The Frontier.
.VOLUME XLI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1922. NO. 37.
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E. G. Clements, of Valentine, was in
O'Neill, Friday.
Harry Haffner was in Omaha the
first of the week.
S. J. Weekes went down to Omaha
Wednesday morning.
H. M. Metyler, of Tecumseh, was in
the city on business last Thursday.
.» Mrs. M. R. Boler, of Jackson, is the
(* guest of her sister, Mrs. William
Biglin.
Miss Florence McCafferty enter
tained a few friends at her home Fri
day evening.
An eleven pound son arrived at the
home of Mr. anl Mrs. James Early
last Monday.
Mrs. J. W. Hiber and daughter re
turned Saturday evening from Platts
mouth and Omaha.
F. E. Cowden, of Riverton, Iowa,
was in the city last Saturday looking
• after the Ditch camp.
The Ewing Advocate says that a
young son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Angus last Sunday.
Mrs. C. P. Rhodes and son, Bobbie,
have returned from a two week’s visit
with relatives at Beatrice.
The high school basket ball team
are scheduled to play the Ewing high
school team at Ewing Friday evening.
Miss Witherow, Miss Taylor and
Miss Myrland, all teachers of the pub
lic school, were in Tilden last Satur
day.
Col. James Moore is unusually
happy these days all because a_ ten
pound son arrived at his home* last
Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph Cowperthwaite, who
suffered a slight stroke of paralysis,
at her residence in this city Monday
morning, is reported as slowlyrecover
ing.
Mrs. Arthur Ryan was hostess to
;he Neighborhood Club last Monday
jvening. Mrs. C. M. Daly won the
honors at bridge.
Jap Ritts was called to Iowa Satur
day morning by the serious illness of
bis father, who suffered a stroke of
parlysis that morning.
Mrs. Patrick Bernard Harty was
hostess to the Martez club Monday
evening. Miss Mae Hammond won
the honors at auction.
Mrs. M. R. Boler, of Jackson, won
high honors at auction at the meeting
of the Monday Nite club. Mrs. Frank
McMillan was hostess.
Albert Leigel and Mrs. Theresa
Parlsch, both of Stuart, were issued a
marriage license by County Judge
Malone Thursday, February. 9.
Chambers Sun: Little Charles, son
of Elmer Coolidge, of Amelia, had the
misfortune to fall Monday evening,
breaking his left arm just above the
wrist.
Mrs. George Longstaff is expected
home from Chicago, Tuesday where
she has been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Hilda Goodenberger, for several
weeks.
Mrs. Edward Campbell and Mr.
Patrick Harty won the honors Sunday
evening at the meeting of the Four
some club. Miss Ireneaia Biglin was
hostess.
The Misses Vivian and Inez Grant,
daughters off Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grant,
who have been attending school in
California, returned home Saturday
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. James Connolly re
turned from the hospital at Sioux City
last Saturday night with their little
son, who recently underwent an opera
tion. The little fellow is recovering
nicely.
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Fire originating prwujtwWy frof
an overti sated furnace did oojislderabl
damage to the residence of Mr. nm
Mrs. H. U. Hubbard of Chambers
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Disney, are re
joicing' over the arrival of a sevei
pound girl at their home on Fehruar,
6th. They reside in the south part o
the county.
The Women’s Christian Temperance
Union meets with Mrs. Nora Pin
Tuesday afternoon, February 21, a
3:00 o’clock. All members are re
quested to be present.
Mrs. L. A. Carter and daughter
Margaret, went to Humphrey, Wed
nesday morning for a visit with an
other daughter, Mrs. Joe Smith, whi
has been ill for the past three weeks
Neligh Leader: County Judge In
gram issued only one marriage licens
the past week, to Earl D. Van Ostram
of Orchard and Edna Cary of Ewing
He performed the ceremony for then
February 2.
E. L. Scholtz, residing northwest o
Chambers, was in the city Saturda;
on business. Mr. Scholtz had hi
name added to our list so that he wil
get this family journal regularly fo
the next year.
