The Frontier.
VOLUME XXXVII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1916.
NO. 17.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Mrs. Turner of Phoenix is in town to
see her little granddaughter, also Mrs.
Vequist.
B. H. Watson went to Long Pine
Wednesday afternoon and will remain
for a few days looking after business
affairs.
Miss Beatrice Cronin left Monday
morning for Omaha where she will
spend a week visiting with relatives
and friends.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lewis, a
9% pound girl, September 25. Mother
and child are doing nicely and Carl
steps lightly.
The Burlington paint crew gave the
buildings at the local station their
semi occasional decoration last week,
finishing Friday.
The Presbyterian church at Stuart
began a series of revivil meetings Sun
day. The Rev. S. H. King of Wake
field is the evangelist.
Our stationary values will be
wonderful: A pound of paper for one
cent. The Rexall Store, October 19,
20, 21. Gilligan & Stout.
Mrs. O. F. Biglin and Miss Julia
left Thursday night for Hot Springs,
where they will remain for some time
with Mr. Biglin, who went last week.
Mrs. Regan of Madison, Neb., ar
rived in the city the first of the week
for a short visit at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Quinn.
Norfolk is going to have an auto
mobile show next week. All of the
standard makes of cars will exhibit.
The dates are: October 12, 13 and 14.
F. J. Biglin returned Saturday morn
ing from Hot Springs, after spending
a week there with his father, O. F.
^ Biglin, who is remaining there for his
health.
Donald Gallagher returned Monday
morning to Lincoln, where he is attend
ing the University. He spent a few
days at home visiting his parents and
triends.
Rev. Geo. Longstaff of this city held
preaching services at the Presbyterian
church at Page last Sunday afternoon.
He expects to hold services there for
some time.
Miss Elizabeth Harty, who has been
visiting relatives and friends here for
past three months, left last Friday
morning for her home at Shullsburg,
Wisconsin.
John Gilligan left Friday morning
for Omaha, where he will be for a few
days taking medical treatment for his
nose, which has been troubling him for
some time.
The Knights of Columbus will give
an informal card party in the club
room Thursday evening, October 12th.
An attractive program will be render
ed. Everybody invited.
C. A. Brown, who resides on the old
Chris Kennell farm northwest of this
city, was a caller at this office last
Tuesday afternoon and had his name
enrolled as a Frontier reader
Announcement of the death of An
drew Flemming, a former resident of
Holt county, was received last week.
Mr. Flemming, who formerly resided
near Inman, died at Beemer, Neb.
John Schmidt, one of Shields town
ship’s young and prosperous farmers,
was a caller at this office yesterday
afternoon and extended his subscrip
tion to The Frontier for another year.
Mrs. B. H. Watson and two childrer
returned Monday afternoon from £
five weeks visit with relatives anc
friends at Council Bluffs, Iowa
Omaha, Kennard and other easterr
points.
Our toilet line is the best the market
produces. One cent will buy up to twc
dollar’s worth at The Rexall Store
October 19, 20, 21. Gilligan & Stout
Frank Sullivan resigned his position
in the Gilligan & Stout drug store
last Friday and left Tuesday morning
for Fremont, where he will start in
with his brother, John, who is in busi
ness there.
Charles Sparks, prominent banker
and early business man of Valentine,
Neb., died at his home in that city Fri
day. Mr. Sparks had many friends in
O’Neill, who will regret to learn of his
death. Several weeks ago he visited
O’Neill.
J. F. O’Donnell, J. A. Brown, J. A.
Donohoe, E. H. Whelan and Arthur
Ryan were among the citizens of this
city who went to Omaha yesterday
morning to hear President Wilson ad
dress the people of Nebraska in that
city today.
Miss Anna McManus, who had been
visiting relatives here for about three
weeks, left last week for Lynch, where
she will visit with relatives for a short
time. Miss McManus plans upon re
turning here before leaving for her
home in Chicago.
Valentine Republican: “Mr. and Mrs.
M. V. Nicholson are in Chicago,
where Mrs. Nicholson submitted to a
minor operation recently, and they are
expected home in a few days” Mrs.
Nicholson will be remembered as Miss
May O’Sullivan, daughter of J. B.
O’Sullivan of this city.
Mr. Fay Mayfield of Louisville,
Neb., has purchased the dray line for
merly operated by George Bowen and
known as Bowen Bros., taking pos
session last Monday. Mr. Mayfield
has the appearance of being a hustling
young man and will no doubt get his
share of the business.
The failure of Pat Hickey, Sunday
evening, to locate the exact point
where a culvert left off and a ditch
began resulted in considerable damage
to one of the big new cars Mr. Hickey
is demonstrating. The accident hap
pened while Mr. Hickey was going
out to the Donohoe prarie fire.
