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No One Man built this town or county— Everybody helped—The fellows who came here first started it, the ones who H
came later pushed it along, the fellows who are here now are doing what they can. The knockers are just as essential as the
boosters. The farmers have done their share. If no one knocked there would be noimprovements. Some, knocked on our
streets, then the boosters fixed them; the knockers kicked on the city officers, then the boosters put in new ones; the
knockers kicked on not having electric lights, then we got them; they knocked on the wooden sidewalks, then we got ce
ment; they knocked on the old wooden school house, we have a brick; and the water works, the sewer, the Hotel, the Mill,
and the Hog Buyers. If some one would knock on the old Court House we would soon have a new one. Our base . ball
teams, our foot racers, our prize fighters, our High School Graduates, our boys who left the farms and went to the cities,
our pretty girls, our retired farmers, our Politicians, our Real Estate Men, our Soldiers, our Bond Buyers, our Academy,
our Churches; all have done wonders in helping the town. John Quig deserves a good deal of praise for bringing in money
to build houses and barns. Dishner deserves praise for cutting the interest rates, T. V. Golden deserves credit for the big
Jiotel, Judge Harrington has done a lot for this county, he was the first to pay over $50.00 per acre here for land and g
when he was on the bench both got a square deal regardless of the lawyer. Someone else would deserve credit if they put
up another Hotel as people are turned away almost every night and can’t get rooms. Our banks deserve credit, in the bad years they sit behind the desk and
kept 2 stiff upper lip and lent the poor people money day after day when the hotwinds curled up the siding on the log houses; you say you paid big interest. I know
people who would pay 30 per cent now if they could get the money. It’s not the interest, it’s getting the money that counts. If the money wasn’t worth the inter- ■
■ est charged, you have no business taking the money. The man who built the Academy and the Church deserves credit, that church and school has brought more gy
families here than anything we have. M. F. Harrington deserves credit for the time after time he has fought the poor devil’s cases and won them and never re
ceived half the thanks he deserved. The farmers deserve credit for coming here and sticking year after year when each crop was turning out worse than the
S§ one before it. Charlie Daly has helped both as a Real Estate man and on the city council; when you want something done quick he is the man to see. It’s the
51 pennies make the dollars, the grains of sand the hills, the drops of water makes the rivers and it takes the knockers as well as the boosters to make a town. It pf
takes customers to make a store, it takes farmers to raise crops, it takes men to win wars, and it takes knr ckers to see that things are done better. I am a hard
2 knocker, I am also a good Booster. I knock the things that should be knocked and I boost the things that should be boosted. I have the best Cash Store in the
state and I sell good stuff cheap and I deserve a whole lot more trade than I get. And the only people who really hurt a town are the people who send away for
I their stuff. Patronize your town, buy what you can here. As fast as the business grows the 'stores will grow faster. If each person in O’Neill starts out and
■ spends $1.00 on Monday morning it would start 3 or 4 thousand in circulation that day and it would amount up to tens of housands by Saturday night. The store
8 keeper could paint his house, the painters could buy a new ladder, the carpenter could buy tires for his car. The fellow who sells the tires could buy some beef- |g
C steak, the butcher could pay the farmer, the farmer could buy another piece of land; or you can send the money away and we can get along without it The town gl
I £6.00 and $7.00 Shoes.$4.90
$2.50 Men’s Dress Shirts.$1.89
90c Boys’ Blouses. 72c
$3.50 White Canvas “Keds” Slip
pers, High and Low Heels,
Leather Insoles . $1.29
26c Bottles Perfume . 10c
$1.60 to $2.50 Middy Blouses . 98c
$3.00 and $3.50 Ladies’ House
Aprons . $2.25
Ladies’ $6.00 House Dresses . $4.25
Men’s Real High Grade Neckties,
$2.00 and $2.50 Ties at . $1.35
Men’s $1.25 and $1.00 Ties at. 75c
$6.00 and $7.00 Shoes . $4.90
• Cookies
White Frosted Honey Cakes, lb. 26c
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Cantalopes, Large Size, 2 for . 25c
Feather Ticking, yard . 40 to 60c
If you want high grade Hosiery we
have it.
