O'NEILL DECISIVELY
DEFEATS BLOOM
FIELD LAST SUNDAY
O’Neill decisively defeated Bloom
Seld by a score of 8 to 5, at Bloom
Said last Sunday afternoon and the
battle for the baseball champion
ship of northeast Nebraska still is
mm. The two teams now have won a
jpame each in the championship con
traft, Bloomfield winning at Creighton
*ur a score of 1 to 0 at Creighton a
week ago last Sunday. The ques- j
J&nn vi which is thq, best and fastest I
’Aggregation of baseball players in j
Northeast Nebraska is to be definitely
walk*] next Sunday afternoon, when
Jtr teams come together for the last j
fame of the series and incidentally j
ior the last game of the season, on j
Hie .diamond at the O’Neill fair j
grounds. The game is to start i
promptly at 2:80 o’clock, and, pro
ofing the weather is fair, the at
tendance will decide whether or not
O'Neill and Holt county care to see
baseball of league class next year, I
nr are content to get along with the
dub version of the game. Both of j
the games already played have drawn
mammoth crowds, the gate at
Creighton exceeding $700 and at
Mwinfteld exceeding $500 despite
.a chilly day. Good baseball merits
.and requires good attendance at the
games. Next Sunday will tell the
tale.
Sunday's game at Bloomfield was
m most exciting one and much more
.closely contested than the score
would signify, O’Neill making its
first score in the first inning and
then running along without any more
until the fifth, when it ran in two;
Bloomfield in the meantime going
along scoreless until the third when
it accumulated three and then an
other in the fifth, giving it a lead of
1. No more scores were made by
either side until the eighth.
O'Neill, batting first, opened the
•eighth with Wingate at bat. He was
hit hy the pitcher and went to first.
"Tfwn Bishop struck out and Kellogg,
going in to bat for Bazelman came to
hat and also was hit by Ziegenbien
152x1 «s* .... next man up and whiffed,
making two men out. Thomson,
next man up, took unto himself a
single, advancing Kellogg and scor
ing Wingate. Holliday, who follow
ed Thompson, came up with two hits
already to his credit in the game, and
Zjggehbien, remembering these, pass
ed him. Fluery, following Holliday
jfcaodkecl one down which scored Kel
logg an also caused an error to be
chalked up against Bagley, the
Bloomfield shortstop. Kid Higgen
hothaui, O’NeiH's likely , young left
fielder, now came up with the bases
full and two strikeouts in his pre
vious tries against him. Mr. Zieg
enkien fed him a wide one which he
struck at wildly and awkwardly and
Ziegenbien gave him another one
just like it. When it finally hit the
ground Higgcnbotham was’ reposing
.safely on third and three more runs j
wr:ro in making five for the inning,
with the score 8 to 4 for O’Neill.
Then in Bloomfield’s half of the in
ning Bagley hit a threfe-bagger and
was brought in by a single by Zieg
«nkien, and the score was 8 to 5. j
Tins concluded the scoring for both
teams. In the ninth Wingate got a
single, but was put out on an at
krampt to steal. Bishop hit a single
which he stretched to a throe-bag
A’«f *md Kellogg and Eisler struck
out, retiring the side. For Bloom
field Yager, first man up, drew a
base on balls, but was put out at
second on an attempted steal, Carp
enter flew out to third, Liddett' got a
single and Bagley was thrown out
by Bishop at first. So endeth the
lesson.
Bloomfield — ABRHPOAE
Carpenter, rf 4—0—1—0—0—0
Liddett, 2b . 4—1—1—2—1—1
Bagley, ss . 4—3—2—1—1—2
Cook, lb _ 3—1—1—3—0—0
Ziegenbien, p 3—0—1—2—2—0
Crahan, 3b - 3—0—1—1—0—0
Davey, c _ 4—0—1-17—0—1
Moore, If . 3—0—0—0—0—0
Yager, cf .. 2—0—0—1—0—0
Hifars (::) . i_0—0—0—0—0
Total 31 5 8 27 5 4
(::) batted for Moore in 8th.
