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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1930)
oderately PRICED For the Entire Family Come Early - i Largest Display of Toys in Northeast Nebraska % Bowen’s Variety Store £fd#£ ACCIDENT STATISTICS FOR NEBRASKA Compiled by the Nebraska Press Association and the Rehabiliation Division of the' State Department of Vocational Education. Report for Two Week Period Ending December 2. 1930 No. of Accidents Deaths Inj. Tot. Motor vehicle 181 19 209 228 Other public fil 11 Agriculture 39 1 Industry 27 6 Home 36 6 60 39 22 32 71 40 28 38 Total 344 43 362 406 In sports, there was 1 injury from hunting:, 2 from riding: and 3 from football. Two boys were drowned while hunting:. 6 persons wore injur ed, 4 disabled and 4 killed from gun shot accidents. 33 people suffered injuries, mostly fractures, from falls. Farm animals injured 9 men while farm machinery, mostly corn picking machines, injured 12 of whom 7 were disabled. Corn pickers, shredders and shelters take a tremendous toll of hands and arms. 10 were injured, 1 disabled and 1 killed by railroad accidents. 3 children were injured in electric YO U SAVE IN BUYING IT^BAKING fW POWDER You save in using KC. Use LESS than ol high priced brands. c^WlE PRlet * FOR OVER * <0 YEA*> IT'S DOUBLE ACTING MILLIONS OF POUNDS USED -BY OUR GOVERNMENT ! wringers. 3 children were scalded in home accidents; 3 others were suffo jcated; 2 adults were asphyxiated by gas fumes; 0 persons were burned by gasoline and kerosene while starting fires. Mo{or Vehicle Report for 2-Week Period Knding Dec. 2, 1930 Cause of Accident Skids Tire blows out Mechanical defects Loses control Speed Pass’g car struck car passed _ Pass’s car struck oncoming car Ditched by pass’g car Collision . Struck obstruction Struck pedestrian Driver intoxicated No lights __ Blinding lights Reckless driving Railroad crossing Miscellaneous Aviation No. of Accidents 23 2 Dths inj, 3 5 7 1 6 7 34 6 43 3 6 3 10 2 14 1 0 0 5 1 6 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 31 3 1 3 8 9 7 45 8 42 1 7 9 20 0 13 0 Total 181 19 209 Of 47 pedestrians struck, 7 were hurt while on highways and 40 while on city streets. 16 of the 47 people struck were school children, 41 were struck by pleasure cars and 6 by trucks. Five pleasure cars and 5 trucks parked without lights caused bad ac cidents; 22 other trucks were involv ed in accidents. Unmarked and unguarded highway obstructions, sharp turns and new grades are alleged to have caused 14 bad accidents. Of these, 5 were re j ported to have been large gravel i piles. Two head-on collisions oceur \red with fatal results on narrow bridges. There were 9 accidents caused by cars crashing into highway maintainers. Accident Inj. Motor vehicle 4390 Motor vehicle 4598 Other public 1167 Agriculture 784 Industry 543 Home 896 Total 7988 Dths Tot. 291 4799 310 5027 198 1444 70 969 79 696 109 1083 465 766 9219 Accident Casualties since Jan. 1, 1930 Dis. 118 119 79 115 74 79 MEEK AND VICINITY Mrs. A. L. Borg called at the Grif fith home Monday . Mrs. E. H. Rouse spent the week end at the Frank Griffith home. Mrs. Howard Rouse spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs. E. H. Rouse. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Griffith visited I at the Orville Harrison home, Thurs I day. Mr.and Mrs. Lee Wyant, of O’Neill spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. E. H. Rouse. A. L. Rouse and daughter Maude of O’Neill, spent Wednesday at the Rouse Bros. home. Mr. and Mrs. Fay Puckett and daughters were callers at the A. L. Borg home Monday evening. The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Geo. Nelson, Wednesday afternoon; quite a crowd attended; Mrs. Nelson served a deliicous lunch. Nearly all of the corn is husked in this locality, only a few having any left in the field now', and fchose who have are nearly through. Mrs. Fred Lindburg and baby daughter, who have been staying at the Pete Lindburg home the past few , days, returned home Saturday. Mrs. Will Kaczor who has been ill with the flu, is better, and Grandpa Kaczor is about the same as he has I been for the past week or two. The Ralph Young and Henry Wal j ters families of this vicinity and A. L. Rouse and daughter Maude, of O’Neill, were Sunday guests at the Herbert Rouse home near Inman. Mr.and Mrs. Rudy Johnson, who i I have been in Omaha for some time ! where he has been taking treatments for ear trouble, came home Saturdty. j Mr. Johnson’s father came home with them and will stay to look after! things here as Rudy will return to Omaha, w here he will have to xemain | for several weeks yet. PLEASANT VALLEY ITEMS | Mr. Henry is now visiting with his son Roy, in Oklahoma. Mr. ad Mrs. Sarchet spent Sunday at the C. A. Grass home. