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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1924)
Kennedy Radio Receivers Fits the finest homes or most modest income. Thousands of pleased owners will tell you that a “Kennedy” offers tHe finest receptions. ’’Kennedy Radios” Never fails to please their listeners. The tired business man or the house wife can sit back at ease and enjoy 57 varieties of amusement. Phil Ziemer Authorized “Kennedy” Radio Dealer. ELBERTUS PETERS (Stuart Advocate, Nov. 20 ) Elbertus Peters was born in Living ston county, 111., on May 18, 1866, and died in Stuart, Nebraska, on November 16th, being at the time of his death 58 years, 5 months, and 28 days old. After living in Illinois for some years he moved to Minnesota and from Minnesota he came to Stuart in 1909, living southwest of Stuart seven teen miles. His aged mother, Mrs. Taline Peters, two brothers, Tobas, and High, also an adopted sister,Mam mie Peters, live to mourn his death. Deprived of his sight at about the age of 38, Elbertus has been cared for by his loved ones; who faithfully did all in their power to make it as com fortable and pleasant as possible for him. High was with his brother at the time of his death. The family is of the Presbyterian faith. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. Beers, were held in the Presbyterian church Wednesday afternoon and in terment was made in the Stuart cem etery. The Xmas store is now ready, come in early and avoid the rush. Our prices are the lowest and we have a com plete stock of toys and presents for everybody. BOWEN’S RACKET EMMET HAPPENINGS. (Received last week.) Lee Steskal now rents rooms in the Bailey hotel. J. H. Bailey has rented the whole hotel and is now open for transient trade. F. A. Fritton has traded a part of his ranch for a good farm in Cedar county. Tom Strong is back in the garage and is assisted by Boyd Worley and Ernie Strong. Ralph Fritton and wife moved back on the ranch last Monday as Ralph sold the garage to Tom Strong & Co. Mrs. John Fritton and Mamie are the guests of Fred and George Mc Nally, of O’Neill, for the winter months. The bungalow home of Ed and Mrs. Barret, four miles west of Emmet, burned to the ground Monday morn ing from an overheated stove. The K. C. dance for the benefit of the Catholic church was as usual, a great success on Wednesday evening. It was a 50-50 modem and old time dance, so everyone was satisfied. Father Byrne, Joe and Mrs. Wink ler, Miss Frances Schula, Miss Rose Janzing, and Miss Mary Clausen were invited guests for the Nachtman Weber marriage at Stuart last Tues day and all report a good time. Joe Bruder has now one of the best and most modem homes in Holt county. He recently built a three room addition and stuccoed the whole building. He has now a bath and toilet, a compressed air water serv ice, a furnace, a Delco system, a new piano and is presently installing a large radio with a loud speaker. VARGASON-SNELSON. George L. Vargason, of Simpson, Nebraska, and Miss Opal Snelson, of Ewing, were married by County Judge C. J. Malone, at his office, Jast Satur day, November 22nd. We remember days gone by with the aid of Photographs taken now. Don’t put off coming to the Studio. Now is the time. Xmas will soon be here. 24-2 PUBLIC SALE Having decided to quit milking cows, will sell at Public Sale, on farm, 1 mile east and mile south of the Burlington round house in O’Neill, Nebrasqa, commencing at 1:30 p. m., on Tuesday, December 2 Seven head of as good Holstein milk cows as is in Holt county. 3 of these took first, second and third premiums at the Holt County Fair the last two years. 