The Frontier.
VOLUME LI. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1930. No. 8
THE P. J. McMANUS STORE
ROBBED SATURDAY NIGHTj
Some time during Saturday night I
thieves broke into the P. J. McMan-!
us Ladies and Gents Furnishings j
store and robbed it of about $2500
worth of men’s coats and vests and
ladies silk hose.
Entrance was made by breaking
the window that opens onto the land
ing on the stairway to the second
floor; the rear door was then opened
from the inside.
Mr. McManus has always carried
his men’s suits differently than most
of his competitors, in that the coats
and vests were carried on hangers
and the trousers were piled on a
counter; the trousers were not dis
turbed but the yeggs carried away
about fifty-six Hart, Schaffner &
Marx coats and vests; nothing else
on the upper floor was disturbed.
The thieves just about cleaned up
the ladies silk hose; Mr. McManus
estimates his loss at about four or
five hundred dollars in this depart
ment.
The only other item that is miss
ing from the store as far as anyone
can determine is a ladies’ handbag of
the latest design, which, no doubt,
was taken by one of the robbers for
their personal use.
The evidence seemed to point to
the fact that a woman was a member
of the gang; a moccasin track the
size of a woman’s foot was in evi
dence the following morning near
where the loot was loaded into the
car which was parked near the alley;
a number of coat hangers and a pair
of silk hose were found near the al
ley.
Mr. McManus does not carry bur
glar insurance.
Sheriff Duffy was on the job the i
following morning and notified the *
important centers; the radio stations
at Norfolk and Yankton broadcasted
the fact Monday; every effort is be
ing made to apprehend the thieves
who undoubtedly are a part of a
large gang who are working through
out this part of the country.
CONTINENTAL OIL TANKS
ROBBED LAST NIGHT
The oil tanks of the Continental
Oil Company were broken into last
night and a quantity of gas was tak
en. Arbuthnot & Reka, the local dis
tributors, are at a loss to know who
did the job.
THE O’NEILL CREAMERY
OPENING LAST SATURDAY
One of the largest crowds that
have been in O’Neill for some time
was here last Saturday to attend the
formal opening of the O’Neill Cream
ery by Thomas Brennan.
Mr. Brennan gave away 500 sou
venirs, 25 gallons of ice cream and
75 gallons of lemonade.
The O’Neill Band furnished music
for the occasion and entertained the
crowd for one and one-half hours.
Col. James Moore made a short talk
thanking the people for coming out
and boosting Mr. Brennan in the
worthy enterprise and expressing his
belief that the Creamery was a per
manent fixture in O’Neill.
The creamery is starting with a
fairly good patronage; the price of
cream is several cents higher in
O’Neill than in the neighboring
towns, which is a decided advantage
to the farmers who sell their pro
duce in O’Neill.
SULLIVAN—RIDGEWAY
Daniel J. Sullivan and Miss Gladys ;
Ridgeway were united in marriage
in St. Patrick’s church Wednesday
morning by Monsignor M. F . Cass
idy, at the seven o’clock mass. They
were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward Sparks, of Omaha, cousins of
the bridegroom.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Ridgeway of Agee;
the bridegroom is the son of Super
visor John Sullivan; he and his bride
will reside on the home place south
• east of O'Neill, where Dan is farm
ing.
A wedding breakfast was served
at the John Sullivan home following
j the marriage ceremony, where covers
were laid for twenty. The happy
couple left that morning for a short
wedding trip east.
The Frontier joins their many
friends in wishing them much happi
ness.
JONES—HARDING
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The wedding of Ben F. Jones and
Mrs. Cora Pearl Harding, of O’Neill,
was solemnized at Belle Fourche,
South Dakota, on Tuesday, July 1st.
Mrs. Jones and children left for
Belle Fourche, South Dakota, during
the latter part of June where they
spent some time visiting with
friends.
Mr. Jones spent many years in
O’Neill, leaving here several years
ago for the west. He located on a
homestead near Ekalaka, Montana,
where he now has a ranch which will
be the home of the newly wedded'
couple.
The many O’Neill friends of the
contracting parties wish them much
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demanding.
