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VOLUME} XXXVIII. ' O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1917. NO. 21.
LOCAL MATTERS.
F. W. Phillips is in from the noith
country today.
Ray Zimmerman made a business
trip to Ewing Tuesday.
H. J. O’Connor, of Emmet, was an
O’Neill visitor Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Siders, of Oppor
tunity, were in the city Tuesday after
‘ noon.
Attorney Rice, of Stuart, was look
ing after legal matters in this city
last Tuesday.
Guy Young, of Opportunity, was in
the city Wednesday afternoon with his
car on btisiness.
Miss Edna Bailus, of Hoskins, spent
Sunday in the city visiting with rela
tives and friends.
Miss Helen McNichols was down
from Atkinson the first of the week
visiting with friends.
John Melvin returned last Friday
evening from a week’s purchasing trip
to the eastern markets.
County Clerk P. C. Kelley returned
last Tuesday evening from a few days
visit at Lincoln and Omaha.
Jack O’Donnell and his daughter re
turned to Norfolk Saturday morning
after a short visit with relatives.
John Dwyer went to Omaha Tues
day afternoon, where he will make an
extended visit with his two sons.
W. E. Hopkins, of the Omaha Hay
Company, was an O’Neill business
visitor for several days this week.
Joseph L. Rosno and Miss Rose
Miller, both of Ewing, were granted
permit to wed by the county judge last
Monday.
W. W. Watson, of Inman, one of the
largest hay dealers in the state, is
looking after business matters in the
city today.
Rev. Father Gleason, of Vesta, Ne
braska, was in the city for a few hours
last Tuesday visiting his many friends
in this city.
Homer Mullen, .who has been re
ceiving medical treatment in Omaha
the past six weeks, returned home
last evening.
Frank Biglih went to Neligh Wed
nesday morning to look after some
business matters, and returned the
same afternoon.
Shamrock township has a grading
crew at work this week fixing up some
of the main hay roads between Cham
bers and this city.
Andrew E. Cole and Miss Edna L.
McConnell, both of Inman, were
granted a marriage license in county
court last Monday.
Judge J. J. Harrington left Teusday
morning for Columbus, where he in
tends remaining a few days transact
ing business matters.
A class of nnety-four received the
sacrament of confirmation at the
Catholic church last Sunday morning
from Archbishop Harty.
J. H. Diehl, one of the pioneer resi
dents of Atkinson, was an O’Neill
visitor last Tuesday and made a
pleasant call at this office.
John Addison, of Opportunity, was
a caller at this office last Saturday and
had his name added to The Frontier’s
rapidly growing subscription list.
Carl C. Peterson, of Middlebranch,
and Miss Elizabeth M, Jacobs, /of
Star,, were granted a marrmge license
by the county judge last Monday.
F. L. Turner, of Lincoln, arrived
here Monday afternoon and will re
main for a few days visiting with
friends and looking after business
affairs.
R. W. McGinnis, of Lincoln, spent
several days in the city the early part
of the week, his trip having to do with
proposed improvements at the
creamery.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hawkins, who
have been employed in the Grand Cafe
for some time, left Monday morning
for Stanton, where they will make
their home.
Mrs. F. J. Biglin and son, Robert,
left this morning for Hastings, where
they will spend a couple of weeks
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Biglin.
Mrs. Hugh Gallagher and daughter,
Evelyn,' who have been visiting rela
tives here the past month, left this
afternoon for their home at Lead,
South Dakota.
Hay took a slight jump on the
O’Neill market Wednesday and good
No. 1 stuff now is commanding $17.50.
Some of the local dealers are predict
ing $20 hay before spring.
J. B. Ryan and son, Clement, went
to Omaha Saturday morning, where
Clement had an operation performed
on his nose, which was broken while
engaged in a game of shinnay.
G. W. Schunck, General Manager of
the Hanford Produce Company, was
up from Sioux City the first of the
week looking after his firms interest
in the McGinnis Creamery Company.
Leo Zimmerman, who is in the em
ploy of the David Cole Creamery
Company of Omaha, came up Satur
day night, and left Tuesday morning
after a short visit with his folks here.
Local nimrods have been enjoying
duck hunting the past ten days and
are meeting with fair success. They
say that ducks have been very
plentiful the past week and not very
hard to get.
