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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1922)
^ The Frontier. VOLUME XLI. I^VERYTmNC^_ j IN GROCERY LINE j In Season j Ben Grady, Grocer j | YVi '■’*»•? if •? 1:18 i;'jlltst Cir:,<!c i’“a'OI'i 1 1 Sell Noodle., Spaghetti and I g Jfcii ■ ’ . other iViacerom Product* | |PHONES68-l26j LOCAL MATTERS. Ewing is planning on a fourth of July celebration. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Everhart drove up from Orchard Sunday. J. F. O’Donnell was a passenger to Omaha Tuesday morning. S. L. Berry and W. J. Hammond were in Norfollk Tuesday. A little daughter was born last Sat urday to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stewart. The south room of the Nebraska State bank is being replastered this week. A. E. Bowen is erecting a new house 26x36 on his lots north of the Metho dist church. The new residence of J. A. Pinker man, in the west part of town is pro gressing nicely. 9 Mrs. H. H. Haffner w;,3 called to Memphis, Missouri, last Friday, by the death of her sister. n r T-1 T TT 1 *1 .1. _1_ _*1 J_ Mrs. Joe Smith and baby are here from Humphrey, visiting with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Carter. J. D. Cronin is delivering the ad dress at the commencement exercises of the Inman High School this even ing. Leonard H. Walton, of Venus, and Miss Edna L. Mortan, were married by County Judge Malone, last Thurs day. The Block 18 club were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Coyne, on Thursday evening of last week. Mrs. W. J. Biglin was hostess to the Monday Nite club this week. Miss Anna O’Donnell won the honors at bridge. County Judge Malone issued a license to wed to George W. Hall and Miss Noma Fuller, both of ' Stuart, Tuesday. A number of O’Neill people drove to Neligh last Sunday to hear Evan _1 • X TT 4- l, „ • -1 4-: ... 1111 O. ± . « . l\uuiwtlltiv emu omniivii wont to Omaha, Wednesday, for a visit with relatives. A small blaze at the Van Humphrey home at Atkinson, Thursday after noon, did some damage. The band at Elgin will be supported by a special levy in the future, if present plans are carried out. Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Muret from Orchard, are visiting their daughter, Mrs. N. S. Hendrick, this week. C. A. Smith, of Sioux City, was in O’Neill today shalnng hands with his many old time friends. C. A. was station agent here twelve years ago. He is now representing -the Trans Continental Oil Co. ices there. Dr. L. A. Burgess went to Lincoln Monday morning where he has been attending the State Dental Convention this week. The Mineola school closed for the summer with a big program and pic nic last Friday. Mi’s. L. C. McKim, jr., was the teacher. Miss Viola Dierks, of Ewing, was hostess at a prenuptial shower for Miss B. Pearl Warwick, on Monday evening of last week. T. J. Coyne returned home last week from Laurel, Nebraska, and points in South Dakota, where he was looking after some land business. „ „ II Must Know 3 , Man Before Trusting Him § j As a basis for credit, confi ' dence conies first in import- •: ance. 3 . I * A checking account gives all the people with whom you come in contact, confidence in you. — : 3 s g What easier and more .digni fied way could you think of { for establishing yourself in ? the community? ! 3 : We invite you to open your $ ' checking account at this bank. $ s 5 f! ] The O'Neill National Bank | | O’Neill, Nebraska [ % Capita], Surplus and Undivided i Profits, $160,000.00 J This Bank Carries No Indebtedness Of Officers Or Stockholders. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1922. T. V. Golden was in Inman yester day attending a meeting of tHe citi zens of that locality in regard to the location of the Blue Pole road through Inman. Mrs. Ole Goodspeede, of Neligh, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lyle McKim, of Opportunity, for several days, returned to her home this afternoon. Mr. McKinnon and son have been in O’Neill several days during the past week looking after business matters connected with the marking of the Grant Highway. The sewing circles of the Altar society -will meet on Thursday after noon, May 18th, as follows: West side, Mrs. W. J. McDonough; the east side, Mrs. J. B. Ryan. