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VOLUME XXXVII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916. NO. 11.
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LOCAL MATTERS.
Editor Kelley was down from At
kinson last Monday.
Peter Duffy was down from At
kinson last Saturday.
^ County Judge Carlon was in Ewing
on business last Saturday.
Ferdinand Seibert of Atkinson town
ship was an O’Neill visitor Monday.
Misses Zeffa and Zella Ziemer went
to Allen Monday for a visit with re
latives.
Mrs. E. S. and Miss Marsa Ziemer
attended the Frontier Days at Neligh
last Saturday.
Fred Akert arrived here Friday
night from Lincoln for a short visit
with his folks.
Frank Suchy returned Friday night
from Omaha where he had been visit
ing for a week.
P. J. McManus left Friday morning
for Chicago where he will purchase his
fall line of clothing.
Miss Esther O’Malley returned to her
home at Creighton last Saturday after
a visit with relatives and friends.
Miss Beatrice, Geraldine and Erwin
Cronin went to Randolph Monday
morning for a weeks visit with re
latives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Quinn are rejoicing
over the arrival of an eight and a half
pound daughter, which arrived at
their home last Monday.
Miss Mary Hanley, who is employed
at the Union Pacific headquarters in
Omaha, came home last Friday even
ing for a few days visit.
Dr. and Mrs. M. E. Pettibone re
turned last Tuesday from Long Pine
. where they had spent the past ten days
■ ■ at the Amusement Park.
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Hodgkin re
turned Tuesday night from Long Pine,
where they had been on a couple of
weeks outing at the Park.
Mrs. S. A. Arnold and Son left Sat
urday morning for York, Nebraska,
where they will make an extended visit
with relatives and friends.
Lawrence Chapman returned the
latter part of last week from Omaha
where he had been for a few days at
tending to business affairs.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Evans returned
Monday from a three week sojourn at
Long Pine, during which they landed
several fine strings of trout.
♦ Mrs. Martin Murray and brother left
last Thursday evening for Hot Springs,
S. D., after spending a few days visit
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Murray.
C. F. McKenna, Grace Hammond,
Mae Hammond, Cora Meredith and
Mable Meredith returned the latter
part of last week from their auto trip
to Denver and other Colorado points.
They traveled 1,700 miles and had a
splendid journey, not having had a
particle of car trouble during the en
tire trip.
Petitions are being circulated
placing in nomination for the office of
Police Judge of this city, John L.
Quig, the active and hustling real
estate man of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Arbuthnot left
Wednesday morning for Cedar Rapids,
Neb., where they will attend the
funeral of Mr. Arbuthnot’s brother’s
wife, who died there Tuesday night.
Daniel Holland of David City, Neb.,
arrived in the city last Thursday to at
tend the funeral of his brother, John
Holland, which was held from the
Catholic church last Saturday morning.
Mrs. P. J. Hanley and daughter,
Dorothy, of Portland, Oregon, arrived
in the city last Friday evening for a
few weeks visit at the home of Mr.
Hanley’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Hanley.
William Dewald of Meek, an old
time settler of that section of the
county and a Frontier reader for many
years, was a caller at this office last
week and contributed to the sub
scription fund.
Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Snyder returned
last Sunday evening from Sioux City,
Iowa, where they had spent several
days visiting Mr. Snyder’s sister, who
has been ill in a hospital there for the
past three months.
Michael Holland and two daughters
of David City, arrived in the city last
Thursday to attend the funeral of
his brother, who died in Butte, Mont.,
and who was buried in this city last
Saturday morning.
James and Charles Holland of
Chicago arrived in the city last Friday
to attend the funeral of their brother,
John, who died at Butte, Mont., on
August 14th, and who was buried in
this city Saturday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Duffey of
Petersburg, Neb., and Dr. and Mrs. G.
M. Mullen of Creighton, were in the
city Saturday attending the funeral of
John Holland, Mrs. Mullen and Mrs.
Duffey being sisters of the deceased.
Mrs. Fred Haines, aged 16 years,
died at her home near Dorsey on Au
gust 17th, the remains being interred
in the cemetary at Dorsey Saturday.
Deceased leaves a few days old baby,
besides her husband, to mourn her
death.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat London and
daughter, Virginia, motored from Col
ome, S. D., last Saturday. They re
turned Sunday and were accompanied
by Miss Elizabeth and P. B. Harty,
who will remain there for a week
visiting.
James P. Kelley of Tecumseh,county
county clerk of Johnson county, was
in the city last Monday, for the
purpose of offering for sale a tract of
land at referee’s sale. Mr. Kelley is a
candidate for county judge at the
coming election.