Oil promoters are busy in various
parts of the state prospecting for oil
and the belief is expressed, by per
sons familiar with the oil industry,
that wells will be discovered in various
parts of the state.
Jack Haggerty, who enlisted in tha<
Navy some time ago, and who has
been in training at the Great Lakes
Naval training station, came home
last week for a few days visit with his
folks and friends.
Mrs. Belle Ryan and daughter,
Miss Mabel, of Superior, Wis., ar
rived in the city yesterday afternoon
to spend a few days visiting friends
and looking after their real estate in
terests in this city.
J. O. Vanderberg, of Omaha, is a
new resident of O’Neill.- Mr. Vander
berg, who is jxssociatod with the
O’Neill Hay company, arrived in the
city last week. He will remove his
family here in a few weeks.
John M. Alderson and son, Ralph, of
Chambers, were visiting friends in this
city last Monday. Mr. Alderson,
while compelled to use a crutch, is
looking fine and says that he is feel
ing much better that he has for some
time.
Mrs. Charles Bausch shipped their
household goods to Rushville the lat
ter part of last week and they will
make their home in that city, for the
present at least. Mr. Bausch has been
Wtirkir.g at Rushville' since last
August.
George H. Pace, living nine miles
southwest of this city, and Miss Maud
M. Hollinger, of Brunswick, were
granted a marriage license by the
county judge of Antelope county last
week. Mr. Pace is a brother of Mrs.
John L. Quig of this city.
"Mr. and Mrs. William Gray re
turned last Thursday night from
Michigan, where they have resided for
the past two years and will again take
up their residence on their farm north
west of this city. Mr. Gray has im
proved in health wonderfully since he
left here two years ago.
L. W. Charlesworth, recreational
secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Fort
Omaha, Nebraska, arrived in O’Neill
Wednesday and will organize this
territory for the Y. M. C. A. thirty
five million dollar war campaign dur
ing the week of November 11th to
18th. Mr. Charlesworth will make
Royal Theatre
Frida.y, November 9
Mary Miles Miriter
-in
“Her Country’s CaJl”
Charming and pretty American Mutual Star in
this drama in which it is proven that blood will tell;
i that Americanism is the result of birth, not en
vironment.
A 5-REEL PLAY,FULL OF PATRIOTISM
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I “The Cure”
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, /Matinee, 3:45. Admission, 10 and 15c for school
■ ■ children; Adults, 25c.
Evening Show begins at 7:30. Admission, 25c
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Don’t forget your pennies for the war tax.
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his headquarters in O’Neill. Ne
braska’s allotment is $250,000 and the
state will be divided into nineteen
districts, Holt county being grouped
with Boyd, Rock, Brown, Keya Paha
and Cherry, and will be known as the
Fifteenth district.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Matthews, of
Lincoln, arrived in the city last Fri
day evening for a few days visit at
the home of Mr. Matthews’ sister,
Msr. J. A. Brown. Mr. Matthews is
'secretary of the State Board of Con
trol, which has charge of all the state
institutions. They returned to Lincoln
Tuesday morning.
Mrs". A. Baker, of Cheyenne, Wy
oming, arrived in the city last Friday
morning for a few days visit at the
home of her mother, Mrs. M. Gal
lagher. Tuesday morning, accom
panied by her son, George, and Miss
Mayme Meer, she left for St. Louis,
Mo., where they will spend a couple of
weeks visiting with relatives.
On account of the excessively dry
fall farmers should burn fire guards,
to protect their property in case a
prairie fire should start. It has been
years since vegetation was as dry as
it is at the present tme and there are
no fire guards to protect property
should a fire get started. Plow or
burn fire guards and do so at once.
T. F. Birmingham returned Tues
day from Fort Snelling, Minn., where
he spent a few days visiting with his
son, Hugh, who is in the officers train
ing camp there. Mr. Birmingham:
says that the prospective officers are
doing some good hard work at Ft.
Snelling but that they all appear to
enjoy it and are in the best of health.
A basket social and program, for
the benefit of the Red Cross, was
given at the school house in District
No. 26, under the supervision of the
teacher, Miss Sadie Dcrickson, at
which $61 was raised for the Red
Cross. Those in charge of the enter
tainment desire to express their
thanks to all who assisted in making
it a success.
