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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1925)
The Frontier. VOLUMN XLVI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1925. Nall From Market To You— Our shelves are Loaded with Thousands of Dollars worth of New Merchandise Purchased during our recent Visit to the Twin City Eastern Market. Now we are passing on to you the Harvest of our trip to Market—Never in the History of our buying and selling career have we witnessed such offer ings as were displayed by the Manufacturers and Jobbers of the Eastern market during this Special Selling Event. WE COULDN’T RESIST—and neither will you be able to resist the appeal of the extraordinary merchandise with their unusual low prices— LINKED TOGETHER in co-operation to make this Market Event the greatest ever offered, every manufacturer and Jobber in the Eastern market re duced their prices to a level that created the most outstanding Bargains seen for years. WE BOUGHT AND SAVED and no we extend the hand of Good Will in inviting you to come in and inspect our Offerings as chosen from this great Market Assortment. See the Special Price Offerings and supply yourself with the needs of your household now. All our prices have been based on our regular fair profit mark-up therefore you get the benefit of our unusual purchases. ... New Merchandise Arriving Daily n o™. Anton Toy ^ retmmimit:mmmnmnm»mmmm« LOCAL NEWS. tnm»M»>»»»»»mm»mwt»«»«mmt An old settlers picnic was held near Phoenix last Saturday. Mrs. B. Thompson, of Kansas City, visited here last week with her brother, J. U. Yantzi. Miss Mamie Shoemaker came Tues day for a ten days visit with rela tives at Bancroft, Nebraska. Miss Mary Phalin went to Rock Springs, Wyoming, last week where she will teach first grade work in the city schools. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Murphy, of Havelock, Nebraska, spent the week end ifi O’Neill with the family of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Beha. Miss Eleanor Youngkin entertain ed a number of her young friends at a party Tuesday afternoon in the celebration of her ninth birthday an niversary. ' Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Merriman and sons, Bud and Dick, came up from South Sioux City, Friday evening, for a couple of days visit with the for mer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Merriman and with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Merriman. Floyd is break ing on the Burlington between Sioux ^ City and Pacific Junction, Iowa. The working society of the Presby terian church will meet Thursday September 10th, with Mrs. F. H. Lan caster. Mrs. Owen Pray and sons, Leo an< John, departed for their home ii Stuart, Iowa, Thursday, after spend ing a week with their friends, th Beha family. Forest Smith and W. C. Templetoi have been elected representatives t the grand lodge of the I. O. O. F which will be held in Grand Island Nebraska, in October. Miss Winifred Murray underwen an operation for appendicitis at SI Catherines hospital in Omaha las Monday. She is recovering nicely ac cording to late reports. Arthur Bennett and Mr. and Mrs Howard Lusk, and daughter, Loren< drove up from Waverly, Kansas, Wed nesday for a visit with their brothei Dr. H. L. Bennett and family. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Arezzo, wh have been visiting here the past wee] with the latter's uncle and aunc, Mi and Mrs. Dennis Hanley, returned t their hame in Omaha last Wednesday Dr. H. H. Wilkinson wishes to than] the people of O’Neill and vicinity fo their assisatnce and for the opportu nity they gave him for treatment a the Mayo hospital. He is recoverini nicely from his recent illness. Miss Mary Hanley, who has*'been , visiting at home for the past three - weeks, returned to Omaha Sunday, where she is employed as an assist ant to County Treasurer Otto I. 1 Bauman. 