We Pay 28c Cash
For Eggs
2 Large Bunches of Celery....._.. 25c
Grapes, per basket .......... 50c
Italian Prunes, per box ..$1.10
Jonathan Apples, per bushel..$2.15
Peaches, per box ... $1.65
Black Walnuts, per pound... 8c
Cranberries, per quart. 15c
Figs, per package... 15c
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LOCAL MATTERS.
F. J. Dishner was a passenger to
Omaha Monday
J. F. O'Donnell and George Har
rington were in Omaha Monday.
Mrs. H. J. Reardon went to Cody
Tuesday for a short visit with rela
tives.
A daughter was born September
29th to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schnider,
of Stuart.
A son was born to Dr. and Mrs. F.
L. Wilson, of Stuart, on Wednesday,
October 1st.
A son .was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Wagner, of near Atkinson, on
September 29th.
Mrs James Davidson went to Sioux
City Tuesday for a few days visit with
her*son Clyde and family.
Prof, and Mrs. W. R. French, of In
man, are the parents of twin boys born
to them on September 29th.
Abe Saunto came down to the store
last Saturday for the first time since
recovering from a siege of typhoid
fever.
Mrs. Anthony Stanton and children,
who have been visiting relatives in
Sioux City for the past week, returned
home last Monday evening.
S F. McNichols was in Omaha last
week attending a meeting of insur
ance officials and also visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Will McNichols at Lincoln, re
turned home Monday night.
Mrs. Ambrose Biglin and little son,
Master Gene, arrived here Wednesday
from Casper for a short visit with
O’Neill relatives. Mrs. Biglin will
leave Master Gene here and will go
to Olean, New York, for a visit with
relatives, and to return with her
daughter, who has been spending the
summer with her grandmother.
B. S. Gillespie stopped here Mon
day for a short visit with his son, L.
G and family. Mr. Gillespie was on
his way to Omaha where he expected
to consult a specialist.
About thirty-five friends and rela
tives assisted Mr. and Mrs A. B. Mc
Kay, of Ewing, to celebrate their
sixth wedding anniversary by gather
ing. at their home on Wednesday even
ing of last week.
United States Marshal D. H. Cronin
come up from Norfolk Thijrs
evening returning the following morn
ing. The session of the federal court
that was in progress there last week
adjourned Friday.
Mrs. John J. Harrington and
daughter, Miss Mary Maxine, of Dal
las, South Dakota, who have been here
visiting Mr Harrington's mother for
the past two weeks, returned home
Tuesday morning.
Ewing Advocate: Henry Cole met
with a painful accident Tuesday. He
was driving a team hitched to a lum
ber wagon when the front wheel struck
a deep ditch. The jolt threw Henry
from the seat to the ground, dislocat
ing his shoulder.
The severe electric storm of about
two weeks ago struck the residence
occupied by L. C. McDonald at Ewing,
doing considerable damage to the in
terior. This is the second time that
this house has been struck by light
ning this summer.
John Berry, son of the late Back
Berry, who now resides in Merced,
California, arrived in O’Neill Friday
and after a short visit with old time
O’Neill friends went over to the old
home place on the Niobrara river, re
turning to O’Neill Saturday. Mr Ber
ry left this locality thirty years ago.
He is engaged in the lumber business
in his home town in California.
This Is Fair, Isn’t It?
Most of us can read well
enough, but hot all can think
wisely.
The interchange of ideas
has saved many a man from
serious loss.
We exchange our ideas for
your ideas and we both
profit—use us.
This bank carries no indebtedness
of officers or stockholders.
Resources over $600,000.00
O’Neill National
Bank
Considerable building is being done
in the vicinity of Opportunity this
fall. Lee Berglund, Ralph Chase and
Ross Ridgeway are each erecting large
cattle and horse barns; and Fred Rich
ter is building a large and commo
dious hog house and a large feeding
floor.
Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd G. Lawrence, of
Wheatland, Wyoming, stopped in
O’Neill a short time last Friday on
their way home from Clarks, Ne
braska, where they have been visiting
with relatives. Cloyd was a resident
of O’Neill prior to seven years ago
when he went west.
