The Frontier
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TODAYS Of
LONG AGO
Fifty-Five Years Ago
The Frontier, December 17, 1885
The weather the past week has
been quite severe. Saturday morn
ing the thermometer indicated 18
degrees below zero.
The Holt County People is on our
table. It is a neat sheet typo
graphically, the same size as this
paper, two pages printed at home.
R. R. Claiborne is editor and mana
ger.
The Frontier, December 24, 1885
Born, to Mr, and Mrs. M. J. Mere
dith, on Thursday, December 17,
a boy.
Married, on Wednesday morning,
December 23, 1885, \^. W. Worthly,
of Star, and Miss Mae M. Lowe, of
O’Neill. The ceremony took place
in the Presbyterian church, Rev.
B. Blain officiating.
The Frontier, December 31, 1885
Born, bo Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Gol
den, on Sunday, December 27, a
girl,
Arthur Hammond, brother-in-law
of John and Tom Golden, arrived in
O’Neill Monday night and will make
tahia place his future home.
Eli HershiseT came ddwn from
the west last week, went to Iowa
to spend Christmas and Returned
to O'Neill Tuesday night.
Fifty Years Ago
The Frontier, December 18, 1890
T. J. Birmingham artd wife are
rejoicing over the arrival of a fine
baby boy at theiT home.
Sitting Bull is dead. The wiley
old chief was killed by the Indian
police. His killing is keeping the
soldiers at Pine Ridge alert for
trouble.
The Frontier, December 25, 1890
The elegant iron stairs of the
McEvony-McBride buildings have
been put in place and painted.
The marriage of Charles 1L
Gardner and Misjj Marguerite L.
St. Clair, granddaughter of Mis.
Z West occurred et the residence
of J. H. Iliggs! 0*NeW, on Tues
day afternoon, Rev. N. S. Lowrie
officiating.
Forty Years Ago
The Frontier, December 20, 1900
Martin Wintermote was up from
Chambers last Friday. Martin says
be lost five head of cattle from the
cornstalk disease. • Charles Brown
lost 16 head; Hi Hubbard four head
and 22 head of sheep, and W. H.
Jeffries, four head of cattle.
The Frontier, December 27, 1900
Harry Hubbard and Miss Nellie
Kichardson, both. of Chambers,
were united in marriage at the
Evans Hotel on Christmas day,
Judge Selah officiating.
Hay McClure and Miss Bertha
TrusBell, both of Chambers, were
married on Christmas day.
Fred Dobney, of Stuart, and Miss
Minnial Marlow, of Atkinson, were
granted a marriage license.
Thirty Years Ago
The Frontier, December 15, 1910
Ira Lapham died of dropsy of
the heart at Excelsior Springs,
Mo., last Friday afternoon, where
he had been for the past two
months for the benefit of his health.
The remains were brought to this
city Saturday afternoon and inter
red in Prospect Hill cemetery Sun
day afternoon.
Elmer Bowen was pleasantly sur
prised on Saturday afternoon, De
cember 3 by a party of his little
playmates who came to help him
appropriately celebrate his fourth
birthday anniversary.
Mark L. Wagers and Miss Ethel
Dunaway, both of Page, were unit
ed in marriage by County Judge
Malone in the court room Monday
afternoon.
The Frontier, December ilj, 1910
Joe Daly came up from Omaha
Monday evening, where he is at
tending Creighton law school, to
spend the holidays with his parents.
The Frontier, December 29, 1910
Ben Harty left Thursday morn
ing for Shullsburg, Wis., to spend
New Years at the home of his par
ents.
John Mullen, Bernie Mullen and
Edward Gallagher, who are at
tending the state university, came
home last week to spend the Christ
mas holidays.
Romaine Saunders came in from
his Wheeler County ranch Wed
nesday and has taken up his du
ties in the Frontier office, where he
will have full charge during the
absence of the editor in Lincoln.
Mrs. Jap Ritts died at her home
six miles northwest of this city
last Tuesday morning of pneu
monia, after an illness of ten days.
Miss Anna O'Donnell, of this dty
has been appointed to a position in
the office of state superintendent
Crabtree. The position was un
solicited and was tendered her ,n
recognition of her ability as an edu.
cator.
F. J. Biglin came home last at
urday to spend Christmas with
the home folks. He is now travel
ing for the Moline Plow Company
and has been in the western part
of the state for two months.
Twenty Years Ago
The Frontier, December 16, 1920
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Hunter and
family left Thursday afternoon
for Omaha where they will make
their future home.
The Frontier, December 23, 1920
Miss Helen Harrington, who is
attending the State University at
Lincoln, came home Monday to
spend the Christmas holidays.