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wise were in Spencer on business Tuesday. Mrs. Henry Zimmerman accompanied them and spent the day visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Sturdevant. The last program of the music_ de partment for the year will be given on Friday afternoon of this week at St. Mary’s auditorium. All members are requested to be present. Mrs. Julia M. Uecher filed a petition in the district court on May 6th, ask ing for a divorce from her husband, Gustave Uecher. Both parties are old time residents of O’Neill. Thirty-five purebred Hereford bulls were sold at the sale conducted by G. C. Gross & Son, in O’Neill, last Satur day afternoon. The entire herd were purchased by farmers in this vicinity. The Research club of the O’Neill Catholic Women will have the final meeting of the season at the K. C. Hall Sunday afternoon, May 28th. All members are requested to be present. Miss Ida Chapman and Miss Florence McCafferty entertained the Martez club at the home of Miss Chapman Monday evening. Miss Mary Fitzsimmons won the honors at bridge. Neligh Leader: County Judge In gram issued one marriage license this week to Joe Weston of Grand Island and Gladys Thomas, of Page, who were married by Rev. C. F. Steiner, May 5. The high wind of last Thursday wrecked the big barn at Mineola. Fly ing timbers broke several of the win flnwc in tVio MinpiYWi anhnnl hnnsp and Mr. and Mrs. John Finch and daughter, Miss Edna, of Norden, Ne braska, came down to O’Neill, Sunday, and riJturned home Tuesday. It. W. Badge row, of Middle Branch, and Alex Wertz, of Star, were in O’Neill last Saturday attending the purebred sale at John Quig’s Mrs. Harry Bowen is enjoying a visit from her mother, Mrs. Bergmark, of Chicago, also from an uncle, Fred Stone and aunt, Mrs. Ed. Stone and little son, Edward, Jr., of Omaha. The party drove up from Omaha Tuesday and will remain here several days. O. B. Haeeh obtained a judgment in the county court on Wednesday of last week in his damage suit against Tom Campbell, of Atkinson, which is the outgrowth of a collision between their cars that occurred in the west part of O’Neill on the 8th of May last year. A Rod and Gun Club has recently been organized at Stuart, with D. A. Criss, president, and Earl Chaney, sec retary. Arrangements were made for a big crow hunt for last Sunday with Earl Chaney captain of one bunch and Tom Compton captain of the other. W. W. Leighton, the checker wonder from Minnesota, put on several exhi bition games up at the checker club last week. He would play several games at one time and succeeded in winning most of the games. Mr. Leighton is an axceptionnlly clever player. Mrs. Sam A. Arnold entertained a few ladies at her home on Fremont street last Monday afternoon in honor of her sister, Mrs. B. F. Bogan, of Ashland, Nebraska. Those present were: Mrs. Elmer Surber, Mrs. D. H. Clauson, Mrs. H. E. Radaker, Mrs. L. E. Shaulis. The Knights of Columbus entertain ed at their nineteenth annual ball, at tjie K. C. hall Tuesday evening. The event was a most enjoyable one and the social event of the season. The hall was beautifully decorated, under the direction of John Hiber. Craw ford’s Melo-Harmony Men, of Denver furnished the music. The success of the affair is due to the untiring efforts and energy of Messrs William Froe lich, P. B. Harty and Ed. O’Donnell, t.hp pnnimitfpp nrrn rrnmnnf o O’Neill has been the center of a real moving picture episode this week The Chenowerth Film Co., have beer making the film story for the Royal Theatre, with an O’Neill cast. Mrs Alice Sougey is the leading lady and Frank Harrington is the leading gent The story will be shown upon the screen at the Royal as soon as the film is completed. The stores ant others who will be represented in the film story are: Melior’s garage; Baj Brothers; Biglin furniture store; Mc Millan & Markey bakery; Seth Noble lumber company; C. E. Stout drugs; Nebraska State bank; Hanford Pro duce Co.; J. B. Ryan ranch; H. H. Haffner residence. Thursday of next week, May 25, will be a red letter day in O’Neill. On that afternoon and evening the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, 150 strong, will be the guests of the city from 5:45 in the afternoon until 12:30 at night. The visitors, accompanied by the famous Dan Desdunes band of forty pieces, will arrive by special train over the Northwestern at 5:45. The famous colored band and orchestra will be at the disposal of the citizens while here. In the evening the commencement exercises of the high school will be held at the K. C. theater, and at the old skating rink in the south part of town Homer Sheridan, of Sioux City, and Jack Hunt, of Omaha, will stage a ten round boxing contest. Chet Cal kins, of this city, and Otto Bird' Head, of Knoxville, a fullblooded Sioux In dian, will appear in a five round pre liminary. Then, after the boxing ex hibition will come the big dance at the pavilion, with the Dan Desdune orchestra furnishing the jazz. The orchestra, composed entirely of colored musicians, accompanies