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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1919)
Nob. Historical Societ, fg The Frontier^^ VOLUME XL. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1919. NO. 20. LOCAL MATTERS. Banker E. J. Mack was down from Atkinson last Tuesday. Anselm Whelan left yesterday to spend Christmas at Omaha. Charles Pruss had a load of hogs on the Omaha market Monday. F. W. Phillips was in from the north country last Saturday. W. B. Barnard arrived from Gasper Monday to spend Christmas at home. John T. Thompson, of Chambers, was an O’Neill visitor last Monday. The Frontier force wishes all its readers a happy and prosperous New Year. Henry Grady made a business trip to Norfolk the latter part of last week. B. E. Sturdevant, of Atkinson, was an O’Neill visitor the first of the week. Mrs. O. P. Chambers, of Dallas, S. D., is in the city spending the holi days with relatives Clifford Scott, of Rushville, was in the city Tuesday visiting at the home of his uticle, C. B. Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Barrett went to Sioux City Wednesday to spend Christmas with relatives. Captain E. H. Whelan went to Omaha Tuesday , morning to spend Christmas with his family. Miss Bess Alderson arrived from David City Sunday to spend Christ mas with the folks at Chambers. J. McAllister and D. L. Jouvemat, of Atkinson, were looking after busi ness matters in this city Monday. Hugh Birmingham came up from Omaha the first of the week to spend Christmas at the home of his parents. Miss Hilda Hirsch came vip from Omaha Sunday to spend Christmas with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hirsch. Dr. Madeline Doyle, .who is now located in Chicago, arrived in the city the latter part of last week for the Holidays. Father Giblfn, who was assistant to Father Cassidy here for over a year, is now pastor at Newcastle, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. George Henry came down from Cody, Nebraska, yester day morning to spend Christmas with home folks. Frank Eppenbach and Miss Wilma Mitchell, both of Ewing, were granted a marriage license in county court last Monday. Attorney W. J. Hammond left last Sunday morning for a business trip to Chicago and other Illinois and Wis consin points. Miss Marie Berry arrived from Lincoln Saturday evening to spend the holidays with her panents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Berry. John J. Harley, of Atkinson, and Miss Irene Scott, of Chambers, were granted a marriage license in county court last Tuesday. George Harrington, who is engaged in the oil business at Casper, Wyo., arrived home last week for the Christmas holidays. Joe Zeimer, who is attending the ; State University, came home the • latter part of last week for the Christmas vacation. Spencer G. Miller and Miss Marie Lemmerman, both of Page, were granted a marriage license in county court last Saturday. James Dolan left last Tuesday even ing for Riverton, Wyo., where he will spend the holidays visiting at the home of his daughter. Donald Gallagher, who is attending the law school of Boston University, Boston, Mass., arrived home last Fri day for the holiday vacation. Miss Gladys Miles, who is teaching in the city schools at Fremont, ar rived home the last of last week to spend the Christmas Holidays. Miss Kathleen Doyle, who is teach ing in the Omaha public schools, came home the latter part of last week to spend the Christmas vacation. Ben Rodenwold, who is attending the state agricultural college at Lincoln, came home the latter part of last week for the Christmas holidays. The Rev. J. J. Crawford, of Valen tine, held services at the Episcopal church in this city, Sunday evening, and administered communion Monday morning. Judge J. J. Harrington and Mrs. Harrington went to Lincoln the first of the week to spend Christmas with Miss Helen Harrington and other relatives. Homer and John Mullen, Tom Bren nan, William Frolich and John Gilli gan came home from the university at Lincoln Saturday to spend the ' holidays. ’ , Miss Rose Grady, who is tarriff clerk in the freight offices of the Northwestern railroad at Norfolk, came up last night to spend Christ mas at home. Senator James A. Donohoe and Mrs. Donohoe arrived Friday from Lincoln, for the holidays, the consti tutional convention having adjourned until January 6. Samuel S. Eldridge and Eva Alls house, both of Keya Paha couhty, were united in marriage by Judge Malone at the county court room last Saturday afternoon. Chairman W. T. Hayes of the county board of supervisors came down from Atkinson Monday to sign up warrants for claims allowed at the last meeting of the county board. The trains on the Burlington and Northwestern, which were taken off a couple of weeks ago on account of the shortage of coal, were restored Thursday of last week. Clare Golden, who is an instructor of languages in the University of Minnesota, at St. Paul, arrived home last Saturday afternoon to spend the holidays with home folks. Mrs. F. H. Butts and sons, Max and Rex, of Onawa, Iowa, arrived in the city last Sunday evening to spend the Holidays at the home of Mrs. Butts sister, Mrs. D. H. Cronin. Miss Margaret Donohoe, who is em ployed as one of the teachers in the Omaha schools, came up from Omaha the latter part of the week to spend the holidays with home folks. r_ |j| ^^^^™epoor boy.' 1 || | The poor boy has no good : | excuse for failure. He must start at the proper 1] ! place the bottom. | He must win the most es sential elements of success— He was not born with I friends but must make them. He started life meeting ob stacles so is not discouraged by them. Many of the batiks’ / largest depositors were once THE O’NEILL NATION ALBANK O’Neill, Nebraska. Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $130,0U01 This Bank Carries No Indebtedness of Officer* I |j ] Or Stockholders. |j||j[|jj|j !l.|. l.ll] "1 Antone Toy ha9 rented the Odd Fellows building, just vacated by the postoffice, and will take possession as soon as the same has been renovated. This will make a splendid store building. Miss Mae Hammond, viho is now employed as a stenographer in the work of restoring the Douglas County public records, destroyed in the recent riot and fire, arrived in the city Christmas Eve to spend a few days at home. Eight cars of livestock were ship ped to the Omaha market from O'Neill Sunday. Among them were four cars of cattle by Vi. Hunter, two cars by Fred Richter, sr., and Fred Richter, jy., and one ear of hogs each by Charles Pruss and J. B. Ryan. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Welsh left last Saturday morning for Boston, Mass., where they will spend the holidays visiting with relatives of Mrs. Welsh. Frank Connolly ac companied them and will spend a few weeks taking in the sights in the eastern cities. Miss Melvina Simmons, who is teaching at Orrilla, Sioux county, came home Sunday morning to spend the Christmas vacation at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Simmons. Miss Simmons says that there is two feet of snow oft the level in Sioux county now. Gandma Keyes, aged 87 years, died at the home of her son, C. D. Keyes, at Inman, where she had made her home for many years, last Friday morning. The funeral was held Sat urday, Rev. Urwin officiating. Five children survive her: C. D. and G. M. Keyes, of Inman; Mrs. S. S. Sprague, of Irvington, Nebr., and two sons in New York. A “Pershing for President” club has been organized at Lincoln. Among its membership are listed several well known democratic statesmen. The club expects to have branches organized in every county in the state and will try and land the re publican presidential nomination for the man who commanded the Ameri can forces in the great war. The spasm in the parrot declaring that there is and always has been plenty of fuel in O'Neill places the local coal dealers and the fuel com mittee in the same position with the fuel administration as was the fond parent who had just succeeded in con vincing the railroad conductor his angel child was only five years old, when the kid piped up with: “I ain’t either, 4)op, I’m seven.” William H. Bradt, of Stamford, Conn., arrived in the city last Sunday evening to spend a few weeks visit ing at the home of Mr. Bradt’s brother, George W. Bradt. The brothers have not seen each other for forty-two years and it is needless to say that they are enjoying a very pleasant visit. This is Mr. Bradt’s first visit to the west and he says that he is agreeably surprised at the fine appearance of this section of the country. W. L. Scliaecher, of Lindse^, Nebr., was in the city the first of the week. Last spring Mr. Schaecher purchased the Minton farm two and a half miles north of town and intended moving thereon the coming spring. He re cetly purchased land in Colorado and expects to move there next spring and will offer his farm north of town at public auction on Thursday, January 15th. This is a splendid farm and he should have no trouble in procuring buyers. The supreme court of the United States sustained the legality of the war time prohibition act and those in wet states who have been antici pating a merry reunion with John Barleycorn and his numerous com panions have been disappointed. Liquor men still hope that the presi dent will declare the war over and the army1 demobalized, thus putting an end to war time prohibition. The national prohibition law goes into effect on January 16, 1920. Inman Leader: Death visited the Claude Peterson home at Page last Friday and took their only daughter, Florence, age eight, after an illness due to scarlet fever. The same day the daughter died the mother gave birth to a new babe who passed away Saturday evening and both children were buried Sunday in the Page ceme tery. The family has been quaran tined for a number of days the entire family being sick. The mother’s con dition has been very critical for the past few days as also the condition of the two little boys. The postoffice was moved last Sat urday evening (from the Odd Fel lows building, between Douglas and Everett streets, to the Golden build ing between Clay and Douglas streets. This is the businest week of the yoar in the postoffice but they wore compelled to move as there was no soft coal in town and they could not work in the building with out heat. The present postoffice