The Frontier.
VOLUME XXXVII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1916.
NO. 3.
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1,000 More Fans Wanted
At the Ball Game Sunday, July 2
O’Neill K. of C. Team vs. Ewing
LOCAL MATTERS.
Martin Cronin was up from Cham
bers last Sunday.
Dr. W. P. Higgins of Atkinson was
visiting friends here last Sunday.
Don’t drive over the fire hose— it
won’t take but a minute to go around.
Arthur Aim of Mineola was in
the city Tuesday transacting business.
Earl Blinn of Atkinson was trans
acting business in this city last Tues
day.
Mrs. Viola Brown and son, Cyril,
were visiting friends a't Norfolk last
Sunday.
Steve Hicks and Ernest Richter were
in the city early Tuesday morning,
each with a load of hogs.
John L. Quig and J. C. Spellman
were looking after business affairs
in Chambers last Monday.
Michael Poster, of Lincoln, arrived
in the city last Monday night to spend
a few days visiting friends.
Miss Mary Spellman of Omaha ar
rived in the city last week for a few
weeks visit with relatives and friends.
Cashier George Davies of the In
man State Bank was looking after
business matters in this city yester
day.
Mrs. James Kane returned to Cedar
Rapids, Friday morning, after several
days visit with relatives and friends
here.
Those who are volunteering their
services to Governor Morehead for the
Mexican war may get to Mexico much
sooner by enlisting.
Leonard Forbes of Tonawanda and
Miss Zella Sybrant of Sybrant .were
granted a marriage license by the
county court last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Clift and child
ren, of Sioux City, Iowa, arrived in
the city last Friday night for a visit
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. F. J. Gregor left the latter
part of last week for a visit with
relatives at York and Hebron, where
the family formerly resided.
Mrs. Lawrence Barrett and daughter,
Miss Anna, of Fremont, arrived in the
city last Sunday afternoon to attend
the Mathews-Minton wedding.
The cantata at the Presbyterian
church last Sunday evening, given by
the scholars of the Sunday school, was
well attended and was a success.
Eugene Leahy, who is now playing
ball with the Long Pine team, was
visiting with relatives and friends in
this city the latter part of last week.
J. B. Fullex-ton, of Pleasantview
township, one of the old time settlers
of that section of the county, was a
pleasant caller at this office this morn
ing.
Mrs. Timothy Duggan of Rockford,
II.1, arrived in the city the first of
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Cool Underwear.
Light Weight Hoisery
Outing Trousers
Ties in Newest Patterns
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Hats of all kinds
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Ide Collars in latest styles
New Sport Shirts
Good Suits for Men and Boys
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O'Neill Clothing Co.
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the week for a few weeks’ visit at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Ellen
Ryan.
J. H. Minton of Lincoln, arrived in
the city Sunday night to atend the
wedding of his sister and to spend a
few days visiting relatives and old
friends.
Mike Clinton of Valentine arrived
in the city this morning to confer with
the insurance adjuster regarding the
loss on his hay barn, which was burned
last Sunday afternoon.
Robert H. Taylor, aged 32 of Page,
and Mrs. Anna Torgeson, aged 43, of
the same place, were united in mar
riage by the county judge at the
county court room last Tuesday.
O’Neill is making great preparations
to entertain the largest crowd that has
ever attended a celebration in this
city, on July 4th. Come in and help us
to make this a banner celebration.
The Misses Kathryn and Alice
Barrett of Sioux City, arrived in the
city last Sunday night to attend the
Mathews-Minton wedding and to spend
a few days visiting relatives and
friends.
Mrs. R. E. Hindman of Enid, Mont.,
and Mrs. Charles A. Nipel of Nio
brara, Neb., are visiting at the home
of the former’s daughter and the lat
ter’s sister, Mrs. John A. Robertson at
loy.
Mrs. Herb Woirth returned to her
iomp at Minateur, Scotts Bluffs
County, Nebraska, Monday night,
after a three weeks visit with relatives
and old time friends in this city and
the Leonia country.
John H. Hiber, R. R. Morrison, Ken
neth Pound and C. M. Daly made an
auto trip to Omaha last week in John
Hiber’s car. Rain caught them on
their return and the boys came back
an the train from West Point.