the Dan Des dune band and is considered by many the best orchestra in the entire country. You cannot afford to be away from O’Neill next Thursday afternoon and evening. The happy song of a contented lit tle pet dominick hen branded Charles Grady as a chicken thief in the minds of a Boyd county district court jury at Butte last week and sent him to the county jail for sixty days. Charles was on trial, charged with stealing chickens from his neighbor, Andrew Lorenson, living near Butte. The chickens with others had been found in a butcher shop by Lorenson after he missed them and the butcher had pur pIhispH flip pliifVpnc enmnfViprQ school was dismissed until the storm abated. The residents of Tilden are planning on erecting a modern school building to replace the one recently destroyed by fire. They will vote on the propo sition of issuing bonds in th sum of $90,000. D. L. Hendrick and family came down to O’Neill Friday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Hendrick, Mrs. Hendrick will remain for a week, but Dell returned to his home Monday afternoon. Mrs. B. F. Bogan and son, David, Jr., returned to their home at Ashton, Nebraska, last Tuesday. Mr. Bogan was unabel to visit here over Sunday as expected. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Hodgkin de pared in their car last Sunday after noon for Madison, Nebraska, where they will be joined by Mr. and Mrs. Pettibone. From there they will go to their home at Sidney. Attorney J. A. Donohoe was attend ing court in Butte one day last week, and won the case wherein the assist ant of the office of the county judge was suing the county to obtain several hundred dollars unpaid salary. C. A. Kendall, of Milford, has been visiting here for- a couple of weeks with his daughter, Mrs. C. A. Jantzie, north of the city. Mr. Kendall is an old resident of this part of the county. He expects to return home next week. Ewing Advocate: Mrs. Roy Bentley received word Monday of the death of her father, Mr. Wm. Roberts, at War rensburg, Mo. Mr. Roberts was an old resident of Ewing, and his friends here will be grieved to hear of his demise. Chadron Chronicle: The marriage of George Clarence Holopeter and Mollie Allen took place at the Metho dist parsonage, May 6. The groom is from Enders Lake and the bride from Emmet. They will make their home at Ainsworth. Ewing Advocate: Henry W. Mosel’s barn took fire Wednesday about noon, during the high wind that day, and was an entire loss, together with some corn and some young stock. Mrs. Mosel was badly burned helping to get the horses out. atai. aim ifno, vv cuter i>ouev enter tained a large number of their friends at their home northwest of O’Neill, last Sunday, in honor of their birthday anniversaries which occurred on the 10th and 14th inst. An unusually fine time is reported. Atkinson Graphic: The Ballon family received word of the accidental shooting of their sister, Mrs. Christina Selkirk, of Sioux City, Iowa, Wednes day and left that morning to be at her bedside. They found their sister in the hospital when they arrived M. F. Harrington and sons, George, of O’Ngill, and Gerald, of Omaha, were in Butte last week attending court. M. F. and Gerald won the Chambers will case, involving considerable land and some stock certificates. The case has been in court for some time. The Omaha Trade Excursion will be in O’Neill on May 25th, arriving by special train at 5:45 p. m., over the Northwestern, remaining until 12:30 a. m. This will be the largest' trade excursion that has ever visited north Nebraska. Accompanying the excui ■ sion will be Dan Desdunes famous band, who will furnish music for the occasion while here. It is the desire of the Commercial Club of O’Neill that everybody turn out and meet the train, and help to entertain the visitors afterwards. There will be a big dance at the pavilion. Music by Dan Des dunes Orchestra. Lots of souvenirs for the children at the train. from Grady. -At the trial Grady had an alibi that he had slept with another neighbor the night the chickens dis appeared! from the Lorenson farm and that the chickens he had sold to the butcher were his own. But Lorenson and his little son, Carl, contended that the chickens belonged to them and that in the bunch was a little pet dominick hen trained to do various stunts. The chickens were kept in a room in the county jail during the course of the trial and when it neared its close the jury was invited over tc view them. Accompanied by Judge Robert R. Dickson and the other court dignitaries they went to the jail There little Carl told the jury that il a dominick hen in the bunch was his it would fly upon the arm of