Men’s $6.00 and $7.00 Dress Hats.. $3.79
Men’s $6.00 and $6.00 Dress Shoes,
Sizes 6% to 7 . $4.90
Imported Veils
Regular $1.00 Bennie B. Veils . 50c
Also others . 25c
Children’s White Mary Janes . $1.29
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Best Quality Ocean Pearl Buttons,
per card . H>c
Princess Pearl Buttons, per card. 20c
Ladies’ Silk Underwear, regular
$5.00 and $6.00 Values . $3.25
$10.00 and $15.00 Georgette Crepe
Waists, Different Shades and
colors . $6.25
Special—Silk Teddies. $2.95
Rain or Shine—Umbrellas and Para
sols—Silk and Taffeta Tops, our
price . $2.95 to $3.50
Ladies’ $4.00 High Grade Silk Hose $3.25
Others from . 85c to $2.25
Children’s Silk Half Hose, Fancy
and Plain Colors . 50c
$3.50 Old Ladies’ Comfort Slippers $1.89 pfi
Ribbons—Two Days Fourth of July |||
will take a lot of Ribbon.
10c Ribbons ..fc.. 7'/zC ||f
20c Ribbons .t. 15c jf|g
30c Ribbons . 20c
60c Ribbins . 45c ^||
Summer Suitings ||§
Regular $1.35 Goods, next week .... 95c
10 Large Rolls Toilet Paper . 85c ft
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Entered at the post office at O’Neill,
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MORE LOCAL MATTERS.
T. V. Golden went down to Omaha
on a short business trip the first of
the week.
Charles McKenna was looking after
business matters in Omaha the first
of the week.
P. U. Mullen and son, Homer, left
the forepart of the week for a sight
seeing tour in Texas.
Miss Rose Grady, who is in the em
ployed in the Northwestern railroad
offices at Norfolk, spent Sunday with
relatives in this city.
Miss Mayme Coffey and mother, who
have been residing at West Point the
past nine months, returned home last
Monday evening to remain.
I O’Neill Battery
Station
Old Campbell Garage, Opposite K. C. Hall
Willia.rd Batteries
For a.rvy Car f
ALL MAKES REPAIRED AND RECHARGED
WE TEST AND FILL YOUR BATTERY
WITHOUT CHARGE
—DRIVE IN
McDermott & Smith
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Joe Daly, who is practicing law at
Fremont, was in the city Sunday look
ing after some business matters and
visiting friends and relatives.
Mrs. C. R. Sisk and Mrs. W. W.
Coon returned to their home in Sioux
City, Sautrday morning after a week’s
visit with their sister, Mrs. Acker and
neices, Mrs. Scott and Will Hough.
James O’Fallon, who served with
the 7th Regiment of Marines, sta
tioned throughout the east, for some
months past, returned home last
Thursday evening with his discharge.
J. M. Byergo of Royal is the new
Burlington agent at this point. Mr.
Byergo arrived Thursday morning to
succeed H. G. Frey, who has been
promoted to be agent of the consoli
dated Burlington and Union Pacific
offices at Ord.
Edward H. Whelan, M. H. Horis
key, John C. Gallagher, Ben Harty,
Thomas Griffin, Walter Stein, Arthur
Ryan, William J. Biglin, T. V. Golden
and J. D. Cronin attended an in
itiation of the Knights of Columbus
at Hartington last Sunday.
Ensign John Longstaff, who has
just graduated from the Naval
Academy at Annoplis with that rank,
arrived in the city the first of the
week with his mother. Mrs. George
Longstaff, who was present at his
graduation. John has a two weeks
furlough after which he will have to
report for duty.
Corporal John W. Abbott arrived
home lost Friday, having received his
discharge from the army after nine
teen months of service. He was a
member of the 314th Supply Train
and he says that while he did not get
to shoot at the Huns they seemed to
take great delight in throwing bar
rages of fire along the roads he had
to travel with supplies.
H. G. FYey, who has been station
agent for the Burlington here for the
past six years, leaves in the morning
for Ord, Nebraska, where he takes the
position as agent for the Burlington
and Union Pacific roads. This is a
promotion and means a good sized in
crease in salary. The many O’Neill
friends of Mr. and Mrs. Frey wish
them success and happiness in their
new home.
Clyde Davidson arrived in the city
last night, just havjng been dis
charged from the army after fourteen
months service. Clyde was in the
motor transport corps and stationed
in New York City. He has been try
ing to get out since the first of the
year but the volume of business there
and Clyde’s familiarity with the work
and the city made it imposible for
him to get out until just recently.
The latter part of last week J. H.
Davison sold his harness shop to H.
B. Hubbard and Mr. Hubbard took
posession last Wednesday evening.
Mr. Davison has been engaged in busi
ness here for several years and always
enjoyed good patronage, but failing
health made it necessary for him to
retire from active business. Mr. Hub
bard has been a resident of O’Neill
for several years and we predict will
be successful in his new undertaking.