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at 80 miles ot more an hour; you may never
touch 80 even for a moment, but if you ore
sure of your motor’s safety ot that speed,
how much safer it will be at your regu
lar travel of 30, 50, or 70.
Why not begin now to let youT
motor "take it easy" and as
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thousands of miles /
in the future. y^
Hie Margin of Safety in
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joy and happiness in their western
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YOUNG—LADELY
John Y'oung, of Inman, Nebraska,
and Miss Myrtle Ladely, of Cordon,
Nebraska, were united in marriage
last Saturday morning at 11:30, by
Rev. H. D. Johnson, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, at the manse.
BAY, COOK AND DUFFY
RAID ATKINSON PROPERTY
Federal Agents George Bay and E.
E. Cook and Sheriff Peter YV. Duffy
went to Atkinson, Nebraska last Sat
urday morning and searched the old
mill property, securing 15 bottles of
“shine” or alleged liquor and arrest
ed Dan Dierks and Jack McAllister.
Dierks and McAllister were n o t
brought to O’Neill but each promis
ed to appear when wanted. Most of
the “shine” was buried in the sand
about 200 feet south of the house; a
well beaten track led the sleuths to
its hiding place.
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Sauers and
family were guests of the Reed Bell
family at C-humbers last Sunday.
Mrs. I. E. Hughes, daughter Mar
jorie and son Millard, left YVednes
day morning for Omaha where they
will visit with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Messacar for a short time before go
ing to their home in Denver.
The YV. C. T. U. and The Loyal
Temperance Legion will hold their
annual picnic on Tuesday afternoon,
July 22nd, in the Dishner grove.
Everybody meet at the George Bres
sler home and bring a full basket.
The date of the Old Settlers Picnic
has been set for Thursday, August
14th, in the grove on the Mrs. Clar
ence Simonson farm, 11 miles north
and 4 miles east of the O’Neill ceme
tery; the grove is one-half mile north
of the Agee postoffice.
Hugh Birmingham, E. M. Gallagh
er and C. E. Stout drove to Omaha
YY’edesday to he present at the pug
ilistic encounter that will be staged
in Omaha this evening between the
Italian heavyweight, Camera, and
“Bearcat” Wright, the Chicago negro
mauler.
The city council have placed sev
eral “No U Turn” signs on the inter
section of Fourth and Douglas streets
which they expect everyone who
! drives a car to heed. The stopping of
U turns on this corner will eliminate
much of the congestion in traffic that
has been quite noticeable during the
spring and summer.
The Ted North Players have been
entertaining the people of this vi
cinity this week with their excellent
line of. theatrical plays. Mr. North
has a cast of excellent players and is
maintaining his former reputation of
presenting nothing but clean shows.
The specialties between acts are
away above the average.
Last week the Frontier endeavor
ed to correct a mistake that was
made in regard to the filings for
County Attorney; in a previous issue
we stated that Henry J. Mullen had
filed on the Republican ticket; we
should have stated that he had filed
on the Democratic ticket for Super
visor in the First district.
Federal Agents George Bay and E.
E. Cook were up in Cherry county on
July 3rd and gathered in a 50-gallon
still and 7 barrels of mash and ar
rested Fred C. McGee, who plead
guilty to the charges placed against
him; he was given a fine of $500 and
costs and 30 days in jail. McGee re
sided twenty miles southwest of
Cody.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Mills received
a letter from the bedside of their
son Ralph, who is confined in a Sioux
City hospital suffering with ulcers of
the stomach, stating that it was nec
essary to give him another blood
transfusion last Monday night; how
ever, Ralph is improving and is ex
pected to be able to sit up a short
time by the latter part of the week.
The county board was in session
Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week. Tuesday they sat as a Board
of Equalization and listened to argu
ment in regard to the division of the
tax on the power plant on the Nio
brara river. Wednesday they sat as
a Board of Supervisors and listened !
to an argument for a road from
Cleveland to the south end of a pro-!
poser bridge at Grand Rapids.
The writer enjoyed the pleasure of
attending a birthday anniversary
party for W. F. Grothe, at his home
northwest of Emmet last Sunday
afternoon; about thirty-five relatives
and friends were present at the din
ner; there were fifty candles on the
cake. During the afternoon ice cream
and cake were served. Relatives were
present from Long Pine, Atkinson
and the surrounding territory.