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grass and son Lawrence visited at the P. A. Grass home, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Streeter; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Matthews and baby, of O'Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Perkins and son visited at the Clyde Streeter home, Sunday. Mrs. David Bowen entertained the N. O. K. club Thursday of last week. A delicious luncheon was served and a good time was enjoyed. The club will meet next with Mrs. Frank Al-1 len. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Snyder; Mr. j and Mrs. George Fink returned Sun- j day from Tecumseh, where they at tended the funeral for Mrs. Frank < Snyder’s mother who passed away on j November 29tli at the home of Mr. j and Mrs. Frank Snyder. All of the children were there but one daughter who was unable to come on account j of sickness. Chas. Grass was injured quite bad ly on Friday, November 28th, when a cor driven by Rev, Ft. Vanderlaan, of Ewing, collided with a load of hay upon which he was riding. Mr. Grass was thrown to the ground and sus tained severe injury to his back; he is able to be around the house but his back still bothers him. The hay rack was hauled home in a wagon box. INMAN ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bitner, of Os mond were here Saturday, visiting relatives. Joe Bitner, who is employed at Scribner, is spending the week here with relatives. Hugo C. Johnson, of Bassett, was transacting business in Inman Tues day of this week. Mrs. Cora Spry, of O’Neill came Tuesday of this week for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Earl Goree. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Clark have mov ed from the farm northwest of town to the Ed Clark farm south of town. Mrs. John Woods, of Verdigre, Ne braska is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Hopkins, here this week. Mrs. John O’Donnell and son Ed ward, who have been visiting rela tives in Fairfax, South Dakota, re turned home Friday. Mrs. Evadine Erskine who has been attending school in Indianapolis, Ind iana, is home for a visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Moor. The various grades in the Inman schools have started work on a com munity Christmas program to be giv en on Tuesday evening, Dec. 23rd. The first basketball game of the season was played here Friday even ing, Chambers being the opposing team; the score was 19-21 in favor of Inman. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Clark drove to Neligh, Sunday to get his mother, Mrs. Ed Clark and son Leslie, who have spent the past sveen weeks vis iting relatives in Omaha and Madison Nebraska. The members of the Y. M. Club were entertained at the home of Mrs. Walter Hopkins, Tuesday of this week. The club met for an all day meeting and a good time was enjoyed by those present. Mrs. Hopkins serv ed a deicious dinner at noon, the prin cipal item of which was roast goose. At a meeting of the Royal Neigh bor lodge held at the home of Mrs. L. R. Tompkins last Wednesday the fol lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: Oracle, Mrs. Hazel Con ger; Vice Oracle, Mrs. Pearl Roe; Recorder, Mrs. Leona Smith; Receiv er, Mrs. Anna Smith; Marshal, Miss Elsie Krueger; Inner Sentinel, Mrs. Ethel Hopkins; Outer Sentinel, Mrs. Carrie Castor; Installing Officer, Mrs. Mary Goree; Chancellor, Mrs. Hazel Keyes. After the business meeting a delicious lunch was served. