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MORE LOCAL MATTERS.
D. H. Cronin departed Thursday
morning on a short business trip to
Omaha.
Sergeant Cecil Conklin, who has
been enjoying a fifteen day furlough
at home, returns to Camp Funston
Friday morning.
Members of the draft contingent
who left this morning were guests of
County Clerk P. C. Kelley at the
theatre last evening.
Judge R. R. Dickson and C. B. Scott
returned Wednesday from Basset and
Ainsworth, where they held short
terms of court this week.
Lieutenant Clear Golden, who has
just won his commission at the Camp
Funston officers’ training school, will
return to Funston Friday morning.
Lieutenant W. P. Kelly, recently
commissioned at the Camp Funston
officers’ training camp, returned to
Camp Funston this morning, accom
panying the draft boys as far as
Omaha.
Mrs. Anton Toy and children, and
Mrs. D. Abdouch and children, left
Thursday morning for an extended
visit Kvith friends and relatives at
Norfolk, Sioux City, Cedar Eapida and
Iowa points.
The many O’Neill friends of Guy
Thatcher, of Butte, will be pleased to
learn that he won his shoulder straps
at the recent officers’ training school
at Camp I'unston and has been com
missioned a second lieutenant.
The O’Neill Clothing Company has
removed from its old location in the
F’irst National bank building* to the
store room formerly occupied by Mer
riman & Ilarty, in the Naylor block,
and are open rorbusiness in their new
location.
Chief Engineer Johnson of the Mc
Ginnis Creamery Company was
seriously, but not dangerously in
jured this morning while at work on
a ladder in the plant. The ladder
slipped on the concrete floor, throwing
Mr. Johnson to the floor, his body
striking one of the steam pipes in the
fall. He was rendered unconscious
by the fall, but examination developed
no bones broken. He will be confined
to his residence for several days.
Captain Stinson, First Lieutenant
E. E. Black and Second Lieutenant
McElhaney will head the Page Home
Guard company organized at a most
enthusiastic meeting last evening. The
meeting was attended by the officers
of the O’Neill Home Guard and after
a stirring address by Captain E. ,H.
Whelan, and others, fifty-five mem
bers were enrolled. The company ex
pects to increase its membership to
more than 100 in the near future.
Mrs. L. C. Peters and nephew left
this morning for a visit with her sister
at Gresham, Nebraska.
A large crowd watched how a big
store moves without interfering with
business, last evening. The occasion
was the removal of John Brennan
from the old location to the J. P. Mann
store room in the First National
bank building recently vacated by the
O’Neill Clothing company. Moving of
the immense stock began immediately
after the regular closing hour, 7 p. m.
and continued throughout the night, a
lino of drays and employees trans
ferring the goods from the shelves of
the old to the new Store. Everything
will be in apple-pie order to take care
of the trade by Saturday morning.
Twelve Answer Call To Colors.
Twelve more of the young manhood
of Holt county answered the call to
the colors this week and entrained
this morning for Fort Logan, Colo.,
for training preliminary to being sent
across the water. The boys were es
corted to the 10 o’clock Northwestern
train by the Home Guard and business
houses were closed during the hour of
departure that all might have oppor
tunity to wish them God speed and a
safe return. Seven of the boys: Dale
E. Waters of Atkinson, Patrick F.
Carney of Norfolk, William P. Hag
erty of O’Neill, Clarence Hoxsie of
O’Neill, Cecil Brown of O’Neill, Lewis
B. Fitch of Ewing and Ralph Green of
Inez, entrained at O’Neill. Benjamin
H. Komarek entrained at Blair, Harry
Johnson at Butte, Emmet Kostland at
Omaha, Albert E. Pierce at Pawnee
City and Jerry E. Spellman at Omaha.
Liberty Loan Items.
Liberty Loan subscriptions amoun
ing to $352,000.00 have been reported
in the County up to Tuesday, April 30.
