Frontier.
VOLUME XLI.
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O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1921.
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NO. 14.
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^ First Impres
sions Are Lasting Ones * j
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Appearances give us our first im
pression and first impresssionns
are correct in most cases.
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to see a person pay out currency
v or write a check.
Naturally everyone is impressed :>
with the person who writes a
check. ;
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i The O’Neill National Bank |
I O’Neill, Nebraska I
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Capital, Surplus and Undivided
§; Profits, $160,000.00
I This Bank Carries No Indebtedness
Of Officers Or Stockholders. J
LOCAL MATTERS.
Miss Helen Biglin is teaching in the
Emmet pubilc schools this term.
The teachers institute concluded its
sessions last Thrusday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Sharp of l*in
coln, are visiting Holt county friends.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wilcox of Ca
talpa, are the parents of a ne(w ten
pound son.
Sheriff C. M. Hahn and County At
torney Ed. Clarke of Cherry county,
have resigned.
Miss Minerva Merrill left Sunday
for Hoskins, where she is engaged as
a teacher in the city schools.
Eddie Gatz officiated at the
Schultz pharmacy in Atkinson during
the absence of the proprietor.
Chauncey D. Keyes has decided to
retire from the farm and has purchas
ed the Crippen residence in Inman.
Mrs. Ray Goss and daughters of
Chicago, are visiting Mrs. J. B- Por
ter of Ewing, sister of Mrs. Goss.
Frank H. Myers and Alta L. Rich
’ tads on, both of Chambers, secured a
marriage license at Neligh last week.
The Misses Leona Kilmurry and
Maud Walrath of Atkinson, were
guests of O’Neill relatives last week.
Miss Ruth Blake and Miss Clarice
Arganbright of Atkinson, were the
guests of O’Neill friends last Thurs
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Sol Fried o>f Rock
Falls township, have returned from a
several weeks visit in western Ne
braska.
Miss Helen Hubbell of Atkinson,
has been engaged as a member of the
faculty of the Sturgiss, S. D., city
schools.
H. J. Zimmerman is authority tflor
the statement that Seventy-seven
Wade caught another big catfish
Tuesday.
George A. Mitchell and Miss
Blanche Honeywell of O’Neill, were
fFREsi^RUIT^_
| PEACHES |
Peaa*s
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Peaches
Plums
Berries
Pineapples
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
[ Ben Grady, Grocer |
issued a marriage license at Neligh
last week.
Three thousand tons of hay already
have been put up on the east half of
the Lee & Prentiss ranch southwest
of O’Neill.
The Central Nebraska district con
ference of the Latter Day Saints was
held in Inman last Friday, Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Royal S. Brewster of Lincoln,
who has been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. R. L. Drayton of Page, returned
home last week.
Bob Biglin, accompanied by his
father, Frank, and Herb Hammond,
drove down to Norfolk last Thursday
to see the circus.
Miss Bessie McCloud—and Miss
Marie Berry left Sunday for Bruns
wick, where they will teach in the
city schools this term.
Mrs. Alexander Miller, mother of
Howard Miller of the Page State
bank, died at her home in Orchard
Tuesday of last week.
C. J. Wilson and Edward Hanks of
Atkinson, have returned from a sev
eral weeks auto tour of Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri.
Judge Robert R. Dickson held a
short tarm of court at Butte, Boyd
county, Wednesday of last week, re
turning home Thursday.
C. Hebb of Lincoln, former resident
of Atkinson, died at Lincoln, Wednes
day of last week. Mrs. G. B. Gillespie
of Atkinson, is a daughter.
Mrs. Charlotte Elizabeth Beatty of
Orchard, mother of Mrs. Jesse Angus
of Ewing, died at her home in Orch
ard Tuesday of last week.
Miss Dorothy Briggs of Ewing has
returned from Chicago, Where she
took a summer course in nursing at
one of the large hospitals.