Olaf Wilson, formerly section fore
man for the Burlington here, died at
his home at Auburn, Washington, on
October 27, according to word re
ceived from his son by W. J. Biglin,
clerk of the local camp of the Modern
Woodmen. Mr. Wilson left O’Neill
about fifteen years ago, but retained
his membership in the local camp of
the Modern Woodmen.
Edward Colligan, the new owner of
the Star Theatre, arrived in the city
last Saturday with his family and is
getting ready for the opening of his
picture show next Monday night. Mr.
Colligan will run the picture show
every evening except Tuesday and
Wednesday evenings and these even
ings he will-hold for such traveling
theatricaLshows as may desire to make
this territory.
S. J.' Weekes returned last Tuesday
evening from Lincoln, where he had
been called Sunday by a message an
nouncing the death of his brother,
James Weekes, who died in that city
Thursday night, after an illness of one
week of pneumonia. Mr. Weekes was
fifty-two years of age and had been a
resident of Lincoln for ever a quarter
of a century moving to that city from
O’Neill where he made his home for
several years. He was foreman for
the Sullivan Transfer Comapny during
his residence in the capital city. He
leaves to mourn his death a wife and
four children, two sons and two
daughters, all of whom were present
at the funeral.
Second Shipment.
The Holt County Knitting Depart
ment made another shipment Tuesday.
There were 24 sweaters, 18 mufflers,
24 pair of wristlets, 24 pair of socks.
Chambers sent one pair socks, one
sweater and one pair wristlets.
Dorsey, one pair socks.
Ewing, 8 sweaters, 10 mufflers, 13
pair socks, 18 pair wristlets.
Page, 1 sweater, 3 pair wristlets, 3
pair socks, 2 mufflers.
O’Neill, 14 sweaters, 6 mufflers, 2
pair wristlets, 11 pair socks.
Have just received another letter
asking for knitted goods, especially
sweaters, as soon as possible to fit out
another contingent of men. I will
ship again on November 15th. If any
unit in Holt county chapter have
shipped out knitted goods direct to
headquarters, wish they would notify
me, that will be the only way I shall
know when we have sent our ap
portionment of 200 sets. Please ship
goods to me before above date.
Reception to Archbishop Harty.
The reception given by the members
of St. Patrick’s aprish and the citizens
of O’Neill at the K. C. opera house to
Archbishop J. J. Harty last Saturday
evening was a splendid success, the
great hall being crowded to its
capacity and many being unable to
gain admittance.
In the afternoon about twenty auto
mobiles went down to Ewing and es
courted the Archbishop to this city,
Reaching here about 5:30.
Pronmptly at 8 o’clock the exercises
at the hall commenced. The first
number on the program being the
welcome chorus by the Riohc Club.
Very Rev. M. P. Cassidy, the be
loved r-sior of St. Patrick’s, then de
liverer the introduction and welcom
ing address to the Archbishop on be
half of the congregation of St. Pat
rick’s, the clergy assembled and the.
citizens of O’Neill generally, assuring
the Archbishop that they were all
pleased to welcome him on his first
trip to O’Neill.
Greetings, by Minims of St! "Pat
rick was next on the program. Six
little pupils of St. Mary’s delivered
addresses of welcome that touched the
heart of the Archbishop and won the
plaudits of the audience.
The next number was the real sur
prise of the evening. It was an ad
dress of welcome, delivered in Spanish^
by Master James Arbuthnot. The
Archbishop said that his pronoun
cuation was almost perfect and that
for a moment he imagined himself
"badge in the Phillipine Islands, listen
ing to a Spanish Don. Ths was one of
the novel features of the recepton and
one that made a decided hit with the
guest of honor.
An address of welcome was then
delivered by Mayor E. H. Whelan. Mr.
Whelan is always at home on the plat
form and on .this occasion he deliver
ed a stirring address of welcome and
briefly referred to the work performed
by the Archbishop in the Phillipine
Islands, a work that had a prominent
part in bringing the Islands under the
peaceful rule of the United States,
and the speaker assured his audience
that while the Archbishop was per
forming his duties as the head of the
church in the Islands he also per
formed his duty to his country, in
teaching the natives to love, honor and
respect the United States.