Mrs. D. J. Drebert of Norfolk, stop,
ped off between trains Monday after
noon and visited at her uncle’s, H. W.
Mills’, while on her way to Montana,
where she goes to join her husband,
who has been out there for some time.
Dr. James McCarthy of Butte ar
rived in the city last Friday night for
x few days visit with relatives. He is
an his way home from the democratic
national convention at St. Louis, where
iie served as one of the delegates from
Montana.
Dr. Hombach left for Council Bluffs
last Friday morning where the fore
part of this week he will be united in
marriage. They will go on a short
wedding trip and the Doctor and his
oride expect to be back in O’Neill in
about ten days.
C. P. Froom, an old time newspaper
man, for many years a member of the
Omaha Bee staff and more recently
Chief of Police of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, for several years, was in the
city the latter part of last week in the
interest of the Nebraska Presperity
League.
William P. Kelley, who graduated
from the law department of Creigh
ton University two months ago, left
Tuesday morning for Verdigris, where
he will open an office for the practice
of his profession. Bill is a hustler
and we predict will make good at his
chosen vocation.
C. W. Earl of Oakdale was in the
city yesterday. Mr. Earl was a resi
dent of this city in the pioneer days,
having been court reporter for Judge
Dickson in the latter eighties. Mr.
Earl moved to Oakdale last spring,
from South Dakota, where he had re
sided for the past five years.
Edward Gallagher returned last
Monday afternoon from New Haven,
Conn., where he had been attending
Yale the past year. He received the
degree of B. A. at Yale. He received
the same same degree at the Uni
versity of Nebraska two years ago
and is now w'ell equipped for the
battle of life.
John W. Davis of Josie was in the
city Monday. Mr. Davis is very
anxious to enlise for the Mexican war
and came here thinking he might have
a chance to enlist in the company here.
If the company here fails to
materialize he will probably go to
Lincoln and enlist with one of the
companies now encamped there.
In another column will be found the
long looked for letter from W. D.
Mathews, the founder of The Frontier
and for many years one of the most
hustling and active residents of this
city. The story is very interesting and
we hope that Doc will favor this paper
with many more letters dealing with
the old times, now that he has started.
W. H. Biddlecombe of Ewing, one
of the pioneer settlers of the eastern
part of the county, was a caller at this
office Tuesday afternoon and had his
name enrolled as a reader of The
Frontier. Mr. Biddlecombe was a
member of the jury during the last
term of court. He has been a resident
of the eastern part of the county for
twenty-five years.
Ed. Stodola, who has been an em
ployee of the Sanitary Meat Market
for the past year and a half, has pur
chased the City Meat Market and will
take possession of the same next Sun
day. Mr. Stodola is an experienced
butcher and will discontinue the de
livery wagon and will run the market
as a cash shop. He should make good
in his new undertaking.
D. Abdousch has rented the old
Thomas saloon building, across the
street from his present store, and will
move his stock there after July 4th.
His present store room is now owned
by Abe Saunto and he will either move
the old building or wreck it to make
room for a new brick store building
which he comtemplates erecting upon
the site of the building and the ground
just west of it, now occupied by
Berry’s real estate office.
Randolph Times: The record of
the automobile as a life-taker is now
varied by a definite instance of life
saving. A woman at Hackensack, N.
J., who was in danger of being
strangled by a walnut she had swal
lowed, was rushed toward a hospital
in an automobile. The bumping of the
machine in crossing a railroad track
dislodged the walnut and her life was
saved. The make of the car was for
gotten in the joy of its achievement.
An exchange tells about a young
fellow in a neighboring town who was
working for a Jew merchant, hit the
boss for a raise, and the boss got his
pencil and paper and started figuring.
There are 366 days in the year, and
you work 8 hours a day. That makes
122 days. There is 52 Sundays, vich
leaves 70 days, there is 14 legal
holidays vich leaves 64 days. You
get one hour off for lunch vich makes
26 days and leaves 14. I give you two
weeks vacation in the year. Now, ven
in de hell do you work?
The political news of the week was
the letter of Theodore Roosevelt to
the Progressive National Committee
formally declining the nomination for
president tendered him by the na
tional convention and urging them to
nominate Hughes as ther candidate.
