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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1936)
Ancient Temple-Fortress Near Mosul Part of the circular prehistoric temple-fortress which archaeologists of the joint expedition of the University of Pennsylvania museum and the American School of Oriental itesearch recently uncovered 15 miles northeast of Mosul. The find climaxed the seventh season of work at the "great mound.” The temple-fort Is believed to have been built 'ly a people antedating the Sumerians, who lived in this area about 3000 B. C., by 500 years. Roosevelt Starts Annual Memorial Poppy Drive President Gets First Poppy From Michigan Orphan The annual sale of the buddy poppies by the Veterans of Foreign Wars was officially started when President Roosevelt received the first poppy from little Miss Iria Ar lene Hildebrandt of Eaton Rapids, Mich. She came from the home for widows and orphans of ex-service men. --<$> Can Keep Age Secret Berkeley, Calif.—As an induce ment to universal voluntary finger printing of the city's entire popu lation, Police Chief J. A. Greening k has ruled that no woman will be obliged to tell her age. Hindu Belief In Vedic mythology, the Hiranya garbha was the golden egg or germ whence the universe came. Twenty Pound Lobster Is Caught r.; . mm ss $ rs & Si Little Ralph Fagln of East Boston shown with his mother, Mrs. Anna Fagin, as they look over the giant 20-pound lobster caught by Ralph’s daddy, a fisherman, oft Cape Cod. Mayor of Buffalo Is Indicted for Pre-Election Promises Mayor George J. Zimmerman of utYalo, N. Y., who lias been in dicted on three counts charging vio lation of a state law prohibiting n candidate for public oflice from making pre-election promises of jobs in return for support. He was elected Democratic mayor in 1933. Indian Bible Found Edmonton, Alta.—A copy of St. Mark’s Gospel, translated in the Cree Indian language 40 years ago. has been found in a parcel of sec ond-hand books sent to a book ex change here. World’s Apple Capital Celebrates 1936 Blooms f Wenatchee, Wash., which claims to be the apple capital of the world, celebrates the spring blooming of the apple trees elaborately. Here is Queen Jean II with the ladies of her court aboard the royal boat. Scenes and Persons in the Current News 1—Scene at Lakehurst, N. J., when the grent German dirigible Hlndenburg arrived. 2—Armored cars of Troop A, First armored car squadron, United States army, taking part In "cavalry" maneuvers nt Fort Rus sell, Texas. 3—Mustafa Nahns Uasha, leader of the Wufd party, who Is the new premier, of Egypt Naval Air Chief Will Improve Capt. Arthur 15, Cook, command er of the aircraft carrier Lexington, who was selected by President Roosevelt to direct the navy’s drive to lift Its air force on a par with any naval armada In the world. He will advance to the rank of renr admiral when he assumes his new post. Expanding the flying force is one of the steps in the program to insure Uncle Sam a completely adequate navy. Four Million Pound Span Hoisted Balanced by counter weights, the four million pound center span of the Tri Boro bridge over the Harlem river In New York was hoisted Into position to link ltandnll's Island with Manhattan at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. This bridge is one of the units In the gigantic Tri Boro bridge project which will link Manhattan, the Bronx and tjueens. 1 The span was floated Into position ou u barge. Rulers of the Cotton Carnival John Sneed Williams, prominent cotton factor, and Mary Ann Poston, debutante, ns kintr and queen of the Memphis Cotton carnival which at tracted about 100,000 visitors to the Tennessee city. HOUSEWIFE’S MASK The newest safeguard to the health of a busy housewife is this respiration out tit which slips over tlie mouth and nose and prevents dust from entering the thront. It was demonstrated at the Midwest Safety conference in Chicago. Stream-Lining Is Taken Up by Japan This Is the recently completed streamlined electric locomotive of the Japanese government railway which will run on the Tokaldo line from Tokyo to Nuiuftzu. It is the first of such locomotives built in that country. The Umbrella By ETTA ROGERS ROLLINGS ©, MoCSure Newspaper Syniiloale. WNU Service, “ ES, Sarah, It has been an ex hausting morning. Never in the thirty-nine years of my lifetime has so much occurred in the space of a few hours. No, Surah, I said thirty-nine, not forty-nine. "in tlie first place, I was almost late for church. Just