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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 9, 1928)
^ ■ - ||j p _: > | I The ontier. • % I VOLUME YT.TY O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1928. NO. 11, -- Republican Candidates Herbert Hoover and Senator Curtis as they looked following their first conference on campaign strategy LOCAL NEWS. Joe Ruddy, of Gordon, was in O’Neill today. <Roy Johnson has been suffering v/ith infection in a finger of his left hand. Earl E. Harp, of Long Pine, visited his aunt, Mrs. !•’. J. Ratcliff, Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Curtis returned Tuesday from a visit with relatives at Broken Bow. Miss Merle Burge spent several days | . last week visiting at the Ross Taylor i * home near Page. Mrs. J. A. Gibbons, of Kearney, Ne braska, is visiting her brothers, J. C. and J. H. Carney. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Summers are the parents of a 7% pound son who was born to them last Sunday. Mrs. Ralph Davidson and two children went to Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, today to visit her father. Mrs. Ed Davidson, son and daughter, of Casper, Wyoming, are visiting at the Morrison and Davidson homes. Miss Stella Van Every and Miss Dorothy Youngkin went to Ainsworth Sunday for a week’s visit with rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cowperthwaite and Mrs. Ida Peterson left for Yellow stone National Park last Tuesday morning. Ed Hull and Elmer Merriman drove up from Sioux City and spent Sunday and Monday with O’Neill friends and relatives. Mrs. Bronson, who is employed in the County Treasurer’s office, will leave Sunday for Iowa for a two weeks’ vacation.' Mrs. Edward O’Donnell invited a few little girls to her home last Fri day evening to help Patricia Anii celebrate her first birthday anniver sary. f-> F reel During the month of August ' we will give a pair of rubber heels FREE with every pair of ha If-so lee. O’Neill , Electric Shoe Shop L L CORNKt ^ Prop ».tl V ..■■■■■/ A. E. Bowen and wife will drive to Omaha Sunday to attend the Atwater Kent convention which will be held Monday, August 13th. Mrs. Kane and son, Austine, of New York City, came last week for a month’s visit with her sister, Mrs. J. P. Mullen, of Emmet. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brandt and family, of Atkinson, vistied at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Klingler; they were on their way to Omaha. Word came this morning from Kan sas City stating that Dr. Frost was in the hospital at that place where she underwent an operation last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Manson have been in Thermopolis, Wyoming, for the past two weeks enjoying a vaca tion from their work at the Mellor Motor Company. The O’Neill Concert band played several selections as a farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Sam A. Arnold and family at their home on west Fremont street last Friday evening. Mrs. A1 Siverson and two sons, Hurdis and Bobby and Mrs. J. W. Chapman went to Sioux City, Iowa, Tuesday morning, where ^hey will triail Xnlnf iirna un/I frionrl<4 for U WPPk --— Mrs. Ralph McElvain spent the week with her sister, Mrs. Roy Goree, at Long Pine. She says that Roy Goree caught an eighteen inch trout last Sun day night in Pine Creek near Long Pine. Mrs. Orrin H. Wakefield and daught ers, Maryanna and Margaret ,of Los Angeles, California, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Surber. Mrs. Wakefield and Mrs. Surber are sisters. Mr. and Mrs. John Davidson return ed home Wednesday from a ten days wedding trip to the Black Hills. The young folks gave them a charivari at the James Davidson home Wednesday evening. Mrs. Elmer Surber entertained ten ladies—members of the Friday club, at her home last Thursday afteroon. Mrs. Sam A. Arnold, a member of the club who was leaving O’Neill was the guest of honor. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Laviollette, of North Bend, Nebraska, were shaking hand with Walter’s former O’Neill friends, Monday afternoon and Tues day morning. Walter is conducting a drug store in North Bend. Rev, and Mrs. George LongstafT and daughter. Miss Elsie, of Hastings, have gone to Scotts Bluffu, to see Me. and Mrs. Ernest Goodonberger, and two sons, who arrived there from Yu nnn. Chinu, Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Williams and children, Marjorie Jean and Boh Jr., of Quincy. Illinois, are visiting at the home of Mr and Mm. K. M. Gallagher, Several social affairs have been plan ned in their honor during the week. Harry T. Osborn and Harry Half ner returned home Tuesday evening from Tarkb*, Missouri, where they Went Hunday in the Inb rest of the oB Well. Wo are informed that about IftJXK) aero* have teen leased for drilling. Mr. Osborn expects to leave Saturday for Oklahoma to complete Uw leasing of a rig, anti drilling oper ations are expected to start In about a month. — Mr. and Mrs. Frank Biglin, Mrs. 0._ F. Biglin, Miss Irenaeia and Miss Genevieve Biglin motored to Hastings! Wednesday to attfend the Adams county fair and visit at the John Big lin home. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Burch accom panied by Miss Esther Sexsmith re turned home last Sunday evening from a thirteen days auto trip that took them to points in Canada via Duluth. They spent a couple of days on Lake ; Erie. L. As Simonson, Will Martin and Ralph McElvain went to Marsh Lake Sunday on a four-day fishing trip. They report that the bass were biting fine; also the mosquitoes. They return ed Wednesday evening with a nice catch. Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Simonson and daughter, Dorotha, Mrs. Nora Knapp and Vinton Simonson left last Tuesday for Yellowstone Park on a month’s va cation. Irwin Simonson purchased a New Chevrolet Sedan fully equipped for the western trip. Elmer Surber accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Sam A. Arnold and sons, Merle and Richard, drove to Hastings, Nebraska, last Sat m day evening, vncre Mr. Arnold and family will re side. Uhl Brothers trucked th-nr household goods to Hastings S indny mom rig. Ex-Senator Sanoell, or iorK, ana Lieutenant Governor Williams spoke at one o’clock, Thursday afternoon. The crowd was large and everyone seemed to enjoy the'sports, and ball game between O’Neill and Lynch which was won by Lynch 5 to 4. Dr. and Mrs. L. B. Duffy drove up from Emerson, Nebraska, Saturday evening and spent Sunday here with relatives and friends in O’Neill, re turning home Monday. The Doctor says the corn and small grain around that part of the country is in splendid condition. Arthur Duffy came up from Peters burg, Nebraska, Wednesday and will visit until Friday morning with Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Donohoe and will visit with former O’Neill friends. His son, Joe, who has been visiting at the Dono hoe home for the past two weeks, will return home with hi.m. County Judge C. J. Malone received the information the latter part of last week that his son. Attorney L. if. Malone, who is now one of the promi nent attorneys in Florida, had just won the decision in the supreme court in u million dollar case which hv> won in the tower court last winter Mr. und Mrs. John Winchell and children, Vivian and Lyle, of Plug*! staff, Arizona, drove to Holt county to; •pend their vacation, arriving here lastj Monday. They are visiting at thei homes of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.| B. T. Winchell O’Neill, and Mr. and Mrs, Henry Michael, Chambers. Mr. and Mrt. A. T. Shinn, of Wood. j liine, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. I nog Jacobson and son, Howard, of Moor head, Iowa, have been visiting at <he home of the former's daughter. Mra, Hubert Young and family, <»f uppor-j tunity. Mr. Shinn arid family resided [an the lane farm now owned "y Harry Manner, south of Opportunity, about thirteen years agu, and he M»j erjoys getting bark and lone*. ! ing acquaintances in and rrouawl |< ■‘Neill. M. J. Garrett, of El Paso, Texas, was in O’Neill last Monday afternoon on business and incidentally met a number of old time fronds of forty years ago when he taught school in the Coffey and Holland districts near O’Neill. Mr. Garrett also worked for Frank Campbell while a resident here. L. C. McKim received a letter from his son, Verl C. McKim and wife, w-ho are teaching at Phillipine Island, stat ing that they are back at work again following a two months’ vacation to a famous summer resort in the moun tains. Their school will close in March and they are expecting to return to the states in April. Mrs. S. W. Harris, of Topeka, Kan sas, spent last week visiting with her sc^s, Ross and Ernest Harris in this city. She has also been visiting with her son, Charles, at Emmet, and with her daughter, Mrs. Harry Ressell, of Chambers, and is now visiting with a daughter, Mrs. Harry Hamilton, at Neligh. -j Billy Burns, Harold Lloyd’s double, I entertained the people of O’Neill from the top of the Golden hotel Monday and Tuesday afternoons announcing the nroeram at the Royal theatre and yodeling several numbers through ai megaphone. He and his wife, the' Sunsine girl, entertained ■ for a half I hour Monday and Tuesday evenings at; the Royal Theatre. Mrs. H. H. Haberly, of Los Angeles,! Mrs. H. McNinch, of San Juan Capis trano, California, and 0. E. Buckley, wife and daughter, Frances, of Win nebago, Nebraska, visited from Sun day until Monday at the home of their sister, Mrs. W. B. Graves and family. Miss Frances