The Frontier.
VOLUME XLVTII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928. NO. 50.
THE OMAHA BOOSTERS
WILL VISIT O’NEILL
WEDNESDAY AND Tfl RSDAY
More than one hundrgl business
men from Omaha and Council Bluffs
will make O’Neill a vilt next Wed
nesday evening and Thursday morn
ing. The ‘‘good wj4’ special on
which these gentlenryn are traveling
will arrive in O’Neil over the Burl
ington at 7:36 * clock Wednesday
evening and will remain here over
night; a big danoe is being arranged
for the evening and every' effort will
be made to eltertain the visitors
royally.
The famous I>an Desdune colored
band will accompany the train and
will furnish the music. This band is
a wonderful organization and will
please everyone.
The merchants are putting on sales
for the 17th and making special in
ducements for the benefit of those
from a distance, so come in early and
hear the band.
The boosters will visit the business
houses from 8:00 until 9:00 Thurs
day morning. They will go east over
the North Western at 9:00 a. m.
LOCAL NEWS.
•John Carr has been quite ill at his
home in Stafford during the past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McElhany spent
Sunday at the V. V. Rosencrans home
at Dorsey.
Mr. and Mr.. Henry Helmer and
family were visiting with relatives in
Chambers Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Livingston, of
Atkinson, Nebraska, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. George Bowen Monday.
Junior Harris suffered a severe in
jury to one of his eyes today when he
was pushed into a tree while at play.
Fred McNally returned home the
first of the week from a few days
business trip to Omaha and points
east. »
Another fine shower of rain visit-]
ed this locality Tuesday night amount
;to .16; again Wednesday afternoon a]
I nice shower fell.
A son who tipped the scales at
i seven and one-half pounds was born to I
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tibbitts Wed- i
1 nesday morning.
Gerald B. Nellis, son of Mr. and
I Mrs. C. B. Neills, of Atkinson, who j
! has been teaching at Rosealie, Ne
i bi aska, has been elected coach of the
I Junior college at Norfolk for the com
ing year. Gerald’s many Holt county
friends rejoice with him and are
proud of the success he is making of
his chosen profession.
Frank Benedict, a former resident j
of this city, and a gentleman and:
girl who were accompanying him, re-,
ceived a few cuts from broken glass
and were considerably shaken up
when his car overturned on the high
way north of O’Neill a couple of
weeks ago. Mr. Benedict is employed
by the Interstate Power Company and
is working over in South Dakota.
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S. J. Weokes went to Omaha Wed-:
nesday.
Mrs, John Kersenbrock returned !
home, Sunday, from Lincoln, Nebras-:
ka, where she recently submitted to
an operation for nose and ear trouble.
K. Fenderson, formerly in charge
of the construction work for the In- j
terstate Power Company in this ter
ritory, is moving his family to O’Neill
from Hartford, South Dakota. Mr. i
Fenderson has been appointed load
dispatcher replacing Mr. Kruse, as
Mr. Kruse is taking up the duties of
inspector of transformers and instru
ments at the various plants in this
section. A number of changes were
made the first of the month. Three
men have been assigned to duty on
the hi-line; they will report yll
cracked jnsultators broken cross
arms and, in other words, anything
that will cause an outage on the line.
This is in line with the policies of the
company in maintaining as near as
possible 100 per cent service.
C. B. Nellis has tendered his resig
nation as supervisor from the west
end of the county and has accepted a
position with the Famous Molasses
Feed Company of Omaha. Mr. Nellis
hus been a faithful and conscientious
member of the board of supervisors
for several years; his many friends
in the west end have been urging him
to again make the race, but owing to
the opportunity offered by the Feed
company he has decided to accept the
salesmanship position.
Mrs. J. P. Gilligan and Mrs. Clif
f'ord Scott were hostesses at a pre
r.uptial bridge party Thursday even
ing given in honor of Miss Idn Chap
man, whose engagement to Victor
Ulbrich, of Rochester, Minnesota, was
announced during the evening; their
marriage will he solemnized May 17,'
The members of the Martez club and
i, few invited friends were present.
The rooms were tastily decorated
with a color scheme of peach and Na
poleon blue; the color scheme was also
carried out in the luncheon; individual
molds in the shn)><j of wedding Ml*
were served. Mrs. E. M. Gallagher
won high score at bridge; Mrs. L. A.
Burgess won. the all-cut prize. Miss
Chapman was the recipient of many
beautiful presents.
BRIDGE AND MOCK WEDDING
FOR MISS IDA CHAPMAN
Mrs. E. L. O’Donnell entertained
the Martez club at her home Satur
day evening at Bridge. The usual
five games were played at which Mrs.
P. B. Harty won the high score.
Miss Ida Chapman, whose marriage
to Victor Ulbrich, of Rochester, Min
nesota, will take place May 17th, was
the honor guest and around whom the
merriment of the evening centered.