A fire, starting from some unknown
cause, caught in the hay meadow of
the T. J. Donohoe place Sunday after
noon, destroying several stacks of
hay. A call for assistance was tele
phoned to town, but before the local
organization of fire fighters could get
out the fire was under control.
Editor and Mrs. Wert L. Kirk and
children were v»ver from Spencer last
Saturday, coming over to witness the
Birth of a Nation. W. L. is giving
the people of Spencer the livest and
best newspaper it ever had and they
are lending him substantial encourage
ment in the way of advertising patron
age.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Calkins, and
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Morgan of Steel
Creek, returned last Thursday evening
from an automobile trip to Mitchell,
S. D., where they were the guests of
Mr. Calkin’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. Calkings, who recently removed
from O’Neill to Mitchell. Both
gentlement were greatly impressed
with the country.
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S.' A. Hickman of Atkinson was a
pleasant caller at this office last Tues
day, renewing his subscription to The
Frontier. Mr. Hickman says that he
has withdrawn as the Peoples Inde
pendent candidate for supervisor from
the Sixth district and the race is now
between John Judge, democratic can
didate and Fred Watson, the republi
can candidate.
We saw the police called in to
handle this sale in Chicago; let us be
reasonable. At The Rexall Store,
October 19, 20, 21. Gilligan & Stout.
Zimmerman & Son paid out for
farm produce during the first nine
months of 1916, $60,046.27. During
the twelve months of 1915 they paid
out the sum of $36,000.00, so it ap
pears as if their business would more
than double during this year over that
of last year. Prior to this year the
business transacted last year was the
greatest ever done by this firm.
Don’t forget that its Rally Day at
the Presbyterian Church next Sunday.
Both church and Sunday school ser
vices will be a special effort to Rally
all forces for the beginning of the
year’s work. Special music by the big
Rally Day Chorus. Sunday school
program will be in charge of Primary
Department and Cradle Roll. Every
body welcome.
The first of the week J. H. Davison
moved his harness stock to the build
ing occupied by C. E. Downey, two
doors east of his old location. His re
moval was made necessary by the fact
that Mr. Jordan had purchased the
building formerly occupied by him and
wanted to commence the wrecking of
the old building to make room for his
new store room.
William Kusel, for many years a
resident of this county and who still
own large land interests here, was
an O’Neill visitor the latter part
of last week and favored this office
with a short call. Mr. Kusel is now a
resident of Dawes county, owning and
operating a large ranch near Whitney.
Ho cavo tViaf c<v>tmn nf tlio of a to Vrn c
been fairly prosperous this year.
The billiard parlors that have been
operated by Pat Stanton, in the room
just north of the Land office, for the
past three years, has been moved to
the basement of the New Royal
theatre on Douglas street. Two more
tables have been added to the equip
ment and they now have one of the
finest billiard rooms in this state. It
is nicely lighted with electric lights
and will be heated by steam. It
promises to be one of the most popular
places in the city.
The firSt meeting of the Senior
Class of the Public High School was
called Tuesday morning by Supt.
Marrin for the purpose of electing the
class officers. The following officers
were elected: Charles Cronin, presi
dent; John P. Gilligan, vice-president;
M. Elizabeth Gribble, secretary; Susie
M. Weidtfeldt, treasurer. The class
this year numbers twenty-two, sixteen
of whom were Juniors here last year.
This is the largest Senior class the
school has ever had, the next largest
being sixteen. The total enrollment in
the High School is 125.
At the regular meeting of the mem
bers of Charles Carroll Council No.
703, Knights of Columbus, last week
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: F. E. Marren,
Grand Knight; H. J. Coyne, Deputy
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Grand Knight; J. A. Harmon, Chan
cellor; Neil P. Brennan, Recording
Secretary; H. J. Hammond, Financial
Secretary; T. F. Nolan, Warden; W.
J. Hammond, Advcoate; P. J. O’Don
nell, Treasurer; John W. Hickey,
Trustee; John C. Gallagher, Inside
Guard; Thomas Griffin, Outside Guard.
Last week Harry Jordan purchased
the building and lot occupied by the
Davison harness shop from Mr. Morse,
and will tear down the present building
and at once commence the erection of
a modern brick store room 2214x80,
two stories high. He will use the
lower floor for his hardware and
furniture stock and will have office
rooms upstairs. Work of destroying
the old building was commenced this
morning and as soon as it is wrecked
work on the new building will be com
menced. Mr. Jordan says that he
expects to have the new building ready
for occupancy by January 1, 1917.