any one if called and sing a little song. Juror Cline decided to try the experiment and, holding out his left arm, called tc biddy. The hen flew up and on to hit arm and cuddling down against his shoulder sang the little song all hens do in the spring. Then the jury wenl back to court r.nd the song so rang in their ears that they could not hca. the impassioned plea of Grady’s at torney. At the conclusion of thv hearing they only remained out long enough to eat supper at the county’s expense and then came in with a ver dict of guilty. Judge Dickson gav< Grady sixty days and he now is ir jail. NO. 50. t i The local post of The American Legion are completing plans for a gigantic ex-service men’s picnic to be held in O’Neill on Sunday, June 18. All ex-service men, their families and friends, in the county are to be invited and elaborate preparations are being made for their entertainment. Rev. and Mrs. George Longstaff have received word from their daughter, Hilda, stating that she and her husband, Rev. E. C. Goodenburger, will have charge of a Presbyterian church at Natoma, Kansas, during the summer, and will return to their studies at a seminary in Chicago in the fall. ' County Superintendent Anna Done hoe was in Chambers last Friday at tending a field meet which was being held by the pupils of five rural schools and the Chambers school. She speaks very highly of the work performed by the participants and also is highly in J favor of all the country schools adopt- ’ ing the field meet idea. < Ouster proceedings have been filed j against John Ashburn, who was ap pointed Highway Gommissioiner, by the County Board of Supervisors of ‘ Antelope county, on January 10, 1922. 1 The objectors to Mr. Ashburn holding the office claim that he is disqualified ■ as highway commissioner from the fact that he is also one of the super- ; visors of Antelope county. The out-of-town relatives who were 1 here last week to attend the funeral i services for James McDermott were: 1 Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Morrow, of Ra- 1 vena, Sounth Dakota; Joe Morrow, and . Mrs. J. B. Furguson, of Denver, and « Mrs. Tom McEvoy, of Omaha. Peter t and John Smith, of Dunlap, Iowa, who t were old neighbors of Mr. McDermott 1 before he came to Nebraska, were also 1 here. 1 Henry Brewster, who has been mak ng his home between Emmet and At cinson, was brought before the in sanity board last Saturday and ad iudged mentally incompetent and was aken to Norfolk that day by Sheriff Ouffy. He is a man about 38 years >ld and unmarried. How hath the mighty fallen. Over it the Henry Zimmerman residence Clarence Zimmerman has the once proud leader of a purebred flock of Plymouth Rock hens mothering and digging worms for a big brood of Brahma chicks, while the original mother of the brood is scratching her »wn worms. Thus does the feminist movement progress. Mrs. Della Shaw arrived here last veek from an extended visit with •elatives and friends at Long Beach, jos Angeles and other points in Cali ornia. She reports a pleasant visit vith the L. E. Carscallen family at iardena, and with the Mr. and Mrs. ■’rank Pixley, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. )euel and T. E. Lord, formerly of ’age, and with a number of other ormer residents of this vicinity who low reside in the west. Mrs. J. P. Gallagher has been visit ng at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. P. durphy, at St. Louis, Missouri, where . new daughter is in command. The wins Misses Helen and Hilda, who lave been attending school at Denver, re expected to join their mother at St. x>uis next Monday. Dr. E. E. Gal agher, of La Cross, Wisconsin,and Dr. . C. Gallagher, of Toledo, Ohio, are xpected in St. Louis next week to at end a medical convention and will be he guests of Dr. J. F. Gallagher and )r. J. P. Murphy while in the city. J. i\ Gallagher, of O’Neill, will, perhaps, >e a member of the party also. THE GREATEST FARMER IN THE WORLD Opo fourth of the wheat we grow is the result ol he researches of the Government. After years of untiring experiment and investigation, the Government, through the Department of Agricul ture, was enab'ed to introduce into this country the remarkable Du ruin wheat through which our produc tion has be n increased fully twenty-five per cant. This has fc- en only one of many surprising but little known accomplishments of the Government, which are covered in the interesting series of stories for which we h /e the exclusive right of distribution in this commupty. - We’ll send this literature to you each month without obligation on year part if you will ask for it. Nebraska State Bank. I ° -.1 | • -._,.u, ■ a