C. W. Conklin and Edward Gal
lagher went to Omaha, the first of the
week where they joined the Burling
ton special on the 10th for San Fran
cisco where they will attend the Na
tional convention of the American Le
gion. Mr. Conklin will represent the
Sixth district of Nebraska in the con
vention.
Con O’Connell, of Emmet, pleaded
guilty to a liquor charge, in federal
court in Norfolk before Judge Wood
rough last week and was sentenced to
serve sixty days in the Madison
county jail. He was permitted to re
turn home until December 1st when
he will return and begin serving the
sentence.
Mrs. J. C. Morrow, of Lincoln, Ne
braska, has been visiting at the home
of her brothers, J. J. Harrington and
M. F. Harrington, this week. Mrs.
Morrow is also looking after the wel
fare Of (ome children near Clear
water, under the direction of the Child
Welfare Bureau, of which she is the
representative.
J. J. Thomas went over to Gregory,
South Dakota, last Thursday, with two
large trucks, where he has a contract
to gravel a large amount of road in
the vicinity of Gregory. Glen Lewis,
Archie Faulhaber and Ed Williams
accompanied him and will assist in
operating the two trucks which will
lun twenty-four hours a day.
Ewing Advocate: The fire bell rang
Saturday evening as a result of a
small blaze in the S. E. Borden barber
shop. The oil stove went on a ram
page, the flames going to the ceiling
and consuming all the wall paper in
its path. A couple buckets of water
quelled the excitement. Just a few
minutes before the stove in the E. V
Ruby barber shop had been carried
into the street because it began acting
up.
The village of Inman will hold a
special election on Tuesday, October
16, for the (purpose of determining
whether or not they will install elec
tric lights in the village. The propo
sition is to vote $5,000 for the-con
struction of a lighting system within
the village and $10,000 for the pur
pose of connecting with the O’Neill
Light, Heat & Power Co., who pro
pose to furnish the current to them
through a “high line” at a graduated
scale of from 4c to 7c per K. W. H.
Frank and Edward 0 Connell have
purchased the Meridian hotel and cafe
at Columbus and will take possession
November 1st The O’Connell’s have
looked at many openings both in Iowa
and Nebraska but none of them have
presented the possibilities of the Co
lumbus proposition. The O’Connell
brothers have made their home in
O’Neill for a numher of years and
have been constantly boosting for the
betterment of the city. They will be
greatly missed in the business and
social life of O’Neill.
The Nebraska Dental Study club
held its semi-annual meeting in
Albion this week. This is an organ
ization of young progressive dentists
of the state who meet twice a year for
the purpose of mutual improvement
and keeping up with all the new dis
coveries and improved methods in
their profession. They had with them
at this meeting Dr. H. E Latchman,
of Sioux City, who conducted a
clinic at the rooms of Dr. Higgins, who
is the Albion member of the club.
Those present at the clinic were: J. E.
Fickling, Plainview; R. R. Ralston,
Long Pine; C E. Balzell, Stanton; O.
A. Ralston, Ainsworth; W. R. Hall,
Norfolk; W. H. Miner, Norfolk; W. C.
Hastings, Newman Grove; L. A Bur
gess, O’Neill; A. H. Corbett, O’Neill;
A. J. KubitscheU. Atkinson.
An unusual burial and grave rob
bery took place near .the Burlington
round house during the county fair in
this city two weeks ago. During the
late afternoon two well dressed ladies
driving an inclosed car stopped near
the round-house, , alighted x and
solemnly began to dig a grave. After
the completion of the grave the ladies
quietly deposited a small bundle and
after a short ceremony quickly depart
ed toward the city. The section crew
who had been watching the burial
from a distance immediately wended
their way to the location of the grave.
Following a snort consulation it was
decided to exhume the parcel just de
posited by the ladies for the reason
that the place chosen for the burial
was not a safe place to hide a quart
of regular old bonded Bourbon whis
key.
Homer Sheridan, of Sioux City, and
Battling Monroe, colored boxer of
Omaha, will battle at the K C. hall
Friday evening, October 26, instead of
next Tuesday rtight, October 16th as
announced in last week’s Frontier.
