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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1928)
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ADVERTISING RATES: Display advertising on Pages 4. 6 and 8 are charged for on a basis of 2b cents an inch (one column wide) per week; on Page 1 the charge is 40 cents an inch per week. Local ad vertisements, 10 cents per line first Insertion, subsequent insertions 5 cents per line. C. E. Stout Reelected Mayor. Large Majority C. E. Stout, the present mayor of O’Neill was reelected to that office by a vote that will total over 200, when the mail votes are counted, it is esti mated, over Dr. L. A. Carter. Much interest and enthusiasm de veloped in the race throughout the day and as a result a very large vote was polled. Both men are quite popular and have been closely identi fied with the interests of the city in various ways. Mayor Stout was run ning for a second term. The only other contest in the elec tion wfcs foi members of the school board. Three candidates were run ning for the office with but two to elect; Miss Anna O’Donnell, G. E. Burge and Roy Warner were the con testants. Miss Anna O’Donnell was high with a vote of 514; G. E. Burge was second with 445; Roy Warner was third with 224. The special bond election failed to carry by about 82 votes. There were 727 votes cast upon the issue of which 390 were for the bond and 337 were against. The law reads that 65 per cent of the votes cast are required for the bonds to carry which would be 472—82 short of the required num ber. The firemen and many of the citizens are greatly disappointed at the failure of the bonds to carry be cause of the need of an adequate place to house the fire equipment in a centrally located place in the city. me lonowing councumen were re elected without opposition: First Ward—W. H. Harty. Second Ward—Thomas Brennan, Third Ward—Morris Johnson. Following is the vote by wards: For Mayor— 1st 2nd 3rd Stout 222 175 113 Carte: 76 70 177 For City Treasurer— Hancock 239 192 223 For C ity Clerk— Campbell 243 202 202 For Police Magistrate— Enright 234 202 197 For Councilman— Harty 240 Brennan . 207 Johnson 219 For Members School Board— O’Donnell 194 160 160 Burge 138 126 181 Warner 60 69 95 Bond Issue— For .i 147 107 13G Aguinst 116 108 113 The 34 mail ballots will not be opened and counted by the city coun cil until Friday evening. ST. MARY’S COMMERCIAL CLASS ——'' ' ■} The Commercial students from St. Mary’s who attended the District Commercial Contest at Norfolk on March 31st, did honor to St. Mary’s. John McCarthy won first rank in Bookkeeping with a grade of 99 per cent. The other two, Lucille Graham and Harlan Agnes made very credit able grades in the same subject, while j Lucille made a good showing in both Spelling and Shorthand. Harlan Agnes netted 45.6 words a minute on the Underwood in the 15 minute Novice test in Typewriting, and John McCarthy followed next with 44.8 net words a minute. They ranked 10th and 11th respectively, among the 37 contestants in that class. In March, Frances Flanagan earned a gold pin on the L. C. Smith machine by writing tj8 words per minute. Both John McCarthy and Harlan Agnes have earned the bronze award from the Underwood Typewriter Company by making 42 and 44 words, net, per minute on the March test. Other members of the typewriting class have won the primary certificates awarded for writing 30 net words per minute on a 15 minute test. This is a very creditable record for students who just started to type last September. Who knows, perhaps we may yet have a World Champion typist from O’Neill. .s' IE. - Is: .. .-i-T-4' • 1 ' — __________________ O’NEILL HIGH SCHOOL. The Junior Class of the O’Neill High School will present "THE HOODOO,” at the K. C. Hall, on Thursday, April 12. There will be a matinee at 2:30. Reserved seats will go on sale at Reardon’s Drug Store, Saturday forenoon. O’Neill High School took third place at the District Commercial Contest held at Norfolk, Saturday, March 31. James Robertson placed second in the Bookkeeping division, and Ruth Scott first in Shorthand, and Fourth in Champion Typing. Those who placed in this contest will enter the State (Contest to be held at York, Nebraska, sometime during the month of Apirl. F. J. Brokenicky, head of the Com mercial Department of the O’Neill High School, was elected President of the Sixth District of the High School Commercial Association, at the meet ing held March 31, at Norfolk, Ne braska. Parent-Teachers will meet Tuesday April 10th. The main topic of dis cussion will be the parent-teachers viewpiont of the present tendency in High Schools for scholastic competi tion between groups of schools. SHERIFF DUFFY’S SEDAN GOES TO THE DITCH The Dodge sedan driven by Peter W. Duffy skidded from the road about four miles west of Emmet last Wed nesday while enroute to O’Neill. The car settled against the embankment; the top was somewhat damaged and the glass was broken from both doors. The accident was due to the slippery roads. Peter was considerably shaken up but otherwise uninjured. Watch Neva Oberle as Dodo the Dazzeling Daisy attehipt to dazzle Charles Hancock out of $30,000 at the K. C. Hall, April 12th. I I El i i j ■ * / Pure Bred Seeds for More Prod uctive Crops . TO ASSURE the greatest return from your time and efforts it would be folly to use any thing but tested seeds—such as the brand we carry. The stock is new—nothing carried over. Order now in time for the first spring planting. Special Prices Stowells Evergreen, t,olden H.intam Sweet Corn 15c lb. McLeans Little (Jem American Wonder Everbearing Peas 25c lb. Golden Wax Beans Black Wax Beans 25c lb. Brown Speckled Beans 20c lb. We Have All Kinds of Bulk Garden Seeds at 10c an oz. 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