The O'Neill National bank has
given a bonus of ten per cent to
all their employees from ^he presi
dent dotvn to the janito^, so they
all can have a Merry Christmas.
Our ideal winter weather caught
cold last Monday and that evening
and Tuesday we experienced the
worst storm of the winter. On
Monday it was 14 above zero; 8 be
low on Tuesday and 12 below Tues
day night and a lot of snow.
The Frontier, December 30, 1920
J. P. Protivinsky, who is operat
ing a flouring mill at Dodge, Ncbr.,
came Thursday evening to spend
the holidays.
Frank O’Donnell, who is attend
ing Creighton college of law, came
home Thursday evening for the
holidays.
Mrs. Frank Campbell died at her
home in this city last Monday
night, after an illness of two
months of heart trouble. She was
58 years of age.
Ten Years Ago
The Frontier. December 18, 1930
Carl Anderson, of Gordon, Nebr.,
suffered serious injuries as the re
sult of an auto accident that oc
curred on the first turn on High
way 20, at the Kohler corner. He
was taken to an Omaha hospital.
The"Frontier, December 25, 1930
O’Neill friends were shocked
Wednesday when a telegram was
received stating that Mrs. C. N.
King had passed away that morn
| ing at Pasadena, Cal,, where she
| was visiting her daughter.
CONGRESS:
W ai mi ir
t KARL STEFAN
It is likely that the first big bat
tle in the House of Representatives
when the new congress meets in
January will be over the investiga
tion of un-American activity, in
cluding all phases of the fifth col
umn movements. The battle will
not be over the question of how
much shall be appropriated, but
rather over that of how the war
against such activities shall be
; carried on. In a way it may be
said to be a contest between back
ers of the Dies committee and
those who favor F. B. I.
The Dies committee as now com-1
posed will expire with this con
gress. It will seek a new author
ization to continue the work and
probably an appropriation of a
million dollars for the purpose. It
is easily probable it will be con
tinued and that ample funds will
be voted. Not all those who have
criticized the Dies committee have
been out of sympathy with its pur
pose. Its methods of publicity have
been under fire many times. The
committee insists that it is through
disclosures and publicity that it
does its most effective work. What
ever may be said about the Dies
committee and the publicity it has
attained, it has uncovered many
un-American groups, and now is
even in better position than ever
to carry on the work for which it
was set up.
The Department of Justice and
the Dies committee have been at
loggerheads and fr' piently have
rushed to print in criticism of each
other. There are more than a few
who believe that searching out fifth
column operators should be left to
the department and its F. B. 1.
In the matter of appropriations,
congress has dealt more liberally
with the F. B. I. than with the Dies
committee. It has expanded its
forces of operators by one thous
and or more, and they have produc
ed results in the way of arrests and
indictments and in speedy action in
sabotage cases in particular. As
the defense program proceeds and
expansion of industries' and 'vol
ume of output continues, still great
er vigilance will be necessary. Af
ter the debate has been concluded it
is more than likely that the forces
arrayed again^ the terroristic ac
tivities of the fifth columnists will
be greatly enlarged and their work
augmented.
The national defense authorities
and the managers of the big steel
companies differ as to the capacity
of the latter to provide sufficient
steel for our armament program
and to supply British orders on
hand or on the way. The govern
ment experts seefti to think that
there should be an immediate ex
pansion of the steel industry by
thirty percent or more. The big
steel makers claim that with the
new facilities under wav, their
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about the innumerable small bills? Consult us about
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capacity will easily be equal to ail
demands. The present capacity of
the steel mills is about 83 million
tons annually and present con
sumption for defense purposes is
about ten percent of the total.
The British government has plac.
ed orders for 60 new merchant ves
sels, which will be built in the east
ern coast ship yards. It also is
seeking to purchase > more ves
sles from our merchant marine, in
cluding some of those which have
been anchored in the Chesapeake
region many years as obsolete.
Our government had retired sev
eral hundred such vessels because
they were old and out of date.
Among them were several big ships
which were captured from Ger
many during the World War. Some
of them were obsolete ‘because’
they were coal burnrs and modern
shipping uses oil for fuel. It has
been discovered that there are ad
vantages bo the coal burners in
this time of war, and Britain has
purchased and put into operation
many of the old ships. Britain has
an unending coal supply, while its
oil comes from other countries. Jt
is said that jthe government will
sell Britain all the old coal-burner
ships it may desire from the fleet
of obsolete vessels, which, though
not modern, can quickly be placed
into service by overhauling.
