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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1937)
Mussolini Receives Former Ethiopian Chieftain Ras Seyoum, fiercest of the Ethiopian warrior chieftains during the recent Italo-Ethiopian war, is graciously received in Rome, by Premier Benito Mussolini. The dignified, bearded chief is now a peaceful friend of Italy, offering good advice, unofficially, from his Addis Ababa home. “ISOLATES” LEPROSY ! Dr. Earl B. McKinley, one of the world’s foremost experts on leprosy, who has announced “isolation” of the true germ of leprosy. The doc tor, dean of medicine at George Washington university, is in the Philippines for four months’ re search work in the Culion island leper colony, residence of 6,000 lepers. I Illini Gun Molls Show Prowess Two expert marksmen are these University of Illinois coeds, Miss Mary Margaret Smith (left), of Waukegan, 111., and Miss Marjorie Lynn of Paris, France. Each fired a "perfect,” scoring 100 of a possible 100, in a postal match with the girls’ rifle team of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. Twin Brothers Marry Twin Sisters A double romance was consummated in Washington, D. C., recently, when Phillip and Neno Bellante, twin brothers, married Fanny and Frances Bridget, twin sisters. The men are tap dancers and plan to teach their wives to dance to aid them in a stage career. Left to right: Neno Bellante; Frances and Fannie Bridget and Phillip Bellante. KEEPS BRITONS FIT Miss Prunella Stack, twenty-two year-old leader of the Women's League for Health end Beauty, of London, who has been invited by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin to serve on the national advisory coun cil which will draw up plans for the national college of physical training. Boy Scouts Celebrate 28th \nniversary of Founding Surrounded by Eagle Boy Scouts, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broadcasts a message to a million Boy Scouts as the twenty-eighth year of the U. S. scout movement opens. By virtue of his office, the President is ^ honorary president of the national scout organization. He has been an active leader in scouting for 15 years. Scenes and Persons in the Current JNews 1—French officialdom assembles at ceremonies In which n bust of the late Myron T. Herrick. American ambassador to France, is unveiled. 2—Arthur J. Altmeyer. recently appointed chairman of the social se curity board to succeed John G. Winant. 3—Batallion of the famous International brigade credited with sav ing Madrid from assaults of the rebels. Chicago Coeds Shake a Mean Leg MMMMMnf&vftttaMiHMMM!'' ' mannnHHH mm—mhhthm i . ■ University of Chicago coeds "swing it" in rehearsals for the annual show of the Mirror, women’s dramatic society. A tower of the famous old school looms in the background, gazing down austerely on the modern collegiate chorus girls. Left to right: Marjorie Kuh, Frankie Burns, Marjorie Ryser, Louise Huflaker. SHE COPS PRIZE PIE Mother never could make pies like this, is probably the verdict of Reva Whitcomb, who is taking her own medicine here. To elucidate, Reva was declared champion pastry cook of New York state in competi tion at Rochester, recently. She ap parently agrees with the judges that her pies are the best, for she is shown eating one of her blue-ribbon products. Minnesota Girl Is Big 10 Beauty Queen Joyce Kerr, University of Minne sota coed who was chosen beauty queen of the Big Ten conference at a charity ball at Northwestern uni versity, Evanston, 111., recently. Collegiate beauties from every uni versity in the Big Ten except Michi gan competed in the marathon. Bridge Players Are Recognized Aloft Swivel chairs for a bridge foursome are one of the features of the new air liner recently placed in operation between Chicago and New York by the United Air Lines. Making a non-stop flight schedule of three hours and flfty-flve minutes, the plane features air conditioning, steam heat, hot meals and a telephone from the stewardess’ galley to the pilot’s cockpit. $3,000,000 Memorial to Honor Thomas Jefferson . ... ... .-MV,- .*** y Architect's rendering of the $3,000,000 memorial to Thomas Jefferson, in Washington. D. C.. plans for which were recently approved by a special congressional committee. Designed by John Russell I ope o ew , the building will embody ideas which inspired Jefferson in his own great architectural achievements, monument will occupy the most important vacant site in the Washington scheme of public bui dings. Uncle ftkll SgjuA: Work a Means of Living Work is what a man turns to when happiness eludes him; only a few foolish ones insist that work is a good substitute for it; even the austere Emerson said: “Work is a means of living; but it is not living.” Carnegie said it was a disgrace to die rich. It all depends on how much one has neglected his op portunities whether it is a dis grace to die poor. Men wish the return of their youth with the wisdom they have since accumulated. Nobody can be made absolutely happy except people whose ideals are not too exacting. Which Is Reciprocation A dog loves his master because his master ti'eats him well; and his master treats him well be cause the dog loves him. One who complains that he “never had a chance” probably likes his rut. “Sis” always winds papa around her finger; and “Bud” easily sways his mother. A man who whistles may not be happy, but ii is the finest way in the world to fool trouble. A swivel chair is all comfort, but there is joy in sitting on a hard rock in the woods on a sun shiny spring day. My rotite Kccim Lady Nancy I / Aitor Virginia Batter Bread 1 egg 1 pint of buttermilk Vi teaspoonful of soda Little piece of butter and piece of lard the size of a small egg. % cupful of meal First melt the butter and lard together. Then mix in the other ingredients and put in last one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder. Bake twenty to thirty minutes. Copyright.— WNU Service. Going Down The greatest depth to which a human being has descended is about 8,500 feet. The pressures and temperatures that would be encountered make attempts of hu mans to reach greater depths in the earth extremely hazardous. I EMINENT DOCTORS WROTE THIS OPINION! colds result from acid condition of the body.;; they prescribe various alkalies”—ex* cerpt from medical journal. The ALKALINE FACTOR in LU DEN'S MENTHOL COUGH DROPS5^ HEIRS BUILD UR YOUR ALKALINE RESERVE Inspired Accomplishment Art makes a rock garden; an uninspired taste, a pile of rocks. you MISERABLE? Mrs. T. W. Sherrick of 1416 Valley St., Jop lin, Mo., said: “I was so weak I just had to drag myself about the house. There was a pain in my back and I was all ‘nerves,’ all caused by functional disturb ances. 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