J. A. Donohoe then delivered an ad
dress that dealt with the pioneer days
of St. Patrick’s parish. He referred
briefly to the time when the pioneer
settlers came to this city, and the
hardships endured by the pioneer
members of St. Patrick’s parsh. One
of the first bulidings erected in
O’Neill, he said, was the Catholic
church. The early settlers seen their
first crop destroyed by grasshoppers,
but they persevered. Then came the
drought of the early nineties, but still
the people did not lose hope; they
seen a splendid school building, that
they had erected at great financial
sacrifice, burned to the ground just as
it was completed. Still, they did not
despair, but continued to labor and
finally overcame all difficulties. Now
they had a splendid school, one of the
finest in the west, a beauitful church
and the people were contented, pros
perous and happy. He paid a splendid
tribute to Very Rev. M. F. Cassidy,
who has been the pastor of St. Pat
rick's for over thirty years, saying
that he was one of the best loved in
stitutions of this city. By his labor
and the esteem in which he was held
here he had ceased to be an individual
but was an institution and said that
the people of this city and county
hoped that the Archbishop would
leave him here to look after the work
that he had so faithfully performed
for so many years.
Archbishop Harty responded to the
address of welcome. He thanked the
people of the city for their splendid
welcome, saying that he met surprise
after surprise since entering the city,
one of the greatest being the address
of welcome in Spanish delivered by
Master James Arbuthnot. He said
that "O’Neill was noted all over the
United States as a city of orators and
he said that after listening to the ad
dresses of Mayor Whelan and J. A.
Donohoe he was convinced that the
charge was true. He referred briefly
to his work in the Phillipine Islands
saying that he was pleased that
after fifteen years in the Islands, when
he was transferred he was sent to
Omaha and Nebraska. The Arch
bishop wdn the hearts of the people of
this city by his kind words and af
fable manner and hope that he en
joyed his visit so much that he will
soon return to again enjoy the hospi
Holt County Made Splendid Showing
In Liberty Bond Sale.
Under the leadership of S. J.
Weekes, chairman of the Liberty Bond
selling committee of Holt county, old
Holt made a splendid showing in the
Liberty Bond 'Sale. The amount al
lotted to this county was $365,200, and
while the amount sold fell a little
short of that amount, everything con
sidered the sale was splendid success,
the amount of boinds sold in this
county, as reported to Mr. Weekes up
to 4 o’clock last Saturday evening, was
$277,000.00. The total amount sold,
before midnight Saturday night will
probably exceed the amount above
named, as some committees in differ
ent parts of the county were still at
work when the report was made to
Mr. Weekes. Following is the amount
taken by the various banks of the
county, which includes the amounts
retained by the banks and sold by
them to their customers:
O’Neill National Bank, O’Neill $50,000
First National Bank, O’Neill ... 50,000
Nebraska State Bank, O’Neill.. 12,500
Pioneer Bank, Ewing. 22,500
Ewing State Bank, Ewing. 22,500
Page State Bank, Page. 12,500
Farmers Bank, Page. 12,500
Security State Bank, Atkinson 16,000
First National Bank, Atkinson 15,000
Emmet State Bank, Emmet. 6,000
South Fork State B., Chambers 5,000
Chambers State B., Chamber's.. 6,500
First National Bank, Stuart. 16,000
Citizens State Bank, Stuart...... 20,000
Inman State Bank, Inman. 6,500
Farmers Bank, Inman. 6,500
$277,000
An Injustice Done.
O’Neill Nebr., Oct. 30, 1917.
Editor of Norfolk News:
In your issue of October 29, I notice
a news item from O’Neill in which it
is charged, that the people of Cham
bers this county, refused to purchase
liberty bonds after a meeting held
there. This statement does the people
of Chambers a great injustice when
the facts are known.
The facts are that a meeting was
called at Chambers, the time was so
short that but little notice of the
meeting was given. Only a few had
notice and attended, and no bonds
were subscribed for. The outcome of
this meeting was reported to S. J.
Weekes, Chairman of the Liberty
Bond Committee of the county, and I
immediately at his request went to
Chambers to investigate the facts. I
found them as stated. The business
men called a meeting for Saturday
afternoon October 27th, which was
addressed by Judge Malone and my
self. After the meeting, the citizens
of Chambers and vieimty subscribed
for $2,500.00 worth of liberty bonds.
This with what had been previously
subscribed aggregated more than the
required amount for the place.
I make this statement that the facts
may be known and that justice may
be done to the loyal and patriotic
citizens of Chambers.