The high school basket ball tear:
will meet the Ewing team, on the Ew
ing floor Friday night. The sam
evening the Plainvieiw high schoo
girls’ team will contest with the loea
girls’ team here.
C. A. Shea, of Kiesling, Washing
ton, who formerly resided a few mile
northeast of this city for many years
arrived in the city last Thursda;
night and will visit relatives am
old time friends.
Homer L. Coulthard, of Elgin, Ne
braska, and Miss Leona J. Nelson, o
Stuart, Nebraska, were married at th
M. E. parsonage last Saturday after
noon. Melvin Nelson and Carri
Backman were the attendants.
Inman Leader: Geo. Davies lef
Wednesday for Omaha where he wai
to see his sister, Mrs. Bethea of E^r
ing, who recently undeijvent a sur
gical operation. Her condition ha
been very serious but is now "improv
ing.
TJie local Masonic Lodge is holdini
a social meeting tonight in honor o
Mr. Lewis E. Smith, Grand Master o
Masons of Nebraska. Mr. Chas. H
Stowell, of Chambers, is aslo a gues
of honor, being the oldest Mason ii
Holt county.
Ewing Advocate: Lyle Smith las
week purchased the interests of Ear
Angus in the meat market at Albion
and went down the first of this weel
to look up a home. He expects h
move to Albion as soon as he can ge
a house to. move into.
muian ueauer: C/ewis aooocKa o:
this place and Frank Burival o:
O’Neill, departed Wednesday morninf
for Beatrice, where it is rumored tha
Lewis will be married to one of thi
fair daughters of that place. Franl
went along to act as best man.
Some evening when you desire ti
receive the latest news of the day jus
ask Gerald what is happening in thi
different parts of the world and if hi
so desires he can put you wise for hi
receives a great snare of his new;
from the large towers at Arlington.
Chambers Sun: Friends weregrievei
to hear of the death of Mrs. Jacol
Springer,- of South Dakota. Thi
Springer family resided in the Franci:
community about ten years ago. Thi
remains will be brought to Bartlet
and laid beside the husband ani
children.
Mrs. Frank Biglin and Mrs. Wil
Biglin entertained at a dinner and can
party for a number of lady friends a
the Hotel Golden Tuesday evening
Honors were won by Mrs. Patricl
Harty, the second prize by Mrs. Allei
Barber, and the all-cut prize by Mrs
L. A. Burgess.
Mrs. George A. Miles and Mrs .J
M. Hunter entertained the members o
the Tuesday club and their husband
at a seven o’clock dinner at the horn
of Mrs. Miles last Tuesday evening
Frank Lancaster won the honors a
progressive whist. J. M. Hunter woi
the consolation.
Thieves gained entrance to th
Stout drug store Thursdaf evening, b;
breaking a window in the rear, an
stole sixty fountain penfr'and a doze
gold pencils. No other property wa
taken as far as Mr. Stout has bee
able to ascertain. The loss is esti
mated at about $300.
Stuart Advocate: Emm3 Hinkle
thirteen years old, whose home i
fifteen miles northeast of Atkinsor
was brought to the Wilson hospita
Saturday afternoon, a ruptured ap
pendix making an operation necessarj
At present, she is getting along a
well as can be expected.
Stuart Advocate: Fire destroye
one of the outbuildings on the Josep
Kaup farm east of Stuart, Saturda
afternoon, and slightly damaged tw
chicken houses. A number of sma'
tools and implements that were store
in the building, were also destroyec
entailing a loss of about one hundre
dollars.
Inman Leader: At a meeting of th
stockholders of the Farmers Unio
held Wednesday, A. J. Gifford wa
selected as manager of the Farmer
Store at this place, taking charge o
the business Thursday morning, h
C. Christianson, who has been actin
manager for several months, has re
turned to his farm near Page.
