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VOLUME XXXVIII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1918. | Flirty "M3 njstorjsa!
7 'NO. 37.
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Copyright Hart Schaffner Si Marx
Washington’s Birthday
February 22nd
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George Washington, the father of his country and first president of the
United States, was one of the greatest patriots in American history, and his
memory is honored and revered by every lover of liberty. The welfare of the
people of this country was his first thought and he served them and served
them well.
You know what the young men in uniform are doing. They are offer
ing their lives to preserve this land of ours as the “home of the free.’” The
business man is serving his country in business and by buying Liberty Bonds to
the limit of his resources.
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I You business men are not asked to offer your lives. All you’re asked to
do is to give your money, and the government pays you for it, four per cent.
You have an opportunity to make a good, sure, remunerative investment and
it’s your chance to serve.
Buy all the Liberty Bonds you possibly can. It’s a small thing in com
parison with what the men in uniform are doing. They may lose their lives.
Nobody can give them their lives back again. The government can’t pay
them for their lives.
I But you give only your money and you get four per cent for it and
you get it back again. We’re buying all the Liberty Bonds we can and we’re
also trying to serve in another way: buying good merchandise and selling it on
a narrow margin of profit. Other merchants can do that too, and they ought
to do it.
But the first way for you to serve is to help over-subscribe the coming
Liberty Bonds by billions.
While we are not serving the people in the same capacity that Washing
ton did we are serving them and trying to serve them well. We are pioneers
in the ready-to-wear clothing line and have given you the finest values for your
money that has ever been offered to the people of this section of the state, and
the latest in style and fabrics. This has been possible because we have handled
the clothes made by the old reliable firm of
Hart Schaffner & Harx
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One of the best known and most reliable clothing manufacturers, not only
in America, but in the world.
When we began handling this popular line of clothing ready made clothes
| were not very well thought of by well dressed men, and generally speaking
they didn’t deserve to be. We began talking quality and good style and hand
ling nothing but what possessed these requisites. We told you that we were
selling the sort of clothes that a gentleman could wear, that in material, the
tailoring, the fashions, he could be confident of being right, of getting value
for his money and satisfaction.
The all wool standard has been rigidly maintained in our goods. Men
don’t “look down” on ready-made clothes as they once did, the large majority
of men today wear ready-made clothes because they wan t to wear them and
they are among the best dressed men in the country. We can fit you in style
and quality and respectfully ask that you look our stock over, knowing full
well that we can please you as we do hundreds of others who are now regular
patrons cf our clothing department, and they are the best dressed men in this
section,
We can also equip you with some of the finest and best shoes on the mar
ket; with the latest in colors and lasts. Our shoe department is one of the
strong departments of our store and we are sure that we can satisfy you in
price and quality if you give us the opportunity. Give us the chance to sell you
! your next pair of shoes. We can give you comfort and satisfaction.
We are preparing this spring a pleasant surprise for the ladies. We have
I returned from the World’s Markets and we will soon have the finest and
largest line of ladies garments ever brought to the state outside the city of
Omaha, and they will be all of the latest style, both in cloth, weaves and trim
mings. We have spread ourselves on this line and expect to bring pleasure
and happiness to our lady customers, when they see the beautiful line we have
selected for them.
I P. J. McMANUS, O’Neill, Neb.
I LOCAL MATTERS.
Jack Welsh, Emmet’s hustling
liveryman, was a business caller at
this office last Monday.
Charles Moss and P. C. Peterson,
of Atkinson, were in the city Wednes
day looking after business affairs.
‘ W. A. Burke, of O’Neill, shipped his
car of goods to Randolph Saturday
where he will make his future home.
English services at the Lutheran
church Sunday, February 24th, at
10:30 a. m. Everybody is invited to
attend.
D. II. Cronin left Thursday morning
for Lincoln to attend the annual meet
ing of the Nebraska State Edito!*ial
Association.
Joe Matousek, of Atkinson, was
transacting business in this city last
Tuesday and favored this office with a
pleasant call.
Wymer Dressier, Attorney for the
C. & N. W. railroad, was up from
Omaha last Monday trying a case in
the county court.
Mr. Paul Carlile, of Lincoln, was
the guest of his sister, Mrs. L. C.
Peters, over Sunday, returning home
Monday morning.
Frank Spellman, who has been visit
ing with relatives and friends in
Omaha for the past week returned
here Sunday night.
Mrs. A. L. Plummer returned Sat
urday night from Norfolk where she
had been for a week visiting with
relatives and friends.
John L. Quig returned the latter
part of last week from Iowa, where he
!had been for a couple of days attend
ing to business matters.