Mrs. E. D. Henry and daughter,
Mary Elizabeth, returned last Thurs
day aftemon from Ewing, where they
had been visiting relatives and
friends for several days.
Mrs. Frank Biglin entertained at
dinner last week for Miss Beatrice
Cronin.
C. F. Adams of Dustin, will remove
to University Place, near Lincoln, Ne
braska, October 1.
Mrs. Thomas Nolan and son otf Bas
sett, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward O’Donnell.
Mrs. Will Biglin gave a pre-nuptial
dinner in honor of Miss Beatrice Cro
nin last Thursday evening.
* John Dumpert and family left Mon
day by auto for a week’s visit with
relatives at Exter, Nebraska.
Wink Wade is qualifying this season
as a catcher of fancy fish and last
Saturday snagged three large cat
fish.
John Misksimmins, prominent Wy
oming ranchman, was shaking hands
with O’Neill friends the first of the
week.
Miss Bard Mulick will attend the
Grand Island Business College this
winter, having enrolled Friday of last
week.
United States Marshal D. H. Cronin
and Mrs. Cronin came up from Omaha
Saturday evening, returning Tuesday
morning.
The Reverend M. F. Cassidy and
Miss Maime Cullen, his niece, left
Monday for a several weeks visit at
Denver, Colo.
M. F. Harrington and George Har
rington returned Sunday from Chad
ron, where they have been attending
court for several week.
Miss Gladys Kyan and Leo Ryan,
who have been visiting relatives in
Missouri for several weeks, returned
home Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward O’Connell
and little daughter returned last week
from a ten day sojourn at Hot
Springs, South Dakota.
J. M. Hunter, who has been under
the weather the past week, rapidly is
recovering and expects to resume golf
and fishing the last of the week.
Mrs. Anna Hassett of Chicago, will
arrive Friday to be the guest of Mrs.
Charles E. Stout. Mrs. Hassett and
Mrs. Stout were classmates at _ col
lege.
The South Fork Fair, at Chamers,
is arranging for an extra program
next Thursday, O’Neill day, and a
large attendance is expected from
here.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Donohoe
returned Saturday evening from a
month vacation spent on Minne-ota
golf links and at northern fishing re
sorts.
Herbert Bittney and daughter of
Long Pine were visiting O’Neill
friends Wednesday. Bittney is con
nected with the Long Pine park man
agement.
The fall term of school at both the
public school and St. Mary’s aoademy
began the first of the week, the pub
lic schools opening Monday and the
academy Tuesday.
Members of the congregation of the
Methodist church were entertained at
a Kensington and watermelon feed at
the residence of Mr .and Mrs. Clyde
Mathers Monday evening.
Labor Day was quietly observed in
the city Monday. The court house,
post office and banks observed holiday
hours and the golf links were fairly
well filled in the afternoon.
The assignment of Miss Margaret
Donohoe of O’Neill as a memer of the
faculty of the Benson junior high
school at Omaha is noted in the
Omaha papers of Tuesday.
Sheriff Peter Duffy returned Satur
day from Pierce, where he had the
pleasure of witnessing his mare, Lady
Bagdad, beat them all heme in one
event and come in third in another.
Tom Colman of Inman, has been
transferred from the Inman yards of
the Bauer-Henry Lumber company to
the yards at Waterbury, Neb. He is
succeeded at Inman by Roy Colman.
S. A. Reed, residing northwest of
the city, is laid up with a broken col
larbone and several fractured ribs,
his injuries received when a stacker
load of hay knocked him off the stack.
Mrs. J. J. Schweitzer and children,
Marie and Jay, have returned to their
home in Milford, Neb., after spending
three weeks visiting her mother, Mrs.
Allen and other relatives and friends.
Warren Rositer and family of York,
Nebraska, drove up from that city
last Friday for a short visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Sam A. Arnold. Mr. Rosi
ter and Mr. Arnold are brothers-in
law.