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church will hold their annual Hazaar and supper at their parlors on Satur day, December 13th. The sale will be gin at 2:30 p. m., and will continue throughout the afternoon and even ing; at 5:30 p. m., they will begin serving supper. A splendid menu has been prepared and popular prices will be charged. At 7:30 p. m., a program will be given; after the pro gram the unsold articles will all be sold at auction; this will be a fine op portunity to buy Christmas gifts as many beautiful and useful articles have been donated. The bazaar is a much look ed forward to event and a large crowd is anticipated. EDUCATIONAL NOTES A joint Health Day was held at the school house in District No. 81 on Monday, December 8th with districts 35, 99, 81 and 148 represented. Miss Barbara Hazel, Red Cross Nurse, was present and spent the forenoon in weighing:, measuring and examining the children. The parents accompan ied their children, bringing with them a picnic lunch which was enjoyed by all during the noon hour; in the after noon, Miss Hazel gave a health talk of much benefit to the patrons. The patrons felt the day well spent and report that they learned a great deal which was of interest to them con cerning their children. We are plan ning another such meeting to be held next Saturday, December 13th at the Stuart public school for districts 136, 172, 244 and 249. Mrs. Anna Barnes, teacher in dis trict No. 91 reports a very successful program and entertainment held on Friday, December 5th at which they earned $21. School will open next Monday in dis trict No. 229. Mrs. Laura Strube Maring will be the teacher. Up to this time there have been no child ren of school age in the district. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES Sunday School 10 a. m. Mr. C. E. Yantzi, Supt. We invite you to the above ser vices. Morning Worship 11 a. m. Subject “An Invitation in Midst of Unrest.” C. E. Prayer Meeting, 6:30 p. m. Evening service 7:30 p. m. This service will be in the Methodist church. Mr. Johnson will speak on the very live subject of “Temperance and the Eighteenth Amendment.” We will extend to you a cordial welcome. H. D. Johnson, Pastor. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Benj. Kuhler, Pastor There was nearly a house full out last Sunday morning to hear Dr. Sehreekengast, who failed to arrive, owing to matters that required his presence in Lincoln. We did not get the telegram until too late to change the announcement. But I)r. Schreck engast promises to come Sunday, Dec. 21st. We shall look for a full house again on that day. The Sunday School also took a jump in attendance. We find in our calling that a considerable number have sickness in their homes, which cuts down attendance. We hope this will not last long . We invite you again to all the services next Sunday, you who have no churph homo. Rev. Johnson announces that his subject for next Sunday evening will be “Prohibition.” Services to be held in our church. The Ladis Aid call your attention to a food and bake sale in the Grady store building next Saturday after noon. Lyric Theatre ATKINSON Only Theatre in North Nebraska Equipped with Western Electric Sound System. “Sound Pictures At Their Best” Thursdav-Friday, Dec. 11-12 2 Days “LADIES OF LEISURE” With Barbara Stanwyck, Lowed Sherman and Ralph Graves. A drama of New York night life. Exotic set tings, daring sequences, pretty girls. It will easily win a place in the list of the “ten best pictures” for this year. Saturday, Dec. 13th Hoot Gibson, in “THE MOUNTED STRANGER" You never saw a better western pic ture. See this amazingly dramatic & swift story of a lone man's battle against almost impossible odds. Sun. Mon. Tue., Dec 14-15-1H. 3 Days “MAYBE IT’S LOVE” With Joe E. Brown, Joan Bennett, James Hall and “THE ALL AMER ICAN FOOTBALL TEAM” A college romance of the football gridiron—a college education minus the classroom. See how a campus sweetie succeeds in recruiting an all star football team for the sake of dear old Alma Mater. Wednesday—Bargain Nite—Dec. 17 “TEMPTATION" Lois Wilson and Lawrence Gray. See this sincere portrayal of a girl whose love was stronger than her will. She tried to place ambition be fore love—but failed. Thurs. Fri. Sat., Dec 18-19-20. 3 Days “WAY OUT WEST” John N. Stauffer City Dray Line Dray and Transfer Piano Movin*. Phone 325 O’Neill Nebraska X-mas Bargains Closing out the follow ing Washing Machines BELOW COST NEW MACHINES PRICE 1 Rullman Cabinet..$115.00 1 Rullman .- 145.00 1 Speed Queen. 99.00 1 Bramer Washer. 65.00 1 Automatic Washer, slightly used. NOW $45.00 90.00 70.00 40.00 $55.00 We are featuring the MAYTAG—all Models You can now buy a MAYTAG as low as . $92.60 See Us for Washers Coyne’s Hardware