O’Neill AB R II PO A E
Thomson, rf-2b 5—2—0—1—0 —0
Holliday, lb 4—2—3—8—0—0
Fleury, 3b 4—2—3—1—1—1
Higgenbotham, If 4—0—2—1— 0—0
Powell, cf 4—0—0—0—0 -0
Wingate, c _ 3—1—2--9—2—0
Bishop, ss .. 4—0—1—3—1—0
Bazelman, 2b 3—0—0—3—2—1
Eisler, p 5—0—0—l—2—1
Kellogg (::) 1—1—0-0—0—0
Total . 37 8 11 27 8 3
(::) Batted for Bazelman in 8th.
Bloomfield 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0—5
O’Neill ... 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0—8
Batteries: O’Neill—Eisler and
Wingate; Bloomfield — Ziegenbien
and Davey. Three base hits—Hig
genbotham, Fleury, Bagley 2. Bases
on Balls—Off Ziegenbien 2, off Eis
ler 5. Struck out—Ziegenbien 17,
Eisler 9. Left on bases—O’Neil 10,
Bloomfield 7. Hit by pitcher, Zieg
enbien 3. Wild throws—Eisler 1.
Stolen bases—Liddett 1, Bagley 2,
Cook 1, Crahan 1, Davey 1, Fleury 1.
WOMAN’S CLUB ACTIVITIES
On Wednesday evening, September
30th, the teachers of the O’Neill
schools were invited to the club room
to be entertained by the ladies of the
O’Neill Woman’s Club.
The club room on this occasion was
a scene of unusual activity, an old
fashioned District School being in
session presided over by Miss Mehit
able Brown. They weren’t all girls
either, for there was the finest bunch
of good looting boys you ever saw,
and they were busy. The primary
class were well represented, also the
“big girls”, the “country belle”, “the
dunce”, “mother’s boy”, teacher’s
pet”, and all the rest.
Larry O’Shea was easily the favor
ite with the girls, while Percy Galla
gher acted the part of the school sis
sy. In the midst of the session the
teacher and scholars were thrown in
to a state of embarrassment and con
fusion by the arrival of the school
directors. Miss Mehitable, however,
with remarkable coolness and tact,
managed to bring them into some
thing like order and system, so that
Brother Gumfoozel might hear the
class in spelling. This was a triumph
of orthography not to be equalled by
any modern spelling class, in spite of
the classical pronunciation of the re
vered school director.
After speeches by each of the
school directors, and a “Friday after
noon program”, lunch was enjoyed,
having been brought in dinner-pails
by each pupil. This was an occasion
AND YET v •
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in connection with a
Federal Farm Loan
For instance:—
A Low Interest Rate
Profit Sharing by Borrowers
No Commission
Loan Expenses Paid by Dividends
Long Time Easy Payments With Options
No Red Tape
We are glad to answer any inquiry—address
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Secretary-Treasurer
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long to be remembered, and everyone
said “Let’s do it again”.
LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
The Department of Literature met
at the Club room on Wednesday
afternoon, October 7th, and the fol
lowing program was carried out:
Leader Mrs. J. A. Brown
A Sketch of the Development of
American Poetry
Mrs. Li A. Carter
Group of Bryant’s Poems
“Thanatopsis” Mrs. R. M. Sauers
“Death of the Flowers”
Miss Meta Martin
Book Review “So Big” Edna Ferber
Mrs. W. J. Biglin
Informal Discussion
At a business meeting of the Wo
man’s Club it was desided to send a
delegate to the State Convention of
the Federation of Woman’s Clubs to
be held at Scott’s Bluffs the last
week in October. Mrs. C. M. Daly,
president, was elected delegate.
On Wednesday, October 14th the
Department of Home Economics will
have their regular meeting, and the
following program will be rendered:
Leader Mrs. E. H. Suhr
Demonstration, Frvten Desserts
Frappe Mrs. D. H. Clauson
Water Ice Mrs. Lancaster
Sherbet Mrs. J. "F. O’Donnell
Sorbet Miss Lillian Golden
All members are requested to be
present at this meeting.
Historical Record of
Use of “Poison Rings”
Throughout history the “ring of
death” hus played u dramatic part.
At first it was designed as a means
of quick and easy escape from a ter
rible fate, the horrors of the torture
chamber or the disgrace of slavery to
a hated enemy. Hannibal, the Car
thaginian general, turned to the poison
contained in his ring when he was on
the point of being given up to his
enemies. The Athenian orator, De
mosthenes, is said to have carried
a similar ring, .relates the Mentor
Magazine.
