THE t RONTIER.
VOLUMN XLVI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1925. NO. 6.
An Object
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Observe the successful business
men you know. All of them have
simple living habits.
This insures to them good health
and quick perception that enables
them to quickly grasp good opportu
nities.
This bank carries no indebtedness
of officers or stockholders.
Resources over $600,000.00.
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O’Neill National
Bank
LOCAL NEWS.
Emery Smith and sister, Miss
Catherine Smith, of Newman Grove,
and a sister, Miss Anna Smith, of
Norfolk, visited with C. P. Hancock
? and family over the Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ragan and
children, drove over from Creighton
and spent the national holiday at the
home of Mrs. Ragan’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Quinn.
Walter Tullis, of Lynch, was shak
ing hands with O’Neill friends-last
Monday. Mr. Tullis was a resident
of the Mineola country for many
years prior to his removal to Lynch.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rasley were
in Norfolk Wednesday.
Mrs. Tom Gallagher has been quite
ill at her home north of O’Neill.
Clifford Scott, Wm. Wabs and Hugh
O’Neill were passengers to Norfolk
Wednesday.
Wm. Gust has moved his family to
Norfolk where he has secured employ
ment in a garage.
M. F. Morton will hold a horse sale
immediately following the circus,
Saturday afternoon.
M. F. Morton will hold a horse sale
immediately following the circus,
Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. George Tomlinson, of
Opportunity, were visiting at the E.
D. Henry home in the city today.
Rev. George Bressler has been
occupying the pulpit at Middle
Branch for the past few Sundays.
The Woman’s Working Society of
the Presbyterian church will meet July
16th at the home of Mrs. Harry
Cisco.
Alfred Pierson, of Lake Preston,
South Dakota, spent Saturday and
Sunday visiting at the J. C. Harnlsh
home.
Sunday school at the regular hour
10 o’clock, at the Presbyterian church,
Sunday, July 12th. No preaching
service.
Miss Kamilla Uhl left Wednesday
for Madison and Salem, South Da
kota, for a visit with relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Elmer Davies came down from
Valentine and spent the Fourth with
her mother, Mrs. Ed Hughes and
family.
Joe Mann arrived from Chicago
Saturdy evening for a several weeks’
vacation with O’Neill relatives and to
try out the golf links.
The horse sale will be held at
noon, about 4 o’clock, or immediately
Robert’s feed barn Saturday after
after the circus is over.
Edward and_ Donald Gallagher
drove over to Plankinton, South Da
kota, last Tuesday to look over their
real estate holdings in that locality.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Frost and son,
of Mitchell, South Dakota, came Fri
day to spend the Fourth with Mr.
Frost’s mother, Dr. Margaret Frost.
They returned to Mitchell Monday
Morning.
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Mr. and Mrs. Eeo Zimmerman and
daughter, Miss Ruth, of Hutchinson,
Kansas, arrived in O’Neill, Wednes
day, for a visit with the former’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zim
merman, and with other relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred West and
daughter, Miss Vera, of Hutchinson,
Kansas, arrived here on Wednesday
of last week for a visit with their
daughter and sister, Mrs. Clarence
Zimmerman, and family. They re
turned home Saturday.
E. N. Purcell, Frank Younkin and
Ross Harris returned Tuesday morn
ing from a several days trip to Oma
ha during which they witnessed the
opening of the state golf tournament
Sunday and attended the show at Ak
Sar-Ben Monday evening.
Mrs. C. H. Lublcer has been enjoy
ing a visit from three of her sisters,
Mrs. Clarence Frey, Elk City, Ne
braska; Mrs. John Falter, Huron,
South Dakota; Mrs, Eber Schnauer,
Plainview, Nebraska, who arrived
Monday for a couple of days stay.
Word received from Irving Harding
by local friends is to the effect that
the Hardings are returning from their
sojourn in Arizona.* They will stop
over at Grand Canyon for several
days, enroute, and also at Denver,
arriving at O’Neill about July 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mills returned
home Wednesday evening from a
week’s visit with their daughter, Mrs.
Oscar Pierson, at Haywarden, Iowa,
and with friends and relatives in
South Dakota. Henry says that the
crops look as good here as they did
anywhere on the trip.
State Superintendent John M. Mat
zen, has recommended that all schools
in the state or at least those schools
whose teachers and pupils care to at
tend the state fair, postpone the open
ing of school this fall until the week
following the state fair, in order that
the teachers and pupils may take ad
vantage of the exhibits.
L. E. Oyler, the pleasant and effi
cient manager of the Western Union
uptown office at this point, has ac
cepted a promotion to Scottsbluffs,
Nebraska, and will leave to assume
the duties of his new position Satur
day. Mr. Oyler will be succeeded
here by H. R. Cox, who relieved Mr.
Oyler during his vacation this spring.
Mrs. J. B. Ryan, Miss Loretta Ryan
and Clement Ryan returned Sunday
from a several weeks’ visit by auto
to eastern points. They were ac
companied by Mrs. Tom Nolan and
son Jack, of Bassett, who remained
at Roanoke, Illinois, to visit relatives.
Miss M/ry Ryan and Miss Catherine
Lynch. of Sioux City, returned with
them for a short visit in O’Neill.
The O’Neill Dahlia Gardens again
are in full bloom, affording a sight of
rare beauty to tourists and others
passing the gardens on east Douglas
street. The color scheme of the gar
dens has been re-arranged so that the
different varieties are grouped sepa
rately, making the selection of bulbs
for future delivery by patrons much
easier.