1 cow,fresh one week, 2 cows, fresh soon, 3 cows giving three gallons of milk a day now; 1 cow will be fresh in March. One pair of black mares, 5 years old, weight 3000. Consisting of 14 shoats, weight from 125 to 180 pounds; 20 shoats, weight 100 pounds each; 6 shoats, weight 80 pounds each; 2 brood sows; 1 spotted Poland China pedigreed boar with papers. One bne-hole corn sheller, 1 power washing machine; 1 thre-hole kerosene stove. TERMS—10 months’ time with approved security and 10 per cent interest. $10 and under cash. No property to be removed until set tled for. G. RANDELL COL. JAMES MOORE, Auctioneer. O’NEILL NAT’L BANK, Clerk. PLEASANTVIEW ITEMS. (Received last week.) Ed Early spent Sunday evening at the Ed Steskal home. Mrs. Ed Steskal and Oscar Fuller ton Jr., are on the sick list. William Steskal called on Miss Emma Hinkle Sunday afternoon. William Steskal is nursing a sprain ed wrist caused from picking com. Robert Fullerton treated their farm house with a new coat of white paint. Herman Klingler is improving, at this writing, from blood poison in his foot. Walter Bohee has a cement found ation in to build a new garage on his farm. Miss Elizabeth Hinkle of Lincoln is visiting Mrs. Albert Klingler and family. Orville Jensen of Lpng Pine and Jim McDermoth are picking com for Elmer Warner. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Walnofer were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klingler. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Walnofer spent Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Murray. County Superintendent Miss Dono hoe called on school district No. 160 Tuesday afternoon. John F. Warner entertained a few of his friends to a card party at his home Wednesday evening. Henretta Reise, teaching neur Butte, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. George Reise and family. Henry P. Winkler, Jr., and family spent several days with relatives and friends near Atkinson last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Pruss are re modeling their house putting in new windows and weather boarding. Mr. and Mrs. Nels Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Cone were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Miller. The farm home and contents of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Barrett was burned to the ground at 5 o'clock Monday morning. Father Loecher and Paul Loecher and Mr. Perry were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bruder and family Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winkler and daughter Dorothy, Mr and Mrs. John Babl spent Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hebe. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Baker and sons of near O’Neill were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wink ler and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Banks gave a farewell party for their brother Jim who leaves for Missouri in a few days to spend the winter where he is em ployed in a barber shop. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Miller and son, Earl, Mr. and Mrs. Hickman and fam ily, Mrs. Fredrick spent Sunday even ing with Mr. and Mrs. Custer John son and family near Emmet. NACHTMAN—WEBER. (Stuart Advocate, Nov. 20.) Wedding bells rang Tuesday morn ing at 9 o’clock for John Nachtman arid Miss Mary Weber, 'when they were united in marriage at St. Boni face Catholic church in Stuart. Rev. Father J. W. Jungles officiated'at the ceremony. We are not acquainted with Mr. Nachtman but it is said the he is a prosperous farmer living near Ame lia. Mrs. Nachtman is of course well known to all, and is a splendid young lady, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Weber, wealthy retired farm folks living near Stviart. A wedding dance was given in their honor Tuesday evening at the Stuart Auditorium and a large crowd of friends assembled to enjoy the mem orable evening with them. The young couple will live at Mr. Nachtman’s farm near Amelia, and all their friends join us in express ing the hope that they will live long and happily together. LUTHERAN SERVICE. There will be Lutheran services at the Episcopal church in O’Neill on Tuesday evening, December 2, at 7:30 p. m. Rev. Wm. G. Vahle, of Atkinson, will conduct these services. If you are interested come. OMAHA LIVE STOCK BECOMING VERY POPULAR WITH EASTERN PACKERS Omaha, July 15.—"I have Just re turned from a trip which covered the Atlantic coast from Boston to Balti more and the following cities in the middle east: Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland and Detroit,” reports F. A. Stryker, secretary-traffic manager of the Omaha Live Stock Exchange, “and I found an increasing demand for Omaha market live stock through out this entire territory. 