Time brought about the invention
of a now kind of ring of death, the
poison ring, designed for the purpose
of premeditated murder. The poison
rings of the Borgias are famous in
history. Some of them still exist, one
bearing the .JjM(«* and the motto
of Cesarejffiorgia. Beneath the bezel
of this ring'lhtve Is a sliding panel,
and when this is displaced there ap
pears a small space where the poison
was kept. Such rings simply afforded
a ready supply of poison at need, but
another type constituted a death-deal
ing weapon. The bezel was wrought
in the shape of a lion, the hollow
claws of the animal admitted the
passage of a subtle poison through
them, and it Is conjectured that the
death wound could have been Indict
ed by turning the bezel of the ring
inward, so that a hearty grasp would
produce a slight puncture in the vic
tim’s hand.
Exhibition j>f Fakes
to Help Out Critics
An exhibit of counterfeits, imitu
tions and copies of works of art was
held in London a short time ago. The
object of the exhibition, which in
cluded pictures, drawings, furniture,t
carpets, metal work, ceramics and
sculpture, was to help students, col
lectors and critics In the study of
problems of quality and originality,
as also of period and school. In many
cases this object was furthered by
comparison of the copy with the orlg*
Inal, or the imitation with an au
thenticated example of the style and
period aimed at; and works produced
for innocent purposes of record, re
production, duplication and repetition
and examples of restoration and re
pair, as well as works intended to
deceive, are Included.
At any rate, as regards the pic
tures, one comforting conclusion is
that it is, on the whole, easier for
the forger to Imitate those qualities
which appeal to the collector us col
lector—such ns “the tone of time”
and cracks In the surface—than the
basic qualities of a great work of
art, such as drawing and design.
Island of Legend
The Island of the Seven Cities was
nn imaginary island, abounding will)
gold, and adorned with superb houses
and temples, whose lofty towers were
visible at a great distance* Accord ;
ing to a legend that prevailed at the
time of Columbus, this island was i
settled by seven bishops who, having
fled with a great number of people
from Spain and Portugal, when those
countries were conquered by the
Moors, took to the ocean, and finally
landed on an unknown Island. After
their arrival, the bishops burned the
ships to prevent the return of their
followers, and founded seven cities, j
It is said that those navigators who
visited the islaud in after years were
never permitted to return.—Kansas
City Star.
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TAKEN UP.
On August 9th one white sow
weighing 160 tbs. Owner can have
same by proving property and yaying
expenses.
19-4 WALTER O’MALLEY.
STRAYED.
One 2-year-old Whiteface steer
branded “M” on right hip and one
roan yearling heifer branded “M”
on right hip.
19-4 WALTER O’MALLEY, j
<* ■— 4.*-#,v4
i •
| Took the Open
Road i
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By JUSTIN WENTWOOD
<©. 1923, Western Newspaper Union.)
(iT GUESS it’s in the blood, Jim,”
-*-said Torn to ids friend. “Some
times I kind of wish I’d settled down
when I was a young man, but roving
was in my blood, and I just had to
tramp.”
"Same here, Tom,” answered his
friend. “We’ve b»en hitting the pike
twelve years now, and I guess we’ll
keep on hitting it till we die in God’s
free air, And what I say is, tramp
printers like us ain’t hums uor hoboes.
We re educated men with a taste for
walking."
‘‘Say, old man, what life Could be
better than ours, here today, gone to
morrow? And the sights we see. That’s
an education in itself. We’re Arabs,
that’s what we are, only we haven’t
got no tents. Wliat town’s this any
way?"
“Exton, you old boob,” answered
Tom. "Where are your eyes?”
."Exton? My God!”
"Why, what’s the matter with you?”
“Why, I was born and raised here,”
answered Jim. “It’s years since I was
In this old burg, and I kinda forgot.
Say, let’s go look at the town."
They tramped the streets. Few peo
ple turned to look at the two dusty
tramps inspecting the buildings, the
tire station; only the policeman on
duty at the corner of Main street
turned a suspicious eye on them.
“It* sure. has changed," said Jim.
“Say, Tom, let’s go look at tlie house
I was horn in. You wouldn’t believe
it, maybe; but my dad owned the
newspaper here.”
“Might be a job,” suggested Tom.
