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POULTRY AND DAIRY
DEVELOPING DAY
Saturday, July 21st, will be a busy
day in O’Neill when the farmers and
those interested in the development
of the poultry and dairy industry of
Holt county will gather in O’Neill to
hear the subjects discussed by gome
of the most prominent men on the
state and men who are acquainted
with the subjects from every stand
point.
The band will furnish special music
during the afternoon and the different
stores will conduct special sales for
the benefit of all who attend the
meetings.
Plan now to be here Saturday after
noon, July 21st.
Watch for the papers next week for
detailed information.
CHARLES PETERSON FINED
FOR DRIVING TRUCK
WITH FOREIGN LICENSE
The case of the State of Nebraska
against Charles Peterson occupied the
attention of the County Court and a
jury all afternoon Tuesday. Peterson,
a resident of southwestern Holt
County, was charged with buying a
license for his truck in Rock county
and was found guilty by the jury and
fined $10.00 and costs by the Court.
It appears that numerous residents
of this county have been buying their
automobile licenses in adjoining
counties and this case was instituted
by the county board as the first step
in a drive to compel all residents of
this county to buy their licenses here.
Seventy per cent of this license money
goes to the county for road purposes,
and is used for improving and build
ing roads in the county bo it is diffi
cult to understand why nnyone resid
ing in this county would buy his li
cense elsewhere and help some other
county to bulid their roads when our
own county has so many roads that
need improvement.
It wns announced at the trial that
State Engineer Cochran had informed
the County Board that anyone who
had purchased a license in a county
other than that of his residence, should
repurchase in his home county taking
the receipt therfrom to the treasurer
of the first county who would refund
his money.
Anyone who is registered ir, the
wrong county can get it con'ected
without expense by acting promptly
before action is taken against them.
MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS AGAIN
FLICKER IN HOLT COUNTi
(Sioux City Journal)
O’Neill, Neb., July 8.—The “hoo
doo” terrace is a big area in Jim
Connolly’s pasture just west and join
ing the Mennonite cemetery, 13 miles
northwest of O’Neill, all in the “ghost
light” district.
The lights play hide and seek with
curious observers, who feel sure they
can lay their hands on one.
History handed down from genera
tion to generation says a John Colter
probably was the first white man to
report the existance of the vigil
lights southwest of the Niobrara riv
er, where the adventurer passed
northward to trap and hunt. After
four years of peril among the In
dians and as escape from a hostile
tribe in these parts, he returned east
and among his wonderful tales that
were hard to believe he related seeing
lights appear and disappear in the
“water valley” or “black water,” as
the Indians had christened what later
was Nebraska, and still later Holt
county.
ALLEGED EMBEZZELER
FOUND IN MILWAUKEE
F. I*. Benedict Disappeared From
Winner Over $5,900 Short.
(Norfolk News.)
Winner, S. D., July 9: Frank P,
Benedict, former manager of the In
terstate Power Company at Winner,
was arrested Friday in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. He disappeared from
here in the latter part of May of this
year. An audit of his accounts with
the power company showed a shortage
of between five and ten thousand dol
lars and an information was filed in
the circuit court charging him with
embezzlement.
The authorities of Milwaukee no
tified Sheriff Gammon of the capture
and Deputy Sheriff W. P. Duffy left
Saturday morning to return him to
Tripp county. Benedict, who had been
recently divorced, left Winner in com
pany with a local woman. When ar
rested in Milwaukee, he was using
the name of Frank Kelsey and was in
company with a woman giving her
name as Mrs. Frank Kelsey.
Mr. Benedict was employed as a
mechanic by the Mellor Motor Com
pany in O’Neill during the fall and
winter of 1924. He bore a good repu
tation while in O’Neill.
THE CIVIL LEGION WILL
ATTEND NOTIFICATION
Committees of The Civil Legion
will officially attend the Notification
Ceremonies of both Presidential can
didates—Herbert Hoover and Gevorn
or Smith.
Both nominees are members of the
organization.
The Civil Legion is a strictly non
partisan organization, whose mem
bership is made up of citizens who
served the National Cause in author
ized CIVIL capacities during the
World War and who, for various rea
sons, were denied the privilege of
wearing the uniform.
