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VOLUME XXXVII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1917.
NO. 38.
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LOCAL MATTERS.
L. C. Chapmen went to Clearwater
Sunday.
Frank Biglin went to Omaha on
business Sunday.
W. Chambers of Stuart, was an
O’Neill visitor Saturday.
Otto Stratton was down from At
kinson the last of last week.
David Hite had his name added to
The Frontier’s list last Friday.
T. V. Golden is taking in the auto
mobile show at Omaha this week.
D. L. Jouvenat of Atkinson, was at
tending to business matters in the city
Monday.
A. C. Kusel, of Whitney, Nebr., was
in the city the last of the week on
business.
A. A. Drigg and L. C. Peters went
up to Stuart Wednesday, primarily on
business.
M. A. Whaley of Eden Valley, was
in the city Wednesday transacting
business.
Martin Wintermote went down to
Fremont Tuesday morning on a short
business trip.
George Bay of Meek, was in the
city Tuesday, and incidently a caller
at this .office.
J. P. Mullen, of Emmet, is in the
city today, being a pall bearer at the
McHugh funeral.
Mrs. Kane came down from Atkin
son Thursday morning to attend the
McHugh funeral.
W. T. Evans of the Golden hotel is
able to be about again after a several
days tussle with the grip.
Father Moore, of Omaha, is in the
city taking Father Cassidy’s place
during the latters absence.
Ed Killmurry came down from At
kinson Thursday morning to attend
the funeral of Mrs. McHugh.
F. O. Hammerburg and L. L. Larson
of Atkinson, were in the city Saturday
looking after business matters.
A. R. Wertz of Star, returned from
Stuart Monday morning where he had
been visiting for a few days.
James O’Donnell departed Sunday
for Omaha, ostensibly on business, but
in reality to visit the auto show.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert McKeown are the
proud and happy parents of an eight
pound boy, born Wednesday noon.
John W. Hiber went down to Omaha
Sunday morning, ostensibly on busi
ness but in reality to take in the auto
show.
Dr. E. D. Gamil and J. C. Kelley of
Bloomfield were in the cty Wednesday
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looking over their real estate invest
ments.
Charlie McKenna, Ed Murray and
Charlie Downey went down to Omaha
Wednesday morning to take in the
Auto show.
R. H. Olmstead, an Omaha attorney,
was in the city Monday, appearing in
a case before Judge Dickson, in dis
trict court.
Jess B. Mellor went down to Omaha
Sunday morning to assist Uncle Henry
exhibit the spring styles of Fords at
the auto show.
John Duncan came up from Cham
bers Saturday, to meet his brother- in
law, who came in'from. Fremont over
the Northwestern.
Mrs. Harry Reardon and children,
returned Friday from Alliance, where
they had been in attendance at the
burial of a relative.
Rev. Father W. J. O’Sullivan came
up from Tilden Wednesday evening,
assisting at the funeral mass for Mrs.
McHugh here Tuesday.
A. A. Driggs of the McGinnis
Creamery company spent Sunday and
Monday in a combined business and
pleasure trip to Norfolk.
Senator Frank W. Phillips was in
from Star Wednesday, visiting old
friends and transacting some business
that demanded his attention.
Carl V. Gettert, 21, of Fairbury, and
Miss Ruth Helme, 19, of Atkinson,
were granted a license to marry by
Judge Malone on last Thursday.
Jesse P. Custer, aged 40, of Harlan,
Iowa, and Nancy A. Sanders, aged 45,
of O’Neill, were granted a marriage
license by County Judge Malone, last
Tuesday.
Fred Vitt and daughter, went down
to Omaha Wednesday morning, where
Mrs. Vitt and a son are recovering
from an operation in one of the
hospitals.
Mrs. B. M. Mullen and Miss Gene
vieve Rourke, returned to Deadwood
Saturday night, having been in the
city attending the burial of Mrs. Ar
thur Mullen.
Charles Daly, V. Hunter, Bob Ar
buthnot, Ed Hagensick, Walter Stein
and Clem Benson left on the early
train Tuesday for Omaha to take in
the automobile show.
