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IN THE DAYS OF THE LONG AGO
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Taken from the files of The Frontier
of July 8, 1886:
A bouncing baby girl has taken up
her residence at the home of A. J.
Hammond. Accept congratulations.
T. V. Golden returned last Friday
evening from California, just in time
to attend the commencement exercises
of the High School.
One hundred and four degrees above
aero in the shade on Monday and
Tuesday. This is certainly hot enough
for this or any other country.
M. P. Kinkaid has purchased of M.
M. Sullivan an acre of ground east of
Mathews’ house and will erect this
summer a nice cottage thereon.
We are unable to give the valuation
of the county as returned by the as
sessors, but are informed by the clerk
that it will be not far from $2,000,000.
Com, wheat and oats, north, east
and west, and in fact in all directions,
look fine. Some corn on the Mc
Nichols farm west of town, is shoulder
high and has a very healthy color
Nebraska for crops,
Rev. J. T. Smith preached his fare
well sermon in the Catholic chucrl
Sunday morning and on Tuesdaj
morning departed for his new fiend o:
labor at Cheyanne, Wyo. Rev Fathei
Cassidy, of Rawlins, Wyo., an ol<
classmate of Father Smith’s wil
come to O’Neill.
The diplomas given to the O’Neil
graduating class of 1886 were the firs
ever given in Holt county and for tha
fact alone are worth much.
William Lell of Little was a calle:
at this office this morning, leavin)
with us a fine sample of corn grown ii
his section. The stalk measure!
eight feet.
Report of the O’Neill school fo:
the year ending July 2, 1886: Numbe:
of school children in the district, 288
total school enrollment for the year
197; Graduates this year were: Edit!
Williams, Ella Graham, Nora Baldwin
Maud Baldwin and Delia Marsh. Be
fore the close of the term promotion
were made and seats assigned as fol
lows: A class, High School, Johi
Weekes, Anna Duggan, Nellie Beebe
Lydia Keep and Dennis Cronin. B
Class: Harry Uttley, Guy Baldwin
William McBride, Grace McCoy, Jame
Gallagher, William Mullen, Georgi
Mullen, Bertha Adams and Mile;
Gibbons.
The game of base ball between thi
Greens of O’Neill and the Reds of At
kinson at the latter place on July 3rd
was quote a one sided affair until thi
last few innings. During the first fivi
innings the Reds made 20 scores, whili
the Greens secured but 5, but the lattei
changed pitchers at this time and foi
the rest of the game steadily gaine<
on the Reds so that in the last half o:
the ninth inning the score stood 20 U
25 in favor of the Reds, with thi
Greens at bat and only one out
Through the fear of being beaten oi
for some other reason the Reds re
fused to longer play and the game was
broken up and declared in favor of the
Greens.
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
Taken from the files of The Frontier
of July 9, 1896
T. V. Golden returned last Friday
from Plainview where he delivered the
Fourth of July oration.
Ed. McBride is acting nightwatch
this week. Mr. Messener is off duty
on account of the illness of his wife.
Miss Maude Gillespie, who is at
tending the Neligh Normal, came up
last night to spend the Fourth in
O’Neill.
Dr. Gilligan returned Monday night
from the state convention and a visit
with relatives in the eastern part of
the state.
Miss Ona Skirving came up from
Lincoln last Friday night to celebrate
in O’Neill. She returned Thursday
morning to resume her studies.
O’Neill celebrated the Fourth fin
glorious style. The orator of the day
was General Kelley, who was one of
the men who marched with Coxey’s
army to Washington during the
drought season of 1894. The principal
feature was the bicycle race. The
race was a half mile, best two in three
and was won by Ralph Evans, the best
time being 1:17%.
TEN YEARS TAGO.
Taken from the files of The Frontier
of July 6, 1906:
Mrs. S. J. Weekes returned Sunday
night from a protracted visit with re
latives in Omaha.
Mrs. Charles Bausch left last week
for a weeks’ visit with relatives at
Siloai Springs, Arkansas.
Ed. Alberts is home from Grand
Island, where he had been for several
weeks playing with the Grand Island
ball team.
The Bazelman lumber yard and the
Bowen livery barn were destroyed by
fire last Friday morning. Fifteen
head of horses were lost in the livery.
barn.
Weather Report.
Max Min Wind Wthr. Rain
June 29—102 68 S Clear 0
June 30—91 69 SE Clear 0
July 1—77 68 SE Cloudy 0
July 2—93 67 SE Clear 0 ,
July 3—94 70 SE Clear 0
July 5—89 67 SE Clear 0
Church Dedication at O’Neill.
Sunday, July 2nd, was a historical
day for the Methodist Church and
community of O’Neill, Nebraska.
For a number of years the need of
a new church beulding has been
greatly felt by Methodism in O’Neill,
, and in the fall of 1915 the contract
was let for the erection of a new place
of worship. The old building was at
■ once wrecked, and work on the new
■ one began immediately, and was
i rushed through to completion, and in
[ March we worshiped in the main
auditorium of the new building.