XUOiy o. XVCUCi nan iucu ap^nvauvu
for a divorce from Ora A. Keller, al
leging cruelty and that he greatly
disturbed her peace of mind by stating
that he already had decided upon his
next wife.
Each county in the state hereafter
will have an index number for its auto
license plates. The index number of
Holt county is 36, which Will appear
as a prefix on all auto licenses issued
in the county.
Tom Crawferd, giving his address
as Atkinson, has enriched the city
coffers by a contribution of $10 and
costs because a can of wild pigeon
milk was found in his grip on a recent
visit to this place.
Dances and other pubic gatherings
at Emmet will be discontinued until
the town can secure another hall, the
owner of the present one having de
cided to remove it to his farm and
remodel it for a bam. t
Wilton Hayne, N. G. Miller and
George Parks of Page, passed through
O’Neill last week enroute home from
Cottonwood lake, where they caught
a nice string of pickerel. The largest
one weighed ten pounds.
Miss Marjorie Dickson, who hfts
been visiting Wisconsin relatives for
several week*, returned Sunday. She
was accompanied from Omaha by
Judge Dickson, who went down to the
metropolis Saturday morning.
H. J. Hammond returned Tuesday
from a several days visit in Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mellor, Ralph
Mellor, Mrs. David Stannard and
George Stannard, returned Sunday
evening from a several weeks visit
with relatives and an auto tour to
points of interest in Colorado.
President John L. Quig of the Holt
county fair is arranging a booster trip
for next Tuesday. The O’Neill band
will be taken along and it is proposed
to visit Inman, Ewing, Clearwater,
Neligh and several other towns.
« Miss Margaret Donohoe, who has
been the guest of her sister, Miss
Elizabeth Donohoe for several weeks,
returned Sunday to Omaha, where she
is engaged as a member of the high
school faculty of the city schools.
The Rev. J. E. Jones, wife and son,
of Ewing, who have been visiting at
the Rev. Jones’ former home in Eng
land for a year, returned to Ewing
last week. The Rev. Jones had charge
of a large English parish while away.
Congressman M. P. Kinkaid will not
be able to return to O’Neill during the
congressional recess owing to press
of official duties, but will seek relief
from hay fever by a short soojurn in
some section wherein the hay fever
bug buzzeth not.
Dr. W. F. Finley, Mrs. Finley and
daughter Mary Jane, and Mrs. Frank
Phalin, returned Wednesday evening
from Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin,
where they have been visiting rela
tives and attending a family reunion
for several weeks.
xiic mot xiust ui uuc acasuu vn:
curring in the low lands around the
city, is reported for Sunday night. No
damage was done. The lowest tem
perature recorded for the night by the
government thermometer at the court
house was 40 degrees.
Forty-nine brands of automobiles
are listed on the license records in
Boyd county, according to the statis
tician of the Butte Gazette, who also
is authority for the statement that 200
different makes of cars are manu
factured in the United States.
Mrs. M. R. Sullivan entertained at
luncheon and at bridge Saturday,
thirty-six guests being present. Mrs.
Charles McKenna won the honors at
bridge and Mrs. John Melvin the all
cut prize. Miss Ann Waters of Jack
son, was an out of town guest.
Mias Grace Hammond was hostess
to the Martez club Monday evening,
Mrs. Charles F. McKenna won the
honors at auction and Miss Mae Ham
mond was the lucky one in cutting for
the bridal boquet presented the club
by Mrs. Patrick Bernard Harty.
Glenn A. Anderson of Star, is pre
paring for his first annual sale of
register' d Duroc-Jerseys, to be held
Wednesday, September 28. Some fine
offerings are to be made at the sale.
Mr. Anderso-n also will exhibit a num
ber of his blooded hogs at the county
fair.
Daniel Sullivan, eldest son of
County Supervisor John Sullivan, was
taken to Norfolk Monday by Mr.