Former Governor Keith Neville is
a member of the National Board of
War Governors. J. R. Swain, of
Greeley, and Dr. J. P. Gilligan, of
O'Neill, are members of the State
Committee.
TRUCK operators know value ....
Since the announcement that Graham
Brothers Trucks are n6w all sixes and all
have 4-wheel brakes, sales records have been
shattered .... Production has passed the
30Oa-day mark.
See these trucks .... Drive one-—the she
that fits your business.
Phone now! We’U demonstrate.
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MONAHAN POST BAND
EXPRESS APPRECIATION
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The Monahan Post Band enjoyed
their visit in O'Neill according to the
following letter received last Satur
day by Lee Drayton, of Page, who was
one of the promoters of the Race
Meet here last week:
“Mr. R. L. Drayton, Page, Nebraska.
Dear Lee:—I hope that the person
nel of Monahan Post Band by oral
statements expressed their appre
ciation of the very splendid treat
ment accorded us by yourself and
your associates and by the people of
O'Neill. We have probably never be
fore been treated so hospitably and
you proved yourself to be a very sat
isfactory employer. 1 am pleased to
give you this written acknowledgment
of our appreciation.
Yours very truly,
RALPH HENDERSON,
Business Manager.”
SUPREME COURT PASSES ON
TWO IMPORTANT CASES
The supreme court of Nebraska hag
recently passed upon two important
cases and we think that the articles
relative to them as published in the
State Journal are of enough interest
to our readers to justify their repro
duction.
J. J. Harrington of this city was at
torney for Mr. Moreland in the $30,
000 damage case:
Cherry county by Otto F. Moreland,
The $33,000 judgment obtained in
administrator of the estate of his
deceased son, Hubert Roy Moreland,
against the Northwestern railroad
company was set aside by the supreme
court Tuesday, and an order entered
dismissing the action. The widow and
children of Mr. Moreland reside in
Lincoln. He was an insurance agent,
and was killed in the village of Crook
ston when crossing the railroad tracks
in an automobile driven by his part
ner, Donald Ogilvie.
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from both ways could be seen by both
of them where they were traveling,
and both were familiar with the cross,
ing. There was a freight train stand
ing on one of the tracks, and Ogilvie
testified that he was watching this as
it showed signs of starting up and did
not see the fast passenger train com
ing, which did not stop ordinarily at
the town.
In passing on the case, the court
said that a traveler approaching a
railroad crossing must both look and
listen, and if he fails he is guilty of
negligence. It says that the freight
train on the side track was not such a
diverting circumstance as would ex
cuse the two men from looking toward
the east within eighty feet of the
crossing for an approaching passen
ger train. Failure to do so consti
tuted negligence. It adds that where
a traveler failed to exercise reason
able precaution, by not looking at a
reasonable point where he could have
seen an approaching train, his neg
ligence will defeat a recovery for a
collision with a train at a crossing,
even though no signal or bell or
whistle was given. It follows that
the evidence is insufficient to sustain
a verdict for plaintiff.
Lincoln, Neb., July 10. As a gen
eral rule it is negligence as a matter
of law for a motorist to drive an auto
mobile so fast on a highway at night
that he cannot stop in time to avoid
a collision with an object within the
area lighted by his lamps, the su
preme court ruled today in reversing
the decision of the Douglas county dis
trict court and dismissing the suit of
Jacob C. Roth against Charles Blom
quist.
On the night of November 17, 1924,
Roth’s automobile crashed into a farm
wagon driven by Thomas Corbett, a
farm hand employed by Blomquist.
Both he and his wife were injured
and his car damaged. The accident oc
curred near Valley.
Subsequently Roth filed suit for
$11,400 damages charging the de
fendant with negligence. He declar
ed the wagon, which did not have any
light on it, was driven directly in
front of his car in turning into an un
lighted private crossing. The verdict
for Roth was $4,925.
PASSENGER TRAIN
KILLS SIX COWS
Six cows were killed Sunday morn
ing, one mile west of O'Neill, by the
Northwestern passenger train west
bound at 10:26. Five of the cows be
longed to John Dumpert and one to
J. B. Hyan. The cattle were being
driven across the track.