The postponement for ten days of the
bout was made necessary by an injury
received by Sheridan in training the
other day. Sheridan, while working
out with a sparring partner turned an
ankle, slightly straining a tendon. As
Monroe is one of the fastest and best
colored boxers in the country Sheridan
realizes that he has the fight of his
career on hand and has no desire to go
into it handicapped in any manner,
consequently the postponement. The
bout and the five round semi-final be
tween Ernest Smith, of Walnut, and
Frank Patiz, of Bassett, will com
prise one of the best cards ever pre
sented to O’Neill fight fans, a card
that none can afford to miss.
Chas. Pesek, residing northeast of
Page, went to Lynch Monday where
he expected to undergo an operation
for appendicitis.
An application for a marriage was
granted on October 4th to Earl Fran
cis Buelow, of Racine, Wisconsin, and
Miss Helen Harrington, of O’Neill
Young lady friends of Miss Heien
Harrington entertained at a pre
nuptial shower and bridge luncheon
for her at the residence of Miss Helen
Willcox last Thursday evening.
Elmer Surber and family enjoyed a
visit last week from his mother, Mrs.
Mary D. Surber, of Waterbury, Ne
braska. Elmer accompanied her to
Norfolk Friday.
Mrs. George Longstaff went to Cen
tral City, Nebraska, Tuesday, as a
delegate from the Niobrara Presby
tery to the Missionary Synodical,
which is being held there this week.
She is also the delegate from the
Presbyterian Missionary society.
NORFOLK SPORT COMMENTS.
(Norfolk Daily News.)
The O’Neill high school may have
teh letter men on its football team as
announced, but those letters on their
sweaters didn’t do the visitors much
good in the game with Norfolk Fri
day
The O'Neill gridsters are fighters
but they plainly showed their inex
perience and lack of coaching. It is
understood that O’Neill has not yet
obtained a coach for this year.
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Norfolk’s high school gridsters
needn’t get chesty just because they
defeated O’Neill by a large score. The
local's game showed that there are
several things on which a little im
provement wouldn’t hurt and the game
was won, or at least the big score was
made, mostly through O’Neill’s weak
ness and not through any phenominal
brand of football from the Norfolkans.
There is a gap between the backfield
and passes on the local team that will
have to be closed. Two touchdowns
against O’Neill were made by flukes
on the part of the visitors.
Well, well, here comes Hartington
with the announcement that it has just
about got the vstae championship
cinched at the start of the season. Not
impossible, but hardly 'probable.
We see that the little affair sched
uled between Morrie Schlaifer of
Omaha and Homer Sheridan of Sioux
City at O’Neill failed to materialize
and now Sheridan will fight Battling
Monroe, Negro boxer, on October 26.
Personally* we never did think that
Schlaifer could be induced to fight in
the Holt county capital unless it was
guaranteed that his end of the purse
would be large enough to keep him in
luxury the rest of his life.
Frankly, we can’t see either how
Schlaifer gets that way. He is just a
fair fighter and better ones have
fought at O’Neill, Pierce and Norfolk
without asking for the mint. So we
are in favor of letting the Omaha
boxer stay in Omaha until he comes
down to earth.
MR. AND MRS. S. J. WEEKES
RETURN FROM THE EAST
S. J. Weekes, President of the
O’Neill National, and Mrs. Weekes,
returned from an extended eastern
trip last Monday. Mr. Weekes was in
New York and Washington, D. C., on
business incident to the closing of the
late M. P. Kinkaid estate of which he
is administrator and which is being
probated in Washington. Mr. and
Mrs. Weekes also attended the
American Hankers Association con
vention held at Atlantic City at which
convention Walter Head of the Omaha
National Bank was elepted President
of the association.
While in New York they were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. John McHugh. Mr.
McHugh will be remembered by many
here as being in the banking "business
in O’Neill twenty*five years ago. He
is now recognized as one of the lead
ing financiers of the United States,
being president of one of the largest
banks in New York, with resources of
over two hundred million dollars.
Mr. Weekes also had the distinction,
through the courtesy of Norris A.
Huse, formerly of the Norfolk News,
of attending the luncheon given David
Lloyd George on his arrival in this
country, by the United Press Asso
ciation.
Norris Huse is another north Ne
braskan who has climbed the ladder
fast since going to New York. He is
now at the head of one of the biggest
news associations in the nation.