Orchard News: The United States
post office inspector was at Venus last
week. He found everything in first
class shape. He notified Mr. Smyth
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checks from patrons of the office
where they could not be cashed at
once. Checks could not be held over
night. John has been accomodating
the patrons of the office by taking their
personal checks and even going to the
trouble to cash their cream checks and
return the change, and the patrons
certainly appreciate John’s kindness,
but here comes the inspector and says
it must stop. The Government doesn’t
seem to care to accommodate anyone.
Last week George Bowen disposed
of his interests in the dray line here to
E. D. Mayfield of Louisville, Neb., who
took possession last Monday morning.
Mr. Bowen has been engaged in the
dray business for the past two years
and was very snccessful in the busi
ness. Next Friday morning ac
companied by Mrs. Bowen they will
leave for Oakdale, Neb., where they
will visit for a time and may decide to
locate, provided they find an opening
that is suitable. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen
have been residents of this city for
fifteen years and both have hundreds
of friends in this city and vicinity who
regret to see them leave the county.
They have enjoyed living among their
friends here and say they did not
know it would be so hard to leave until
the time approaches for their removal
and now regret that they are to leave
the city and the people that have been
so kind to them in the years past.
Their many friends here wish for them
a full measure of happiness and pros
perity in their new home, wherever it
may be.
George Joslyn, president of the
Western Newspaper Union and head
of the largest “ready-print” interests
of the United States, died in Omaha
Wednesday. Mr. Joslyn came to
Omaha a number of years ago as an
itinerant printer, with Edgar Howard,
democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor, and John Outright .editor of
the Lincoln Star. They “barnstormed”
in the old days of hand composition.
Later, through promotion of a cure
all Mr. Joslyn got a start in life and
eventually assisted in organizing the
ready-print business. His home in
Omaha, known as the Joslyn Castle, is
one of the show places of the metropo
lis, and is said to have cost more than
a million dollars. The pipe organ in
the music room is said to be one of the
finest in the country and musicians of
international reputation frequently
have been summoned to Omaha to give
private recitals to his friends. A num
ber of years ago Mr. Joslyn, be
cause of a disagreement over taxes,
boarded up his magnificent home and
threatened to abandon Omaha. Later,
however, he reconsidered and re-opened
it. During the years of his prosperity
he continued to be a friend and com
panion of the old time printer.
Neville and Hitchcock Here.
Keith Neville, democratic candidate
for governor of Nebraska, came to
O’Neill Friday afternoon. Gilbert M.
Hitchcock, democratic candidate for
United States Senator, was at O’Neill
Saturday afternoon. The Lincoln Star,
a staunch democratic paper, and the
World-Herald of Omaha, Mr. Hitch
cock’s personal newspaper which
“heralds” itself as “Independent,” had
the following to say regarding Mr.
Hitchcock’s visit:
“O’Neill, Neb., Oct. 1.—The good old
democratic county of Holt was the ter
ritory covered today by Senator G. M.
Hitchcock, campaigning for re-elect
ion, and Ed McDermott, democratic
candidate for congress in the big Sixth
district. The two candidates spoke at
Stuart, Atkinson, O’Neill and Ewing.
“The O’Neill meeting was the banner
affair insofar as good democratic cheer
and enthusiasm was concerned. The
Atkinson gathering led in numbers,
many people from the country being in
town on account of the joint attraction
of a political rally and a carnival.
“O’Neill’s welcome really began at
Atkinson whither several automobile
loads of local democrats went to meet
the candidates, leading the party were
former state Senator Donohoe, M. Mc
Carthy, J. J. Harrington, M. R. Sulli
van, Mayor Dishner, F. L. Campbell
and State Senator Robertson. When
this party, escorting Senator Hitch
cock and Mr. McDermott reached
O’Neill the band was out and a crowd
was already on the sidewalks.
Big Crowd Attentive.
“The meeting was held in the theater
which was filled, J. J. Harrington pre
sided. The big crowd remained at
tentive until after six o’colck.”
Mr. Neville’s visit to O’Neill had
been generally advertised by the lead
ing newspapers of the state, and also
of the county. But for some reason
the democratic leaders of O’Neill did
not care to recognize Mr. Neville or to
turn out during his visit. Mr. Neville,
who had been speaking from an auto
mobile at several towns in the county,
sent word from Atkinson that he
would be here at 6:30 p. m. Friday.
On his arrival there was no one of the
democratic committee to meet him, al
though on a nearby corner a number
of the statesmen were engaged in
saving the nation. After a shave and
dinner, Mr. Neville started out to in
troduce himself to the citizens, but, as
both picture shows had new reels on
that night, the streets were almost
deserted. Saturday morning, early
Mr. Neville hiked for more friendly
territory.