Inman Leader: Mrs. Joe Davis
caught her hand in the power wringer
at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Ed Mil
ler, last Friday, and mashed three
fingers quite badly. The doctor was
called and dressed the hand and it is
getting along nicely.
Neligh Semi-Weekly News: Dr. and
Mrs. Dodge of Fairbury, uncle and
aunt of Mrs. Harry Krebeck, leave
Tuesday for O’Neill after a week’s
visit at the Krebeck home north of
Neilgh. After a visit with relatives at
O’Neill they will return to Fairbury.
Deputy State Game Warden Francke
of Valentine was in the city Fridayand
Saturday looking up 'reported vio
lations of the game laws. Several
North Platte hunters, caught by
Francke earlier in the week shooting
prairie chickens, drew fines totaling
$105 and costs.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Geis were called
to Beaver Crossing, Neb., last Satur
day morning by a message announcing
the death of Jacob Geis, an uncle of
Mr. Geis. As the message was first
understood it was thought to be Mr.
Geis’ father, but upon inquiry learned
that an error had been made.
Helen Malorly has filed suit in the
district court asking for a divorce
from Elmer Mallory on the grounds
of cruelty and adultry. In her petition
she alleges that they were married at
Bliss, Neb., on November 27,1913. She
asks for temporary alimony, the
custody of their five months old child,
reasonable alimony, attorney’s fees
and such other reilef as may be
equitable.
T. J. Scott of Kearnye, regsiter of
deeds for Buffalo county and J. D.
Scott of Rushville, arrived in the city
last Friday for a few days visit at the
home of their brother, C. B. Scott.
For several years it has been the
custom of the Scott family to have a
family reunion and the brothers
gathered here for that purpose last
week. After a very enjoyable visit of
several days they returned to their
respective homes.
Michael Holland of David City,
Neb., son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Holland of this city, has received an
appointment from President Wilson
as one of the deputy income tax col
lectors for the western district. Mr.
Holland was county clerk of Butler
county for several years and is one
eastern Nebraska’s prominent demo
crats. He is merely another Holt
county boy who has made good in the
battle with the world.
The K. C. Ball Team will go to
Randolph Sunday to play a return
game with the club at that place. The
locals are positive that they will give
a better account of themselves in the
game next Sunday than they did in
the game at home a week ago. It was
thought for a time that there would be
a special train run from here to Ran
dolph on that day and many planned
going, merely for the trip. But those
in charge of the special train move
ment were obliged to abandon it as
they could not secure enough local
enthusiasts to put up $2.80 each to
make up the amount asked for the
special train, $207.
Wilferd R. Diercks has filed suit in
the district court asking for a judg
ment of $10,000.00 from the Burling
ton Railroad Company for injuries al
leged to have been received at Dixon,
Neb., on July 24, 1916, while in the
employ of the road as a brakeman.
He alleges that on the above date
while on top of a car, between 11 and
12 o’clock at night, trying to apply the
brake to stop the car, that on account of
the defective condition of said brake
he was unable to apply it and the car
struck with some force against an
other car on the track with the result
that he was thrown to the ground and
was severely injured. That as a result
of said injuries he will ever be lame in
the left leg. He asks for judgment in
the sum of $10,000.00 and costs of suit.
Herman Rosenthal, advertising
manager for Sears, Roebuck &
Co., of Chicago, recently told
the members of the American Ad Club,
one of the methods by which that
company extended its trade. He said:
“We have a bureau whose duty it is to
Tread each week the country papers
from all over the country. There is
not a paper of any consequence in our
trade territory that our bureau does
not get. This bureau looks over those
papers and when we find a town where
the merchants are not advertising in
the local paper, we immediately flood
that territory with our literature. It
always brings results far in excess of
the same effort put forth in territory
where local merchants all the time use
their local paper.” This clearly shows
how the catalogue house gets a line on
local advertising conditions.
The county board has been in session
this week attending to routine busi
ness. The levy for the coming year
was made and is seven-tenths of a
mill larger than it was last year so the
board will have more money to spend
during 1917 than they had in 1916.
The levy this year is 14.90, while last
year it was 14.20 mills. The levy for
the several funds and the amount of
money that will be raised by the levy
is as follows: General fund 7% mills,
amount raised $38,088.30; bridge fund
^mills, amount raised $20,313.76;
emergency bridge 1 mill, amount
raised $5,078.44; road fund 1 mill,
amount raised $5,078.44; road drag
ging fund 1 mill, amount raised $5,
078.44; soldiers relief fund .20 of a
mill, amount raised $1,015.86; judg
ment fund .20 of a mill, amount raised
$1,015.68. Total amount that will be
raised by the levy of 14.90 mills
$75,668.74.