“Meals” was the topic of discussio
at the meeting of the Home Economic
department of the Women’s Club r
the high school Wednesday aftemooi
The meeting was led by Mrs. Chark
F. McKenna and members responde
to roll call with recipes for leftover
Food Values of Expensive and Chea
Cuts of Meat was the topic of a papc
by Mrs. John Melvin. Mrs. C. I
Downey discussed Cookery for tl
Cheap Cuts, and Meat Substitute
and Meat Salads was the topic assigt
ed to Mrs. William Swigart.
i Jatnoa O’Connor, who Java been com
* fined to Ma residence for acworol days,
1 was taken to Minneapolis for an
, operation, Sunday morning, Dr.
Daniel O’Connor, his son, accompanied
him. Word received from Minneapolis
| Tuesday was that Mr. O’Connor was
, operated on that day and is recover
s ing nicely from the operation.
Ewing Advocate: A young German,
, relative of the Bauer family, of Ewing,
, arrived here Sunday evening from
i Germany. The young lad served in
. the German army during the war, and
can give first hand information con
cerning conditions in Germany at the
> present time. He says it cost him 26,
' 000 marks to buy his steamship pas
’ sage to New York.
1 Chambers Sun: Word was received
' in Chambers that Mr. Hugo Hoppe, of
' Golden, was in an Omaha hosiptal sui •
j fering from a very painful accident,
' a spike having rebounded, in driving,
■ striking Hugo in the left eye, causing
1 a cataract which has been operated
on, but there is little hope for sight
E being saved. Mr. Hoppe’s many
r friends in Chambers Valley are hoping
j Jonathan Britt, 92, the oldest mem
* ber of the Independent Order of Odd
Feilows in the United States, in both
ago and membership, according to
i local records, and a member of North
■ Loup lodge No. 412 of the order in
i North Loup, Neb., for more than
1 seventy-two years, died Tuesday at
1 the home of his daughter near Yuba,
California. Britt was born in Penn
. sylvania- and had been a resident of
j Sutter county, California, for twenty
years.
r Business establishments and indi
l viduals in Omaha and Nebraska hav
ing claims against the railroads dur
. ing the time they were under govem
f ment control are required to file shit
, before March 1, or have their claims
’ forever outlawed, acording to an an
; neuneement made by C. E. Childe,
traffic manager of the Chamber of
, Commerce. Mr. Childe estimated
[ there were in Omaha at least $200,
1 000 in claims that would be affected
by this ruling.
. O’Neill fight fans will have another
. opportunity to see Jerry Vokac, the
fighting Bohemian from Verdigre, in
, action, when he meets Roy Rector, the
? noted light heavy weight of Columbus,
i Nebraska, at the K. C. hall Friday
' night of next week. The go, which
* will be a ten round one, will be a real
{ one, as Rector has defeated a number
of leading men of his class, including
Whitney Fulton, brother of Fred Ful
I ton, and Vokac needs no introduction
to an O’Neill audience.
\ The American Legion Tuesday even
, ing endorsed and under a working
agreement are co-operating with the
Chambers Post in the presentation in
, O’Neill of the operetta “The Japanese
■, Princess” sometime within the next
\ ,jLtV weeks. This operetta is being
fwotfueed by the Legion at Chambers
m that city on next Wednesday. It Is
under the direction of Mr. Tetard, a
musician and singer of unusual ability
and an amateur performer of distinct
1 ion who has had in charge the pre
; sentation of this operetta by amateur
! companies in Omaha and other eastern
1 Nebraska cities. Forty voices coni
! prise the cast and an excellent erter
i tain ment is secured.
Atkinson Graphic: From the roof
I of the Opera house to the roof of the
i Schultz drug store is stretched several
wires which you have no doubt noticedj
at the same time wondering what,
could be their purpose. These wires
were placed there by Gerald Schultz
I and in the rear part of the drug store
Gerald has a receiver from which he
I takes messages sent from all parts of
1 the United States. Gerald is the owner
; and operator of a wirelss assisted by
. J. W. Wellman an old navy wireless
: operator, and when it comes to red
i hot news Gerald is up to date always
being twentyfour hours ahead of the
people who are readers of the daily
papers. If you have ever visited
| Washington, D. C. you have seen at
, some distance the large wireless tow
, ers at Arlington.