Saturday afternoon Senator Hitch
cock came to O’Neill. As stated in
the state papers, the democracy of
O’Neill was out to meet him. Several
of the elite went up to Atkinson in
high-powered cars to accompany him
in. On his arrival the local band,
stationed in front of a moving picture
theater which didn’t have a show on
then, played “Hail to the Chief.” Then
Mr. Hitchcock made an address in
which he recited his untiring effort in up
holding the hands of President Wilson
(luring these times ot turmoil. While
Mr. Hitchcock talked, one of his party,
at Jack Thomas’ Buffet,dished outgood
democratic doctrine and solicited con
tributions to the campaign fund.
After the speaking, Senator Hitch
cock was entertained at a banuqet, at
the Golden Hotel, by a few of the
leaders. At the head of the table sat
the richest man in town. To his left
was Mr. Hitchcock and to his right a
federal office holder. Others who had
been favored by the senator’s patron
age and several democratic candidates
for county office, who seem to stand
better chance of election than others,
occupied places at the big table.
Other candidates on the democratic
ticket had places with several of Mr.
Hitchcock’s employes at smaller tables.
On the curb, outside the hotel, many
of Mr. Hitchcock’s admirers, who had
not received bids, cooled their heels.
After the feed Senator Hitchcock left
for Ewing.
The Frontier is pleased that the
Democracy of O’Neill accorded such a
welcome, even to hoisting the flag
over the postoffice. The office of
senator is a high one and in Mr.
Hitchcock’s reception true western
hospitality was shown. But why the
ignoring of Keith Neville, democratic
candidate for governor?
Is not Mr. Neville just as much a
democrat as Mr. Hitchcock? Will he
not have fully as much unrestricted
patronage to dispose of as Mr. Hitch
cock? Is he the one the democratic
party is ashamed of?
We feel that the citizens of O’Neill
owe Mr. Neville an apology for his
cool reception by the local democratic
central committee, because of the fact
that to the high office to which he as
pires much respect is due. Although
we are opposing the election of Mr.
Neville, he will be the governor of all
the people of Nebraska, if elected. We
hope that Mr. Neville will not judge
the people of O’Neill by the reception
accorded him by the democratic central
committee last Friday night.
Silver Wedding Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Braasch, who
live ten miles northeast of this city,
celebrated their silver wedding anni
versary on Wednesday of last week.
Relatives and friends from this county
and as far east as Fremont were
present to help this estimable couple
celebrate their silver anniversary,
rhose present from Norfolk were: Mr.
and Mrs. William Wachter, Mr. and
Mrs. William Wagner and family; Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Wichert and family;
Mrs. Minnie Juhl and family; Mr. and
Mrs. Hiram Hillie and daughter; Mrs.
Rudolph Wichert and son, and Arnold
Pasewalk. From Fremont: Miss Tillie
Young. All of these people arrived
here in cars and the guest swere roy
ally entertained by Mr. and Mrs.
Braasch and family, being treated to
a delicious silver wedding anniversary
sinner.
Prior to leaving the Braasch home
the invited guests all expressed the
hope to their charming hostess and
genial* host that they would again be
permitted to help celebrate their anni
versaries.
MISS ILEEN DAVIDSON
HOLTS PRIZE BABY.
Little Six-Month-Old Miss Wins P. J.
McManus’ Prize of Thirty Dollars.
Miss Ileen Davidson, the six month
old daughter of Mr. and James David
son of O’Neill, and the tenth child
born to them, won the thirty dollar
prize offered by P. J. McManus for the
most perfect formed baby, at the Holt
county fair, in a field of thirty-seven
entries. Doctors Hombach and Wil
son were the physicians judging.
Little Miss Davidson at present is in
the country with her mother, visiting
relatives, and has not learned of her
good fortune.
Card of Thanks.
We herewith extend our thanks to
the kind friends, neighbors and the
Masonic Order for their assistance, the
beautiful flowers and expressions of
sympathy for our loss of a loving hus
band and father.
MRS. EDITH TAGGERT
and Family.
For a Muddy Complexion.
Take Chamberlain’s Tablets and
adopt a diet of vegetables and cereals.
Take outdoor exercise daily and your
complexion will be greatly improved
within a few months. Try it. Obtain
able everywhere. 17-4
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“I HAVE GOT $10 WHERE I CANNOT
SPEND IT”
When father whs sick he gave me
$1.00 a month to help with the milk
ing. I got up at half past four and
milked four or five cows. I have
sent $10 to the Bank. I have got
$10.00 where I cannot spend it.
* We want Thrifty Boys! Boys who work
hard for what they make. Bring $1.00 or
more here. We want Thrifty Boys!
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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.