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. t-.-: VOLUME XLII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1923. NO. 43. % GRADY’S GROCERY PURITAN BACON Barrington Hall Coffee ♦ Lettuce Celery Fruit - • Cash Paid For Eggs fhones--68-126 - - LOCAL MATTERS. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Johnson, of Stuart, on March 7th. Stuart Advocate: Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fuelberth, Tuesday, March 6, 1923, a baby boy. Clint Fry, postmaster of Winside, spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. J. A. Hutchins and family. Chauncey Porter and family exSpect to move to the Kauffman residence just west of the E. F. Porter residence, in the east part of town. Orchard News: Mrs. Jones, who was here the past two months with her daughter, Mrs. Walmer, left Wed nesday for her home at O’Neill. Mrs. Tom Mathews, living north west cf the city, wa» taken to Nor folk, Tuesday morning. She could not receive the desired assistance and was taken to Omaha. John Gilligan came up from Omaha last Saturday, where he is attending the University of Nebraska Medical college, and will spend the Easter va cation with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Young and family left Monday for their home in Hornell, New York. They were called here last weeH by the death of Mrs. A. L. Rouse, mother of Mrs. Young. Miss Mabel Morton has accepted a position as clerk in the dry goods de partment of the P. J. McManus store, Miss Morton takes the place of Miss Mary Markey who has resigned. Stuart Advocate: Clarence Coy, the young man who was so unfortunate as to have his left arm shattered by the accidental discharge of a shot gun up west last fall, necessitating the ampu tation of the arm at that time, had the arm re-amputated at the Wilson hospital, Monday. This was made necessary by an infected condition of the bone, dating from the time of the accident. The residence of Mrs. M. F. Rob erts, of Stuart, was badly damaged by fire during the blizzard about two weeks ago. The fire is supposed to have originated from a» defective chimney. A daughter was born to Professor and Mrs. E. H. Suhr Monday morning. The child lived only a few hours and passed away Monday evening. The remains of the little one were sent to Hastings, Nebraska, for burial. Orchard News: Last week J. M. McNabb, of Page, purchased the Tur ner and Retke barbershop. He took possession the first of the week. Mr. Turner will assist in the shop for a time and Mr. Retka is undecided as to what he will do. Mike Ford, chauffeur on the passen ger train between O’Neill and Sioux City, sustained a sprained ankle at Royal one day last week. Mike took a few days lay-off and enjoyed a visit with his family at Sioux City. Carl Holt, of Sioux City, drove during Mike’s absence. Sunday, March 25th, was the second birthday anniversary of Miss Rose Mary and Miss Ruth Ann, the twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Big lin. A special dinner was prepared for the occasion and each young lady was presented with a dainty cake upon which were two candles. Mike Higgins returned Tuesday afternoon from St. Paul, Minnesota, with a shipment of three cars of cows which he is taking to his large ranch in the southwest part of the county. His brother Leo, of Schuyler, accompanied him on the trip and will visit here for a short time. Mrs. Nellie Adamson, wife of Charlie Adamson, who now resides near Ainsworth, but was formerly a resident of Stuart, was found dead in front of her kitchen stove on Thurs day cf last week. Death is supposed to have come to her while she was To The Depositor NATIONAL BANKS FAIL. When they do depositors lose heavily. Why? Because deposits in National Banks are not guaranteed. STATE BANKS FAIL. When they do depositors are paid in full. Why? Because deposits in State Banks are protected by the Depositors Guarantee Fund of the State of Nebraska. THE NEBRASKA STATE BANK OF O’NEILL is the only Bank in O’Neill which offers you this pro tection. You will protect yourself and please us by depositing your money with us. 5 per cent paid on time deposits. Nebraska State Bank oi O’Neill, Nebraska preparing the nooh-day meal. Peter Milikin, of Tilden, was in O’Neill Monday. A daughter was born last Saturday to Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Wilkinson. Dan McCarthy shipped a car of extra tine cattle to the Omaha markets Tuesday^ Inman Leader: Clarence Man chester left Thursday