This is $59,000.00 less than Holt
County’s quota.
The campaign closes May 4, and
those who have not subscribed are
urged to do so at once.
The fact that there have been but
eight “slacker cards” returned against
residents of Holt County for refusal
to purchase Liberty Bonds is a fine
tribute to the citizenship of this
I county. The people of Holt county
are patriotic and alive to the necessity
of supporting the Government in
raising money to carry on the war.
If you are 100 per cent American,
prove it by subscibing liberally for
Liberty Bonds.
Friday Evening’s Patriotic Meeting.
Those who missed the patriotic
meeting at the K. C. hall last Friday
evening, held in honor of the depart
ing draft contingent that left Satur
day morning, missed not only one of
the most enthusiastic meetings this
year, but also a rare oratorical treat.
Hon. O. P. Chambers, of Dallas, S. D.,
the principal speaker of the evening,
is an orator of rare excellence and
held his audience thrilled and spell
bound, and a short talk by Sergeant
Cecil Conklin, on army life, and
punctured with a few words of ad
vice to the soldiers to be was most
impressive. In introducing Sergeant
Conklin to the audience of home folks,
Chairman Longstaff stated that if he
Were about to enroll in the army he
would like to hear from one already a
soldiers and was sure the boys about
to leave felt likewise. Sergeant Conk
lin’s picture of army life was at
tentively listened to' and in conclud
ing he told the boys that they became
men when they donned the uniform,
and urged them to see that it was not
disgraced. “A soldier should do noth
ing that would bring the blush of
shame to the cheek of his mother,
sister, sweetheart or any loved one,”
he said, “and if one so guides his con
duct he will be a soldier.”
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High School Graduating Exercises.
The Class of 1918 of the O’Neill
High School bid farewell to school
days in this city last Thursday night
when the graduation exercises were
held at the opera house. The class
this year consisted of fourteen young
men and seventeen young ladies, the
largest graduation class in the history
of the school. The opera house was
packed with the relatives and friends
of the graduates and a splendid pro
gram was rendered. E. H. Whelan
delivered the address to the class and
as usual it was an oratorical gem. T.
V. Golden also made a very able ad
dress prior to the delivery of the
diplomas.
Following was the program
rendered:
Overture . Orchestra
Salutatory . Myrtle Hofland
Chorus—“Boost for the Old High
School” . Wilkes-Engeldinger
The Graduate in War Time
. Roland Peeler
Piano Duett . Patriotic Melody
Elsie LongstafF and
Willard Arnold
.Class Will . Preston Riley
Vocal Solo . Selected
Miss Fitzsimmons
Valedictory .— Doris Brown
Chorus—What Are You Going To
Do To Help The Boys?
Address to Graduates
. E. H. Whelan
Presentation of Diplomas
. T. V. Golden
Orchestra.
Following are the graduates of
the Class of 1918:
Leo T. Adams, G. Hess Baker,
Grace Z. Cronin, William J. Froe
lich, Lloyd F. Gleed, John J. Har
rington, Lucile G. Hoffman, Orville
L. Kellar, Joseph F. Ziemer,
Dorothy M.Keyes, John C. Mullen,
Roland R. Peeler, Joseph P. Riley,
Melvina H. Simmons, Daniel J.
Sullivan, Edmund D. Whelan, Leona
E. Adams, Dorris E. Brown, Sadie
A. Connor, Helen J. Gannon, Arthur
J. Hammond, Belle M. Herrick,
Myrtle G. Hofland, Viola M. Kellar,
Mildred A. Keyes, Amy E. Niles,
Alice E. Pine, Mable |G. Rouse,
Clarence Stannard, Marion D. Van
Every, Lucille M. Wood.
Chambers Railroad Promotor Fined.