Corrsty Attorney Hugh Boyle left
^ the la.ter part of last week for Kansas
City, where he will remain for several
days attending to business.
Mrs. Etta Hall, of Plainview, ar
rived in the city Monday night and
will remain for a few days visiting at
the home of Mrs. Viola Brown.
Miss Anna Carr, of Stafford, who
had been visiting with Miss Agnes
McPharlin here for a few days, re
turned home Tuesday morning.
S. J. Weekes and Steve Hicks re
tui-ne-fft. the first of the week from
Chicago, where they had been for
several days on a business trip.
Joseph M. Filsinger, 31, and Mrs.
Minnie M. Roseler, 30, both of this
city, were granted a license to wed by
the county judge last Saturday.
George White, of Atkinson, who
was employed by McMillian & Mar
key some time back, is in the city,
having accepted a position at the Star
Cafe.
Mrs. C. E. Devine and children, of
Scribner, arrived in the city last Sun
day afternoon for a short visit at the
home of Mrs. Devine’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sheridan Simmons.
The Martez Club held their regular
weekly meeting last Tuesday night at
the home of Miss Florence McCafferty,
who had as guests of the club, Misses
Evelyn Stannard, Helen Wilcox and
Virginia Testman. The prize at cards
was won by Miss Beatrice Cronin.
Miss Marion Thomas left Monday
night for Spearfish, S. D., where she
will attend the Normal school,
j Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Thomas,
pioneer residents of this county, left
Monday night for Sturgis, S. D.,
where they will make their home in
the future.
| The Cribbage tournament held every
Monday night at the K. C. club rooms*
was won on Monday night by W. J.
Biglin. The play during the entire
tournament was very close, and at the
finish several of the players were tied
for the prize. This was played off
and was won by Biglin after two hard
games .
Necessity is the mother of invention
and a disinclination to be the motive
power of the family washing machine
Monday was the necessity to invent
that confronted H. B. Hubbard. The
washing machine motor was on a
strike, so Hubbard backed his car up
to the wash house, jacked up the rear
wheels, and let it do the work.
O. O. Snyder has been appointed
chairman for the sale of War Saving
Stamps to the lumber dealers of this
county and will shortly enter upon an
active campaign for their sale among
the dealers. O. O. is a hustler and
when the campaign is ended Holt
county lumber dealers will be found
among the heavy stamp owners of the
county.
Pierce Leader: Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Leach departed yesterday for their
home near O’Neill. Mrs. Leach has
been ill at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Manzer, northeast
of Pierce, with pneumonia for the
past couple of months and her hus
Iband has been here at different times
to see her. Her many friends are
pleased to know that she is now almost
her former self again.
E. A. Cox, formerly agent of the
Northwestern at Shickley, Nebrsk.a
is the new agent for O’Neill. Mr.
Cox, who succeeds D. A. Criss, who re
tired to enter the banking business at
Stuart, arrived in the city last Satur
day to relieve Relief Agent Eckles and
now is in full charge of the O’Neill
station, the books and effects of the
office having been ti:-ned over to him
the first of the week. The Frontier
joins the citizens of O’Neill in ex
tending a welcome to Mr. Cox.
C. N. Davis, who has operated the
pool and billiard parlors next to D.
Stannard’s the past year, has leased
the same to Pat Stanton, who took
charge last Monday. Mr. Davis is in
class one of the draft and expects to
be called to fight the Kaiser and is
getting his business in shape to do
his bit. Pat Stanton has had con
siderable experience in the business
having conducted the Dunn pool hall
for several years. His many friends
wish him success in his new under
taking.
Congressman Kinkaid asks us to
announce that, as the quota of free
garden seeds is inadequate to supply
more than one-third of the heads of
families in this Congressional District,
he will this year send allotments only
to those who write for them. As
garden seejs are not desired by a large
proportion of his constituents he
wishes to supply them to persons who
will utilize them. By this means of
distribution waste will be prevented
and large allottments assured to all
who will plant the seeds forwarded to
them. Address Mr. Kinkaid, House
of Representatives, Washington, D. C.
The High School Basket Ball Team
met and defeated the Stuart team at
the High School Gymnasium last Fri
day night by the overwhelming
score of 39 to 8. At no time in the
game did the Stuart team have a
ffiance with the Locals, who were far
superior in team work and basket
shooting, and won the game without
much effort. This is the fifth game
that the local five have played this
year and makes the fifth consecutive
victory. This kind of playing should
be supported by the citizens of the
community, who should encourage the
team by their attendance at the games.