morning for Charter Oak, Iowa, by auto, called there by telegram on account of the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Bal latine, who passed away at the family home there Wednesday evening. The funeral will be held at the Charter Oak Saturday forenoon. George Davies and Jay Butler, of Inman, were before the county board last Tuesday asking that the board designate a certain road which runs along the railroad track from Inman to Stafford, as a county highway. The county board con’plied with their re quest. This road is on the line of the Blue Pole Highway across the state and will bring many tourists through Inman. Inman Leader: Word has been re ceived by relatives in Inman announc ing the marriage of Miss Vernie Green, of Wakefield, Nebraska, to Mr. Lloyd Conger, of Ticonic, Iowa, which occurred at the home of the bride’s parents at Wakefield Wednesday at high noon. The bride is a school teacher in the Wakefield schools The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Conger, of Inman, and for past number of years has been in the em ployment or Bauer-Henry Lumber Co., and at the present time is manager of the company’s interests at Ticonic. The bride visited in Inman last sum mer and will be remembered by quite a number. Their many friends in this locality extend congratulations. ANDY SCHMADER GETS HIS IN THE FIRST ROUND The O’Neill boxing fans will be in terested to know that Andy Schmader, of Omaha, who, boxed here last sum mer with Jerry Vokac, of Verdigre, took the count in the first round of his bout with Gibbons at Peoria, Illinois, Monday evening. Following is the report from the ringside: “Peoria, 111., March 26.—Tommy Gibbons, St. Paul heavyweight, knock ed out Andy Schmader, of Omaha, in the first round of their scheduled ten round bout at the Sportsmen's club before 3,000 persons. A thousand others were turned away. “A lightning 'eft to Schmader’s solar plexus that came like a bolt of light ning, and carried the force of several combined pile drivers, sent the Ne braskan to the canvas for the count of ten. Gibbons helped carry him to his corner, and it was several minutes be fore he was revived. Schmader went down on one knee for a three count thirty seconds after the bout started, after taking several stinging rights in the face. Hardly had he regained his feet when Gibbons unleashed his fu rious left. It took Schmader in the center of the body. His eyes closed and he sank to the floor with an an guished look frozen on his face. Referee Jones, former manager of Jess Willard, counted him out. TAX PAYER SAYS CLOVER WILL CURE THE FLU The desire to pay the county what is justly owing for delinquent taxes has caused one taxpayer to write the county* board of supervisors asking that they assist in selling the crop of hay that the said taxpayer might pay the obligation. Supervisor L. E. Skidmore, senator from the blue grass and clover dis trict in the southeast portion of the county of which Ewing is the capital, has taken a gret interest in the letter and is considering the purchase of the hay for the relief of the taxpayer and incidentally may decide to extract the juice from the clover for medical pur poses and become a benefactor. LONG-PARKS. Perry L. Long, of Orchard, and Miss Eva R. Parks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. 0. Parks, of near Page, were married by County Judge C. J. Malone at his office in the court house last Saturday, March 24th. THE WOMAN’S CLUB WILL HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING The general meeting of the Wo man’s Club will be held at their club rooms in the library building, next Wednesday afternoon, April 4th, at 3:30 o’clock. This is one of the most important meetings of the year and every member should be present. WRITES FROM OSMOND. As I just finished reading your last issue of The Frontier it has been like a letter from home to me every since moving in to this strange land among strange people, who, I must say right here, are a very kind and friendly people. They’ve been extremely kind during my illness and our hard luck in general. We’ve all had the flu this winter and then all got the mumps, two at a time. I was recxmming nice ly, however, when I got a back set and am, still in bed. My daughter, Mrs. Ffpnenbaugh is in the other room in bed with ah attack of appendicitis. Mr. Hendrick came home from Water burry Wednesday night to help Arthur care for us and Friday morning was helping fix the