A mock wedding was the next
attraction with Mrs. John Mc
i Manus as the bride and Miss Cather
ine King as the bridegroom. The cos
tumes worn date backward many
years; the bride’s attire consisted of
a dress of the style worn more than
twenty-five years ago, and a “Merry
Widow” hat with an exceptionally
wide brim, she carried a bouquet ol
artificial weeds; the bridegroom won
! light trousers with a little coat thai
| semed to be several sizes too small,
and a “caddy” hat; the bridegroom’s
gift to the bride was a harness ring
| which was gracefully attached to the
nose of the bride. Mrs. Max Golden
was ringbearer, and wore a dress of
ranline; Mrs. Ira Moss was the minis
I ter dressed in a beautiful red suit,
hat ti match typical of bygone days;
the marriage vows to which the con
j tracting parties submitted were en
tirely new and original causing much
merriment. One of the amusing
events of the wedding was the song
“Because” sung by the members of the
club, mouth harps and tin horns were '
used during the singing.
Following the wedding the ring
bearer presented Miss Ida with num
erous gifts from club members all of
which were very unuseful, hut very
amusing.
i IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE
IS BEING ORGANIZED
The O’Neill Chapter of the Izaak
Walton League reorganized and will
start off again with new life as a re
sult of a meeting of the local enthu
siasts of outdoor life held at the court
house Tuesday evening, Dr. W. F.
Finley was chosen temporary chair
man and M. H. McCarthy temporary
Beretary. Another meeting will be
held Tuesday evening at which time a
permanent organization will be form
ed. State President Frank J. Brady,
of Atkinson, was present and made a
very interesting talk as did also Judge
R. R. t)ickson. John C. Jenkins, for
mer chief game warden was present
and is lending his efforts to make the
O’Neill chapter go over big. It is
the intention of the chapter to de
velop nursery ponds for the pro
pagation of bass and trout.
Before the meeting a delegation
drove to the Spencer power dam on
the Niobrara, to study feasibilty of
locating suitable nursery pondB above
and near the dam, finding two loca
tions. A meeting of all chapters in
Holt and Boyd counties ia to be held
!| perhaps Sunday, May 19, to consider
the project.
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Yes, You Can Stretch
a Dollar? *
ORDINARILY a dollar is worth only a hundred
cents’ worth of merchandise. But at Ross E. Harris
Food Market May 17th, its value is much greater
Thousands of spariding bargains line our aisles.
We urge you to take immediate advantage of these
wonderful buys.
2 large cans O. T. Peaches
2 larg'e cans O. T. M
Apricots in Syrup for . |
cans Pink Salmon
3 cans Oil Sardines
2 cans Mustard Sardines ... |
1-tb. Our Own Coffee
1- 8-oz. bottle Vanilla
Extract
2- lbs. Powdered Sugar
3 Pounds Extra Fancy Wis- $4
consin Long Horn Cheese |
1 Swans Down Cake Flour
1—1-lb. can Calument Baking
Powder
1 can Cream of Tartar $4
1 can Marshmellows Creme 1
l Dozen Oranges
1 Dozen Bananas M
3 Packages Jello _ I
2 large cans Peaches in Syrup
2 cans O. T. Peas $4
2 Cans O. T. Corn . |
■ {' ip I Limit—Only one of any of the above deals to the
m |\T M Customer. Come early and Stay Late. See the
3 W' Jm Omaha Boosters and Hear Dan Desdunes Band,
.ff B “the best in Omaha.”
3 I ff Don’t Wait! Come on This Date, May 17th
I rl ^oss Harris
I f$l Food Market
I Phone 47
Make Your Dollars
Do Double Duty
OUR Dollar Day Hales are becoming famous! Here are some more values
that will set the whole town talking for weeks to come, for you’ll agree
with us that they arc unusual. Many of them priced below cost. Al
though the type is small, the values are large and we advise you to read
them carefully and to make a list of your needs from this advertisement
so that you won’t forget or overlook any of the Dollar Day bargains
Thursday, May 17th.
I^MoTTard^T^feP^Coat^fhreat^^l
Black and White, Assorted 4 |j|| I
Sizes, 3,100 Yards for liUU|
Men’s Brown Tennis Shoes, 4 AA
per pair I illU
Fancy Bordered Turkish 1 AA
Towel. 18x36. 4 for 1 iUU
Pillow Tubing. Linen Finish,
36-Inch Bleached Cheese
Cloth, 15 yards for
Men’s Athletic Suit, Fine Grade,
Pajamu Check, Closed Crochet,
Flapped seat opening, V-Neck
style, 2 Suits 1 flf|
for l.UU
40 Skeins J. & P. Coats Boiled Proo
G-Strand Embroidery 4 flrt
Cotton for I lUll
Extra Fine Quality, 1 nn VaJ
3 yards for I «UU
Men’s Half Hose, Rayon Plated
Striped and Plaids, As- 4 AA
sorted Colors, 3 pairs for | iUU
Ladies' Rayon Silk Hose, 1 nn
2 pairs for I iUU
Men’: Work Shirts, made «>f 4
Heavy Cheviot, each I iUU
30-Inch Crettonne, Light and ^
Hark, 5 yards for I iUU