BIBLE SCHOOL.
Daily Vacation Bible School will be
gin at the Center Union Church, July
16th, to last two weeks with Miss
Mildred and Marie Marts as teachers.
The Gibson and Marquette Union
Sunday Schools are also arranging
to have the Bible School during this,
vacation time.
MRS. LEWIS KNAPP.
Mrs. Lewis Knapp passed away in
the Lutheran hospital, at seven o’clock
on Thursdny morning of last week fol- i
lowing an illness of ubout two weeks.
The remains were brought to O’Neill i
Thursday afternoon in the Biglin
Brothers funeral coach and taken to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Mc
Carthy.
Funeral services were held from the
Methodist church at 2:00 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon conducted hy Rev. J.
A. Hutchins, of Meadow Grove, m
sinted hv Rev. O. A. Fortune, pastor
of the Methodist church of this city,
interment was in Pros pert II III cema
tei
mer. Nebraska, April 20, 1877. She
was fifty-ona vear*, three month* and
fifteen days of age at tha time of her
death.
She was united in marriage to
twwia Knapp. March 28, 1888, at
Central City, Nebraska; twelve child
ren were horn is tbie union, eleven of
| whom survive; they are Mr*. Wm
I (Lola) Hunftford, who reside# north.
DRIED BEEF—Wafer sliced,
r: ist and sweet, very appetizing, ;
• 5-oz. First Prize 0 E />
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CORNED BEEF—Broadcast Brand
No. 1 square tin 23e
SALMON—1-Ib. Flat can, Black
Top pink, very rich,
11 >■ can 22c
SARDINES—Golden Rule oval tin,
large size, mustand or to
mato sauce, per can - 13c
MAKE SUMMER DRINK—Make
from SUM-R-AID. Three popular
flavors, Orange, Grape, Wild
Cherry, full directions with each
ORn
3 dime packages _
B. & R. Fruit Nectar, any
flavor, 35c bottle 29c
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DELICIA SANDWICH 0K«
SPREAD—8 for colt
KAY CHEESE SPEAD— OCp
PHENET CHEESE OCp
SPREAD—per package tOU
WRIGHTS TASTE-E SANDWICH
SPREAD—
9-oz. jar ___,_ 24c
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A FAVORABLE SEASON—The God of the Harvest seems to be good
to the people of Northeast Nebraska. Bountiful rains have fallen. It
would seem that reasonable opportunity has been given for the cultiva
tion of crops. There is every indication of a bountiful harvest.
A BUSY TIME OF YEAR—With the planting of crops the cultivation
of the land and finally the harvest we have the buSinest season of the j
year. As the old saying goes, “Make hay while the sun shines.” He
who would profit must observe the laws of seed time and harnest.
WHOLESOME HEALTHFUL FOODS—He who would work must have
wholesome nutritious foods; health and happiness depend upon it. The
Robert C. Moore Store has a complete stock of fresh high quality and
dependable fresh fruits and vegetables, staple and fancy groceries on
hand at all times. We believe you will be better able to do your work
and accomplish the tasks that you set before yourself if you buy your
food requirements from our store.
CLEAN NEW STORES, CLEAN NEW MERCHANDISE, LOW EVERY
DAY PRICES, COURTEOUS SERVICE AND COMPLETE SATIS
FACTION FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT WE STANDFOR.
PEACHES—Tri Color, solid pack,
the No. 10 tin,
per can_ 49c
MASON FRUIT JARS—
per dozen _ 89c
FRUIT JAR RINGS—Per
fect seal, 2 dozen _ 15c
FRUIT JEL— r\n
3 packages for .. MT^f1
MACARONI— OEjp
3 packages for .. twb
JAR LIDS, MASON—
1 dozen for . _ _ LUv
ANGLE FOOD CAKE FLOUR—
Robb Rose Brand,
large package - 32c
GINGER ALE—Cliquot
Club, 3 large bottles '-59c
PEANUT BUTTER—First
Prize, Quart jar _ 39c
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LIQUID BLACK FLAG— AC*
Kills flies, Qt. 83c; Pints ‘*'*0
PRUNES—
5 lbs., medium . 39c
RAISINS—
2 lb. package_,__24c
PEACHES— AC*
2 pounds _ “wu
I Edward Gatz, Manager, O’Neill, Nebr.
| Just Across the Street from J. B. Byars Store.