EDITH SCHMIDT.
t Edith, youngest daughter of Mr.
l and Mrs. John Schmidt, of Shields
township, died Wednesday morning at
> the family home after an illness of
} several weeks duration. The little one
j was 7 months and 29 days of age. The
j funeral will be held from St. Pat
3 rick’s church this, Thursday, after
, noon at 2 o’clock. The Frontier joins
. in extending condolences to the be
reaved parents and little brothers and
sisters.
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C. W. MORGAN
Charles Wesley Morgan, one of our
oldest and most esteemed residents,
passed away at the Campbell hospital
of Norfolk, Saturday, February 11,
1922, after a short illness.
Charles Wesley Morgan was boi'n
at Iowa Falls, Harden County, Iowa,
October 14, 1858, and was 63 years, 3
months and 29 days of age at death.
He moved from Harden County,
Iowa, in 1883, to Mineola, Nebraska,
where he homesteaded and made his
home until three years ago, when he
sold his home of 640 acres and moved
to O’Neill.
He was united in marriage to Mrs.
Viola A. Bader in this citv on July 18,
1888.
To this union were born eight
children, five toys and three girls.
The deceased was one of our wide
awake and energetic citizens and was
widely known and universally liked
and respected.
His death is a loss to the com
munity and we all grieve with the
afflicted family.
Charles has known all the hard
ships of the early settler and he had
come through it all to a time when he
could enjoy his labors, when He who
doeth all things well saw fit to call
him to his reward.
He. with his wife, were united with
the M. E. church at Mlneota on Mmx-h
12, 1917, and their membership was
transferred to the First M. E. church
of this city April 6, 1921.
He leaves to mourn his beloved
wife, Viola, and six children: Eugene
Augusta, Chester Arthur, and Oliver
Bert, of this city; David Francis and
Mrs. Mae Taylor, of Opportunity, and
Mrs. Sarah Sorensen, of Page; and
two step-children: Myrlen Bader, of
this city and Mrs. Mabel Clark, of
Buffalo Head, Canada. Two children,
Bessie Blanch and John Wesley pre
ceded him.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
at 12 m. from the M. E. church. Inter
ment being in the Mineola cemetery.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to express through The
Frontier, our heart felt thanks to the
friends here and at Norfolk, for the
many kind acts of help and sym
pathy shown us during our sad be
reavement, the death of our beloved
husband and father. Your kindness ,
will never be forgotten.
Mrs. Viola Morgan and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Messner
and family.
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY
ELECTS OFFICERS
The following officers for the ensu
ing year were elected at a meeting of
the American Legion Auxiliary Thurs
day:
President, Mrs. David Stannard;
Vice President, Mrs. F. J. Dishner;
Secretary, Miss ttrtrin BnrnanJ; Trens.
urer, Miss Anna O’Donnell. Eexecu
tive Committee—Miss Lillian Golden,
Mrs. Edward Campbell, Miss Berna
dette Brennan.
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Charles Ray
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Royal Theatre
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Two Minutes To Go
Buster Keyton Comedy
Thursday and Friday
February 23 and 24
Basket Ball Benefit
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[ Jerry Vokac and Roy Rector
\ of Verdigre of Columbus
I At K. C. Hall, O’Neill, Friday, February, 24th
’ At 8:30 P. M. Sharp.
. 10 Fast and Furious Rounds of Boxing
l Vokac, who never has been defeated, is considered by many as the cham
s pion heavyweight of Nebraska. He needs no introduction to local followers
!*| of the sport. Rector is a light-heavy weight with a long record of victories to j
p his credit. He recently defeated the famous Whitey Fulton, brother of Fred !,
Fulton, contender for the heavyweight championship.
e! General Admission, $1.00 plus war tax. Ringside, $2.00 plus war tax.
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