1 heard this statement at more than one packing establishment: ‘The best cattle, hog* and sheep in the country come from the Omaha markeL’ ’’ Poor Wolf! “Alfred Austen once remarked In af fected humility that he had to write poetry to keep the wolf from the door. “I see, I see,” cried the bored lis tener; “excellent, excellent! You read your verses to the wolf!”—From Con temporary Portraits,_ by Frank Harris. NACHTM AN—WEBER. John W. Nachtman, of Amelia, and Mary Weber, of Stuart, were married at the Catholic church in Stuart on November 18th. Rev. J. W. Jungles officiated, assisted by Rev. M. F. Byrne, of Emmet. The witnesses were Oliver Nacht man, of Amelia, and Miss Clara Weber, of Stuart. A wedding breakfast of six courses was served at the bride’s home one mile south of Stuart. Only imme diate relatives and the two priests were present at the breakfast. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Nachtman, of Amelia, and is a popular and respected young man. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Weber, of Stu art, and is well and favorably knowm in Holt county. A wedding dance was given at the Stuart opera house on Tuesday even ing and a large crowd attended. The happy couple received many useful presents. They will be at homo aftor Thanksgiving day at Amelia in the comfortable home which Mr. Nacht man has built on his ranch three miles southeast of Amelia. Both John and Mrs. Nachtman are the children of old settlers of Holt county and they carry with them the best wishes of their many friends for a happy and a prosperous future. JAMES J. SHERRY. (Stuart Advocate, Nov. 20.) James J. Sherry was born in Elk horn, Wisconsin, January 17, 1855, and died at the hospital in Stuart, Ne braska, October 28, 1924, lacking only about two months of being 70 years of age, at the time of his death. He moved from Wisconsin to Lin coln, Nebraska, in the early seventy’s where on May 6, 1881, he was united in marriage to Mary A. Basey, of Lincoln. The following year they moved to Stuart, Nebraska, where ten children were bom to this union. In 1907 the family moved to Seat tle, Washington, where he made his home until the last two years where he has resided with his son, Bernard in Stuart. Mrs. Sherry died at Seattle, June 16, 1918, also his daughter, Mar cella, died the same year, leaving five sons and four daughters to mourn his loss. They are: James T., Arthur J., George E., Leo F., Nellie and Mrs. Anna Kane, all of Seattle, Mrs. John Gaiske, of Bend, Oregon, Mrs. Lillian Beasley, of Tamanda, Colorado, and Bernard J. Sherry, of Stuart, Ne braska. Mr. Sherry was buried in Calvary cemetery, Seattle, Tuesday, Novem ber 4, 1924.—Contributed. THOMAS HARVEY MONTGOMERY (Ewing Advocate, Nov. 21.) Thomas Harvey Montgomery, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Montgomery was bom October 29, 1892, near Ew ing, Nebraska, and entered into rest Sabbath morning, November 16, 1924, aged 32 years and 19 days. Harney grew to manhood on the fai m attending the country school and when old enough helped on the farm between sessions. After finishing the,eighth grade he attended the Ewing High School graduating with the class of 1914. In the fall of 1914 he entered Mon mouth College completing the Junior year when he entered the World War Service in September, 1917, and was =N0T1CE55£S Friday, December 5th -IS THE DAY ‘When Dreams Come True* A play consisting of Four Acts, which will be presented At the Emmet Hall -by the-* Pupils of District No. 157 The play beginning at 8 o’clock! The price of admission: Adults, thirty-five cents; Children, twenty cents. Come early because you can’t afford to miss a word of “When Dreams Come True.” sent to Camp Funston, where he was assigned to the medical corps. From there he went with his divi sion to France and was there eleven months before being sent home after the signing of the Armistice. Harvey was discharged from the army service in June, 1919, somewhat broken in health, but with his ambi tion still for a college degree so he re entered Monmouth College in the fall of 