives and old time friends. T. P. is now living at Elgin and is writing life insurance and is meeting with splendid seccess. He left Wednesday morning for Omaha where he will at tend the annual meeting of the agents of the company. E. W. Jackson of Lincoln was in the city last Monday. Mr. Jackson is a son of the late W. R. Jackson formerly county superintendent of this county and later state superintendent and while in the city he enjoyed visits with many of his former school chums and with friends of his parents. Mr. Jackson is traveling representative of the Klopp-Bartlett Printing Co. Patrick Brennan, who has been seriously lil the past two months and who was taken to Omaha a month ago, returned to O’Neill last week. Mr. Brennan has greatly improved in health the past two weeks and is now able to be around town. His many friends rejoice in his recovery and hope that it will not be many days until he has recovered his old time health and strength. We have been having some real winter weather in this section the past ten days, the thermometer being below zero every night since a week ago Monday until last night, when it registered one above. Tuesday night was the coldest, it registering 18 below at 4 o’clock Wednesday morning. The weathre has moderated considerably the past twenty-four hours and the local weather profits now insist that the “backbone of the winter is broken." Mrs. J. A. Brown, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. P. H. Mathews of Al bion, Neb., will leave in the morning for Rochester, Minn., where Mrs. Brown will enter a hospital and sub mit to an operation for goitre. Mrs Brown has suffered a great deal the past year from throat trouble and it is believed that this operation will re move the cause. Her many O’Neil friends hope that the operation will b« successful and that she will shortly re. turn home freed from all ailment. C. W. Purnell of Pullman, Washing ton, was in the city last Tuesday Mr. Purnell is a brother of A. C Purnell of Atkinson and has beei visiting the latter the past two weeks Mr. Purnell was a former resident o this state, having lived in Butle: county in the early eighties, moving to Washington, in 1886, where he has since made his home. His first visit to this county was twenty-nine years ago and he commented upon the wonderful change in the country during that time. About thirty members of the ladies’ and men’s bible classes of the Presbyterian Sunday school gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs'. Jim Evans Tuesday evening. The evening was passed in a very enjoyable man ner; the crowning event being the presenting of a set of silver spoons to Mr. and Mrs. Evans by Supt. C. B. Scott, on behalf of the Sunday school, of which Mrs. Evans has been the faithful secretary. A luncheon was served at eleven o’clock to which all did ample justice. An announcement received at this ' office from Barnhart Bros. & Spindler of St. Louis, Mo., manufacturers and dealers in printers supplies, state that Harry T. Mathews has been appointed manager of the St. Louis branch of their house. Harry is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Mathews for merly of this city and Harry received his first instruction in the printing business in this office. Since the re moval of the family to the south Harry followed the printing business for several years and then traveled upon the road for the house to which he is now manager. His selection to this important position is evidence that he has made good. The O’Neill and Holt county friends of the family will be glad to learn that Harry has made good, and tender congratulations. Dr. P. J. Flynn has given up the position to which he was appointed in South America as physician for a large mining company in the country and will remain in O’Neill, a fact that will be pleasing news to his many friends throughout the conuty. In De cember the Doctor was appointed physician for the Angelo-Columbian Development Co. Ltd., one of the largest and most prosperous mining companies in South America, at a splendid salary, and he decided to ac cept it for one year for the experience it would give him, and the Doctor looked forward to a year in the tropics with pleasure, and he has been ar ranging his business affairs here for the past two months with a view to starting for the south the first of this month. But about ten days ago the Doctor received a letter from the officers of the company telling him that there was an outbreak of yellow fever at the port of entry, Beuna Ven tura, and for him to come at once but not to bring his family. The Doctor , did not relish the idea of going several , thousand miles from his family, so he i resigned the position and will continue . to attend the wants of the afflicted in : a country that is free from the dread • peril of the south, the yellow fever. For Permanent Highway. ; The county board, at their meeting 1 last Tuesday morning, took the first ! step looking toward the building of 1 permanent north and south and east and west highways in the county. At that meeting they adopted the follow ing resolution: Mr. Chairman: Whereas, it ap pears to this Board that there is an i argent demand for the construction of a permanent road between O’Neill ( and Chambers, and Whereas, it further appearing to the 1 Board that the Agricultural Depart- : nent of the Federal Government stands ] •eady to send an engineer at the ex- ( aense of the Federal Government to tudy the conditions and materials and 1 urnish and prepare a recomendation 1 or a method of proceedure adapted to i he construction of said road and who j vill superintend the constructionthere >f, and ' Whereas, the department requires < is a condition precedent that it be ] ifficially advised of the amount of ^ ’unds that are pledged and available 'or the purpose, and ' Whereas, it further appearing that < ,hc township through which road ex- j ;ends have indicated their willingness :o appropriate for the purpose of as sisting in the construction of said road ill funds that can be available for that purpose. , Wherefore, I move you that there be and there hereby is pledged and ap- 1 iropriated for the construction of said ( road the sum of $5,000.00 out of the ( proper funds of the county for the instruction of said road and that the 1 County Clerk be and he hereby is in- 1 structed to notify the Agricultural De. < partment of said appropriation and re- , puest it to send its engineers not later than May 1st to take up work thereon 1 and to also notify said department 1 that in addition to said appropriation ] there will be about a like amount < available from the other minucipali ties through which said road extends. H. U. Hubbard, H. W. Tomlinson, W. T. Hayes, H. Bausch, Th. D. Sievers, J. O. Hubbell, 1 M. P. Sullivan, Chairman. As will be seen this is the first step , in the building of main thoroughfares , through the county. The work this I GERMAN SIDE OF THE GREAT WAR. Friday afternoon and evening, Feb. 18, Saturday afternoon and evening, Feb. 19, we will show this wonder ful five-reel picture of actual Battle Scenes; one-half the proceeds on these pictures goes to the blind and crippled German soldiers. This is the only way these pictures could be secured. The firing of the large German guns and every phase of modern warfare—no fake pictures—but actual battle scenes. Several O’Neill people have seen these pictures in Omaha and Sioux City, recently, and pronounce them the greatest ever. Don’t forget the date. STAR ELECTRIC THEATRE “At the Sign of the Star” rear will be done on the road between )’Neill and Chambers and there is not i worse piece of road in the county. To mpervise this road construction they vill have an expert from the Federal jovernment who will have charge of ;he work, and there is \j question but vhat the work will be well done. For several years the question of food roads has been receiving the at ;ention of many (of the people of this ounty and the consensuse of opinion eems to be that main thoroughfares hould be built through the county, lorth and south and east and west, and he work on the Chambers road is to ie the first to be done on these trunk ines. The automobile license fund vill be used for the purpose of build ng this road, or at least in building he portion that will be built by the ounty. This marks the first epoch in oad building in this county and the vork of the expert will be watched agerly by citizens in all parts of the ounty who are interested in good oads. Attention Ladies! All ladies will be admitted free next ?ucsday, Feb. 8. On this evening we vill start the serial known as the “Red Circle.” This story is now running in he Omaha World-Herald and is very lopular. This evening we will have he five-reel feature entitled, “The Cup >f Life.” We have changed our licutre service and from now on will un “Mutual” three nights each week ind “Pathe” three nights each week, n about three weeks we will start the ‘Girl and the Game.” STAR ELECTRIC THEATRE. “At the Sign of the Star.” Worse Than Cropping. Granting that it is highly necessary o maintain soil fertility which is be ng developed through cropping to ontrol the loss thorugh the action of vind and water, as, in general, more is ost in this manner than by any other.