The Stuart baseball team met its
first defeat, of the season at Rush
ville Saturday, by a score of 6 to 5 in
favor of Rushville. The game was
the second of a series of three played
at Rushville by the two teams,both of
which consist of all-salaried players.
Stuart defeated Rushville the first
day 5 to 3. Rushville administered
the second defeat to Stuart Sunday,
when the score was 4 to 2.
“The Pied Piper of Hamlin” soon
is to be presented by the alumnae of
St. Mary’s academy, as a grand open
air production for the benefit of the
academy and to assist in raising the
almunae pledge of $2500 to the
academy’s silver jubilee this fall. The
production will be staged under the
direction of the Priest sisters of Bat
tle Creek, who have gained national
fame in the work. The dates, which
will be sometime the latter part of
July, will be announced later.
The little two year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Johnson, Jr., who
reside near Blackbird postoffice, Sev
ered the index finger of the right
hand at the second joint Tuesday
vi*hen he fell with the linger protuding
through the hole in the end of the
handle of a small stew pan or dip
per. The edges of the hole were thin
and sharp and completely severed the
member with the exception of a small
tendon. The child was brought to
the office of Dr. Qilllgan where the
wound was dressed.
John 13. Ryan arrived here last
Thursday from Eldora, Iowa, and will
make O’Neill his future home. Mr.
Ryan is the new division manager for
the Tri-State Utilities Company, of
Minneapolis, who own and operate a
large pef cent of the lighting plants
between Neligh and Valentine which
will be the territory covered by Mr.
Ryan. Mr. Ryan expects to go to
Sioux 04t.y Saturday and accompany
his family to O’Neill the following day.
They will occupy the Clevish resi
dence in the east portion of the city.
The new side trek to the Purcell
Produce Company buildings on the
Northwestern right-of-way has been
comleted and now is in use. The new
track, necessitated by the increasing
business of the firm which is the
largest in north Nebraska will afford
facilities for the better handling of
shipments. The poultry department
in the large building has been moved
from the basement to the main floor,
on a level with the loading dock.
Facilities for unloading coal directly
into the basement which is now occu
pied by the coal department, also have
been installed.
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Offers You
Fancy Groceries
Fresh Fruit. Vegetables
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together with
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Ross E. Harris
Home of
McLaughlins kept fresh coffee service
WALTER GREGOR
SENTENCED TO LIFE IM
PRISONMENT FOR MURDER
OF JOSEPHINE VERZAL
Walter Gregor Thursday afternoon
was sentenced to life Imprisonment
-in the Nebraska penitentiary for the
murder of his sweetheart, Miss Jo
sephine Verzal, at Atkinson, Sunday,
evening, May 10. Gregor was per
mitted by District Judge Robert R.
Dickson to withdraw his previous
plea of guilty to murder in the first
degree, made on June 19, and to sub
stitute therefor a plea to murder in
the second degree. County Attornes
Julius D. Cronin consented to the sub
stitution of the plea of guilty of mur
der ip the second degree after Gregor
had announced that after due con
sultation with his attorney, Clifford
B. Scott, and of his own free will and
accord he would agree not to apply
for a pardon, commutation or parole
from the penitentiary for at least
twenty-five years.
Sentence to life imprisonment in
the Nebraska penitentiary, the tenth
day of May of each year, the anni
versary of his crime, to be spent in
solitary confinement, then was pro
nounced by Judge Dickson and the
sheriff ordered to take the prisoner
to Lincoln forthwith. The judge
stated emphatically that he did not
desire the prisoner kept in the county
jail, but wanted him taken to Lincoln
at once. The sentence has the ap
proval of Joseph Verzal of Atkinson,
father of the murdered girl, and of
both the prisoner and his relatives.
Neither Verzal or the Gregors de
sired the death penalty. Gregor him
self at all times has seemed indiffer
ent to whatever penalty might be im
posed upon him, expressing willing
ness to take without opposition what
ever punishment meted out. He re
cently requested that he be given an
immediate hearing, as the loneliness
of the county jail was more than ho
could bear and he desired the com
panionship of his fellows even though
it be behind the penitentiary walls.
Gregor now is 32 years old. He
will be 67 when released, if he is re
leased after twenty-five years. By
that time, under the laws of life ex
pectancy, his parents and his im
mediate relatives all may be dead.
The probabilities are that they will
be, and that then he will be all alone.
With those who loved him gone, he
may be forgotten by the world and
there may be none to importune for
his freedom when twenty-five long
years slowly have rolled around.
M. F. Morton, of Wamblee, South
Dakota, arrived in O’Neill Wednesday,
and is arranging for a big horse saie
that will be held Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Olivia Diggs, of Guthrie Center,
Iowa, is visiting at the W. T. McElvain
home south of O’Neill, this week. Mrs.
Diggs and Mrs. McElvain arc sisters.
Mrs. F. M. Nolan returned home
from Columbus the first of the week
where she spent the Fourth visiting
with her mother, Mrs. Margaret
O’Connell and with her brothers,
Edward and Frank O’Connell.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porter and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Haffner
and little Mary Campbell went over
to Lake Andes, South Dakota, Mon
day morning for a several days out
ing at the famous fishing resort.
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Base Ball
Water Fight
Thursday Afternoon
July 16th
BASEBALL WATER FIGHT
O’Neill vs. Stuart O’Neill vs. Orchard
Business Houses will close during ball game and
Water Fight.
Lynch will play O’Neill here Tuesday afternoon,
July 12th. Big Bowery dance, benefit baseball club,
Circus night, July 11th.
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