LETTER FROM CLETE HALEY.
Write of His Experiende In the Great
Yokohoma Earthquake.
The following letter was {minted in
last issue of the Valentine Republican:
Kobe, Japan, Sept. 14, 1923
Dear Mother and All:
Well here I am again just fine and
feeling good. I will tell you my story,
as I know you will want to hear it.
At about ten minutes to twelve,
noon, on Saturday, September 1st, I
was sitting at my desk reading a let
ter; a slight tremor came and we paid
no attention to it as they came quite
regularly. It shook like that for about
five seconds and then a tremendous
crash came. It seemed like the very
bottom fell out of the earth. I jump
ed from my desk and tried to get
across the floor. I could hardly walk
I finally managed to make to a side
door in the office and by that door was
an old couple getting into a trunk we
had stored for them. We locked arms
and stood in the doorway so we
wouldn’t be thrown about so much.
After it subsided a little we made for
the street. This most tremendous
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
o! O'Neill, Nebraska ^
crash lasted I would say from 30 to
45 seconds, and practically the entire
city of 600,000 was laid in ruins. We
stood around our building for possibly
a half an hour, during which time the
earth was shaking continuously. The
front, back and both sides of our
building stood and we were all able to
get out of the office. The roof drop
ped down in (place but three immense
pillars held the most of it up and this
was alj that saved us. We picked up
some ladies and took them down to
the harbor and put them on a barge
and went back to render more assist
ance. x
We made for Yokohoma park, where
thousands of people had taken refuge.
Fire had immediately broken out, an<J
fanned by a 70 or 80 mile gale, by
three o’clock the entire city was in
flames. There we were in the park,
hemmed in by fire on all four sides.
I had three girls and their father with
me. Their father had been injured
coming out of the Yokohoma United
Club. The smoke and heat was ter
rific, and added to that was the ter
rible stench of burning flesh. We
stayed in the park all Saturday night.
We all tore up most of our clothes and
soaked them in water and laid down
and rolled in the water so we would
not catch fire. We moistened our
mouths with dirty, muddy water All
in all it was some night.
We left the park about 4:45 Sunday
morning, making our way through the
ruins to the Bund. Dead were every
where by the hundreds. We searched
for some water and finally located some
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on the Bluff, which was the foreign
residential section of Yokohoma. We
then started back down and met some
people who told us that life boats were
alongside, carrying people out to the
ships in the harbor. We got down
there and we were put on board the
“Dongola” a British steamer and
brought to Kobe They certainly
treated us fine.
The total foreign population of
Yokohoma and Tokyo killed i^'esti
mated at, 500, while Japanese dead is
estimated at 300,000. This is one of
the most appalling disasters that has
ever happened and is absolutely inm
conceivable When one thinks tha^
two cities with a combined population
of 3,500,000 souls were laia in ruins
in 30 or 45 seconds it gives one some
idea.
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Everyone lost practically everything.
I lost everything I had but I do not
think of that. So many foreigners
out here have been here practically all
their lives and have lost everything.
My loss is nothing in comparison with
theirs. People at home should not
raise relief funds for the benefit of the
Japanese but should take care of their
own people over here, who are suffer
ing as much as the Japanese.
Well mother I could write on and
on, but. I think I have given you a
pretty good idea of it all. Don’t wor
ry, I am all right and feeling fine. I
don’t want another earthquake
though I trust the San Francisco
office wited you that I was safe.
Love to all,
Cletus.
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Ttwekdan
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ing, roomier car.
A higher radiator with a trim apron at its base lends dignity
befitting a closed car. The higher hood and enlarged cowl
curving gracefully to the dash give a stylish sweep to its body
lines, and afford additional leg room for occupants of the front
seat.
All body fittings—window regulators, door grips, door latch
levers, door lock, dome light—are finished in nickel. The
upholstery carries a fine dark line on a soft brown background
that does not easily show dust or dirt. Silk window curtains
to harmonize for the three rear windows enhance the style of
the car and add to the comfort of its passengers. See the new
Sedan and other new Ford ..body styles at our showroom
These cars can be obtained through
the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan.
J. B. MELLOR
Agent
O’Neill, Nebraska
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