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Frontier.
VOLUME XLIX.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1929.
NO. 34.
I)R. CHATFIELD said “Rob
inson Crusoe might despise
richts—so may a savage; but no
sane and civilized man will hold
them in contempt.”
The O’Neill National
Bank
Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits, $125,000.00
This bank carries no indebted
ness of officers or stockholders.
Fred Bredehoeft returned homi
Tuesday from Denver where he spen
Sunday with relatives. He was ac
companied home by Miss Eva Pyle
who has been visiting with her fathei
and brothers and sisters in Denvei
over the holidays. Miss Pyle is i
niece of Mrs. Bredehoeft.
> Another light snow fell here last
; Saturday, but did noc stay long.
; Miss Ruth Barnard entertained
” twelve young ladies at her home Tues
day evening. Card and music was the
1 pastime for the evening. A lunch was
served by the hostess.
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LOCAL NEWS
A -on was born to Mr. and Mis.,
Will Biglin Monday morning.
Miss Geraldine Cronin returned to
her studies at Dueschine college at
Omaha Monday.
James Ryan returned home Tues-i
day from u two week’s trip to Chicago!
I and points east.
W. H. Stein, the Whippet and Stude-]
i baker dealer, drove home a new.
Whippet coupe for Tom Griffin last1
The Woman’s Club will meet at the
club room next Wednesday afternoon
January 23rd. Look in club book for
| program.
The members of the county board
of supervisors have been busy eheek
j ing with the county officers during the
' past week.
J. L. Shanner, residing in the east
ern part of the county, has been quite
ill for some time. Several of his old
| time friends residing in O’Neill have
1 been calling on him during the past
i week.
Mrs. E. T. Campbell spent week-end
j with her brother, Deputy U. S. Attor
i ney W. J. Froelich in Omaha. Mr.
i Froelich came to O’Neill with her and
visited with his mother, Mrs. Nellie
Froelich, ur.til Tuesday.
Last Saturday was the forty-first
anniversary of the historical blizzard
I of January 12, 1888, which is vividly
i impressed upon the minds of the old
timers who were residents of this part
of the country at that time.
Mrs. E. T. Campbell and Mrs. H. J.
Birmingham entertained the Martez
club at a seven o’clock dinner followed:
by bridge at the Golden hotel, Wed
nesday evening. The high score prize
was won by Mrs. Max Golden.
Edward Larson accompanied by Miss
Nellie Jvaczor came up from Mead,
Nebraska, Tuesday for a few days
visit with O’Neill and Meek relatives
and fftends. Miss Nellie has been
visiting at the Larson home in Mead
for several weeks.
Attorney W. T. Wills, Attorney A.
B. Wallace, Attorney Wm, Whitla and
County Treasurer Putnam, all of
Butte, Nebraska, wei*e attending a
short session of district court at the
court house Monday and looking after
business in general.
Roy Griffin returned home Friday
evening from the auto trip that he
took with Gib Morgan, of Atkinson,
and Frank Summers, of Fremont. The
party went over into old Mexico while
touring Texas. They were absent
absent about two weeks.
Sir Knight Rev. O. A. Fortune and
Sir Knight F. J. Sexsmith drove to
Long Pine last Tuesday and attended
the afternoon and evening session of
the Commandry of the Knight Tem
plars. General Inspector Dawson and
Lew Smith of Omaha were present.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Zimmerman have
rented their residence on Everett
street to Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Wheeler
and family, who will occupy the resi
dence after February 1st. Mr. and
Mrs. Zimmerman expect to spend
several months visiting with their
children; their first visit will be with
their daughter, and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Anton Nemic, at Spencer, Ne
braska.
A number of O’Neill people were in
Norfolk last Saturday to see and hear
the talking picture “The Singing
Fool,” A1 Jolson’s big sentimental pro
duction that has seemed to start the
whole country crying where it has
been shown. Those who have seen the
picture say it is a wonderful picture.
Among those who were in Norfolk
Saturday was Mrs. Emma Novak, Miss
Ruth Scott, Miss Margaret Kain, Miss
Genevieve and Miss Anna McManus,
! Miss Winnie Shaughnesy and Miss
Mildred Timlin.
