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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1934)
Entire Maryland Town Sold at Auction The whole town of Dickeyville, Md. (now a part of Hillsdale), complete with 81 homes, two going fac tories anc the old mansion house, was knocked down at auction for $42,000. Attending the sale were these 200 persons, for the most part residents of the historic community that was founded in 1812. The town had been occupied mostly by the Wethered and Dickey families who used the waters of the fnllsway to operate paper and woolen mills. The property was offered by the Maryland Title Security corporation which held It at $05,000. The purchaser was Arthur Lee Huff, representing the title holding company. Dutch Submarine Starts on Long Cruise Thousands of persons lined the docks at Den Helder, Holland, ns the Dutch submarine K-18 left on what Is the longetit trip ever undertaken by an undersea boat. She will vlsil five continents on her eight months’ cruise. Senatorial Secretaries Are Ready POST FOR SEA HERO This group of attractive secretaries and stenographers of senators was found by the camera man chatting on the «teps of the Capitol in Washington, waiting for the new congress to convene. Left to right, the girls are: Dorothy K. Duffey and Flo Bratton of Senator Barkley’s office; Mary Vee Haardt and Betty Haardt of Senator Ashurst's office; Mary Love Henry, senate guide room; and Josephine Sterling from Vice Presi dent Garner’s office. New Heads of Armour & Co. Advances In the ottlcln family of Armour A Co. were given these executives at a meeting of the board of directors. They are, left to right: Frederick H. I'rlnce, llostoi capitalist, who was named chairman of the bonrd of directors; Robert H ‘’shell, who was made general manager; and Philip L Reed, executive vice president, who was named to the finance committee. President Roosevelt drafted Capt George Pried, hero of numerous thrilling sea rescues, for a top post in the federal steamboat inspection service, lie was named the super vising inspector of the bureau of navigation and steamboat inspec tion service of the Commerce de partment, with headquarters in New York. MAY SUCCEED FARLEY W. W. Howes, at present Aral assistant postmaster general of the United States who Is slated to aue reed I’ostmaster General James A. Farley, whjn the latter atepe out of the cabinet within the next few months, according to rtdluble In formation. Superior Guy By ARCHEY C. NEW 0, McClur* Newspaper Svniltcat*. WNtl S*rvlc* GUSSIK'S eyes roved over the dining room, appraising her fellow diners discontentedly. She hardly heard the harangue of her dinner partner. "Pm getting fed up, see?*’ ho snarled at her. *‘Y’ can't even pick ’em any more." "No?" she sneered, listlessly. "No!" lie sneered back. "Look at th’ last twice. A shoe salesman without a dime, and then that tough cattleman who soz 'Go ahead and shoot.’ ” “Can you heat that?" she ex claimed nudging him excitedly. Ills gaze followed hers to a clean cut young man, with a calm, de tached air, then entering the room. The new arrival coolly ignored the hat-check girl’s arresting greeting, and left the waiter captain stand lug open-mouthed, as he deliberate ly wended his way among the tables nnd sat down at one near the or chestra. Gussle laughed aloud. “That's a bird I’d love to get Clnss, nil overt Used to good things; servants don't scare him any. “Stick around, Joe,” she advised, “we re going badger huntin' tonight." Timing her exit with the strun ger’s, she followed him later Into the lobby. Pausing before the locked door of the public stenogra pher’s oltice, he glanced Irritably at a small card on the door. "Back at 8:30. Leave name and room number on this pad." In a flash, Gussle was at his side, and with a possessive grip on the door-knob, turned to face him brightly. Ah, the stenographer! He stared at her fixedly. "Are you permitted to come to guests’ room? I have some letters. . . .” "Oh, yes," she assured him, with a quick nod. A brilliant thought flashed on her, and she reached for the pad. "Leave your name and room number. I—I have to check it.” “Oh, boy!” she gloated to Joe a minute later, gleefully exhibiting a stenographer’s pad and pencil. “Now, we're all set. Gimme twenty minutes’ start!” “Are you nuts?” hissed Joe. "You’re no—” “Dumb cluck, you mean?” She smiled at him derisively. “Cor rect !” The door to 80S was ajar, but Gussie rapped, demurely. The guest, John Burns, crossing the room with some collars, saw her in the doorway. He waved her to a low easy chair. “Sit down here. You’ll find It very comfortable." Leisurely, he drew up a large armchair, between her and the door, facing her. Taking a sheaf of paperfc from his pocket, he said, matter-of-factly, "Take a letter!” He paid little attention to her ns he droned ahead. Better so. The meaningless curlicues on her pad might have given him quite a shock. As he finished, and turned his at tention to a tile at his elbow, Gus sie rose, stretched herself senuous ly, and with pad in hand, perched on the arm of his chair. He glanced up with some surprise ns one slen der, silk-clad leg dangled uncom fortably close to him, and with elab orate carelessness, her arm stole around the back of his chair. “So-o?” came a snarling voice at his back, "that’s the way you double-cross me, hey?” Joe, with gun leveled, entered the room, clos ing the door carefully behind him. "Well, you Dig mutt, talk up. Whatehat doin’ In here, yith my wife?” Burns was fumbling with his file, and