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S SHOWS WHAT John Brennan has done to the prices of goods in O’Neill. For the last twenty-five years you have been paying 25c per package for the large size
B oatmeal which contains about five pounds. Oats, ’till this year, has always sold for 19c to 26c per bushel of 32 pounds, which shows that the cast ef a five pound
' package was worth about 4c which sold around 25c. Well if they could make you pay 25 cents for four cents worth of oatmeal why can’t they make you pay 75 cents ■
f|| for the oatmeal now when oats are worth three times as much money. Because John Brennan has them bluffed. They can t raise the price or they lose the custo
f mers. It is true they have hundreds of things they can get twice as much for as I can, but take soap, flour, sugar, coffee, tea and meat they have to stick close to the
5 ragged edge. But the goods the people are not posted on they make the prices of the silk and satin dresses. Look at coal oil. Ten years ago Coal Oil sold in O’Neill
jg for 20 and 25c and cost 6c; now coal oil costs 10'^c and sells for half what it has for the last ten years. Why, Why! I can name you fifty to a hundred things the
# same way. But this week I have two clerks away on vacation and I have too much to do. But you must admit that some stores have been getting some awful digs
H from the old settlers. n ^ m < |g
JJ Take Shoes and Overshoes. You know as well as I do that shoes have advanced all the way from 75c a pair on Baby Shoes to $2.50 and $2.75 on Men’s and the fg
H Ladies’ Shoes, yet you can buy shoes just as cheap from me now as you could five years ago from the others. The Overshoes advanced almost $1.50 a pair in the 11
9 last three years and still I am not as high as they were two years ago. *
H I could keep on showing you different things along this line for a week, but what’s the use. 11
COFFEE PEANUTS $1,00 5 GALLON TEA I $3,50 $1,50
15|C PER QUART • SPARKPLUGS COAL OIL PER POUND MEN’S HATS ' MEN’S CAPS
pound 5c 47c 521c 29c $2.75 95c
Car of Old Wheat Flour on the Track Monday. Special Prices Off the Car.
$5.00 MEN’S OVERALLS 6 10c H0W
| 50c $3.00 Indigo Dye, All Large BOXES OF 5 19c JOHN BRENNAN
WEEDS’AUTO „ Figures the Goods He
TOWELS NOW MEN’S SHIRTS Sizes, 42 to 44 Waist, MAICHLS PENCIL TABLETS Sells:
| TIRE CHAINS w th 29c 16 to 17 oz.1 lb.
7C 40c AN 25 $1.55 * 1C Matches Will Be 36 to 38 in.1 yd.
Jpu.lD $1.10 now Jpl.15 Matches Soon. 4*4 Quarts.1 gal.
The first bunch of Overshoes will be as cheap almost as last year, but later they may be scarce and higher; while canned Salmon will be almost as high as
Meat. Eggs is the cheapest food on the market today. But while Eggs is cheap no one wants them. In Butte City, Mont., Eggs are selling at 90c per dozen and
you can buy them in Omaha for 30 cents. It looks now like they dropped the price too low on Flour and it may have to be sold around 10 to 15 cents a bag higher
according to the present cost of Wheat. Vinegar, I mean the good grade, will sell around 15c per gallon higher next year than it did this fall.
The Company made a mistake and shipped two shipments of blankets instead of one. I am going to keep them here as they have advanced considerably and will
j be a big drawing card for my store at these prices. Sugar is now under Government Control. The price will be stedldy, but if a revenue tax goes on, it will cost $1.00
a bag more. Potatoes may be cheaper in the spring than they are now, while Brooms have raised ’till it looks like $1.50 will be the price, yet I don’t have to
raise on mine as I have enough to supply my customers ’till the new crop.
I John Brennan, O’Neill
'‘Cash Does It.’'
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tween publisher and subscriber.
J. Weekes, president; E. H. Smith,
vice-president, and J. F. Gallagher,
secretary and treasurer.
Business affecting the banking in
terests of the county was discussed
and a uniformity of business hours
were agreed upon. The hour banks
are to be open is 8:30 a. m. and close
at 3:00 p. m., for Saturdays as well as
other days of the week.
The prime object of the meeting and
its purpose was for the sale of Liberty
bonds, for which the banks subscribed
very liberally, the amount aggregat
ing $164,500.00 divided as follows:
O’Neill National, O’Neill ....$25,000.00
First National, O’Neill,. 25,000.00
First National, Stuart, . 10,000.00
Farmers State, Inman, . 5,000.00
Emmet State, Emmet, . 5,000.00
Ewing State, Ewing, . 12,500.00
Pioneer, Ewing, . 12,500.00
Inman State, Inman, . 5,000.00
Farmers, Page, . 6,000.00
Phge State, Page, . 10,000.00
Nebraska State, O’Neill, .... 12,600.00
First National, Atkinson, .... 15,000.00
Citizens, Stuart, . 10,000.00
W. W. Watson, Inman, . 2,000.00
All of the banks of the county were
represented excepting the Chambers
State Bank of Chambers, and the
Security State Bank of Atkinson.
Assurance was given, however, that
while they were unavoidably not rep
resented, would subscribe their por
tion of the Liberty loan.