Miss Mae Keys, Miss Helen Biglin
land Miss Rose Taylor drove to Nor
I folk last Saturday to see and hear the
“Sinking: Fool” which was showing
i Norfolk last week. The young ladies
were guests at the home of Miss
Rose Taylor in Norfolk over Sunday.
A car driven by Jay Butler, of In
man, collided with the Ford sedan
driven by Miss Mildred Timlin, at the
the intersection of highways Nos.
20 and 13, Wednesday evening.
The Ford was overturned and some
what damaged; Miss Timlin was not
injured beyond a few bruises and a
, bad scare.
The stop signs in O’Neill have not
been observed as they should have
been during the past few months. The
state officials are preparing to enforce
the “stop” law throughout the state.
Everyone who does not come to a
complete stop when entering the high
I way is liable to arrest and if the pres
; ent plan of the- state enforcement de
partment. is carried out an officer may
appear in O’Neill a v time. Every
car driver should m ike it a point to
come to a full stop L< fare entering a
state highway and thus form the
habit of stopping whether anyone i
missing or not.
Beginning Monday, January 21st, we will join the National Advertising on
Wright Sandwich Spread, French Dressing, Thousand Island Dressing and
Mayonnaise, selling full pint jars of each for one week at 39c a piece.
Extra Fancy Wisconsin I^onghorn Cheese, The Veribest, the pound 38c
“Carnation” that new whole wheat breakfast food, cooks in 5 minutes,
Very Special, just a few left at. 23c
Be sure and visit our meat department fer the best of all Fresh and Cured
meats.
Ross E. Harris
Food Market
O’Neill Nebraska
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKenna and
sons, Hugh and Gene, were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Drayton,
at Page, last Sunday.
County Attorney Julius D. Cronin
returned home Monday morning from
Lincoln where he attended the state
meeting of County Attorneys.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Grothe, of Em
met, stopped in O’Neill a short time
Wednesday afternoon enroute home
from Norfolk where Mr. Grothe sub
mitted to an operation the first of the
week for the removal of his tonsils.
TlSey were accompanied home by their
(cousin, Cecil Hewitt, of Hader, who
will visit at the Grothe home for a
i short time.
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FINANCIAL REPORT
O’NEILL BRANCH HOLT
COUNTY BRANCH OF
AMERICAN RED CROSS
In accordance with instructions from
the American National Red Cross C.
P. Hancock, Treasurer of the O’Neill
Branch of the American Red Cross on
March 2, 1922, turned over to H. A.
Snyder, Atkinson, Nebraska, Secretary
j of the Holt County Chapter of the
! American Red Cross the war funds
amounting to $2,30(5.88 of the O’Neill
Branch. These funds belong to the
O’Neill Branch but remain in the
c ustody of the Holt County Chapter to
be administered by the chapter as
directed by the O’Neill Branch.
Following is Secretary Snyder’s re
port of these funds:
March 2. 1922, certificate of
deposit _ $2,30(5.88
April 27, 1927, certificate
interest ___
Jan. 26, 1928, Membership
589.72
65.00
• $2,961.60
Sept. 12, 1923, Japan relief $100.00
Feb. 1, 1924, Soldier relief 58.55
Mch. 16, 1925, Soldier relief 21.75
Mch. 27, 1925, Tornado relief 50.00
Nov. 14, 1925. Postage .11
Sept. 25, 1926, Miami relief 50.00
Mch. 27, 1927, Flood relief 200.00
Jan. 10, 1927, Soldier relief 75.00
Nov. 7, 1927, Postage .08
Jan. 26, 1928, Memberships 65.00
Sept. 28, 1928, Tornado 75.00
Oct. 26, 1928, Postage .10
Nov. 12, 1928, Bal. on hand 2,266.01 J
$2,961.60
Following report is submitted by C.
P. Hancock. Treasuer of the O’Neill
Branch.