The committee of the House
which is investigating the migra
tory farmers movement is meeting
with considerable success in finding
out the facts about why farmers
leave home and take to the high
ways to search for a job and a live
lihood. It claims that there are
over four million farm people now
in the migration. California and
the southwest have received the
larger number of those moving
away from their farms in the mid
dle west. M6re has been said and
published about the migratory
workers there than elsewhere. But
the movement from the farm has
not been confined to the middle
west nor have all the fanners gone
to California. Some of them have
moved eastward.
The middle west, particularly the
prairie states, because bf the
drought, for several years, has lost
the greatest number of farmers,
estimated at 9$£jjOOO farm families.
Oklahoma had 7J,000 move out in
a ten year period. The loss of
population ini fcanSas and Nebras
ka because of the movement has
been such that each state, will lose
lose one member of its delegation
in congress at the next re-appor
tionment. Illinois and Indiana not
withstanding gains in population
in industrial centers, will have sim
ilar reductions in their delegations.
The work of the Tolan committee
ceitainly should add further facts
in support of the contention that
some policy must be worked out to
enable the farm families to remain
on the farms. Such a policy would
be the best answer as to what
should be done to prevent the pres
ent national problem of migratory
farm workers from becoming a still
greater problem.
Secretary Morgenthau orders the
issue of new government bonds,
some of small denominations, which
it is intended to sell to small as well
as large investors. These bonds
will be subject to taxation, and the
Secretary now declares that all fed
eral bonds should be made taxable.
There are dozens of bills before
congress providing for taxation of
all government bonds, but they
have never emerged from the con
trol of committees. Party plat
forms have repeatedly demanded
the taxation of such securities,
without effect upon the legislation.
It is very possible that the emerg
ency may bring the question up in
the next congress.
Methodist Church
V. C. Wright, Minister
Sunday school 10:00 a. m., H. B.
Burch, Superintendent.
Public worship 11:00 a. m. Spec
ial music and Holy Communion.
Young People’s Devotions 7:00
P. M.
W. S. C. S. will meet at the par
sonage January 9.
Mid-winter institute will be held
at Ewing afternoon and evening
of January 26.
The District Superintendent,
Rev. John W. Ekwall, will speak in
the church at 11:00 A. M., January
12, and hold Quarterly Conference
afterward.
Ninety-Six Holt County
Families Use F. H. A.
A total of 96 families in Holt
County, Nebraska, made property
repairs or embarked on the road
bo home ownership under the
National Housing Act in the per
iod from 1935 through June 30,
1940, it w’as reported by Holger
Holm of Omaha, Federal Housing
Administration State Director for
Nebraska.
Included in this total were 78
Property Improvement Loans in
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COATS
STANDARD LABELS
M4RYLANES AND CHIPPEWAS
One group reduced as low as $7.95.
One pair of $1.00 gloves for 5 cents with each
coat in this group.
One group reduced as low as $10.05 and $12.95.
Choice of one hat for 5 cents with each coat
in this group.
DRESSES
A reduction of 25% to 50% on one group, bring
the price range as low as $1.98 to $5.95.
10 to 25% Cut on other items
Costume Jewelry, Gloves, Hats, Purses, Sweat
ers and Skirts.
THESE BARGAINS WILL SAVE YOU
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O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
sured under Title 1 amounting to'
$33032.77 and 18 small home mort
gages accepted for insurance by
FHA amounting to $44,000.00.
“This vast volume of small re
pairs and new and existing home
mortgage insurance is very encour- i
aging,” Mr. Holm said. Home|
buyers at the same time are meet-1
ing their mortgage obligations in
almost perfect urder. At present,
FHA has on hand only two homes
in the entire state which have been
acquired by default. When com
pared with the 3652 small home
mortgages accepted for FHA in
surance, this lapse represents an
almost negligible fraction.
“Another interesting develop
in FHA’S operations is the fact that
this agency is now entirely self
supporting and is operated on
funds acquired from FHA insur
ance premiums and appraisal fees.”
Under Title I of the National
Housing Act under which FHA
functions, loans arp available wfor
repairs, alteration^ and improve
ments to homes and other struc
tures. Under Title II, money for •
buying a new or existing home
may be obtained from private lend
ing institutions with the mortgage,
if all conditions are acceptable, in
sured by FHA.
The Weather
We have had unusual weather
the past week. A novelty for this
section of the country was given us
on New Years eve when rain fell
most of the evening, twenty-eight
hundredths of an inch falling. FoL
lowig is the chart for the week:
High Low Prec.
December 26 37 30
December 27 38 22
December 28 .37 35
December 29 ... 38 26
December 30 . 30 27 .17
December 31 . 33 30 .03
January 1 . ....34 30 .28
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