The minimun amount of the Liberty
loan allotted for this county is $355,
200.
The banks of this county have cer
tainly shown a disposition to do their
part in financing the Government obli
gations to carry on the war and it is
now up to the people in general to do
their bit and subscribe for a Liberty
bond.
Death of John Fallon.
John Fallon, one of the pioneer resi
dents of this county, died at his home
in this city last Fiday morning, Octo
ber 10,1917, after an illness of several
months of parlysis, at the age of
sixty-nine years.
Deceased was born in County Down,
Ireland, on August 15, 1848. Prior to
attaining his majority he came to
America and located at St. Louis,
Mo., where, on February 11, 1871, he
was united in marriage to Mary Han
nigan. In the fall of 1874 he was
seized with the western fever and came
to Holt county and took a homestead
two miles north of this city, where he
resided until about a dozen years ago
when he moved to this city, wher^ he
resided up to the time of his death.
Deceased leaves a loving wife and
seven children, four boys and three
daughters, to mourn the death of a
kind and loving husband and father.
The children are: Michael, Butte,
Mont.; James, Lotheir.Mont.; William,
Winner, S. D.; Frank, O’Neill; Mrs.
M. J. Enright, O’Neill; Mrs. Burns,
Platte Center, Neb.; Miss Anna, who
is teaching at Leigh, Neb.
John Fallon was one of the sturdy
pioneers of the early days. He en
dured all the vicissitudes and hard
ships of pioneer life, but lived to see
the county that was a vast wilderness
when he came here forty-three years
ago, become one of the garden spots of
the state, and filled with a happy,
prosperous and contented people. Mr.
Fallon was a kind and loving husband
and father, a good citizen and neigh
bor and his passing will be sincerely
regretted among the old timers of the
county and all his acquaintances.
The funeral was held from the
Catholic church last Monday morning
and wasi largely attended, the remains
being interred in Calvary cemetery.
Card of Thanks.
By this means we desire to express
our heartfetl appreciation of the many
acts of kindness, and words of sym
pathy tendered us during the illness
and burial of our beloved husband and
father. Especially are we grateful to
the Highlanders and to the many
friends for the beautiful floral
tributes.
Mrs. John Fallon
and family.
Not Much of a Show.
“Did you enjoy the play?”
“Not much. The leading lady only
changed her gown three times.”
IN THE DAYS OF THE LONG AGO
Thirty Years Ago.
Taken from the files of The Frontier
of October 13, 1888:
A red hot political campaign was
on and The Frontier of this week was
filled with political dope. Following
were the republican candidates: For
clerk of the district court, John Mc
Bride; for county, treasurer, L. M.
Cleveland; county clerk, G. C. Haze
let; sheriff, H. C. McEvony; cou&y
judge, E. M. Lowe; county superin
tendent, C. A. Manville; county sur
veyor, H. E. Thompson; coroner, J. E.
Shore; county commissioner, Lewis
Tobias.
Steve McNichols returned Tuesday
evening from a visit to Boone, Iowa.
Taken from the files of The Frontier
of October 20, 1887:
Mr. Birmingham, a brother of Tom,
visited him a few days last week. He
is a wholesale grocery merchant from
Galena, Illinois.
O’Neill markets: Rye, 27c; eggs,
8c; wheat, 50c; corn, ear, 25c; flax,
60 to 70c; new oats, 25c; barley, 25 to
30c; hogs, $3.50 to $4.00; butter, 8 to
10c; com, shelled, 25c; fat steers,
$2.00 to $2.50; fat cows, $1.10 to
$1.90; potatoes, 25 to 30c.
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Twenty Years Ago.
Taken from the files of The Frontier
of October 14, 1897:
Mrs. J. H. Meredith left yesterday
for her old home in Iowa, where she
will visit her parents for a few weeks.
Ed. Graham, jr., was in town Satur
day passing around the cigars on ac
count of the arrival of a daughter at
his home last Thursday evening.
The geese have commenced their
annual trip to the south and the
hunters are hurrying them up on the
trip by “cutting loose” at them “with
any old thing” that will shoot.
O. O. Snyder, H. M. Uttley, J. C.
Harnish, J. Bentley, J. F. Prunder, C.
W. Hagensick, B. Martin, H. Zimmer
man, C. L. Bright and J. L. Mack went
——...
over to Butte last Friday where they
organized a lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows with twenty-one
charter members. H. M. Uttley, act
ing as deputy Grand Master, had
charge of the work.
After a trial lasting over a week,
the jury in the case of the State of
Nebraska vs. William McAllister,
charged with killing of Frank Cole
near Stuart last April, returned a
verdict of “not guilty” after about
nine hours deliberation.
(Continued on Page 5.)
ONE DAY ONLY I
SALE
-OF
Coats, Suits, Skirts
Our special salesman will J
be here, One Day Only
Saturday, October 27th
j With a complete line of the above i
garments and a greatly reduced i
price.
Can fit all sizes in Sweaters,
Caps and Mittens.
Have a full line of underwear in l
now, and at reasonable prices
J. P. Gallagher
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