Dec. 17, 1927, Balance $ 40.85
Jan. 26, 1928, Memberships 130.00
$170.85
Jan. 26, 1928, H. A. Snyder
, Secy., Memberships 65.00
Feb. 14, 1928, Local relief 2.25
Feb. 27, 1928, Local relief 21.00
April 9, 1928, Local relief 6.40
April 28, 1928, Expense 15.00
June 29, 1928, Local relief 2.00:
July 3, 1928, Junior Red Cross
Memberships 8.50
Aug. 9, 1928, Local relief 29.08
! Aug. 29, 1928, Local relief 10.70
$159.93
I Nov. 12, 1928. Balance on hand 10.92
$170.85
The officers ot the O’Neill Branch
; i f the American Red Cross have en
raged the Itinerant Nursing Service
if the American National Red Cross
for the months of January. February
and March, to begin Monday, January
21st. Under this service the Red Cross
nurse, Miss Mary E. Graskanp, with
special training in Home Hygiene and!
Care of the Sick, Nutrition and Pub-i
lie Health, will give her full time forj
these months to the children of the;
schools of O’Neill and the adult class
to be held outside of school hours.
This service will be paid for from the
war funds of the O’Neill Branch.
EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE
O’NEILL FIRE DEPARTMENT
ATTEND STATE MEETING
Eight members ef the O’Neill Volun
teer Fire Department drove to Fre
mont, Nebraska, Monday afternoon,
where they have been attending the
annual convention of the N. S. V. F.
A., which convened in that city Tues
day and has continued over Wednes
day and today.
This is the first year for a number
of years that O’Neill has been repre
sented ut the state convention. ^
The O’Neill delegation wore green
derbys and will no doubt be an at
tractive bunch at the convention.
Those who constitute the O’Neill
party are Chief G. E. Miles; G. E.
Burge, delegate; Clarence Zimmer
man, alternate; James Davidson, Jr.,
Bert Gunn, William Gatz, Norhert
Uhl, and Ed Ifagensick.
RECORD OF MORTGAGES
FILED AND RELEASED
IN HOLT COUNTY
The following figures are taken from
the annual report made to the state
auditor on January 1st this year by
County Recorder B. T. Winchell.
Real Estate mortgages, (farm) fil
l'd 262, amounting to $927,147.00; re
leased. 290, amounting to $1,221,840.
Real Estate mortgages (city prop
erty) filed 98, amounting to $138,
204.09; released 85, amounting to
$100,433.00.
Chattel Mortgages filed $3,008,049;
released $2,439,257.00.
During the year there were 59
sheriff deeds and 4 city deeds issued.
HIRAM ADRIAN POLK.
Hiram Adrian Polk died late Sun
day evening at his home on east
Everett Street following a peroid of
physical disability dating back to a
stroke of paralysis suffered about ten
or twelve years ago. Mr. Polk had
been unable to walk without the aid
of crutches for several years; the
last year or more he has been confined
to a wheeled chair. He was 76 years,
8 months and 2 days old at the time
; of his death.
| Hiram Adrian Polk was born in Ger
; many May 11, 1852. He came to
I America with his parents in early
childhood. His parents settled in Illi
nois where Mr. Polk grew to man
hood. While still a young man he
moved to Iowa where he later married
Miss Mary Furgeson February 27,
1875, at Sigourney, Iowa. Two
daughters were born to this union,
Mrs. Josie Girrard, Juniota, Nebraska;
Mrs. Eunice Sanders, O’Neill. Fol
lowing their marriage they nloved to
eastern Nebraska where they resided
for a short time before moving to
Holt county in March, 1891, from
Springfield, Nebraska. He was a con
tinuous resident of the county for the
past thirty-eight years. For the first
twelve years they resided upon a
homestead; they moved to O’Neill
about twenty-five years ago.
The funeral services were held from
the Methodist church Wednesday
afternoon at 2:30, conducted by the
pastor. Rev. Othel A. Fortune; burial
was in Prospect Hill cemetery.
Besides the devoted wife and two
daughters, the deceased leaves six
grand children; two great grand child
ren ami three brothers.
Mrs. Josie Girrard, a daughter was
junable to be present at the funeral
I services; she is at this time in a hospi
|tal in Lincoln.
The pall bearers were II. B. Hub
! hard, L. A. Simonson, E. W. Sargent,
1 Andrew Schmidt, Chas. Wrede Jr., W.
I E. Conklin.
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