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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1938)
Speeds to Mother—Youth Defeats Death Henry L. Waither, left, reached by aid of short wave radio while deep in the wilds of Alaska, traveled by patrol boat, coast guard cutter and finally by plane, to hurry to the bedside of his ailing mother in Chicago. He made the 4,500-mile trip when told that his mother was seriously ill and wished to see him before she passed away. Another mercy dash saved the life of 17-year-old David Burnell Van Dyke, Chico, Calif., when he was rushed to the University of California and placed in an iron lung. Unconscious and paralyzed from the shoulders down when placed in the respirator, he is now definitely on the road to recovery. First Family of Australia Hold Reunion Australian Prime Minister Joseph Aloysius Lyons, with his wife and 11 children, photographed at a family reunion in Canberra, Australia. His eldest son journeyed from Tasmania to join his brothers and sisters for the family celebration. Horn Tooters Cheered—In Bronx Style | governor Vanderbilt David Wilson, Santa Monica, Calif., true friend of the indignant , motorist, recently patented a device which will express his contempt of the motorist who persists in blowing his horn at every available oppor tunity. Granted the enthusiastic approval of the United States patent office, the gadget is a combination of a light, a horn and a protruding tongue, to be attached to the rear of the automobile. The face resembles a clown mask and is operated from the front seat by means of a button on the dashboard. Dirt Doesn’t Bother ‘Miss Cinders’ Playing with the fireplace coal provides plenty of fun for this young lady, and a very effective “black-out’* too, but the fun will stop when Mother appears on the scene and the cleaning up process gets under way. , He may be Gov. William H. Van derbilt to the social register, but he is just plain ‘‘BiU’’ to a host of friends. This socially prominent young resident of Newport was elected governor of Rhode Island, carrying with him a slate of state officers. He is a son of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who went down with the Lusitania. HIS BUSY YEAR a . '.w'aww.v-.j v.y An employee of a large map mak er’s establishment in Berlin works out the boundaries of the new Ger many and Czechoslovakia as a re sult of the Munich agreement. Guard Your Words "Be careful in this life what you say,” said Hi Ho, the sage of China town, "you will have enough trou ble with what people say you said without contributing anything on your own account” Maritime Hunters Bag Albemarle Deer Hunters In tidewater North Carolina are forced to turn sailors to cepe with the peculiar natural advan tages protecting the Albemarle deer. Since the hunters cannot penetrate the swamps on the sound shores near Plymouth, they carry their dogs In boats and set them ashore on large islands inhabited by the deer. Hunters wait for the deer to start for the mainland, chased by the dogs. Then, under Albemarle hunting custom, the hunter-boatman nearest a swimming deer Is entitled to first shot. Gun poised, the hunter must wait until the deer makes land, and Is then permitted his shot. The buck on the left would have escaped If the boat had rocked in a swell, or if he had been slightly faster. Love, Inc., Plans Newest Parlor Strategy .tit— . .- --- - Only one thing could provide so much interest and fun for these five girls, and that, without doubt, is love. Firmly convinced that there Is not enough love in this mundane world, they invented a new love game and organized Love, Inc., with a charter from New York state, so that they could carry out their intention to bring “love boldly into the parlor.’' Left to right are Barbara Cochrane, Emily Jamieson, Dottle Davis, Mar cia Savage and Lucille Streat. I ^ Rail Heads Decide Against Pay Cut j beauty culturist More than 120 executives of class one American railroads, meeting in Chicago, wired President Roosevelt that they would not carry out their proposed 15 per cent pay cut, affecting more than 1,000,000 employees. Three of the railroad heads, composing the resolution to avoid pay cuts, left to right, are: Carl R. Gray, vice chairman of the Union Pacific; W. J. Jenks, president of the Norfolk & Southern; and J. J. Pelley, president of the Association of American Railroads. Red Ears? Not the Kind You Think According to the rule at the Kent, Conn., husking bee, the finder of a red ear of corn is entitled to a kiss. The gentleman pictured wasn’t satisfied with one red ear. He located several, and then adjourned to a corner of the corn field. Georgia Coleman, former Olympic diving champion who has recovered from an attack of infantile paraly sis, is pictured working on a fellow student at a New York beauty insti tute, where she is a student. Un able to compete in diving events, she has chosen this new profession. GANDER GROOM Bobbie Loescher of Los Angeles, Calif., is only two years old, but he was man enough to take on the job of grooming this gander, a 38 pound champion for competition in the Great Western Live Stock show at which stock from a number of western states was shown. Church Walls 6 Feet Thick Workmen had to demolish walls 6 feet thick when razing the 250-year old Strastnoi monastery, used re cently as an anti-religious museum, in Moscow. PATENTS—INVENTIONS Patents Obtained formation write Arthur Sturvea, Rtgittmd U. 8. Vaunt Uffw. 302 Neville Block, Omaha, Ncbr. COAL AND LUMBER $4.50 Per ton at mine High - Clast Semi. FARMERS LUMBER CO. 24th & Boyd St., Omaha, Nehr. (Hholeaule Only) OPPORTUNITY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Well rsfcibliahed retail grocery and meat business in good business section of Omaha — investment about $4000 — cash sales $5,000 per month. Now earning sat isfactory net profit. Selling on account of other interests. Good opportunity for right man. Write H. A. MARR GROCERY CO., Omaha, Nebr, for details. Crochet This Set and Tot Will Be Delighted She’ll be proud as a peacock to wear this set so why not delight her with it? Made of sport yarn, it’s mainly single crochet (which gives it a firm body) with picots for decoration. The muff is a combined purse and muff—very grown-up and stylish 1 Pattern 6224 contains instructions for mak ing the set shown; illustrations of it and of stitches used; materials required. To obtain this pattern, send 19 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) to the Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259 W. 14th St., New York, N. Y. , JAPANESE CAKE •/« cup shortening 1 tsp. soda 1 cup sugar 2 cups Hour 3 tbs. molasses 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 cup warm water ',i tsp. cloves 2 egg yolks V* tsp. salt Cream shortening, sugar, and molasses. Add warm water and beaten egg yolks. Sift flour, salt, soda, and spices together and add to first mixture. Bake in two layers. Frosting. Boil together 1 cup sugar and Vi cup water. When syrup will spin a thread, pour over 2 stiffly beaten whites of eggs. Add one cup rai sins which have been put through food grinder and beat until thick enough to spread. CONSTIPATED? Her* la Amazing Rsllsf for Conditions Duo to Sluggish Bowsls If you think an lux#* act alike, )uat try this all vegetable laxative. _ So mild, thoroughly la ding. Invigorating. Dependable reUef mm atck headaches, bllloua speua, tired feeling when mtnnrlHted with constipation. Dick get a26o box of NR from yarn WltnOUt RISK druggist. Make the teat —then u not delighted, return the box to ua. 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