After a very warm fight the national
committee in session in Chicago
nominated Hughes as their standard
bearer in place of Roosevelt and the
progressive national committee will
co-operate with the republican national
committee in conducting the national
campaign.
A Washington dispatch to the Nor
folk News says: “Judge M. P. Kin
kaid, who has been ill from a recur
rence of an old malady, acute in
digestion, is very greatly improved
and hopes to be in the house the latter
part of the week. At no time during
his illness was there any suggestion of
typhoid fever as was rumored, but on
the contrary Representative Kinkaid’s
illness was the return of an old
stomach trouble which exhausted him
and he needs complete rest and quiet
from activity for a time. Rather
alarming reports were sent abroad as
to his condition. While still confined
to his hotel, the representative from
the Sixth was able to take a stroll
through the corridors yesterday.”
Frank G. Schmidt, who has been
organizing « company >>f the Ne
braska Guard in this city the past
three weeks says that he now has
sixty-four names to his petition and
says that by the end of the week he
will have a sufficient number to in
sure the organization of the company
here. When he secures the necessary
number of names a mustering officer
will probably be sent here and the
company will be formally organized.
Since the trouble in Mexico ten days
ago a company of the National Guard
has been organized at North Platte
and they went to the Moblization
camp on the state fair grounds at
Lincoln last Sunday. Mr. Schmidt
says that any person in this county
who wishes to join the local company
can come here and sign up with him,
as the company now seems practically
assured.
William Luben of Emmet was a
caller at this office last Saturday and
extended his subscription to this dis
seminator of current events for an
other year. Mr. Luben has won an
enviable,reputation as a locater of oil
wells and just returned last week
from a trip to the southeastern
portion of the state, where he was
called to look over some ground where
it was supposed that oil could be
found. Mr. Luben says he told the
people that they did not have any oil
there, which was dissapointing to
rfiafiy men who had invested heavily
in options upon land where they ex
pected oil would be found. Mr. Luben
is confident that oil can be found in
paying quantities in the southern
portion of this county and plans are
aeing perfected for the organization
jf a company for the purpose of bor
ing for oil in the southern part of this
;ounty. If oil can be found there
southern Holt will be the banner sec- 1
don of Nebraska.
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/ery interesting ball game upon the 1
ocal diamond last Sunday afternoon, i
when they took the hustling farmer
joys from Venus to a cleaning with a
score of 7 to 4. Outside of the second
nning, when the O’Neill boys donned
their batting clothes and by good hard
irives succeeded in making five runs,
the game was very interesting.
After the second inning, however, the
Venus twirler tightened up and base
hits were not as numerous as they
were in that stanza. Watson twirled
his usual steady game for the locals
and succeeded in making 14 of the
boys from Knox county fan the
breeze in an attempt to connect with
his delivery. Prospesheil was on the
mound for Venus and after the second
inning pitched a very creditable game.
He fanned eight of the O’Neill boys.
Batteries: O’Neill: Watson and Mc
Bride; Venus: Prospeschiel and Zill
man. Umpire, Oebser.
About 1:00 last Sunday afternoon
fire was discovered in the Clinton hay
barn, near the Northwestern railroad
tracks, and shortly after the alarm
was turned in the building was a mass
of flames. There wereseveralhundred
tons of hay in the building and it
made a very fierce fire. The fire de
partment was shortly on the scene but
were unable to do much other than
nrnt.prt. nt.her bnilHinirs from the fivinc
sparks. The roof of the big barn soon
fell in but the hay made a good warm
fire all afternoon. The building was
owned by Mike Clinton, now of
Valentine, but formerly engaged in
the hay business here and was rented
to Frank Valla. The building was
100x66 feet and it is said was esti
mated to be worth $2250, upon which
Mr. Clinton carried $1,500 worth of
insurance. Farnk Valla says that he
had 500 tons of hay in the building
at the time of the fire and had in
surance thereon for $3,000.
Norfolk Press: Mr. and Mrs. John
F.O’Donnell and little daughter, of
O’Neill, are making Norfolk temporary
headquarters. Mr. and Mrs. O’Don
nell are writing insurance for one of
the biggest and oldest of the old line
companies, and are considering mak
ing this their home, finding it con
venient to get in and out of the city.