The $15,000 damage case of Har
rington vs. Cook, which was tried in
the district court last week, was given
to the jury last Friday afternoon. The
jury deliberated on the case until
about 9 o’clock Saturday night, when
they were discharged being unable to
agree. The report is that they stood
eleven to one for the defendant, hav
ing stood nine to three up to within a
few hours of their dismissal when two
of those standing for the plaintiff
came over. It is doubtful whether the
case ever comes to trial again.
The. O’Neill bankers, who were in
Omaha in attendance at the annual
meeting of the Nebraska State
Bankers association last week, re
turned home last Friday night. There
were about 1,400 members in at
tendance and the meeting is said to
have been one of the best ever held
by the association. At this meeting
the Holt county bankers were strictly
in evidence as three bankers from this
county were elected to high positions
in the American Bankers Association.
Jchn M. Flannigan, of Stuart, was
elected vice-president for Nebraska of
the National Bankers Association; Ed.
F. Gallagher, of this city, was elected
a member of the executive council for
Nebraska of the National Bankers As
sociation and S. J. Weekes, also of this
city, was elected vice-president of the
national bank section for Nebraska of
the National Bankers Association. Ne
braska bankers have but seven officers
on the governing board of the National
Bankers Association and of these
seven positions three are now held by
Holt county bankers. This shows the
standing of the bankers of this county
with the financial interests of the
state and is a splendid advertisement
for Holt eounty and its banks. Holt
county banks have always been recog
nized as among the strongest in the
state and the positions of honor ac
corded Holt county bankers by the
other bankers of the state will bring
them in contact with the giants of
finance at the annual meeting of the
American Bankers Association to be
held in St. Louis next September. The
Frontier tenders its congratulations
to the Holt county bankers who were
honored by the members of the as
sociation by being selected to the
highest positions within the gift of
the members of the association. It is
an honor to them and the financial in
stitutions of the county.
Will Celebrate July 4 and 5.
June 16, 1919.
Meeting held at C. M. Daly’s office
for the purpose of arrangements for
Fourth of July Celebration and Home
Coming July 4th and 5th. C. M. Daly,
Chairman, Frank O’Connell, Secy.
Meeting called to order by the chair.
Moved and seconded that O’Neill
eelebrSte Fourth of July. Motion
carried.
Moved and seconded that a com
mittee of four be appointed to solicit
funds for Fourth of July celebration.
Chair appointed Ed O’Connell, J. A.
Brown, J. J. Thomas and Frank
Biglin.
Moved and seconded that a com
mittee be appointed on amusements
and pi-ogram. Chair appointed J. J.
Harrington, Peter W. Duffy, J. L.
Quig and J. J. Thomas.
Moved and seconded chair appoint a
committee of three for purpose of
securing a band. Chair appointed
Flarry Clauson, J. D. Cronin and E.
D. Mayfield.
Moved and seconded that a com
mittee of two be appointed to secure
a speaker for the day. Chair appoints
J. A. Donohoe and Arthur Ryan.
Moved and seconded that com
mittee on subscription be required
after the celebration to publish a
statement in O’Neill papers showing
receipts and disbursements. Motion
carried.
Moved and seconded that Phil
Ziemer and M. F. Kirwin act as com
mittee on concessions. Carried.
Moved and seconded that a com
mittee of three be appointed by the
chair on advertising. The chair ap
pointed D. H. Cronin, Geo. A. Miles
and Frank O’Connell.
Moved and seconded that the mayor
of the city appoint a marshall of the
day and that the marshall of the day
have full power to settle all disputes.
Carried.
Moved and seconded that chair ap
point a committee of three on ar
rangements and said committee be
authorized to appiont all sub-com
mittees. Appoints J. L. Quig, M. E.
Vernon and Geo. Agnes.
Moved and seconded that the pro
i pprbnp-s of this meeting be published
in the next edition of both O’Neill
papers. Motion carried.
Moved and seconded that a mass
meeting be held in C. M. Daly’s office
Friday evening, June 20 for the pur
pose of promoting the celebration.
Motion carried.
On motion meeting adjourned to
Friday evening June 20th.
C. M. DALY, Chairman.
FRANK O’CONNELL, Sec.
Red Cross Meeting.
The business meeting of the Keith
Red Cross and Auxiliaries will be held
it Mrs. Wallis Shutg’s Wednesday,
hme 25th. This will be the last meet
ng. Everybody welcome.
MABEL BOSHART, Secy.
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O’Neill Will Celebrate
July 4th and 5th with a
‘Victory and Home Coming
Celebration.” Big Program.
Everything Free. Full pro
gram next week.