1 _ Miss Ruth Barnard, assisted by ' Miss Fern Hubbard and Miss Elsie Longstaff entertained the primary children of the Presbyterian church 1 at a party on the church lawn Wed > nesday afternoon. D. H. Stone and Joe Krulla, of Schuyler, came Monday for a short t visit with the former’s brother-in-law Fred McNally. They drove over to £ the bridge opening at Fairfax Tus day, returning to Schuyler Wednes day. Sam A. Arnold has been enjoying a visit from his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ’ W. H. Arnold, and from two brothers, George Arnold and family and Ed ’ Arnold and wife, and a nephew, Elton Turner, all of Kearney, Nebraska. The party came last Saturday and remain ) ed here until Wednesday morning, c _ ’ Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Yantzi returned home last Thursday evening from Bridgewater, South Dakota, where they vsiited with their daughter and i family, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ives and p children. They also visited with Mr. - Yantzi’s brother, David Yantzi, of t Windom, Minnesota. Mrs. C. A. Ives ' and children came home with them a visit. Rev. H. W. Beers will begin the pastorate of the Presbyterian church in this city next Sunday morning when he will deliver the regular morn ing service at eleven o’clock. Regular preaching services will be held at the usual hour Sunday evening. The Chicago and Northwestern railway is making a special rate of one cent a mile to Lincoln State Fair on Monday, September 7th and Thurs day, September 10th. Special train leaving Lincoln at 10:45 p. m. reach ing O’Neill at 7:16 the next morning. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Zimmerman drove up from Hastings, last Tues day for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Zimmerman. Miss Elsie Longstaff of Hansen, Nebraska, accompanied them and will visit friends here until Saturday morning. A prairie fire burned over about four sections of hay land five miles east of O’Neill last Friday afternoon. The fire started a short distance north of the highway and burned north do ing considerable damage to hay land and machinery as well as burning a number of stacks of hay. Mrs. All Seversen and sons, Hurlis and Bobby, of Pueblo, Colorado, spent a couple of days the first of the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McPharlin. She was accompanied by Mrs. Chris Serversen and son, Fred, of Sioux City. The party drove to Sioux City this evening and will leave by auto for Pueblo Saturday. in "i ■1 11 i J. B. BYARS CO. Announce Opening Saturday, September 12 at O’Neill, Nebraska, of their 58th store « V Complete lines of Dry Goods, Ladies Ready-to-wear Men's and Boys' Clothing, Shoes and all kindred line We invite your acquaintance. In Neil Brennan Building MORE ' MORE ' THAN ^ THAN 50 50 STORES STORES mmm> Mrs. Neil P. Brennan and children returned today from Albia, Iowa, where she has been visitiiyr relatives. Mrs. John Kersenbrock entertained twenty-eight little folks at her home last Tuesday afternoon. The occasion was the fourth birthday anniversary of her son Jack. The usual good time was enjoyed. G. L. Bishop and wife, of Bartlett, accompanied by their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Brick Smith, of Albion, drove up from Bartlett and are visiting at the home of their son and brother, E. V. Bishop. W. S. Wiel, of Philadelphia, H. G. Wellensick, of Grand Island, Ne braska, and G. H. Nicholson, capit alists, accompanied by Chief Engineer Grant Ford, of Philadelphia, Penn sylvania, and Engineer A. W. Per sons, of Fairmont, Nebraska, stopped in O’Neill a short time Monday on their way to the Niobrara river to inspect the large dam project which will be built across the river as soon as the necessary capital is assured. The large bills are posted around the county announcing the Chambers fair which will be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, September 16th, 17th and 18th. The sports entertain ment will be held Thursday and Fri day. The management have engaged funny clowns who will ride and drive wild steers for the amusement of the crowd each afternoon. Chambers and The Ponca Indians will play ball Thursday afternoon and O’Neill and The Ponca Indians will play Friday. A severe wind and in some locali ties hail visited the northeast and eastern part of the county last Mon day afternoon. Between Page and Orchard hail stone of large propor tions fell causing considerable dam age. At the Jackson ranch northeast of O’Neill all the windows were bro ken on all four sides of the house. The large new barn on the Sauser place northeast of O’Neill was moved several feet and badly twisted; the roof was taken from the barn on the Paul Kotke place. Considerable dam age was caused by heavy downpour of rain which accompanied the hail and wind. Burlington officials visited. O’Neill Friday morning on an inspection tour. The party came in on the evening passenger in two business cars re turning on the morning train. E. P. Bracken, Chicago, Operating Vice President; E. Flyn, General Manager lines west of Omaha; L. B. Lyman, General