basement when a large slab of cement, that they were pulling out of the entrance with a team, swung around in such a way as to catch his hand and completely severed the little finger and badly bruised the two fingers next to it. He was taken at once in a car to Orchard where his hand was dressed MRS. N. S. HENDRICKS. FORMER O'NEILL WOMAN CUTS HUSBAND’S THROAT The daily papers Tuesday contained the following account of the attempt of Mrs. Jonas C. Oswald, of Shickley, Nebraska, to cut her husband’s throat with a razor, having become insane following an attack of typhoid fever. The family were residents of this com munity until two or three years ago and resided on the Joyce farm north west of O’Neill: Shickley, Neb., March 20: Mrs. Jo nas C. Oswald attempted to kill her husband, after calling him from the dinner which he had just prepared on account of her illness. She pulled a a razor from beneath the pillow and slashed his throat before he realized what was happening. Mrs. Oswald then took iodine, but without serious results. The woman was taken before the insanity commission and declared in sane. She suffered an attack of ty phoid after the birth of her third child and had been in poor health since. There had been no trouble in the Oswald family. She explained her deed by saying she intended to kill herself and loved her husband so much she wanted him to go along too. THE PAT WELSH FARM HOUSE BURNED TUESDAY The residence on the Pat Welsh farm northwest of O'Neill was totally destroyed by fire about four o’clock last Tuesday morning. The cause of the fire is unknown. Floyd Ritts has the place rented and had begun to move his household goods thereto the night, before and had placed a cup board and a few things in the kitchen which were an entire loss to him. The residence contained eight rooms. We understand there was some insurance on the building. CHAMBERS. Mr. Ballagh carries his years well and looks like a much younger man. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Greenstreet is on the sick list. Gene, little daughter of E. P. Grubb, living northeast of Chambers, who has been quite sick, is improving. Miss Jennie Adams has been visit ing in Norfolk with Miss Glennie Cooper. Miss Cooper is teaching in the Norfolk public schools. . The alert gardner who “always plants his early potatoes on Good Friday" postponed the job this year for a good and sufficient reason. Mareta Isaacson, teacher in the Chambers school, is back in the school room again after an absehce of s-M^fal days on account of sickness. The roads were so heavy last Sat urday that few autos from the country were on the streets, farmers going back to horse drawn vehicles. Miss Martha Hunt living south-east of Chambers sustained a broken wrist Thursday, when she fell from a lad der leading down from the hay mow. Ellen, the eleven year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith, living southwest of Amelia, who is seriously ill at her home, shows a little im provement. Dick McElvain, who had been en joying a well earned vacation, spent his time visiting in different parts of the state. He returned to Chambers Wednesday. A township election was held in Chambers Tuesday, March 20. It was decided by vote of 114 for and 50 against to levy a two mill tax to pur chase the band hall from the band boys. A meeting in the interest of Farm Bureau organization was held at the Chambers band hall Monday night. Mr. Sandquist, of Walthill, Nebraska, and Mr. Sullivan, of Iowa, were the Speakers. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lee returned Wednesday, from Burch or!, where they have been visiting Mrs. Lees sister, Mrs. J. F. Fox. They stopped enroute at O’Neill for a visit with Mrs. Lee’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carter. Newhouse Bros, have installed a radio receiving set in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Gill. They have received concerts from Minneapolis, Fort Worth, Texas, Kansas City, Daven port, Atlanta, Georgia, and market reports from Omaha. R. A. Ballagh Sr., and son R. A. Ballagh Jr., of Ballagh, were in Chambers Friday. Mr. Ballagh, who is seventy-five years old, but recently returned from Lincoln, where he was successfully-operated on, at the Lin coln hospital, for gall stones. A fire partially destroyed the resi dence of Geo. Thompson last Sunday at about 5:30 p. m. The fire started from an overheated stove pipe passing through the floor of the second story. The