Captain and Mrs. M. F. Brennan
returned to O’Neill last Monday
night from a trip to Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas, where Captain Brennan
went to report. Captain and Mrs.
Brennan and their children, Neil,
John, Bert and Mary Devine, came
up from Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas,
where Captain Brennan is stationed,
and will visit here for some time.
The Captain will make periodical
visits to his headquarters.
The Fire Department were called
out three times since our last publi- j
tion, to extinguish prairie fires. Last
Saturday a fire started in the grass !
on the vacant lots west of Mr. and
Mrs. C. FI. Yantzi; the next fire was
A SPENDTHRIFT is like a
cannon ball. He must go on. If
he stops his career is over.
The O’Neill National
Bank
Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits, $125,000.00
This bank carries no indebted
ness of officers or stockholders.
in the grass north of the fair
grounds Monday evening and the last
one was Wednesray afternoon north
of the Janies Davis work shop in the
southeastern part of town; no dam
age was done at any of the fires.
Mrs. Cecelia Balch, who has been
visiting at the home of her perents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins for
the past three weeks, departed for
Chicago, Tuesday where she will in
terview agents for the King Candy
Company, of Fort Worth, Texas,
which she represents. Mrs. Balch ex
pects to go to Niagara Falls and
Montreal from Chicago, and will vis
it her brother, Dr. Jenkins in New
York City before returning. She ex
pects to return south about the mid
dle of August.
Mrs. E. F. Roberts and her daugh
ter, Dr. Ruth Krull, of Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, who has been visiting
here for several days, left Monday
morning for Norfolk, Nebraska,
where they will visit with their
daughter and sister, Mrs. Clen Ben
son; Mrs. Benson and daughters,
Miss Margaret and Marjory, who
will join them on a trip to Lodge Pole
Nebraska, where a family reunion
will be held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Roberts. All of the child
ren will be there excepting Mrs. Bes
sie Wolvington, of Denver. Mrs. Rob
erts will visit in Denver following
her visit in Lodge Pole.
George Bay came home from a trip
to southeastern Kansas the first of
the present month where he assisted
in a big raid that was made in the
mining districts near Pittsburg, Kan
sas, on June 28th, in which 11(3 war
rants were issued; 5(! people were ar
rested and placed in jail and the bal
ance placed on the waiting list be
cause of lack of jail accommodations.
This was the largest number of
people ever arrested on liquor charg
es in Kansas. George Bay and Chas.
Davis, former sheriff of Nemaha
county, were working together on
this trip; they succeeded in captur
ing a 100-gallon still and 3300 gal
lons of mash deposited in 84 barrels;
there was also 60 gallons of liquor. A
total of thirty agents from Kansas,
Oklahoma and Nebraska participat
ed in the raid.
CHINESE FUNERAL
FILMED IN COLOR
For the first time in the history of
the screen, as far is known, an auth-?
entic Chinese funeral is staged iit
“Son of the Gods,” the First Nation
al and Vitaphone production starring
Richard Barthelmess, which comes to
the Royal Theatre Sunday, Monday
and Tuesday.
This sequence, done entirely in
Technicolor, was enacted on an out
door set covering ten city blocks.
Hundreds of Chinese men, women
and children were employed to people
this fragment of San Francisco’s
Chinatown.
The procession, an impressive cere
monial, consisted of a series of leg
end-bearing banners carried on the
shoulders of friends of the deceased;
a score of paid female mourners,
their faces covered with sacks and
sobbing constantly; the leader of the
procession clapping a pair of cym
bals; black carriages, etc. The se
quence was supposed to occur twen
ty years ago and therefore the Amer
ican spectators on the sidelines were
dressed in the styles of the period—
long skirts, high collars, derbies etc.
This scene is a flashback in the story
and relates how Barthelmess as a
child came to be adopted by a Chin
ese father.
“Son of the Gods” was directed by
Frank Lloyd. Constance Bennett has
the feminine lead. It is entirely in
dialog and retains the dramatic flav
or and punch of Rex Beach’s power
ful novel of the same name.
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