R. M. Strickland of Orchard is going
to move to Alsask Sask, Canada, as
soon as he can procure a car to load
his goods into, so he informed us
whie in the city Tuesday.
Mrs. B. Palmer returned from
Riverton, Wyo., Friday morning,
where she had been on a visit. Mrs.
Allan Nesbit, a sister, returned with
her fo.r a short visit at home.
Judge Charles Ruby, one of the
brilliant members of the Cherry county
bar, was an O’Neill visitor Sunday
morning, enroute to Omaha where he
goes to look over the annual auto
show.
The Sorosis club will give a free
program at the Methodist church on
next Friday evening at eight o’clock.
Everyone is invited to attend. Re
freshments will be served after the
program.
H. C. Henning of Atkinson, while in
the city Saturday dropped in and re
newed his subscription to this family
journal. Mr. Henning was in the city
with the Atkinson basket ball team
which played here that evening.
A. L. Masters, of Louisville, has
purchased an interest in the dray line
owned by Eugene Mayfield and will
move his family here shortly, whore
he intends to take an active part in
the management of the business.
A. J. Garvis left Tuesday morning
for Lyons, Nebraska, for a short visit
before departing for Montana where
he intends to spend the summer pick
ing hinTself a homestead. Mr. Garvis
recently disposed of all his stock and
machinery at public sale.
E. F. Roberts has closed a deal with
P. I). Mullen whereby he secures the
old Mullen livery barn, in exchange for
some city lots, and other considera
tion.- We. understand that Mr. Rob
erts intends to again open up the barn
as a livery and feed stable.
Patrick Kelley returned Sunday
night from Omaha where he had been
attending to some business matters.
Pat says that the fire in that ciy Fri
day, which entailed a property loss of
$800,000, was one of the most specu
lar sights he ever witnessed.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holt, enroute
from Neligh to their home at River
ton, Wyo., stopped off in the city F’ri
day for a visit with old friends. Mr.
Holt will be remembered here as the
local manager of the Nebraska Tele
phone Co., some few years ago.
Judge Ford is the name of themag
istrate who will pass sentence upon
violators of the automobile regulations
in Boyd county this year. Judge
Ford promises to be just as strict with
the owners of a certain brand of gas
consumers as with those who own
cars.
FYed G. Taylor, prominent ranchman
on the Rosebud Indian agency near
Valentine, was in O’Neill Saturday and
Sunday on a business trip, returning
to Valentine Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Taylor recently acquired the old T. V.
Golden residence property as an in
vestment.
Father Cassidy received word Sun
day evening that his sister, Mrs. Cul
len, of Elizabeth Port, New Jersey,
had ,passed away on that day. Mrs.
Cullen is the mother of Miss Mayme
Cullen, also of this city. Miss Cullen
and Father Cassidy left Monday mofc
ing to attend the funeral.
Charley E. Hall came up from
Lincoln Thursday night, to attend to
some business matters here, and spend
a few days with old friends. Mr. Hall
is Captain of Detectives in the capitol
city, and for the past few weeks,
during the illness of the police chief,
he has been acting chief of police.
Several of the golf fiends, Joe
Hunter and Dr. Pettibone among
them, thought spring hard arrived
Sunday and quietly slipped out to the
links in the afternoon. The grounds
are not yet in suitable shape, however,
and after playing three or four holes
the disappointed pilgrims rteurned to
town. •
Mr. and Mrs. James Loob and
daughter, Mary, left Thursday morn
ing for Boise City, Idaho, where Mr.
Loob intends to look around with the
intention of possibly locating. Mr. and
Mrs. Loob are jstmable people and we
regret to see them leave Holt county
and we wish them every success in
their new location.
William Lubon, oil locator, was in
the city on business Tuesday. Mr.
Luben says that he has located an oil
field at Bassett, that, when opened will
produce from 200 to 400 barrels, per
well, per day. The speculating and
stock buying people of this community
can obtain information (as to stock,
prices, etc., from Thomas Cosgrove, at
Bassett.