Superintendent Nebraska District Lincoln; C. J. Connett, Su perintendent Omaha; H. C. Murphy, District Engineer Maintainance of Way, Lincoln; O. M. Hoenshell, Road Foreman of Engines, Omaha; Ray Hurlbut, Roadmaster, Ferry; Secre tarys to Mr. Bracken and Mr. Lyman also accompanied the party. The new J. B. Byars Company store will open Saturday, September 12th, with a large, new line of every thing to wear for the whole family. Jack Allinger, is the manager of the O’Neill store. Miss Jessie Brady, who bus been an efficient clerk in the Brardeis stores in Omaha, has ac cepted a position with the new store as has Mrs. Neil P. Brenan, of this city. Cotton Mason will have charge of the gents department. The Byars Company operate sixty stores and thereby are in a position to buy at the low figure which will enable them to sell at a price that will compete with the outside stores who have been bleeding the community of a large amount of money that should have been spent with the local merchants. —■——I# Clare the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Timlin suffered a fract ured right shoulder when she fell from the rorch during the party Tues day afteroon at the John Kersenbrocl; home. .—11 ■ ' » % Miss Winifred Starlin, the fifteen year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Starlin of this city, is quite elated over a letter received a few days ago from the county superintendent of Tripp County, South Dakota, appris ing her of the fact that she passed the eighth grade examinations in that county with the highest grade of any pupil who took the examination at the close of the school year. Miss Winifred is attending St. Mary’s academy this year. ALVIN HEAD CORBETT. Dr. A. H. Corbett, one of the earfy settlers of Holt county and a pioneer business man of this city, died in a hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, [Tuesday evening, September 1st, at 1D20 o’clock. Death was caused from liver and gall bladder trouble. Dr. Corbett has been in relatively good health until recently, although he has suffered short illnesses from which he soon recovered. On July 26th he closed his'office in O’Neill and went to Denver to look after the in terests of the mining company of which he is president. While in Den ver he became ill, but recovered sufficiently in a few days, so that he was able to go to the home of rela tives in Pittsburgh where he had plan ned to spend several weeks before re turning to O’Neill. On August 23rd he was again • taken to the hospital where he remained until his death. Alvin Head Corbett was born near Corsica, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1855, where he grew to manhood. In the spring of 1884 he came to Holt county and located upon a homestead four miles east of O’Neill; being then a single man he held the homestead and opened a photograph gallery and dental office in O’Neill both of which he conducted for many years. He has ^continued the dental business to the present time. He was united in mar riage to Miss Sadie Coykendall, of O’Neill, in February, 1885, and to this union one son, Earl, was born, who now resides in South Sioux City, Iowa. Some time during the year 1890, Mrs. Corbett passed away. In the fall of 1892 he was married to Mabel Havens of Atkinson. No children were born to this union. Dr. Corbett has always been an active man; in the early ’90's he di vided time between O’Neill and Madi son in the dental practice; later he divided time with Atkisnson and Long Pine and at one time with Chambers. During the past twenty or more years he has been associated with the Big Five Mining Co., of Denver, which is now known as the North American Mining Co., of which he was president at the time of his death. He was a man with a wide circle of friends; he was a man of even temperment and was an untiring worker for the up building and betterment of the com munity in which he lived. He was an active worker in the Presbyterian church for many years. The deceased was an active lodge man being a member of the Masons, I. 0. O. F., Encampment, Rebekahs and the Muscovites. He leaves five sisters and one brother; they are Mrs. Emma Moore, Mrs. Annie Frazier, Mrs. Maude Knepshielii, Mrs. Mildred Miller, and Mrs. Katheryn Swigart and Park Corbett all of whom now reside in Pittsburgh and vicinity. A sister, Mrs. Jennie Orcutt, died last November. The funeral services will be held at Corsica, Pennsylvania, Fri day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Burial will be at Corsica.