Last Tuesday John Chmeler sold his
shoe store to Arthur Ryan, who took
possession Wednesday. Mr. Chmeler
sxpects to enlist in the Spruce depart
ment of the aviation corps next week
ind left this morning for Dodge, where
le will spend a few days visiting rela
tives, returning here the forepart of
the week. Arthur Ryan enters upon
lis duties as shoe salesman like an old
timer. He says that it will be his
imbition to keep the store up to the
ligh standard that it has had since its
ioors were opened, and will continue
to handle high-grade goods. The
Frontier wishes him luck in his new
venture.
Sergeant Howard F. Hawk, of Camp
Funston, whose home is at Chadron,
was in the city Saturday in the in
terest of the Nebraska building at
Camp Funston, which was dedicated
by Governor Neville last week. The
building, which cost $10,000, was
erected entirely by popular subscrip
tion and is a one story and balcony
structure, 120x60, equipped with a
good stage. The building is for the
use of the Nebraska troops and their
guests and has accommodations for
women visitors to the big camp. It
was the idea of Lieutenant F. B. Man
ning, athletic officer of the 314th regi
ment. More than $6,000 of the build
ing fund has been collected and about
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$3,000 more already is pledged- Ser
geant Hawk received numerous sub
scriptions here.
Alex Wertz was in frc-m the north
country last Monday. Mr. Wertz told
of the narrow escape that Miss Nes
bitt, who is teaching the Mineola
school, had from death in the storm of
last Thursday. At 4:10 she left the
school house for the home of Jack
Taylor, where she was boardng, a half
mile south of her school. The storm
was quite bad at that time and she
became bewildered and lost her way.
After wandering around for several
I hours she 'came to a hay stack and
sank down beside the stack ex
hausted. She probably lost conscious
ness for when she came to her senses
she again started out hunting for the
house. She was chilled through and
exhausted and hollered for help then
sank exhausted in the snow. Fortu
nately for her she was close to Taylor’s
house and Mr. Taylor heard her and
rushed out and brought her into the
house. She was unconscious but good
nursing soon brought her around. It
was 2:30 when Mr. Taylor found her,
so that she was out in the storm
twelve hours. Later reports are to
the effect that she will suffer no ill
effects from the ordeal through which
she passed.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McElvain and
family have enjoyed a family reunion
last week. The family consists of
three daughters and two sons. Those
present: Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Sloan and
daughters, Jeannetta and Zada-Oli
vette, of Pine Bluffs, Wyo.; Mr. and
Mrs. R. K. Platt and James and Abba
Agusta; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Schrier,
of Chambers; C. C. McElvain, of Fair
mont, Nebr., and Ralph McElvain, who
is still at home. This includes the
whole family, except Mrs. C. C. Mc
Elvain and three children,of Fairmont,
Nebr., who were not present. Mr.
and Mrs. McElvain are new comers
in this neighborhood, coming here
about a year ago. They are old resi
dents of Nebraska, having spent the
greater part of their lives in this
state. Mr. McElvain has been engaged
in the grain, lumber and coal business
owning elevators and lumber yards, at
different times, at Brainard, Bruno,
Firth and Adams, Nebr. Selling these
he purchased the Firth Roller Mills,
which he had the misfortune to have
burn. He rebuilt the mill then sold to
a Beatrice man. After resting a year
they moved near Ewing where he re
tired from active business life and
turned his attention to stock raising.
Cooper-Zimmerman.
Married at the Presbyterian church
in this city, on Wednesday evening,
February 20, Miss Irene Cooper and
Mr. Harold Zimmerman, Rev. George
Longstaff officiating.
The bride,-who is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cooper, has been
a resident of this city for the past
several months, and is one of the most
charming ladies in this city. During
her residence.here she has endeared
herself to a host of friends, who ex
tend congrautlations upon this oc
casion.
The groom is well known in the
business circles of the city, being one
of the progressive firm of Zimmerman
& Son. He is one of our most promis
ing \young business men, and one who
is certain to make a success in the
line of business he has chosen.
To this estimable young couple The
Frontier tenders its sincere congratu
lations and good wishes for a long and
happy journey on the sea of matri
mony.
VALUABLE SERVICE WITHOUT COST
Most of our modern conveniences cost
something but the Nebraska State Bank is
supplying one of the most valuable services
in the conduct of the affairs of many of the
progressive men and women of Holt County
absolutely without expense.
OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT PLAN
is considered invaluable by the large
numbers of farmers, stock growers and
business men of this community who m
are using it. This includes housewives
too.
Why not come in and talk to one of our
Officers about using this system yourself?
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