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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1934)
SHIELDS (Continued from page 5.) office; they can dutifully do noth ing more; they should hang their bead in shame if they do less,” The humorous was by far the most hotly contested. It seemed to be an even break to the writer) but the judge, Earl Burk, of Lincoln, declared Pete Walnofer to be the winner. The ladies brought well-filled baskets, an abundance of the good ies was distributed by a commlttte of three composed of Mrs. James Earley, Mrs. Helen Steskal and Mrs. Pete Farwell. Albert Klinger and Mrs. Ed Steskal served the coffee. After lunch they indulged in card games. William and Ed. Steskal won high honors. When they departed for their homes all were intetrested in good govern ment and the welfare of the state. XXX George Mellor is still in the hos pital at Lynch, but is said to be getting along very nicely. BRIEFLY STATED Miss Maude Cullen came up from Omaha last Monday for a couple of days visit with friends in this city. Paul H. Barr, a representative of the Hanover Insurance company, was looking after business in this city last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Hickey re turned last Thursday night from Los Angeles, where they have been visiting relatives for the past month. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. O’Donnell came up from Randolph last Mon day evening to cast their vote in the “old home town” Tuesday morning. The Misses Dorothy Reiken and Violet Rosier drove down to Nor folk ' last Saturday morning and visited with friends there until Sun day afternoon. Mrs. M. R. Sullivan and son, Cletus, and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Cain, leave in the morning for Om aha, where they will visit relatives and friends for a few days. A Sutton, of Inez, one of the pioneers of the southwestern part if the county, was a pleasant caller it this office last Wednesday and extended his subscription to this tousehold necessity. The Roberts Construction com lany started work on widening the lavement on Douglas street the frst of the week and has a good lized gang of men at work. With : fair weather the work will be com pleted in two weeks. While coming out of the posl office last Thursday afternoon, Mrs Howard Bauman slipped on the incline and fell, sustaining a com pound fracture of the ankle. She is getting along nicely. Mrs. J. B. Mellor has been quite ill the past ten days with an attack of pneumonia. Dr. Adolph Sachs, of Omaha, came up last Tuesday night to see the patient and pro nounced her condition as satisfact ory. She is reported as being much better today. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Chap man, of Omaha* were in the city the latter part" of the week visiting at the home of Mr. Chapman’s mother, who has been quite ill for the past few weeks. She is now greatly improved. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman returned home Sunday. Next Monday will be Armistice Day and all the stores and business places of the city, are requested to close at 3 p. m. and remain closed for the balance of the day. Mayor Kersenbrock says the business men agreed to close so as to help the Legionaires celebrate Armistice iay. Mrs. Eldon R. Wood and daught er, Marylin Joan, who have been visiting at the homt of Mrs. Wood’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gil espie, here for the past three months, leave for their home at Ponoma, Calif., Friday morning. Mr. Gillespie will take them as far is Grand Island where they will board the Union Pacific for the west. The daily press last week carried the announcement that bids would be received on December 20 for the paving of Fourth street in this city. We understand that the paving will be 60 feet wide in the first block from Douglas to Everett street, and then 20 feet wide down to the Northwestern depot. Work will probably not commerce on this until next spring. Ralph Leidy, who has operated the O’Neill Hatchery for several years, is also going into the gaso line business. He will be assisted in this venture by John Davis, of Inman, who will have charge of the filling station while Mr. Leidy will look after his hatchery. They in stalled tanks the first of the week and expect to be ready for business by the end of the week. The Tiger Club entertained 21 members of the football squad of the O’Neill high school, and five members of the faculty, at a dinner at the Golden Hotel last Monday evening. It was a pep meeting. Talks were made by several of the guests, the principal one being delivered by Coach Stolte. He said that of the last 25 games played that the O’Neill high had won 15, lost 5 and tied 5, for a percentage of 700. Not a bad percentage for anyone’s ball team. DID YOU KNOW— Nebraska means “Flat Water?” Nebraska is fifteenth in area? Nebraska has five state parks? Nebraska needs no land offices? Nebraska has thirteen railroads? Arbor day was founded in Ne braska? Nebraska has eleven legal holi days ? Nebraska’s population is 1,366, 963? The state flower is the golden rod? Nebraska has nine important rivers ? Nebraska has no bonded indebt-1 edness ? Dakota county has ten extinct towns ? j Nebraska was surveyed first in 1837? Bellevue is the'oldest existing town ? Nebraska has twelve major game preserves ? Nebraska’s highest altitude is 5,342 feet? Nebraska sent 47,801 men to the World war? Nebraska is the central state in the uniori? Nebraska gained its first rail road in 1863? Nebraska City is -the- first incor porated town? “Equality Before the Law” is Ne braska’s Motto? Nebraska had a slave auction, December 5, 1860? Nebraska observes State day of ficially, March 1 ? Nebraska’s first military post was Fort Atkinson? Nebraska is carved out of the Louisiana purchase? Nebraska has an assessed valua tion of $2,059,678,928? Nebraska has more river milage than any other state? Nebraska had a population of 2,732 in November, 1854? Fort Laramie was in Nebraska in its most famous days? One thousand men went from Nebraska to the Civil war? Nebraska’s farm acreage approx imates 44,708,565 acres? About 35 per cent of the state is still in native sod? The first attempt to make Ne braska a state was in 1860? Nebraska has one national mon ument, S^ottsbluff, a bluff? The annual valuation of pelts in this state is about $2,000,000? Nebraska has 33 senatorial and 100 representative districts? Nebraska territory was five times as large as Nebraska state? Nebraska was voted into the union by 1,000 extra local votes? Sioux county has the most cattle in proportion to population? More than 87 per cent of Nebras ka’s population is native born? Daniel Freeman took the initial U. S. homestead near Beatrice? Nebraska had a road building program in 1852, a government job? Coronado and his men were the first white visitors in Nebraska? Nebraska’s oldest library is the state library, dating from 1854? The commencement of the Ore gon trail was made in Nebraska in 1813? Nebraska has lived under three flags, Spanish, F’rench and English? Cherry county, in which Con necticut would fit, is Nebraska’s largest ? Nebraska’s geographical center is ten miles northwest from Brok en Bow? Camels, elephants, tapirs and other jungle dwellers once lived here?—Lincoln Journal. (First publication November 1) NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Estate No. 2361. In the County Court of Holt county, Nebraska, October 29, 1934. In the matter of the Estate of Ed. Lehan, Deceased. All persons interested in said es tate are hereby notified that the Administratrix with the Will an nexed, of said estate has filed in said court her final report and a petition forfinal settlement and dis tribution of the residue of said estate; and that said report and petition will be heard November 21, 1934, at 10 o’clock A. M., at the County Court room in O’Neill, Ne braska, when all persons inter ested may appear and be heard con. cerning said final report and the distribution of said estate. C. J. MALONE. 24-3 County Judge. (County Court Seal) Geo. M. Harrington, Attorney. APPRECIATION P '/ I desire to express mg heartfelt thanks to the voters of Holt county for the splendid vote given me at the election last Tuesday. It will be my earnest endeavor to conduct my office during the coming four years in such a manner as to continue to merit your support. ESTHER COLE HARRIS, Register of Deeds. liflHH ill i ■■ pi i' (Christmas (Earhs i i i I have a beautiful line of Christmas cards, < i and if you aTe at all interested I would ap preciate having you call 232, or 51, and I i i will make an appointment with you. < *! Last year many orders could not be filled as they were sent in too late. This year we ■ want to have all orders sent in by Nov. 30. 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