Mrs. O’Donnell is a sister of the
illustrious Arthur Mullen, of Omaha,
and a niece of Doctor Mullen, the
Bloomfield insurance cyclone. She is
a talented young woman with a fund
of poetical lore to say nothing of legal
and general knowledge that makes her
the peer of even the best of the sterner
sex. That she is a woman over and
above it all was pretty well dem
onstrated when a Press reporter asked
her if she were to accompany her
brother to St. Louis to the big con
vention. I have an invitation ,but—
“I have nothing to wear.” The
O’Donnells have taken apartments on
South Eleventh and make a splendid
addition to Norfolk’s social and
business life. Welcome friends.
A large delegation of the members
of Garfield Lodge No. 95, A. F. & A.
M., went to Ewing last Saturday after,
noon and evening to attend the Second
Annual meeting of the members of the
Masonic order of Holt county. The
following members from the local
local lodge attended: S. J. Weekes,
Dr. E. T. Wilson, Judge R. R. Dickson,
C. B. Scott, C. P. Hanccok, Jr C. Har
nish, W. T. Evans, Dr. J. P. Gilligan,
Elmer Surber, Will Surber, L. G.
Gillespie, Joe Harrison, Lawrence
Chapman, Rev. George Longstaff,
Andrew Schmidt, F. G. Schmidt, W.
K. Hodgkin, Ernest Beaver, Roy
Spindler, Dennis Criss, Dr. M. IE.
Pettibone, W. B. Graves and O. 0.
Snyder. Over one hundred members
}f the order from different parts of
the county were present and all say
.hey had a very delightful time and
vere royally entertained by the mem
bers of the order in Ewing. After the
neeting the members present sat down
;o a splendid feast, prepared by the
adies of the Eastern Star of Ewing.
After the wants of the inner man had
jeen satisfied the speaking part of the
ivening was entered upon with S. J.
Weekes of this city presiding as toast
naster. The hall was very artistically
iecorated and during the banquet
nusic was furnished for the enter
tainment of the members by the Wat.
son-Mills Orchestra of this city. Local
nembers are loud in their praise of the
Ewing members for their ability as
jntertainers. The meting next year
vill be held at Atkinson.
Mathews-Minton.
Married, at St. Patrick’s church in
;his city, by the Rev. M. F. Casidy, at
1 nuptial mass, on the mrning of
ruesday, June 27, 1916, Mr. Thomas
Vlathews, son of Mrs. Catherine
Vlathews of Shields, to Miss Mayme
A. Minton, daughter of Mrs. Alice
Hinton of O’Neill and Grattan.
This worthy young couple are natives
>f Nebraska and the grandchildren of
Holt (county pioneer settlers. The
eremony took place in the presence of
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members of both families and a large
concourse of friends.
The bride was gowned in a flesh
colored Marguerreta crepe dress and
veil. Miss Genevieve Minton, sister
of the bride, acted as brides maid and
the groom’s brother, James Mathews,
acted as best man. The bridesmaid
wore a pink crepe de chene dress, with
hat and shoes to match. The brides’
“going away” suit was a navy blue
taffeta silk and large white hat, shoes
and gloves to match.
After leaving the church the bridal
couple and the invited guests repaired
to the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs.
Alice Minton, where more than sixty
people partook of a four course
sumptuous breakfast, after which the
bride and groom took the east bound
Northwestern train for a short wed
ding trip.
The many friends of this estimable
young couple tender congratulations
and wish them a long, happy and
prosperous journey through life.
“Billy” Stafford Marries.
Battle Creek Enterprise: Rev.
Father Walsh was called to Grand Is
land the first of the week to officiate at
the weding of Will Stafford of Nor
folk and Miss Dorothy Testman which
was held in the Catholic church in that
city Wednesday morning. Mr. Stafford
is cashier of the Citizens National
bank of Norfolk and was formerly
employed in a Battle Creek bank. His
bride is known to many in this section
of the county, having at one time
taught school in the Hughes district.
Both are prominent in their home
cities and have many friends in this
section of the county who extend con
gratulations.
Notice.
I have purchased the City Meat
Market and will take possession of
the same on Sunday, July 2,1916. On
that date I will discontinue the de
livery wagon and will do a strictly
cash business. Your patronage will
be appreciated and will try and treat
all of my customers right.
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June 7, 1916.
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