Sullivan and Tuesday morning was
operated on at a Norfolk hospital for
appendicitis. His many friends Will
be pleased to learn that he is doing
nicely.
Miss Mary Brenn, who with her
mother, Mrs. Catherine Brenn, have
been the guests of Mrs. C. M- Daly,
returned to her home at Fairbury
Wednesday. Mrs. Brenn will remain
for a more extended visit. Mrs. Daly
is a sister of Miss Brenn and the
daughter of Mrs. Brenn.
Friday of next week will be O’Neill
day at the Antelope county fair at
Neligh and arrangements are being
made for a large attendance from
here. Those intending to go are re
quested to notify John L. Quig, that
the Neligh hosts may make arrange
ments for the necessary accommoda
tions.
Deputy Sheriff Bergstrom, accom
panied by Mrs. Bergstrom, left Sat
urday by auto with Mrs. Della De
hart, who is being taken to Lincoln to
begin serving her sentence of from one
to ten years for assisting in the mur
der of John Mize. Mr. and Mrs. Berg
strom will visit the state fair before
their return.
Frank Mayne of Omaha, who has
been holding dawn a homestead in
Wyoming, is the guest of Mrs. A- L.
Willcox and Miss Helen Willcox for
a few days while enroute back from
the west. Mr. Mayne was engineer
in charge of construction for the con
tractors putting in the O’Neill sewer
system and made many friends while
in the city at that time.
The O Neill racing stables were
much in evidence at the Pierce county
fair at Pierce last week. Lady Bag
dad, the fancy galloper belonging to
Sheriff Duffy and Frank Froelich took
first in the five-eighths mile Thursday
in 1:02 and was third in the three
quarters Friday. Last Chance, Paul
Wright owner, won the consolation
half mile in 51 seconds flat.
The Northwest Nebraska Metho
dist conference, which completed its
session at Gering Sunday evening
made the following assignment of
pastors for Holt county: Atkinson,
E. L. Peterson; Emmet, S. G. Rasmus
sen; Stuart, R. Q. Whiting; Amelia,
to be supplied. Normal G. Palmer
iwas elected superintendent of the
Long Pine district, in which the towns
mentioned are located.
Conrad Luhr returned Monday from
a four months visit in Germany, dur
ing which he had the pleasure oi
meeting Captain Francis Brennan al
Coblenz. The reported hard times
and food scarcity of Europe do noi
appear to have reached the section oi
Germany visited by Mr, lehr as he
gained about forty pounds in weigh!
wh(le abroad. He brought back a fine
collection of German pipes.
Phillip Gumb and J. C. Simmons oi
the state department of agriculture
under Secretary Leo Stuhr, are mak
ing a biological fish and game survej
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Peaches rL
$1.50
Pears, per box - $3.75
Watermelon.....15c |
Honey, per pound... 30c
J. C. Horiskey
of Holt county this week, visiting <
O’Neill and vicinity Wednesday. The 1
department is studying streams and i
lakes with a view to keeping them d
stocked (with the kinds of fish for I
which they are suitable and which will i
thrive in t^ieir waters. j
The Clearwater band, Secretary J
Spencer and other officials of the *
Antelope county fair, and several cars *
of Neligh boosters invaded the city ‘
Monday noon in the interest of the jj
Antelope county fair and favored *
with a number of classy music select- J
ions. Frank Harrington in a few well ‘
chosen words (welcomed the visitors I
on behalf of the city and response was '
made by Secretary Spencer. The party J
left for Page after lunch.