A ball game that promises oddles of
fun for the spectators and sore fingers
and weary limbs for the players will
be pulled off on the local diamond next
Sunday afternoon. A delegation of
local players who have styled them
selves the “Has Beens,” but whom
same wag dubbed the “Never Wasers,”
will play a team from Blackbird,
which will be composed of C. A.
Hoyer, Steve Hicks, Will Harvey and
other star players of the “days of the
long ago” in northern Holt. The local
team will be composed of the following
players: Fitzgerald, c.; Biglin,W.,lb;
Reardon, 2b; Hiber, ss; Biglin, F.;
3b; Grady, If; Hombach, rf; Nolan, cf.
Their mound artist has not as yet been
selected, but the chances are that
they will have at least a dozen men in
training for the honor of twirling this
game. It is. expected to have at least
a dozen substitute players on the field,
so that in case of serious accident, or
the inability of one of the carded
players to “come back” after a hard
run, a substitute can be put in and the
game continued. The “Has Beens”
are feeling rather chesty but we opine
they are in for a good drubbing. The
umpire has not yet been selected but
whoever does officiate will expect to
hold the players to a rigid observance
of base ball rules.
Obituary.
Jehn Holland, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Holland of this city, died at
his home in Butte, Mont., on Monday,
August 14th, of valvular heart trouble,
after a very short illness.
The remains were brought to this
city last Thursday night, being ac
companied by his uncle, Stephen Hol
land of Butte, and were interred in the
Cathoilc cemetary here last Thursday
morning, the funeral being held from
the Catholic church.
John Holland was born on the old
Holland homestead, five miles west of
this city, on January 19, 1885, and was
in his thirty-second year at the time of
his death. He remained on the old
home place until some twelve years
ago when he started for the west to
seek his fortune and since that time
has made his home in Butte, Mont.
Some two months ago he suffered a
severe attack of pneumonia but had
recovered from the attack, but it left
his heart in such a weak condition
that he succumbed to a sudden attack
of heart trouble.
Deceased was unmarired and leaves
besides his aged father and mother
several brothers and sisters to mourn
the passing of a kind and loving son
and brother.
Card of Thanks.
To the many friends and neighbors
who extended words of sympathy and
so kindly assisted during the burial of
our loving son and brother, we desire
to express our heartfelt thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Holland
Randolph 11—O’Neill 2.
Last Sunday on the O’Neill diamond
the Randolph Base Ball Team met and
defeated the O’Neill team, in a one
sided game, by a score of 11 to 2. In
the first inning Randolph came up to
bat, the first man got a clean single,
the next struck out, the third man got
a hit which should have resulted in a
single, but which ended in a home run.
In the third inning Randolph scored
again by bunching three hits and on
account of the open playing of the
O’Neill team. They scored once in the
fourth and five times in the seventh,
making their total score 11.
In the third, Sullivan, for O’Neill,
came up and succeeded in getting a
hit. Watson the next man got on and
scored, when Brennan got a two base
hit. They scored again in the sixth
when H. McGoff got a hit, went to
second on an error of third, and scored
when B. McGoff connected for a good
single.
Folowing is the score:
O’NEILL AB R H E
Hanley, cf .4 0 2 1
Brennan, If.2 0 1 1
H. McGoff, fb.4 111
B. McGoff, c.3 0 1 0
Spjut, 2b.3 0 0 1
Coyne, rf .4 0 0 0
Martin, 3b .4 0 1 1
Sullivan, ss.4 0 1 0
Watson, p.4 1 0 0
♦McBride, If.2 0 0 0
34 2 7 5
♦Took Brennan’s place in the fourth.
RANDOLPH AB R H E
Williams, ss .5 2 4 0
Bernard, lb .6 1 1 0
Hyatt, 3b .3 2 2 1
Ulm, rf .5 0 1 0
L. Courtney, cf.5 1 1 0
Lobdell, If.2 2 0 0
Truby, c .5 1 1 0
Hall, 2b.5 1 1 0
G. Courtney, lb.4 1 2 0
40 11 13 1
Score by innings:
123 456 789
Randolph ..2 0 3 1 0 0 5 0 0—11
O’Neill .0 01 001 000—2
Three Base Hits: Bernard, Hanley.
Two Base Hits: Brennan. Base on
Balls: Off Watson, 3; off Courtney, 3.
Hit by Pitcher: By Watson 1; by
Spjut 2. Struck Out: By Courtney 9;
by Watson 5; by Spjut 3.