I The new church is 40x60 feet and is
a frame building stucco veneered. The
main auditorium consists of a large
assembly room, Epworth League room
. and pastors study. There is a full
, basement consisting of toilets, kitchen,
[ dining room, parlor, furnace room,
I coal room and Sunday School room,
The cost of the structure was $7,000
of which there was $2,800 to be raised
on Sunday morning. Dr. I. B.
Schreckenghast vice Chancellor of the
’ Nebraska Wesleyan was invited to
’ have charge of the finances of the oc
1 casion and after preaching a very in
’ spiring sermon on Sunday morning he
' called for the financial statement, and
’ began the task of raising the funds
needed. In just thirty-five minutes he
1 raised $2,500, and in the afternoon and
’ evening services the remaining $300
was provided for.
' An excellent program was carried
’ out in connection with the dedication
of the church.
Friday evening, June 30, Dr.
Schreckenghast made a heart stirring
s address at a men’s banquet in the
. basement, and all went away feeling
, that the Doctor was indeed a man sent
! to us from God with a message that we
i all needed.
! Saturday evening Dr. J. M. Both
' well, District Superintendent, preached
' a very able sermon, after which he
l held the fourth quarterly conference
of the year. The fourth quarterly con.
' ference asked for the return of G. W.
i Bruce as pastor for the fourth year.
Sunday morning Dr. Schreckenghast
proved himself not only an eloquent
preacher, but one with ability, power
ind zeal. His sermon was one of
those which stir the deeper and finer
qualities of men, and inspire them to
io the manly things. This whole
:ommunity feel that Nebraska Wes
lyan University, through her vice
:hancellor, has done a great work for
the community.
Sunday afternoon addresses were
made by the following persons: The
Rev. T. S. Watson, a former pastor at
O’Neill, now pastor at Inman; the
Rev. E. E. Hossman, a former pastor
Df O’Neill, now District Superintend
ent of the Norfolk District; the Rev.
A. G. Foreman, pastor at Ewing, Ne
braska; the Rev. Wells, pastor at At
kinson, Nebraska; Claude R. Parker
son, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church at O’Neill. Sunday evening
Dr. Hossman preached a helpful
sermon, and Dr. Bothwell assisted by
the pastors present, formally dedicated
the church to the worship and service
of God.
U. W. Bruce nas servea tms cnarge
as pastor for three years. His
pastorate has been blessed of God in
spiritual and material ways. He did
not fear to remove his clerical garb,
and assist in the manual labor of con
struction on the new building, do
nating nearly $300 worth of work.
Through all the work of construct
ing the building, and planning the de
tails, he was assisted nobly by the
following men, who composed the
building committee: O. O. Snyder,
chairman; C. P. Hancock, secretary;
H. A. Polk, H. G. Jordan.
At the cose of Ithe dedication
services in the evening the congrega
tion voted the pastor a liberal
vacation, and presented him with a
purse to pay expenses of the vacation.
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First Ward Caucus.
The Republican electors of First
Ward, O’Neill, are hereby called to
meet in caucus in O. 0. Snyder’s office,
in the First Ward, O’Neill, Nebraska,
it 7:30 p. m., Saturday, July 15, 1916,
for the purpose of election six dele
gates to the Republican County
Convention to be held in O’Neill, Ne
to transact such other business as may
properly come before them.
C. P. HANCOCK, Committeeman.
Brief News Items.
While John Crumm, aged 11, at
Washington, Pa., was trying to put
the a bridle on a horse, the animal bit
off the boy’s nose. The injured
member was sewed back in place and
it is believed it will be saved.
It is unusual for a hen to hatch out
a woodpecker, but an instance is re
corded by Ira Cordrey, a farmer living
near Federalsburg, Md. The hen had
been missing for some time. When
found she was mothering eleven baby
chicks and one tiny woodpecker, which
appeared perfectly happy to let the
hen scratch worms for it, and the hen
is paying just as much attention to
the little woodpecker as it is to her
brood of chicks.
The Iowa mulct repeal law, which
closed saloons in Iowa, January 1,
1916, is valid and constitutional, ac
cording to a decision of the Iowa State
Supreme Court in affirming the case
of the State vs. John Hill, appellant.
The action was begun in Davenport by
three saloon keepers to test the new
law. The court was unanimous in up
holding the law.
Mrs. Lillie Sommers of Landing
ville, Pa., awarded $6,099 by State
Referee Paul W. Houck, as compensa
tion from the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway for the death of her
husband. This was the highest award
Referee Houck, has yet made, the
calculation being based on the life of a
yet unborn child. If the latter lives
to reach the age of 16 years, the
referee ordered the additiona of $600
more to the compensation.
Thomas H. Reed, head of the
political science department of the
University of California, was officially
announced as the selection of the new
Council as San Jose’s city manager.
His saalry will be $6,000 a year. Most
of the responsibility of the city gov
ernment will rest on his shoulders