us 1 was about to start, one of the wings dropped off the bird on the front of my hat. It took me quite a while to decide whether to sew the wing on again or let the bird have only one wing. 1 finally let it alone. “I made up my mind that 1 had better take my umbrella. You know, Sarah, the weather was kind of threatening this morning, although it didn’t really rain. As things turned out, It was fortunate that I took the umbrella with me. “Although I’ve played the organ In our church for twenty years, un til this morning I had never forgot ten my glasses. No, Sarah, I said twenty, not thirty. “When I opened my hand-bag to take out my spectacles, to m,v uston Isbment, the sugar spoon lay there In the top. I knew in a minute that I must have placed my glasses In the sugar bowl. I could see things at a distance pretty well, but to see the notes of the music, I had to sitj 'way back on the organ stool ana throw my hond back. “Well, Sarah, trouble started right away. Jimmie Smith was there to pump the organ, but lie was so In terested in smiling at the Perkins girl that lie forgot to pump. 1 start ed to play, or try to play, a prelude, hut no sound came. I hud to re verse my umbrella and hook Jim mie's head around with the curved handle. He began to pump imme diately and It occurred to me then, Sarah, It was a mighty good thing the umbrella was right there beside me. “When the anthem started, old Mr. Stebblns, our only bass singer, didn't get up at nil. He was sound asleep. I’laylng the Introduction with one hnnd, I took my umbrella In the other and Jnbbed at his feet. He jumped up wildly, yelling, 'Yes, Mlrandy, I'll be downstairs In a minute.’ “The first part of the anthem wnsn’t bad at all, but toward the last nobody came in at Just the right time. “By this time I was so flustered that I didn't know what the sermon was about. When it was half-way through. I suddenly saw a note pinned to the back of the minister’s coat. It was Just the right distance from me so that I could read It. It said: ‘I can’t press no more pants and coats for you till you pay me something on account. I. Isravitz.’ “Well, Sarah, I considered It my hounden duty to get that tell-tale note off Mr. Pritchard’s back. It was pinned on with only one pin so I took the handle of my umbrella and tried to knock the pin up and make It drop out. Mr. Pritchard kept looking around at me queerl.v so I suppose he felt some bumps from the umbrella; I kept right on until. Anally, the note dropped off his back. “I had planned to play Ruben steln's Melody In F for a postlude. You know, Sarah, I often play that, as I memorized It years ago, soon after I memorized The Merry Widow Waltz. It didn’t occur to me at all that I w asn't plnying The Melody In F until someone said to me after service. ‘What was that pretty piece In waltz time that you just played?’ Then I knew I had played The Merry Widow Waltz through twice with a real waltz swing. “Well, I felt quite calmed down when I renched my yard and I opened the door and walked into the house very quietly. "And there, Sarah, I could see a burglar bent over a bag Into wltich he was stuffing all my best silver that used to belong to Grandma Griffin. He plainly hadn’t heard me enter, so after silently reaching up and unscrewing the electric light bulb, 1 threw it at him with all my strength. Never did I think, Sarah, that I would ever throw an electric light bulb at the seat of a man's trousers. •‘There was a loud explosion; the burglar dropped the hag, and yell ing Tin shot,’ ran out of the front door at top speed. I picked up my skirts and ran right after him, call ing ‘Stop thief!’ lie raced down the street until he stumbled over Thompson’s cat which was sunning Itself on the sidewalk. Then the robber fell flat on his stomach and, seating myself nstride his back, fac ing his feet, I whacked his legs ns hard as I could with ray umbrella. A crowd collected in just a few minutes. “ ‘Take that liell-cnt off me,' the man roared. “ ‘Young man,’ I said firmly, with a whack, Tin a respectable woman and you can't call me names. Now apologize.’ And he did ! “Well. Sarah, I have all my silver back anil that misguided young man will be put where he can't steal any more. As I said, it has been any thing but a quiet Sunday morning; I must lie down a wliile if I expect to lie able to play in church to night. I must say, though, that while I was bothered when 1 found l had left my spectacles In the su gar bowl. I’m so glad now it wasn't my umbrella.”