The arrangements for the Robert
Emmet banquet have been completed,
and the name of Judge C. J. Malone
has been added to the speakers list.
William Fallon, chairman of the ban
quet committee, announces that the
event will far eclipse all former ef
forts at honoring the memory of Ire
land’s martyr. A record attendance is
expected.
Clark McConnell of Fairfax, Mo.,
and the operator of a large ranch and
blooded stock farm near Trakio, Mo.,
is in the city while enroute to visit
his sons in western Nebraska and Wy
oming. Mr. McConnell raises fine
horses and mules on a large scale. He
says that the finest mules come from
Nebraska. Mr. McConnell visited the
Rankin ranches near O’Neill this week,
the disappointed pilgrims returned to
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Holland cele
brated their Golden. Wedding anni
versary last P'riday. In the evening
all the members of the family, who
could be present, gathered at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Donofioe, Mrs.
Donohoe being a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Holland, where, after partaking
of a delicious dinner, they spent the
evening visiting. Besides many
smaller presents, Mr. and Mrs. Hol
land received $100 in gold.
Marie O’Donnell Weekes, the tal
ented and versatile editor of the Nor
folk Press, whom Governor Neville re
cently honored with an appointment
as inspector in the pure food and drug
department, was in the city on business
Tuesday. Mrs. Weekes’ is one of the
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paper women in the state, and The
Frontier rejoices that the fraternity is
represented by one who so well ad
vertises the personality of the pro
fession.
Last Friday’s Seattle Daily Times
contains an announcemet of the en
gagement of Miss Mina Eves, now of
that city,to Mr. Frank P. Richmond,of
Spokane, the ceremony to take place
on Wednesday evening, February 28th.
Miss Eves is a daughter of E. S. Eves,
former owner and editor of the Holt
County Independent, and of the Holt
County Democrat, and a resident of
this city for a number of years. Mina
was born and raised here and is well
known by the younger people, among
whom she was very popular.
A couple of O’Neill’s enterprising
young business men have organized a
company for the manufacture of Auto
mobile windshields, which, according to
their dope, promises in magnitude and
profits to even outshine General
Motors and United States steel. Al
ways a booster for anything that
might tend to place O’Neill more se
curely on the map, or' increase the
weekly pay roll, The Frontier re
joices that it was O’Neill men, not
Atkinson or Stuart men, who dis
covered the possibilities of this
business.
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peen” failed to stop Frank Barret
wh«, for the third successive time,
romped home with the bacon in the
weekly seven-up tournament, at the
K. C. club rooms Monday night. The
evening was filled with many sur
prises. The “Champeen’’ was decid
edly out of form, and as the evening
neared its close, disgust was indellibly
stamped on his otherwise handsome
features. Others picked for a strong
showing, finished with pitiful scores,
which at their earnest solicitation are
withheld. Truly 'tis a crule, unsym
pathetic world.
One of the best wrestling matches
ever staged in Holt county was pulled
off at Emmet, last Tuesday evening
between Fred McNally and W. R.
Cobb, under the management of a
committee of Erpmet business men,
headed by Guy Cole. McNally secured
the first fall in an hour and eight
minutes with a half Nelson and
crotch holt. After a short consultation
with his seconds and backers Cobb re
fused to continue the match. The
crowd was the largest ever in the Em
met auditorium and the demonstration
accorded the wrestlers was long and
hearty. It is estimated that about 100
people from here saw the match.
Mrs. Anna McHugh.
Mrs. Anna McHugh quietly passed
aw:?}''at St. Joseph’s Hospital, in
Omaha, at one o’clock on Monday
morning, of pneumonia. Mrs. Mc
Hugh, who has been suffering for some
time, recently went to Omaha for an
operation which was performed.
Arter the operation, and before she
regained her strength, pneumonia set
in and daily she grew weaker until on
Monday morning she died.