“Nothing doing." said Jim. “We
sure had a nice house, though. There
was a girl next door I was kinda sweet
on. ...
lie said no more. Tom understood.
Jim had left Exton when pretty Molly
Davis married ills rival, steady young
Larrabee from the bank.
They left the business quarter be
hind them and proceeded along a
flower-bordered road into the suburbs.
Fine houses stood on either side. At
length Jim halted at an oldish house
about the middle of a block.
“That was my house, Tom,” he said.
“Lord, wouldn’t the people stare if 1
was to tell them we owned that house
once. And that house, next door—”
lie broke off. Tom understood again
and said nothing. But a terrible fear
was growing in his heart. Suppose the
girl still lived there and Jim made him
self known to*her. Suppose lie mar
ried her and settled down, and left
him, Tom, to tramp the roads alone in
his old age.
“That’s the old maple tree.” said
Jim. “She used to come out in the
evening, add we’d kind of stand and
gossip tieije. They’ve taken down the
picket fence, though. There’s some
one living there sure.”
There was. Two children came out
and stared at the intruders who were
looking the house over. A dog barked.
A shade went up in the living room.
“Them sure were the days. Tom,"
muttered Jim. “Pretty she was, and
lively, and she strung me along till
the end, and all the while that son-of
a-gun was courting her, and I never
guessed it. Fell for her, I did, like a
blame fool. All women’s that way.
Tom. They ain’t no uffe meddling
with them. Still, them were the
days. . . .’’
Tom watched his friend anxiously.
For all his words it was evident that
the spell of-the past was on him. How
he hoped Molly didn’t live there now!
But of course that «vas unlikely.
The door opened and a hard-fea
tured woman of middle age came out
and down the path.
“What are you two men doing
there?” she shrilled. "We don't want
tramps around here. You take your
selves off or- I’ll telephone the police
and have you run out of town.”
“Why, we wasn’t doing nothing,
mum, only admiring your flowers,”
said Tom.
“You take yourselves off, you pair
of tramps," shrilled the woman.
“Aw, eotne-am, Jim 1” mumbled Tom
In disgust.
She watched them from the path as
they humped their way along the road.
Shame filled Jim’s heart, but It was
not for himself or Tom. It was for
what the years had done with Molly.
He turned to Tom. “Come on, old
timer,”* he said. “I guess the roving
life brings out tbe best In folks after
all.”
Slow.
“How are times here now?” asked a
recently arrived guest.
“Slower’n snails!” replied the land
lord of the Petunia tavern. “Why,
actually, things are so dull that the
barbers In the Palace Tonsorial parlor
have took to the mandolin again 1”
Overheard by J. P. M.
“Didn’t you find Mr. Ponder’s con
versation a trifle heavy?’’
“Heavy! Why, every time he
dropped a remark I instinctively drew
in my toes."
Two Statements at Variance.
Binks—They say her husband is six
feet two Inches tall.
Jinks—And yet she was telling my
wife he often is awfully short with
her.
Only a Tear.
She (seated in park)—Oh, Bob, we’d
better be going. I’m sure I felt a rain
drop.
• He—Nonsense, dear; we are under a
weeping willow.
Combination Sale
At the Robert’s Feed Barn in O’Neill.
Saturday, Oct. 24th
Come to the barn and list what you have for
sale or list it with Col. James Moore.
E.F. Roberts
CARD OF THANKS.
The Sisters of St. Francis of St.
Mary’s Academy ( extend warmest
thanks to all who have aided finan
cially and materially to make the
remodeling of the Convent Chapel
through the Jubilee Fund such a suc
cess.
May God bless and protect our
Benefactors.
The Sisters of St. Francis
JOSEPH GROVER BREWSTER
Josejh Grover Brewster, aged 10
years, 7 months and 23 days, died at
the home of his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. A. Hart, near Middle
branch Tuesday evening, after an ill
ness of tuberculosis. He was the son
of Mr. and Mrs Jesse Brewster and
is survived by his parents and four
brothers. The funeral services, con
ducted by the Rev. Geo. Bressler,
were held Thursday.
Parent-Teachers Association.
The parents-teachers association
will meet on October 13th.