I store* in 20 odd towns Northeast Neb. Trade at store nearest vou.
PAROWAX — Indespensable for
sealing fruit.
2 pounds __ _
SUGAR PUFFED MARSH
MALLOWS—per pound_ 19e
CRISP, FRESH, SUMMER
COOKIES, ASSORTED.
2-Ib. GLASSINE BAG _
COCOA—
Hersheys 25c size for_19c
M. J. B. COFFEE—
1 lb. for _69c
MOORE’S SPECIAL
Malt, per can_49c
ENGLISH WALNUTS— OC„
Soft shell, 1 lb. _ tJO ;
JOHNSON’S WAX,
1-lb. can _67c
LIQUID VENEER—
60c size __ 49c
east of O’Neill; Miss Emma, Ruby,
Mary, Aneita, Agnes, Rita, Helen,
Etta Belle, Roy and Leonard, all at
home; a duaghter, Cora, passed away
some years- ago.
Mrs. Knapp was a loving, sacrific
ing mother and loved her children with
a true mother’s love; nothing seemed
too hard for her to do that would
tend to help the children. She leaves
to mourn her departure her eleven
children, her mother, Mrs. Agnes
Reece, Palmer, Nebraska; two broth
ers, Elmer Reece, Palmer, Nebraska,
and John Reece, Elkhorn, Nebraska;
two sisters, Mrs. Cora Adams, Moun
tain Home, Idaho, and Mrs. R. M.
Stephenson, Sheridan, Wyoming, and
a host of kind neighbors and friends.
Her going has left a vacancy that will
be keenly felt by the family of child
ren and Hr many warm friends.
Mrs. Knapp came to Holt county
and located on a farm near O’Neill
twenty-eight years ago and has con
tinued to reside here until her death.
MRS. T. I). HANLEY.
Mrs. T. D. Hanley passed away at
the Saint Joseph Home in West Point,
Nebraska, on Saturday, July 7, 1928,
where she has been for the greater
part of the past year, following sev
eral light strokes of paralysis that
effected her speech and limbs.
Delia Marsh was born in County
Mayo, Ireland; she came to America
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Marsh, when a small child. The
family settled in Scranton, Pennsyl
vania, where they resided for a few
years before coming to Holt county
in October, 1878; they located on a
homestead nine or ten miles north of
O’Neill.
She was united in marriage to
Timothy D. Hanley in O’Neill on Oc
tober 10, 1893; to this union two I
children were born, Clara, who died;
in infancy and George, who, w'ith her
husband, survive.
She was in the first class that was
graduated from the O’Neill public
school. The members of the class
were Nellie Graham, S. J Weekes
and Delia Marsh. She taught in the
rural schools and in the public school
of O’Neill for several years.
Mrs. Hanley was a-lways an active
worker in the church and social life
of this community. She was a woman
held high in the esteem of all who
knew' her and during her fifty years
of life in this vicinity, she gathered
around her a large circle of friends
who mourn with her immediate family
in her departure.
The remains were brought to
O'Neill Saturilay in the Biglin fun
eral coach. Funeral services were
held Monday morning at nine o’clock
from St. Patrick’s church conducted
by Monsignor M. F. Cassidy assisted
by Ft. I.eahy. Burial was in Cal-;
eary cemetery.
FANNIE BREWSTER.
Mrs. Fannie Brewster died in n hos
pital in Norfolk, Nebraska, Wednes
day afternoon at 1:30 o’clock follow
ing an operation for appendicitis. She
was taken to Norfolk last Saturday.
The deceased in the daughter of Mr.
•ml Mrs. Daniel Burt of Middle
Branch and has made her home with
her parent* for the past sit years or
more, since the departure of her hus* j
hand, Jesse Brewster. She was the
mother of several children who are
left to mourn her death.