O’Donnell Nearly Turns Joke.
Norfolk News: A delegation of
O’Neill golfers journeyed to Norfolk
Sunday and spent the day here on the
Norfolk Country Club links. From
early morning until dark the visitors
were on the course with Norfolk
friends, dinner being served at noon in
the club house. Those who came were:
H. J. Boyle, Ed. M. Gallagher, S. J.
Weekes, J. F. O’Donnell, D. A. Criss,
Arthur Ryan, B. S. Mullen, Thomas
Hutchison, William Biglin, Hugh
Birmingham, R. R. Morrison, William
Simpson and J. A. Brown.
The O’Neill delegation “framed” a
job on O’Donnell. O’Donnell had
made a bet at O’Neill that he would
beat the man he played in Norfolk.
He’s one of the sharks of the O’Neill
club, and under ordinarycircumstances
he might have won the bet easily. But
the friends from O’Neill asked that a'
man be pitted against O’Donnell who
would be sure to trim the visitor. Byrl
Beeler, who holds the ground record
with 38, was selected. And then
O’Donnell nearly turned the tables.
At the end of the ninth hole Beeler
was 3 up but O’Donnell won the next
four holes straight and gave Beeler
the battle of his life to finally win out.
A Norfolk Criticism.
In discuessing the invasion of the
O’Neill golf players last Sunday* the
Around Town Man of the Norfolk
News remarked thusly:
“At last we have met Jawn Weekes
of O’Neill on the golf battlefield and
the first battle has resulted in a draw.
Jawn’s wife told him that if he let the
A. T. M. beat him at Norfolk he
needn’t come back home. With that
stinging rebuke to urge us on, we went
out the first round and cleaned Jawn
up by seven strokes. That left Jawn
in an awful predicament. He couldn't
go back home and he hadn’t come pre
Sared to make an extended stay. So
e took the logical alternative and is
sued a challenge for another round,
and this time he cleaned up the A. T.
M. by four big strokes and a dime.
In view of the fact that Jawn got a
dime of our money and in view of the
further fact that we got three strokes
the best of the argument for the
whole day, we agreed to call it a draw
and fight it out some time this summer
on the O’Neill links. We have been
challenging Jawn for several years
and every time he got within gunshot
he says the A. T. M. ran away and hid.
Personally, we shall always feel that
the failure to beat him was due to a
lesson taken last week from the pro
fessional instructor.
Weather Report.
Max. Min. St. of W. Rn.
August 17—93 66 Clear 0
August 18—93 71 Pt. Cldy. 0
August 18—93 71 Pt. Cldy. 0
August 19—93 65 Cldy. 0
August 20—94 62 Cldy. .47
August 21—78 61 Clear 0
August 22—80 51 Clear 0
August 23—90 54 Clear 0
I It Helps Your Neighbors j
Today all our affairs are so closely related that circumstances and
conditions which have a bearing on the welfare of your neighbors are
usually bound to have some effect on your own personal affairs.
For example, if several farmers in the county were obliged to sell their
!x jj property at a sacrifice this would have a tendency to hold down the price
jj of your farm along with the rest.
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On the other hand, if it becomes a subject of general talk that farms
in this vicinity are producing well and farmers and stock growers are
making money, you can see it helps the entire community.
Money deposited in the Bank by your neighbors helps you. WHY?
Because to a large extent the prosperity of a community is judged by
many business and financial interests by its general bank deposits.
If your county as a whole has a favorable reputation it benefits all
because it gives us a better credit standing and leads to business being
^ jjj done on a more liberal basis which is bound to help each of us.
It is pretty sound judgment to state that the Depositors’ State Guar
antee Fund of Nebraska is having its effect for the general good of every
( ) M resident of the state.
Ife S The safety which it assures any depositor in a State Bank is bring
m ing large increases in deposits to all banks under State Supervision,
jlj Ij That hel}5s you and your neighbors.
■ 1 NEBRASKA STATE BANK, O’NEILL
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WILLIAM DAWSON
William was left a small fortune. He began
to live magnificently. He had no idea until he
came into his fortune how many friends he
had. In a few years time he had spent his
fortune and had accumulated considerable
debts. He and his friends had literally eaten
up his fortune. He had no *idea how few
friends he had until he had spent his fortune.
If you have a small fortune keep it at this
Bank and as long as you do so the world will
go well with you and you will have a host of
friends.
Every time you yield to the
temptation to spend a dollar
you weaken your will to bank
a dollar.
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THE O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK
O’Neill, Nebraska
This bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stock
holders and we are a member of The Federal Reserve Bank.
Capital, surplus and undivided profits $100,000.00.