Thb finances of the Albion-Cham
bers-Atkinson paper railroad received
a severe jolt in district court this
morning when Samuel D. Pullen,
president, was fined $400 and costs by
Judge R. R. Dickson and was ordered
to return all moneies and securities
collected in this vicinity. Pullen and
one James R. Ryan, promotors of the
road, were arrested recently on com
plaint of County Attorney Hugh
Boyle when they attempted to hold a
public meeting at Chambers and
collact funds for building the road
The complaint was because they did
not have the endorsement of the blue
sky .department of the state railway
commission. When arraigned before
County Judge Malone their hearing
was set for Wednesday, May 1.
Yesterday the complaint against Ryan
was dismissed and Pullen was re
manded to the district court, where
this morning he pleaded guilty, with
the result stated.
Serg. Conklin Presented With Watch.
Sergeant Cecil Conklin, who returns
I to Camp Funston Friday morning,
was the recipient of a fine wrist watch
this morning after the Home Guards,
led by the sergaant, had escorted the
departing draft contingent to the
train. The presentation was made
after the company had returned from
the train and were aligned in front of
Brown’s cigar store, Captain E. H.
Whelan, as spokesman on behalf of
the Guard, thanking Sergeant Conk
lin for his voluntary services as drill
master during his recent furlough at
home, and tendering him the watch,
a handsome Elgin with luminous hands
and dial, as a token of the'appreciation
and esteem of the entire membership
of the guard. Sergeant Conklin, his
voice quivering with emotion, thanked
the donors, saying that the little time
piece would ever serve to remind him.
when in' camp or over there, of the
friends among the guard and the home
folks of O’Neill.
Obituary.
Charles E. Howe was born at Ma
rengo, McHenry Co., Illinois, August
4, 1840, and died at O’Neill, Nebr.,
April 28, 1918, at the age of seventy
seven years, seven months and sixteen
days. He was one of nine brothers,
being survived by one brother, Mal
colm Howe, of Hampshire, Illinois.
His boyhood days were spent in Illi
nois where he was married to Pheba
i Haviland October 1, 1865. To this
union were born six qhildren, three
boys and three girls. Charlie P., of
Ansley, Neb., Nellie M. Nilson, of
Spencer; F. Carl, of Shamrock, Okla
homa, and Ralph A., also of Ansley
and Cora and Grace dying in infancy,
and buried with their mother in a
country churchyard, near the old home
in Illinois where the mother died
March 1, 1881.
In April, 1884, he, with his four
children migrated to Holt County, Ne
braska, settling on a farm nearPhoe
nix, Nebraska, where he was again
married August 8, 1885, to Frances
A. Turner. To this union were born
three girls, Josie Nesbitt of Casper,
Wyo.; Edna Barnes and Mary Palmer,
both of California. His wife still
survives, living with her daughter,
Mrs. Alice Evans at Los Angeles, Cal.
He has been very poorly for a number
of years and bed-fast most of the time
being cared f^r the past year by Mrs.
E. F. Bowen, of O’Neill. The funeral
was held Tuesday afternoon from the
Presbyterian church in O’Neill, inter
ment being made in the Protestant
cemetery.
Charles and wife. and Ralph and
daughter, Doris, of Ansley, Otto Nil
son and wife and son, Clyde, of Spen
cer; Roy _Nilson and wife and Mrs.
Minnie Turner, of Phoenix, and Mrs.
A. P. Nesbitt, of Casper, Wyo., were
here for the funeral. ***
Card of Thanks.
We wish in this manner to express
our heartfelt thanks to the friends and
neighbors who so kindly assisted us
during the sickness and death of our
beloved father. Your kindness will
never be forgotten.
Charles Howe and family.
Otto Nilson and family.
Ralph Howe and family.
A. P. Nesbitt and family.
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The Old Place Was Locked Up Wednesday
night. We are at the former J. P. Mann store.
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have enough to buy a lot. m*
You will find the 6 per cent guaranteed jj
preferred shares of the Norfolk Building and
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purpose.
Buy a lot, make a loan and build a home.
| John L. Quig, O’Neill |
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