The remains were shipped to O’Neill
this morning and taken to her home
at Middle Branch in the Itiglin ftmerftl
coach. The funeral service will be
h. Id at Middle Branch Friday after
noon at two o'clock conducted by Rev
George Breseler. Burial will he in,
Lambert cewetcry.
MILK BOTTLES.
Beginning Monday morning, July
16th, all stores handling milk will
sell the milk bottles at 5c each and'
will redeem them at the same price.
Sanitary Dairy.
Ross E. Harris.
P. V. Hickey.
‘‘AIN'T NATURE WONDERFUL”
BEAVER FLATS, Neb.
Members of the Board of Education
of Beaver Flats would like to secure
the services of some good spiritualist
or clairvoyant capable of taking
charge of the controls of the late Prof.
I. R. Azzum to either calm them down
or return them to the spirit world
from which they came. Unless this
can be done the board may have to
abandon the session of night school
being held in the auditorium of the
Beaver Flat High School, as, owing
to the boisterous and unseemly con
duct of the shades, it is impossible for
the night students to concentrate upon
their studies. The board also has de
cided to discontinue permitting the
high school auditorium to be used as
a hall for public entertainments out
of the ordinary.
The spirits that are interfering
with the session of the night school
and causing the school board so much
annoyance are a group introduced and
use in a demonstration of spiritualism
by Prof. Azzum at the high school one
night in the latter part of March.
Among them was an Indian chieftain
whom the professor said was an an
eester of Charley Laughing Horse, and
several others that he said were de
parted relatives of members of the
audience.
During the evening the spirits an
swered many questions propounded by
the audience and played on ghostly
guitars, tambourines and horns as
they floated about just below the
ceiling. As the grand finale to the
program he had materialized a group
of several simultaneously and had
them playing on musical instruments
in what he called his ghost orchestra.
During one of the pieces by the spirit
orchestra the professor, who was lead
ing them, in some manner came in
contact with a heavily charged light
ing wire from which the instulation
had been worn away and was electro
cuted before he could return his ether
eal visitors to their home.
Since then the wraiths have con
tinued to abide in the auditorium of
the school house and spend their
evenings either playing on the mu
sical instruments or communicating
messages from the other world. They
appear only at night and do not work
in the daytime. Teachers and stu
dents of the night school at first were
frightened at the nightly demonstra
tion, but have gradually become so
used to them that they now are
only a nuisance. Several local resi
dents who claim spiritualistic gifts
have tried to disperse or dissolve the
specters without avail and one or two
mediums called in from a distance al
so have failed.
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Let The Bakery do your
Baking This Hot Weather
McMillian & Markey
’ 160 s % AUCTION
MONDAY, JULY 9. 1928, AT 2:30 P. M.
On the above date on the premises we will sell at Public Auction
the Southeast quarter of Section Seventeen in Township Twenty
nine, Range Eleven, West of the 0th P. M., Holt County, Nebraska.
1 MILE EAST AND 1 MILE NORTH OF O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
This fine quarter of land lies just one mile on and >ne mile north
of the Northeast corner of O’Neill, Nebraska, o ■ t ; best towns
northeast Nebraska, on the Black Hills branch of the C. N. W.;
also is the western terminus at the Sioux City Short Line. Is the
County Seat of Holt County; has wonderful schools and churches;
three pood banks, and all lines of businc i represented.
The improvements consist of n (1-room house, barn 18x28 with
leanto 10x28; double corncrib 18x32; the driveway has plank floor;
hog house 14x24; garage and chicken coop 18x20, and coal house
0x12; pood well with windmill. All fenced and cross-fenced. On R.
F. D. Telephone. Share of telephone stock in farm line goes to
purchaser of the farm.
Farm lies practically level, black loam toil; 33 acres pasture,25
acres seeded to sweet clover, balance farm land.
Terms—15rA Cash day of *ale;33'; on March 1, 1929. Purchaser
to assume the payment «f a first mortgage of 12.8(H) bearing inter
est at 5^ due March 1. (988: balance carried back on place 3 years
at S'** Interest. Possession given March I, 19*29.
Lucinda Travers, Owner
t, D. CARROLL. Auctioneer. B. J. HUIQEN8. Sales Manager
Creighton, Nebr. Creighton. Nebr.
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