Yours truly,
R. R. DICKSON.
Geo. Stukas Killed.
George Stukas, a carpenter for
merly widely known in the vicinity of
Laurel, was killed a week ago Satur
day at Sioux City when he was caught
in a freight elevator at the Warfleld
Pratt-Howell wholesale grocery house,
where he was superintending re
pairs for a contractor. He was
called to the sixth floor and went up
on a freight elevator. When he at
tempted to leave the car his foot
caught in the floor and threw him be
tween the wall and the car, which
crushed the lower part of his body so
badly that he died about three hours
later. The body was sent to Laurel
Tuesday where funeral services were
held Wednesday at the home of his
father, W. D. Stukas, Rev. G. M. Bing
officiating. Mr. Stukas is survived by
his wife and four children.
If you have anything to sell let your
neighbors know of it through the
columns of The Frontier. An invest
ment of a quarter has often sold
several dollars worth of property for
your neighbors. It will do the same
for you. Try it.
SAVE
Remember every dollar you spend
at these prices means part of a dollar
saved to you. Here’s Real War time
Economy. The prices in this ad are
actually lower than the prices of one.
year ago. You have been expecting
higher prices. Many things in this
ad are offered to you at lower prices
than the manufacturers and whole
sale houses are asking to-day for the
same goods. These bargains are for
our customers and their friends. We
do not fill dealers orders.
60c CRISCO jjjjg
40c CAN STEEL CUT OOl
Coffee, 1 Pound... 4.0 24*
10c CAN OF H7(*
60c BOTTLE HYDROGEN 1C.
Peroxide for ... I Jb
76c BOTTLE SAUSER’S AQ
Pure Lemon Extract . •tab
76c BOTTLE SAUSER’S AQ
Pure Vanilla Extract . *Twb
36c A POUND CANDY, IQ
1 Pound for r... I Ob
$1.26 BOX OF-LA FAMA 07
Chocolates for ... OI b
26c A POUND COOKIES, OQ
2 Pounds for. fcwb
20c GLASS OF SLICED 1A
Dried Beef . I*rb
60c LARGE JAR OF RAS- QA
berry Preserves . QH’b
1 PINT POMPEIAN PURE QQ
Olive Oil. 03 b
12—10c BARS OF TOILET C0
Soap for . dub
26c BAR SPRING VIOLETS 1 ft
Toilet Soap ..; I Ub
25c BAR SANDAL EL 1 fl
Granara Toilet Soap . IUb
1 POUND OF YANKEE GIRL Q7
Chewing Tobacco . OI b
NO WONDER WE SELL MEN’S
UNDERWEAR
$2.25 MEN’S UNION tlQQ
Suits for . $ I iG3
$2.00 MEN’S WOOL AND 01 IQ
Cotton Mixed Shirts for .... ylilw
50c MEN’S WOOL Q A .
Hose for. M-C
$2.00 HUSKING MITTENS, 01 07
Full 11 oz. Knit wrist, doz. p I «U I
$1.25 MEN’S WINTER fiC.
Caps for. DOC
$1.60 MEN’S WINTER 7Clt
$1.25 BOYS’BLUE OVER- 7 A.
alls, Best Grade ... I *rC
35c MEN’S DRESS HOSE, Of).
per pair for.. LL\j
26c MEN’S DRESS HOSE 1C.
per pair for . ItJv
25c LADIES' HOSE, gc.
2 pair for... 00C
WHY DON’T YOU GET THAT
ROYAL TAILORED LOOK?
We offer Royal Made to Measure
Suits and Overcoats at $18.50, $20.00,
$22.00 and $25.00.
57 STEPS
Up Where the
Prices Are Down
“MELVIN”
SELLS FOR LESS
The Star Theater j
Opens Next Monday |
The Star Theatre will open next Monday,
; November 5, under new management. The £:
Theatre will be open Monday, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday evenings, with matinee Sat
in urday afternoons. The price of admission £
11 will be 10 and 15 cents, except on Friday even
■ | ings, when we will have a special feature show ,
i | with orchestra; the price of admission on Fri
Iday evenings will be 15 and 25 cents. | ■
We aim to give you first class pictures and
earnestly solicit a share of your patronage. £
EDWARD COLLIGAN, |
Proprietor. I