building is heated by steam from the creamery. There is considerable work to be done on the building and it will be several weeks before they are comfortably settled. Thomas Griffin, O’Neill’s leading contractor, is busy these days clean ing up his work so that he can start soon after the first of the year for a visit to his old home in Ireland. Mrs. Griffin is at present in Ireland and Mr. Griffin expects to join her there about the middle of the coming month. When Mr. Griffin returns next spring'he will be able to furnish the members of the Research Club the latest “dope” on the leading topic of discussion: “The Irish Question.” The Woodmen of the World and Royal Highlanders have boosted their insurance rates to such an extent that they are practically forcing the older members out of the order. The old members can quit or else pay an ex horbitant rate. The Modern Wood men and Aincent Order of United Workmen raised their rates a few years ago and forced nearly all the older members from these organiza tions. It seems to be the purpose of the officers of fraternal organiza tions to place the fraternal orders on a par with old line insurance com panies, irrespective of the cost of the same to the membership. The year 1919 has been a good year for O’Neill but the year 1920 promises to break all records in the matter of civic improvement. The ordinance creating Paving District No. 1 has passed the council and is now a law: As soon as the question as to the kind of paving to be used has been decided a civil engineer will be employed and the district surveyed and an estimate of the probable cost of the paving made. Bids will then be advertised for and it is the hope of Mayor King and the other city of ficials, as well as the business men on the proposed paved street, that work on this great improvement will start as soon as spring formally opens. When work starts on District No. 1 there will undoubtedly be other districts created and it will be but a few years until the entire city is paved. In addition to the paving there are a half dozen business buildings that will be erected in the city the coming year, so that 1920 promises to be a very busy one in this city. The primary election for the nomi nation of candidates for county, ju dicial and state candidates will be held in this state next April. On ac count of the presidential election the primary election every four years is held in April, Instead of August. On account of the early date of the primary candidates will soon have to file for the several offices to be filled at the election next fall. The county offices to be filled at this election are: Clerk of the district court, county judge and two representatives. A state senator will also be elected next fall and a district judge, in addition to a complete set of state officers. Things political have been very quiet for several months but they have be gan to pick up a little the past few weeks. For district judge for the Fifteenth Judicial district, Judge Dickson, who has ably presided over the district bench the past nine years, announces that he will be a candidate for reelection. Dame rumor has it that E. H. Whelan of this city, who was Judge Dickson’s opponent at the election nirj years ago, will cast his chapeau into the ring and be a candi date for the place. It is also said that John A. Harmon, who served the people of this county for twelve years as clerk of the district court, be lieves that he could fill the bill ad mirably as district judge and woo'd probably enter the race as a candidate for that position. LINEHART-PUTNAM. Frank E. Linehart, of Winner, S. D., and Miss Edith M. Putman, of Chambers, were united in marriage by Rev. George Longstaff of the Presbyterian Church at the Presby terian Manse last Saturday after noon. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Linehart of this city, who is now running a barber shop at Win ner, S. D., where the young couple will make their future home. The bride is one of the charming young ladies of the Chambers country who has a host of friends in the southern part of the county. The Frontier joins the many Holt county friends of these young people in wishing them happiness and pros perity in their journey through life. AUTO GAS CAUSE OF GRIL’S DEATH; TINSLEY FREBE Examination by Omaha Specialist Clears Up Columbus Mystery. Omaha, Bee: The inquest over the body of Stella Uryaszk, who was foun<i dead in the Tinsley automobile De cember 10, was held in the county court room Thursday afternoon and at 5 p. m. the jury agreed upon the following verdict: “That Stella Uryaska came to her death December 10, 1919, by acci dental inhalation of poisonous gas from the exhaust of the automobile in which she was found.” Cam Tinsley, who was found in an unconscious condition in his car with the girl, testified as follows: On the night of December 10, 1919, he met Stella Uryaszk in company with a lady friend at the Swan the ater and invited them into his sedan ear to take them home. On the way he stopped to let out Stella’s friend and immediately proceeded directly to Stella’s home, arrived there about 10 and stopped his car, and after that he did