ramined here for this week and will accompany the Graves’ family to Lyons, next Sunday. The gospel team of the Presbyterian church, a sextette composed of George Bay, Christie Yantzi, Harry Hatfner, R. E. Sauers, Ralph Oppen and D. H. Clauson, with Mrs. Jeanne Scott as accompanist, vent out to the Dorsey church Sunday nfttrnoo.i and «ang at the services there. Several others from the church hero attended the »e. vices also. Everyone reported a fine meeting Mr. and Mrs. Daft D. Harrington and daughter,* Miss Helen Ann, of; Wisner, Nebraska came Friday and} visited until Tuesday at the home of! the former’s sister, Mrs. Lary Kelly.' Miss Helen Ann remained here for a longer visit. ■i ■ .i—M ... ■ The Martez club entertained at a pre-nuptial shower for Miss Mariam Gilligan at the home of Miss Ireneiaj and Miss Genevieve Biglin, Tuesday evening. Instead of the usual past time of playing bride, a treasure hunt was held. Five treasurers were hid about the city, and were found by Mrs. George Agnes, Mrs. Ben Grady, Mrs. Ira Moss, Mrs. Edward O'Don nell and Mrs. John Frenking. The successful ladies gave a party at fhe Country Club, Thursday evening, honoring Miss Gilligan. A card from Whelan, Whelan & Smith, San Diego, California, reads as follows: “Edward H. Whelan, lawyer formerly at 307 Granger Building, San Diego, Philip Smith, formerly of the legal department of Union Title Insurance Company, San Diego, and Thomas Whelan, formerly deputy dis trict attorney of the county of San inego, announce ma; vuey aie now engaged in the general practice of law under tlie firm name Whelan, Whe lan & Smith with offices at suite 1110 San Diegr Trust & Savings Bank Building, Broadway at 0th street, San Diogc, California, August 1st. Carl Oppen, operating superintend ent of the Interstate Power Company, received a letter a few days ago from former manager Edward W. Browne, who is now connected with a large electrical company in the west in which Mr. Browne tells of an auto ac cident in which he was one of the in jured. Mr. Browne writes that he and others were making a night drive over the desert country in southern Cali fornia; they had driven some time when they came upon a piece of road that had been in the path of a cloud burst; their car dropped about fifteen feet into a washout; Mr. Browne was pinned under the car and received in juries to his back that paralyzed him for a time. He was taken to a hospi tal where he is thought to be recover ing nicely. MRS. E. F. GALLAGHER CHRYSLER SERAN STOLEN Some time after one o’clock last Wednesday morning some one stole the Chrysler “72” sedan from hte gar age at the Mrs. E. F. Gallagher resi dence in the northeastern part of the city. Members of the family returned from a party about one o’clock that night and say that the sedan was there at that time. A large new Chadillac, belonging to friends who were visiting at the Gallagher home, was in the same garage with the car that was stolen; the gears of the Cadillac were locked, but those of the Chrysler were not. The stolen Chrysler was practically new having been out less than a year. The name “Mrs. E. M. Gallagher” was or the instrumei.t board io gold lettering. The car was insured against theft. No word has beer, received as to the whereabouts of the car at the time of going to press. Several parties have advanced the theory that yegs who held up and robbed the Newman Grove State n „i i_i. if_J__fi. ___i_ uuiin took mvuuo^ sibciuvvu uiav ua*« taken the sedan, A CLEVER CROOK ROBS GOLDEN HOTEL GUESTS S'ome time during last night a lever sneak thief robbed five rooms occupied by traveling salesmen, in the Golden hotel. The rooms were all locked and bolted on the inside, and it is apparent that the job was done through the transom. In each in stance the thief evidently procured the trousers of the victim with a hook of some kind through the transom; the trousers were all left in the rooms. This morning a number of checks and a flash light were found in an un occupied room. No clew to the theft has been un covered. The total loss will amount to about $100.00. The heaviest loser was E. G. Shephard, the gentleman whose car was stolen from in front of the Golden on Wednesday evening of last week. Mr. Shephard lost about $40.00. ItractionI I mile after mile I Here is a new and better tread design that enables yon to STOP when you put on the brakes and START when you put on the gas. It is Goodyear’s New All-Weather Balloon—the World’s Greatest Tire! This New Tread affords a broader road contact than old style balloons. Sharp-edged diamond-shaped blocks grip the road from every angle. Even between its two sturdy service ribs you’ll find these keen-edged diamonds to improve your traction. 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