The following is the program:
Reading . Helen Richardson
Songs ...*... Fourth Grade
Folks Dance . First Grade
Piano Duet .Helen and Nellie Toy
All parents and others interested
in the welfare of schools are invited
to attend. This is the first meeting
of the year and officers will be elec
ted for the year. The meeting will
be held in the high school auditorium
October 13th; program at 2:30.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
THE NEBRASKA STATE BANK
of O’Neill, Charter No. 895 in the State of Nebraska at the close of business
September 28, 1925
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts ___ $350,405.97
Overdrafts _______,_*___ 1,957.80
Bonds, securities, judgments and claims (exclusive of
cash reserve) ____ 10,392.27
Banking house, furniture and fixtures ___ 5,000.00
Other real estate ____ 10,954.15 t
Bankers’ Conservation Fund __ 580.72
Due from National and State banks _130,781.08
Checks and items of exchange ___ 1,210.59
Cash in bank ____ 13,121.47
U. S. bonds in cash reserve _____ 16,050.00 161,163.14
TOTAL _________ $540,454.05
LIABILITIES
Capital stock _ .._____ $ 25,000.00
Surplus fund ..... ... ..'___ 5,000.00
Undivided profits (Net) _____ 710.92
Individual deposits subject to check _ $151,376.31
Demand certificates of deposit ... ... .... 13,347.66
j Time certificates of deposit __129,083.84
Due to National and State banks ___ 14,211.41 508,019.22
Depositor’s guaranty fund _____ 1,723.91
TOTAL .. _ .....______......I $540,454.05
State of Nebraska, County of Holt, ss:
I, Jas. F. O'Donnell, Cashier, of the above named bank do solemnly swear
that the above statement is a true and correct copy of the report made to
the Department 6f Trade and Commerce.
JAS. F. O’DONNELL, Cashier.
ATTEST: J. A. Donohoe, P. J. O’Donnell, Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before methis 5th‘day of October, 1925.
GRACE HAMMOND, Notary Public.
(My Commission Expires October 24, 1927.)
Charter No. 5770. Reserve District No. 10
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The O’Neill National Bank
At O’Neill, in the State of Nebraska, at the close of business on
September 28, 1925.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts, including rediscounts -- $349,198.74
Overdrafts, secured, NONE; unsecured - 738.37
U. S. Government securities owned:
Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds par value) 50,000.00
All other United States Government securities __ 50,850.00 100,850.00
Other bonds, stocks, securities, etc.: _ ._---—~ 28,357.88
Banking House, $2,788; Furniture and fixtures, $1,680 4,468.00
Real estate owned other than banking house ,_ 8,343.60
Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank _:- 25,107.28
Cash in vault and amount due from national banks_212,582.46
Amount due from State banks, bankers, and trust com
panies in the United States (other than included in
Items 8, 9, or 10) ...... 2,149.81
Checks on other banks in the same city or town as re
' porting bank (other than Item 12) . ____ 4,250.00
Miscellaneous cash items --- 1,620.00 245,709.55
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U.
S. Treasurer ... 2,600.00
Total ........ $740,166.29
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in » - $50,000.00
Surplus fund ...- 50,000.00
Undivided profits - 15,943.57
Reserved for taxes and interest -- 9*327.54
Circulating notes outstanding --*— 49,100.00
Amounts due to national banks ...$12,280.48
Amount due to State banks, bankers, and trust companies
in the United States and foreign countries (other than
included in Items 22 or 23) 80,404.49
Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to
Reserve (deposits payable within 30 days:)
Individual deposits subject to check —......188,959.99
Certificates of deposit due in less than 30 days (other
than for money borrowed) --... 49,550.00
State, county, or other municipal deposits secured by 1
pledge of assets of this bank or surety bond _ 20,429.79
Time deposits subject to Reserve (payable after 30 days,
or subject to 30 days or more notice, and postal
savings):
Certificate of deposit (other than for money borrowed) 214,104.43 565,795.18
Bills payable . —-- NONE
Notes and bills rediscounted ___ NONE
Total ---- $740,166.29
State of Nebraska, County of Holt, ss:
I, S. J. Weekes, President, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to thp best of my knowledge and belief.
S. J. WEEKES, President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of October,
(Seal) J. H. MEREDITH, Notary Public.
My Commission Expires July 1, 1926.
Correct—Attest: C. P. Hancock, J. P. Gilligan, H. P. Dowling, Directors.
(This Bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stockholders.)