not remember anything-of what happened to him. The doctor’s analysis, the result of examination on material from Stella Uryaszk, sent December 12, was as follows: All evidence points undoubtedly in one direction, that death was due to carbon monoxide poisoning. The chemical evidence, which is in itself practically conclusive, is supported by the gross appearance of the tissues. There was nothing tending to a con trary opinion in the microscopic ex amination of these. The somewhat peculiar lung findings are presumably to be explained on the basis of in halation of impure gas, in addition to carbon monoride and other irritating elements. As a result of the verdict Tinsely is considered free to go, as soon as he is able to leave the hospital. NOTICEI Members of O’Neill Commercial Club. The Annual Meeting of the O’Neill Commercial Club will be held Tues day, January 6th, 8 p. m., office of C. M. Daly. Purpose of electing officers and other business. 29-1 C. M. DALY, 8ec. DEMENTED MAN WANDERED AWAY IN SNOW STORM ’Herman Woeppeil, age 90, living with his nephew, R. P. Whippel, fifteen miles southweBt of Inman, was brought to Inman Monday evening and taken to O’Neill where he was examined by the board of insanity and ovdered committed to the hospi tal Norfolk, which place he was taken by Deputy Sheriff Bergstrom Tues day. The old gentleman came here from Stanton county about a month ago to make his home with his nep hew. He became suddenly demented last Friday night, leaving the house shortly after the supper hour, and for two hours wandered around in the storm without coat, hat or mittens. One of the searchers found him about two miles from home nearly frozen to death. It is thought that the fingers on both hands will have to be amputated.—Inman Leader. MIEES*MURPHY. Gerald A. Miles and Miss Bridget C. Murphy, both of this city, rifere united in marriage by Rev. ft, P. Byrne at Emmet last last Monday morning at 9 o’clock. Immediately after the wriMing ceremony the bridal couple repalriH to the home of the bride’s parents, Jftr. and Mrs. Dennis Murphy, where an elaborate wedding breakfast v*aa served. The young people left ifhat afternoon for Omaha where they'Will visit for a few days and will thendre turn to this city where they 'Will make their future home. The groom is the eldest son dffftr. and Mrs. George A. Miles of thiscflty, and is a capable and industrious young man. For the past two’ytters he has been an employee of the gov ernment, in the revenue department of the Omaha office. The bride is the daughter of‘Idr. and Mrs. Dennis Murphy, ptMteer residents of this county. She tytas been an employee of the telephone company for several years and >ts a charming and agreeable young iftdy who has a host of friends in this"ftty. The Frontier joins the Mtny friends of this estimable yWIng couple in wishing them many years of happiness and prosperity. SAVE A DOLLAR. On account of the tremendous tin crease in the cost of paper The ‘Lin coln State Journal will be complied to increase its subscription price a dollar. One year's subscription within 600 miles will be taken for a short time at the old rate of $6 for tihe Daily and Sunday; $4 for the Dully only; $2.50 for the Sunday only. Tffae Journal is the largest paper in 'the state and prints more reading mutter than any other Nebraska paper. Ifche Associated press and the exclusive Ne braska use of the Chicago Tribune leased wire service, together with’Un equaled features, making it NEBRAS KA’S GREAT MORNING NEWBRA .’ER. Nine-tenths of the people 'of the state can be better served by ’fhe Journal than any other paper. Try it the coming year, but send in now if you want to save a dollar. ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE. For Sale—175 tons of alfalfa. If purchaser desires we will allow him to feed the alfalfa on the place, and he can secure us to take care of stock. If interested write or call on Herman Stein, Meek, Nebr. 29-4p PAID LOCALS. WANTED—SCHOOL GIRL.—MAftY Horiskey, O’Neill. 29-tf WANTED—LADY TO DO LAUN dry work at home, for chef and wife at Grand Cafe. 29-2p FOR SALE—I OFFER FOR SALE my ranch, 13 miles north of O’Ntfll on Blackbird creek, consisting of 000 acres. This place is all fenced Mid cross fenced; one good 8-room home; good granary and corn crib; bams and sheds for 100 head of cattle; good well and windmill; several smelter buildings; running water; 100 seres under cultivation; 40 acres of alfalfa; 2 small orchards; 30 acres of tame grass and bottom hay, rest of plaee upland hay and pasture. Will give buyer good terms. Call or write Jacob Erb, O’Neill, R. F. D. No. 1. 29-3p. t| A NEW YEAR’S WISH FOR YOU. ^5) May each of your successes in the OLD hi YEAR be a rung in your ladder of progress wll for the NEW. | With your greatest desires at the top— < | you may always look upward, steadily ad ding new rungs of success ’till you reach 'i your goal. FOR OUR COMMUNITY. May all of us here start the NEW YEAR P with a firm resolve to strive for everything yA that makes for the advancement of this M community as a whole and by so doing, further the progress and prosperity of each CA individual member. fj | NEBRASKA STATE BANK U