Gussie, leaning closer, threw both arms around him convulsively, meanwhile eyeing the newcomer with convincing terror. Quite slow ly and deliberately, and showing pained surprise, he disentangled himself from her embrace, wrig gled out of bis chair, and his gaze met that of the "outraged hus band.” "What are you doing In here?” he demanded, ominously. “Get out I” "Well, I’ll he d—d 1" screeched Joe, hysterically, and flourishing his gun threateningly. “It’s gonna cost you plenty, see? And I ain’t goin’ until—” Burns, with one rapid leap, brought his open hand to the rut’s face with a resounding slap, send- | Ing him reeling. Following up the j slap, he grabbed the gun, thrust It j Into bis own pocket, and, then, j grasping Joe firmly by the scruff of his neck, dragged him to the door, [ and hurled him Into the hall. Dust ing his hands contemptuously, he closed the door and turned to face 1 the now truly terrified girl. “Sorry you had to witness that," | he told her. apologetically. "But I certainly owe you « debt of grati tude." She stared at him. "Sure was gume of you, throwing your ' arms around me to protect me from 1 that hold-up man. But, then, 1 wasn’t afraid of him." "And—ami you’re not sore st me?" gasped Gussie, eyeing film half j In admiration, half In sturk dials'- ; | lief. "You—you're not gonna turn i me In?” She trembled, violently. "How much do I owe you?" he asked seemingly Ignoring her ques tions good naturedly. “Here," he fumbled with her writing pad, •write It down here. You see,** be smiled wistfully, "I'm totally deat" "DRESDEN PLATE” CROCHETED RUG By GRANDMOTHER CLARK In Colonial days patchwork quilts and rag rugs were very popular. During the past 3 or 4 years patch work quilts have been the lending Item of Interest for home art needle workers. In 1033, when the crocheted rug rug In quilt design appeared, women all over the country took great Interest in this new and beau tiful way of making rag rugs. The old rugs were either round or oval, crocheted row after row until de sired size was obtained. 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She quite approved of the procedure until the neighbor began sewing up the fowl; then, shaking her head, she declared: “Goodness me! we never have to mend our chickens like that.” LIST OF HOAXES FILLS BIG BOOK Compilation Seems to Prove Harnuin Was Ri^lit. That old saw credited to Phinens T. Barnum, of circus fame, to the effect that ‘ there’s a sucker horn every minute” la more or less up held by a huge volume on “Hoaxes, Forgeries, Swindles, and Impos tures’’ which now rests in the library of the University of Wisconsin. Compiled and written by Curtis D. MacDougall as partial fulfillment of his work for the degree of doctor of philosophy from the university, the MHJ-pago book lists and contains in formation on some 400 hoaxes, forg eries, and swindles which have been '■pulled” on the human race during the past 2,500 years. Among the more modern hoaxes reviewed In the hook Is the Drake estate swindle. This swindle tins been worked by many different Indi viduals. In every ease the victim Is Informed that he Is the lawful heir to the Ill-gained wealth of the notori ous buccaneer. Sir Francis Drake, of the Sixteenth century. The mng lmnimous exponent of the news, of course, hns to he reimbursed for his legal activities, and the litigation which follows is likely to become ns expensive ns the purse of the vic timized "heir" permits. Besides the more modern swindles nnd hoaxes, the hook also contains lists and descriptions of ancient forgeries and hoaxes, and religious nnd literary hoaxes nnd forgeries. It describes the make-believe impos ters of the ages, historical fakes, political tricks, scientific hoaxes, nrt fakes, Journalistic hoaxes, swindles, nnd vnrlous kinds of puffery. In discussing the !m rtnnce of hoaxes, MacDougnll points out that his survey seemed to show that peo ple feel It Is not disagreeable to be fooled provided one does not dis cover what hns happened. "But once started, a hoax Is dif ficult to stop," he explains. ‘‘Some Intended to achieve only a temporary result cause Hurries of popular ex citement far beyond the anticipa tions of the originators. Others, even though exposed, through Igno rance or Intention, continue to spread. When the truth finally be comes generally known, the “dam age" wrought by the falsity hns be come institutionalized and Is Impos sible to change. “Crowds have milled and rioted, governments have been threatened and overthrown, both peacefully and by violence. International relations hav# been strained, and wars have lieen fought as the result >f hoaxes,” he continues. "Scholars have met In serious conclave, or have traveled to all parts of the earth, navigators have sailed the sens, audiences have filled halls, the stock market has risen and fallen, newspajter offices have been raided and closed, court trials have dragged on for* months, merely because some Individual or Individuals had to have his or their joke." But the hoaxers themselves re main virtually unaffected, MncDou gall points out. A few have gone to prison or In some other way have been made to regret their actions. The vast majority, however, never have been brought to trial, either because of Indifference toward them or because of the absence of any legal means by which they could be Indicted. Many have been honored and resiMvted even after their ac tions have been exposed, while oth ers enjoy posthumous reputations, he maintains. 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