Anna Cronin was born in Danville,
Illinois, on July 25, 1863. At Lead
vllle, Colorado, on December 25, 1880,
she was married to Charles C. Mc
Hugh, to whom the following children
were born: Nellie, Julia, Loretta,
Frank, Grace, Ursula, John, the latter
having preceeded his mother to the
land of eternal sunshine. Besides the
children Mrs. McHugh leaves an aged
mother, Mrs. Julia Cronin, two
brothers, William and Dan Cronin,
both of O’Neill, and three sisters, Mrs.
Hayes, of Atkinson, Mrs. Dennis Hunt,
of Lincoln, and Mrs. Daniel McGraw,
of Omaha, to mourn her demise.
Mrs. McHugh had resided in Holt
county for forty-one years, coming
here when the country was an un
broken mass of prairie. The hard
ships and vicissitudes of pioneer life
she bore without complaint ever strug
gling that those near and dear to her
might be happy. It was for her
children that she lived and labored
and her every thought was centered
upon their future happiness and wel
fare. The funeral was held from the
Catholic church Thursday morning,
and her body was laid to rest in
Calvary Cemetery. 4
Mrs. Jake Ernst.
Mrs. Jake Ernst, one of Holt
county’s pioneer women passed away
Sunday morning, after an illness last
ing several weeks, during which time
she seemed many times near death.
She was surrounded by her family
and the end came peaceful and easy,
a direct contrast to the hardships of
pioneer life she underwent as a young
woman. ,
Theresa Snow was born in Germany,
on March the 1st, 1839. Her parents
died while she was still an infant, and
at the age of 18 she came to this
country with relatives and settled in
Illinois. In 1858 she was married, at
Freeport, 111., to Jake Ernst. From
Illinois they migrated to Iowa, from
whence they came to Nebraska and
Holt county in 1880,* and where they
have resided ever since. To this union
thirteen children were born, three of
whom have preceedeu their mother to
the great beyond. Those living are:
Mrs. R. Adams, of Amelia; Mrs. Dan
McClellan, of Joy; Mrs. C. Johnson, of
Ray; Mrs. J. McAllister, of Atkinson;
Mrs. T. F. Gallagher, and Matt, Neil
and Jake, of O’Neill.
Mrs. Ernst was a home loving wo
man entirely wrapped up in hep
family, and ever solicitus of their wel
fare and success. The family she
raised will ever stand as a monument
to her devotion and care. The funeral
was held from the Catholic church,
Tuesday morning, and her body laid
to rest in Calvary cemetery .
Busy Month With Judge Quig.
According to the report about to
be filed with the city dads, February
has been a busy month with the police
judge and his staff. His honor had
did in his Solomon like manner. The
thirteen, an unlucky number you will
notice, culprits were assessed $105 in
tines. But $50 of this was collected,
the receipants of the other $55 laying
theirs out in jail. Eleven of the char
ges were drunk and disorderly, one
jay-driving, and one obstructing the
side walk, the latter two Judge Quig
decided were damaging to the extent
of $5 apiece. The largest fine assess
ed was $40 and the smallest $5. The
costs amount to $4.95 which must be
added to the amount of the fines to
ascertain the amount your escapade
really costs. Only one gentleman was
banished from the city during the
month, but the judge says he will
make up for this apparent neglect of
duty this month, so beware. The Id,es
of March, which proved so disasterous
to Caesar, are but a few days away.
Science Prevails Over Luck.
L. C. Chapman demonstrated at the
whist tournament Monday night that
luck has no chance against science,
when he captured the buttons for him
self and partner, Mike Enright, from
the temporary champions, Arthur Ryan
and Tom Enright. This was but the
third appearance of Mr. Chapman in
the tournament, he not participating
in some of the earlier sessions, and
since his entry he has played a con
sistant game, never falling below the
average. Mr. Chapman’s score last
night was sixteen plus, by far the
largest score yet made at the tourna
ment. This will be the fourth time
that Mr. Enright has won the button
he last evening, as on previous occa
sions, displaying his shrewdness by at
taching himelf to a good player who
could carry him through to victory re
gardless of the handicap. Next Mon
day night Mr. Chapman and Mr. En
right will defend the title. There
were no sensational plays, nor any
cold decks, sprung at this week’s
meeting, and it is a coincidence that
several suspected of being responsible
for them at previous sessions were not
present Monday night, being in at
tendance at the automobile show at
Omaha.
