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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1938)
Ice Tears Away Niagara Falls Bridge This twisted mass of steel girders among mountainous blocks of Ice is all that remains of the 40-year-old Falls View International bridge which collapsed into the Ice-filled gorge below Niagara falls after resisting an ice jam for 24 hours. This view of the famed “honeymoon bridge” was made from the American side. The noise of the crash of the 4,500,000-pound structure blotted out for a moment the roar of Niagara falls, 500 yards upstream. Thousands of spectators watched as the girders buckled. Workmen who had been sent into the gorge to strengthen the bridge’s supports narrowly escaped death when the crash came. 100 HOURS AWAKE Miss Ruth Jitnmerson, nineteen, of Unadilla, Ga., one of six students at the University of Georgia who completed 100 hours of voluntary in somnia in a psychology experiment “in the interest of pure science.” Looks at Record Between Dips c;>/ biamKKKmr'W X s Far from the sidewalks of New York and minus his brown derby, Alfred E. Smith, former governor of New York, is pictured reading his newspaper between dips in the briny at a popular resort club at Palm Beach, Fla. The “Happy Warrior” enjoys an annual mid-winter vacation in the South. I_.__ Farr Gives Tardy Handshake .....mu —.,ui.. Mmrnzmwmmm Tommy Farr, left, shakes hagds with Jimmy Braddock, who won a surprising ten-round decision from the Welshman at Madison Square Garden, New York, recently, as the two met in Promoter Mike Jacobs’ office. Farr, greatly disappointed over the result, said he had not seen Braddock coming over to shake his hand. A day or two after their amicable meeting, Jim Braddock announced his retirement from the ring. Golfer Picard Shows Affection for Pet Putter Henry Picard kissing the putter that helped him win the Pasadena $3,000 golf open over the Brookside course at Pasadena, Calif. Picard . was victorious with a total of 276. He made the final turn home in 35 which added to his outgoing 34 gave him a total of 69 for the final round and 276 for the tournament. American Locomotives Bound for China v * mWi •"<••••• M * ft Hf* \ i First of a shipment of 20 locomotives being shipped to China by American locomotive manufacturers from Philadelphia. The shipment, one of the biggest made from the United States in recent years, was bought and paid for by the Chinese government. Plans for getting the locomotive? past the Japanese blockade were not disclosed. Scenes and Persons in the Current News 1—“Big Bill” Thompson, former mayor of Chicago, illustrates his demand before congress for more water for the Windy City canals by pouring a tumblerful down a drain. 2—Successor to the ill-fated Ilinderburg, destroyed by fire while landing at Lakehurst, N. J„ last May, the LP130 nears completion at the Zeppelin dock at Friedrichshaven, Germany. 3—Tom Glrdler, steel magnate, shown in a recent address declaring that co operation between government and business will induce the greatest development the human race has yet seen. Play Hug Becomes Educated ——BPBBBMWiUC——""irUtfllMto ■~TT——M—I1W—irrPTfmR^ti I 'MBHBHi This young lady is going to get her education painlessly on a new play rug for the nursery. Shown at the Merchandise Mart, Chicago, it is decorated with nursery rhymes, story book characters and games suitable for children of all ages. In this way the value of the rug docs not decrease as the child grows older. SI0,000 SMILE Gerry Reed of Allentown, Pa., Is $10,000 richer today because as a newsboy he served his customers with a smile. Reed, now eighteen, was left that sum for his cheerful ness in the will of Oliver H. Gen ert, former theater manager and baseball manager. Young Reed Is an employee of the Allentown Beth lehem airport. 1 I 300 Firemen Fight Spectacular Blaze . ..*..—— View of the five alarm fire in a Brooklyn lumber yard which 300 firemen wih 35 pieces of apparatus fought for hours. Nearby tenement houses were threatened by the conflagration and 150 persons, many of them clad in night clothes fled from the menace of the flames. HERE’S TO YOU mmi if * uu Entertaining his tonsils with a bottle of pop between sets in one of his recent exhibition matches in Australia, is Donald Budge, United States singles champion. Following recovery from a tennis slump that brought defeat at the hands of John Bromwich, young Budge went on to give a bang-up account of himself in the Australian meet. “Bob” Bartlett Wins Award Capt. “Bob" Bartlett, explorer who went to the North pole with Ad miral Peary, receiving the National Service award from Mrs. Elbert Williams, new national president of the Camp Fire Girls. He was given the award for teaching Camp Fire Girls how to tell of their achievements when they met in New York to describe their activities in life saving, exploring and other fields. Budget Lace Has a Lavish Appearance There’s loveliness right at your fingertips! A file lace cloth that’s easy to crochet of everyday string, and quite the most beauti ful ever! The two 10 inch com panion squares are delightful to Pattern 5895 gether, yet one, could be repeated and used without the other. It won’t be long until you’ve cro cheted any number of these sim ple squares to combine in “check er-board” fashion. Scarfs and small refreshment pieces are also handsome in this choice design if you use finer cotton. In pattern 5895 you will find in structions and charts for making the squares shown; and for join ing them to make various ar ticles; material requirements; il lustration of the square and of all stitches used. To obtain this pattern send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259 W. Fourteenth St.. New York, N. Y. Please write your name, ad dress and pattern number plainly. Tail Still a Tail Abraham Lincoln once asked a deputation: “How many legs would a sheep have if you called his tail a leg?” The deputation answered promptly: “Five.” “No,” said Lincoln, “it would not; it would have only four, for call ing a tail a leg does not make it one.” ARE YOU PALE, WEAK? i insnurg, rvaua. — Mrs. R. G. Ligon, 708 N. Grand St, says:"I was in poor hrahh, had lost weight and lacked strength. 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But if your son gets his name in the paper — that’s real news! It isn’t by accident that this paper prints so many stories which vitally interest you and your neighbors. News of remote places is stated briefly and interpreted. Local news is covered fully, because all good editors know' that the news which interests the readers most is news about themselves. Now is a good time to learn more about this newspaper which is made especially for you. Just for fun ask yourself this question: How could we get along without newspapers? KNOW YOUR NEWSPAPER