1919 and was graduated with the class of 1920 and received the A. B. degree. It was his unusual nerve that helped him finish his college course suffering as he must have done from an infected spine. After graduation from college he spent the summer at the farm home in an effort to regain his strength, failing to do so he went to the Gov ernment hospital at St. Louis for a surgical operation in the hope of stay ing the disease. He remained there until March, 1922, when he was brought home and was under the care of a nurse, most of the time his mother, confined to his bed without much change in his condition until the end of 1923. At the suggestion of the physicians in charge on New Years day, 1923, in company with his father and mother Harvey went to southern California where he seemed to gain considerable strength and was able to get about with a cane, quite combort ably. Anxious to see the home folks, in company with Henry Sunda, he came back to Ewing the last of August and remained here until the 21st of Octo ber, when with his father and mother he returned to California realizing the turn the disease had taken, he could not hope for recovery, but de sirous to end his days in the Cali fornia climate where he could get about more easily when the winter came on. On the way he contracted a cold which in his weakened condition he could not throw off and he passed away peacefully on Sabbath morning. I{oi)al Theatre “HOME OF GOOD PICTURES" - FRIDAY Thomas Meighan in “THE ALASKAN” Comedy - SATURDAY - Frank Mayo and Evelyn Brent in “PLUNDERER” -SUNDAY & MONDAY —. “FEET OF CLAY” —with—• Rod La Rocque and Estelle Taylor De Mille Production Comedy and News — TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY — Harry Myers and Eva Novak in “LISTEN SISTER” Comedy - THURSDAY & FRIDAY — Bebe Daniels in “CHILDRENS’ CHILDREN” Comedy Coming— “The Cheat.” “Sainted Devil.” “West The Water Tower.” Dempsey Firpo Fight Picture®. PUBLIC SALEH On account of failing health we will sell at our place two miles east of Phoenix, Nebraska, nine miles southwest of WTiiting bridge and about twenty-four miles northeast of Atkinson, Nebraska, the following property, commencing immediately after lunch, on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1924 71 Head of Cattle Twenty head of good milch cows, some will be fresh by day of sale; 8 head of stock cows; 14 Whiteface heifers, 1 year old; 3 steers one year old; 25 head of Whiteface calves; one pure-bred Whiteface bull. 7 Head of Horses ~ One team of geldings, 12 years old, weight of team, 3000 pounds; One gray mare, 10 years old, weight 1300; one bay gelding, 10 years old, weight 1300; one bay gelding, 9 years old, weight 1100; one sorrel gelding, two years old; one saddle pony. Thirty head of good brood sows, one pure bred Poland China boar; 35 head of barrows, weight about 200 pounds each. _• 800 bushels of corn; 20 bushels of old seed corn; 100 bushels of rye; 60 bushels of oats; 4 stacks of alfalfa and about 70 tons of prairie hay. One Galloway manure spreader; 1 wide-tire wagon complete with double box; 1 Newton wagon with box; 2 hay wagons with racks; 1 buggy; 1 Rock Island lister, nearly new; 1 Rock Island two-row ely; 1 3-section harrow; 1 rod mold board 18-inch sulky plow; 116-inch walking plow; 2 one-horse drills; 1 Moline corn planter; 1 8-foot drill; 1 6-foot Deering Grain binder; 1 bob sled; 2 Deering mowers; 1 Deering rake; one slide stacker; one side hitch hay sweep; one gas engine, 1 and one-half horse power ; 1 6-horse power gas engine; 1 8-inch feed grinder; 2 riding cultivators; 1 walking cultivator; 3 sets of harness; 1 good stock saddle; 2 steel oil barrels; 1 BeU City incubator. Ten dozen Rhode Island red chickens. One washing machine; 1 Mayflower range; 2 heating stoves; 1 wardrobe; 1 cupboard; 1 library table, 1 sewing machine; chairs; beds and other articles. FREE LUNCH AT NOON. _BRING YOUR TIN CUPS. TERMS—Ten months’ time will be given on all sums over $10.00 with approved security and 10 per cent interest. $10.00 and under cash. No property to be removed until settled for. Henry and Sarah Wabs, Owners COL. M. T. ELLIOTT, Auctioneer. E. J. MACK, Clerk.