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xxuii/ tuuntj nan uvu xaiuieia, \
Charles and Thomas Jenkins, father <
and son residing north of O’Neill, who t
this year have raised without outside
assistance 4,860 bushels of oats, 1230 j
bushels of rye, 670 bushels of fall
wheat, 810 bushels of speltz and have
tended 150 acres of corn which will
average fifty bushels to the acre, [
raised 500 bushels of potatoes and
harvested 80 tons of alfalfa. They (.
now are putting up their wild hay. ^
Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Gannaway of c
Stuart, who recently returned from a r
two year’s work as medical mission- 1
aries in Ttirkey, addressed a fair • £
sized audience at the Royal theatre «
Sunday afternoon on their work over s
there. Mrs. Gannaway also spoke at l
the Presbyterian church Sunday mom- 1
ing. The lecture was illustrated with 1
a thousand feet of film and was most 1
interesting. At the conclusion a col- |
lection was taken for continuation of i
the work. !
H. C. McDonald of Allen, became ]
manager of both the commercial and ,
plant departments of the telephone j
company the first of the month, sue- (
ceeding Managers Fred Kauffman and (
F. J. Hamilton, who have been in v
charge the last two years. Mr. ,
Hamilton is transferred to West Point
where he will have charge of the bat
tery service. His transfer is a pro
motion and carries with it an increase
in salary. Mr. Kauffman also was (
offered a transfer to other territory ,
but his present intention is to go to ;
farming for a while. The consolida- j
tion of the two positions under one ,
head is a part of the company’s'
scheme of retrenchment and cutting
down of overhead expenses. I
A. O. Elvidge of the Hanford Pro- i
duce company is holding himself to- ’
gether with tire tape as the result of
an auto accident near Spalding last
Thursday in which he received numer
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| HARVEST TIME
1 IS HERE I
Deposit the proceeds of |
■ your grain and cattle in the »|
Nebraska State Bank,where
all depositors are protected
by the depositors guarantee
fund of the State of Ne- jj
braska.
No other bank in O’Neill
offers this protection.
Nebraska i
| State Bank. I
■us sprains and bruises. He fortu
lately escaped with no more serious
njuries. Mr. Elvidge was driving
rom Spalding to Primrose when, a
ew miles out of Spalding a bolt broke
n the steering gear of the old jitney
nd the car turned over, pinning him
nderneath with the steering wheel
olding him helpless. Other travelers
rriving on the scene a feiw minnutes
iter lifted the car off him and ho was
aken back to Spaulding for repairs,
fr. Elvidge returned to O’Neill Sat
rday and went back to Spalding the
rst of the week to drive the car back,
inning him beneath the wreckage,
ither thavelers arriving on the scene
few mintes later lifted the car off
im and he was taekn back to Spald
ig for repairs. Mr. Elvidge returned
n O’Neill Saturday and went back to
ipalding the first of the week to drive
he car back.
Tlio onliitinn a nnmKor nf rnKVinr.
39 and petty pilferings in the com
lunity the last several weeks may be
t hand in the recognition of a
rowler who entered and ransacked
he residence of O. B. Hatch in the
rest end of town Monday night while
he family was absent. A member of
he family returning home about 10
’clock p. m. discovered a well known
utomobile standing in the yard with
ghts out and the owner of the same
oing through the house with a
torchlight. Assistance at once waa
ummoned from a neighbor, but the
irowler made his escape in the car
tefore the house could be surrounded,
le was recognized as a fairly well
mown O’Neill citizen and the case
ias been given to the authorities for
investigation. Among the recent
hefts in town Iwas a set of tires and
ims off the car of Cecil Brown, taken
rom his garage two weeks ago, a new
torage battery stolen from a new car
n Walter Wyant’s garage and the
intering and rifling of the Standard
)il station last week. Special agents
if the Standard Oil company now are.
aid to be investigating the latter.
BAND BENEFIT.
The W. C. T. U. Iwill serve ice cream
ind cake both Saturday aftertnoon
md evening, September 17th, in the
icott building for the benefit of the
VNeill Band. Every one come and
ioost for your home band. 14-2
George Corwell, or Cowell, or any
lerson knowing his present postoffice
iddress, is requested to communicate
vith his sister, Laura Glenn, 298 West
•’ourth St., San Pedron, Cal. 14-3p
“Have you a Blind Husband?” 14-1