Oswald-Bellar.
A very pretty wedding was solem
nized at Pleasant Hill, north of this
city, when on last Thursday Miss Mat
tie Bellar was united in marrige to
Mr. Aaron Oswald. The ceremony
was performed by the Reverend J. D.
Birky, a Bishop in the Minonite
IChurch, to which both young people
belong.
Miss Bellar is a daughter of John
Bellar one of the early settlers in the
north country, and is a young lady of
many accomplishments and great
personal charm.
Mr. Oswald is a son of Charles Os
wald, and is at present in the employ
of the McGinnis Creamery Co. He is
a young man of sterling character,
ambitious and capable. The Frontier
tenders congratulations, and expresses
the hope that they may live long and
prosper.
Grattan Township Annual Meeting.
To The Electors of Grattan Township,
Holt County:
The annual township meeting will
be held at the library in O’Neill, Tues
day, March 6, beginning at 2 p. m.
sharp, for the purpose of making the
annual levy for township purposes and
the transaction of such other business
as may come before it.
EDW. O’CONNELL,
38-1 Township Clerk.
Sairyman
ks that ycu are a good business
Dairyman.
ou know enough to support the |
ted in your community, and
hat farmers will not pull to
gether for anything that helps them—shew them
that day is past. Show them that the farmer knows
enough to see that when they pay four cents more
where your creamery is than they do at other points
that you know
Why
McGinnis Creamery Co.
O’NEILL, - - - NEBRASKA
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$S.OC 1
|| This is the amount put to your name on
jfj the Pay Roll. You are starting out in life. j
| i It is a small sum of money. That is true. But
out of that sum put in each week in an Ac- ||
|| count 50c. In a year that amounts to $26. I
11 Why not make the start ? i |
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Get what you can, and what
you get hold,
’Tis the stone that will turn
your lead into gold.”
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I THE O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK ||
O’Neill, Nebraska jl
This bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stock- i rt
holders and we are a member of The Federal Reserve Bank.
Capital, surplus and undivided profits $100,000.00. *1
Star Theatre
Friday, March 2— (
Wm. S. Hart in “The Ayran.” |
Five reel Western Feature.
Also, Hank Mann, 2 reel
Keystone Comedy.
Saturday, March 3—
Winifred Greenwood and
Franklin Ritchie, in “The In
ner Struggle.”
Five reel Society Drama.
Monday, March 5—
Jose Collins in “A Woman’s
; Honor."
A five reel Fox Feature.
Tuesday, March 6—
Wm. Farnum in “Fires of t
Conscience.”
A six reel feature full of \
action.
Wednesday. March 7—
Douglas Fairbanks in “Habit
of Happiness.”
A five reel feature.
Also, “The Bath House !
Blunder.”
Two reel Keystone Comedy.
Prices - - 5 and 10c |
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LAND WILL BE SOLD UNDER THE HAMMER! !
The 1000 acre Ranch of the late T. V. Atkinson,
in Cedar Valley, 30 miles south of Atkinson, 22 miles
south-west of Chambers and 22 miles north of Bur
well, will be sold to the highest bidder on Monday, \
March 19th, 1917, at 10 o’clock A. M. in O’Neill, Nebr.,
at a court sale.
This land will be a bargain for any man desiring
a small and productive ranch, is well improved, has
100 acres in cultivation and contains some of the
best meadow land in Nebraska. Tom Atkinson kept
200 head of stock on this place. ;
The owners all live in England and the land must
be sold. No by-bidding. Title confirmed by Court.
$4000 mortgage, balance cash.
640 acres of this ranch with the buildings will be
sold separately if desired, part cash.
# You will never get another chance like this. Go
and examine it now. Come to O’Neill on March 19 j
and buy it. See or write H. D. Grady, Referee, or
Ed. H. Whelan, Attorney for Heirs, O’Neill, Nebr.