roof and second story was badly damaged. Quick work by a large corps of volunteered fire fighters ex tinguished the blaze with hand fire extinguishers and a bucket brigade. The loss was partially covered by in surance. An interesting program will be pre sented Friday night in the band hall by the high school. The receipts will be used to help defray the expenses of the girls’ basket ball team who are to make the trip to the girls’ tournament at Wayne. The program will be opened with a basket ball game be tween the Alumni team and tl?e High School team. After the game the high school orchestra will play and the following program will be given: Instrumental Duet—Prof. Richardson and Stanley Posvar. Reading—Miss Bessie Porter. Piano Solo—W. R. French. Vocal Solo—Rev. Carlyon. • Violin Solo—Rev. Hamlyn. CASH FOR EGGS! Flour, Fancy Patent.$1.60 Tea, per package.35c Peanut Butter, per lb..25c Tomatoes, per can.15c Jello, 2 packages.25c Cocoa, per po >nd.12y2c Cooked Macaroni, can.25c Maple Sugar, per lb..35c J. C. Horiskey SCHOOL NEWS. Warren Hall gave a five minute talk Wednesday on the findings in King Tutakamen’s tomb. He illus trated his talk with pictures from the current palpers. The first publication of the fresh man paper “The Chatterbox” and “Shamrock” came out last Friday. The type writer was blamed for all the errors both gramatical and spelling. Thursday and Friday of this week will be devoted to contests covering Book III in Plain Geometry. Elsie Longstaff and Velda Oberlie are cap tains on the first division, while Mau rice Downey and Merle Hunt lead the contending forces in the second di vision. They promise to be hot con tests. Eighth Grade—The eighth grade de voted their opening period Wednes day to the life of Mme. Sarah Bern hardt. In a written test on a state list in arithmetic Sidney Bush, Albert Ross, Florence Clevish and Mildred Tom linson each received 100 per cent. In a mental test Tuesday Sidney Bush, Charlie Beilin, Marguerite Houg, Bernard Quinn and Dale Bress ler each received 100 per cent. The class devoted part of their history period Friday to a talk on Walt Masop. Seventh Grade—The Seventh grade read the story of Roosevelt’s African trip, and a recent magazine article by E. M. Newpian or Extraordinary Ex periences of’a World Traveler, in con nection with this week’s geography lessons, on Africa. Sixth Grade—Florence Rossler was absent Tuesday on account of illness. The sixth grade girls of the sewing club judged their second and third problems Monday. For the second problem, a clothes pin bag, Gladys Williams work was judged as being the best and Lona Cromwell’s as sec ond best. For the third problem, a princess slip, Vivian Eidenmiller’s work was chosen as the best and Gladys Wil liam’s as second best. Fifth Grade—Verean Clyde, Blanche Mohr, and Irene Brown are new pupils that have entered the fifth grade. The following received 100 per cent in a written test on quotations: Pearl Clevish, Anita Liddy, Goodsell Hutch ins and Lloyd Davidson. In judging the sewing in “The Busy Bee Sewing Club,” Anita Liddy-re ceived first on the clothes pin bag, and Irene Brown and Pearl Clevish tied on the sewing bag. Fourth Grade—The fourth grade pupils are making Easter iposters this week. The fourth grade girls judged their princess slips and kitchen aprons this week and decided that Helen Roseler’s princess slip was the best. Stella Van Every’s kitchen apron won first in this contest. Nellie Toy, Stella Van Every and Lola Smith have finished all their problems in sewing. Monday at their meeting these girls will demonstrate to the class how they made each article. Eleanor Sullivan is teaching geography, hygiene, and history in the departmental grades this week. Alden Breiner is absent this week on account of illness. The penmanship 'class is working hard on this subject for exhibit work. The nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Sargent suffered a badly lascerated knee last Sunday when a horse he was riding ran away with him; the knee came in contact with the mail box which caused the injury. To Do What We Want Our ambition and policy is to conduct the banking business in a way that will assist our customers making their busi ness a success. The value of our service can not be counted in dollars only. 15he O’Neill Natiorval Bank O’Neill, Nebraska Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $150,000.00. This bank carries no indebted ness of officers or stock holders.