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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1941)
The Frontier D. H. Cronin, Editor and Proprietor Altered at the postoffice at O’Neill, Nebraska, as Second Class Mattel. SUBSCRIPTION One Year, in Nebraska. $2.00 One Year, outside Nebraska. .. 22b Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of BPh sc fibers will be instantly re ■weed from our mailing list at ex piration of time paid for, if pub mber shall be notified; otherwise the subscription remains in force at the designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract between pub lisher and subscriber. Display advertising is charged ter en a basis of 26c an inch (one eelemn wide) per week. Want ads Ifv per line, first insertion, subse quent insertions, 5c per line. i j A Word To Frontier Readers — We wish to call the atten tion of those of our readers who are in arrears that we must have money to continue | in business. Many of our readers have doubtless thoughtlessly al lowed their subscription to run along year after year, and we ask them now to come in and settle. Payment of these little bills mean a good deal to the publisher as they run into hundreds of dollars. So we trust you will call, settle up, and start 1941 with a clean slate. Leonard Peterson of O'Neill, was before Police Judge Bay on {Satur day charged with driving without a drivers license and with reckless driving, causing a collision. He was fined $10 on each count, a total of $20 and costs of $3,10. THE DAYS OF LONG AGO Fifty-Five Years Ago The Frontier February 18. 1886 The Dustin Dispatch now prints two pages of a six-column folio at home, which evidence of pros perity we are glad to note, Thomas Cook and Patrick Biglin have purchased the stock of gen eral merchandise of John Gibbons, have taken possession and will en gage in the general merchandise business under the firm name of Cook & Biglin. They will stock up and carry afull line of goods, formed that coal had been found in the southwestern part of the county, about eight miles from On Tuesday evening we were in Chambers. The rumor is confirm ed by James Weekes, the Chambers j stage driver, who brought pieces ' of the coal to town with him, which are now on exhibition at the Check er barn. District court convened Tues day morning with Judge Tiffany on the bench and N. D. Jackson prose cuting attoimcy. Fifty Years Ago The Frontier, February 19 1891 W. H. Pierce of Hastings, Nebr., an attorney-at-hw, has located in O’Neill for the practice of his pro fession. Dr. C. A. Wells of Randolph, a successful practicing dentist, has located in O’Neill. From The Item, February 19, 1891 The Item had the first represent ative at the scene of the fire. We have a sprinter on the force, you know. Judge Kinkaid and Reporter Warrick are holding court in Brown county this week. The supervisors have decided to light the court house with seven teen incandescent* and one arc light. A Sample of The Prices at The |V\., * ’ ' ' I , IN WEST O'NEILL Where Prices are Below Wholesale Houses CLOTHESPINS |C Dozen .... ■ MOP STICKS PC Each . 9 o-k whole: wheat ^c FLAKES—10 oz. _ I ORANGE JUICE 1 Q Vj Gallon . ■ » SUGAR COOKIES Q< Pound .. 1 CANDY Pound Armour & Company BIG BEN ! LAUNDRY SOAP PC 2 Bars For .W PEANUT BUTTER PC 6 Ounces . W CRACKER JACK QC At . V Home Rendered Lard RJI^C 4 Pounds .—. ■■ GRAPEFRUIT JUICE 11C yt Gallon -- 1* BOLOGNA 11‘/Z0 Pound ...— MACA YEAST <C Package ..—.- — ■ FRESH SIDE PORK 11l/2 Pound .-. A 2-Pound Box SODA CRACKERS H'/i0 Royal or Iten .... .... I I Butternut COFFEE OPC Pound.... PEPPER QC Pound . * . MIXED NUTS |PC No Peanuts—Lb..lv POPCORN "|C 2 Pounds for ... f LYE *|C TOMATO JUICE |JC BAKING POWDER # l/jC Clabber Girl, 10 oi. 0 MILK A'/2C Tall Cans ..V BACON SQUARES QC Pound . m APPLE BUTTER MAC 1 Lb. 6 Oz... IA ALL DAY SUCKERS MC 2 For . ■ AI (food OLEO, Finest Ql'C on the market. Lb I PEACH BUTTER MAC 1 Lb. 6 Q». ■ A ORANGES, A Jumbo AC 126 at—Each .L Fancy BOXED CANDY M#C Pound Box . ■ 0 APRICOT BUTTER MAC 1 Lb. 6 Oz. Ia CORN STARCH f C 1 Pound . 0 DON LEON COFFEE MQC Pound . 10 MARSHMALLOWS QC Pound .-. Visit Our Store—Compare All Prices Any where. Everything Price Tagged. O’Neill has again sustained a serious loss from fire. This time' it is St. Mary’s Academy, the beautifuJ and costly edifice that adorned the hill to the north of the city, which has fallen a victim to the fire fiend. This building was erected at a cost of $17,500 and was an elegant monument to the energy and enterprise of the Cath olic church and the people of O’Neill. The fire broke out about 12 o’clock Wednesday. Smoke issuing from the roof first attract ed the attention of Clerk of the Court McBride who at once sound ed the alarm. A large crowd soon gathered around the building but the flames had gained such head way that with no appliances for fighting fire, nothing could be done. The origin of the fire is partly con jecture. Parties are known to have been boiling tar in the base ment, however, and though it is said that no one was in the build ing at the time the most possible theory is that the party doing this work had gone off and left it and during his absence the tar boiled over and into the fire and soon communicated the fire to the sur rounding wood work. Though the building was practically com pleted, it seemed that some inside work remained to be done and for this reason the builling had not been turned over to the church. There was 910,000 insurance on the building. Forty Years Ago The Frontier, February 21, 1901 Fred Gatz finished the harvest of ice last week and has 500 tons in storage. The recent snows have furnished the necessary slipperness for cut ters and bob sleds and about every thing available in that line has been pressed into service the past evenings. Mrs. Ellen McManus died at her home in this city last evening after a lingering illneas. Mrs. McMan us was the mother of P. J. and John McManus and had been sick for some time. Tuesday morning at St. Pat rick’s church occurred the wedding of George McLeod to Miss Mary Beatrice Donohoe, Rev. M. F. Cas sidy officiating. Thirty Years A$o The Frontier, February 16, 1911 At an informal meeting <of the city council the first of the week it was decided that the city would use five elecric street lights at a cost of $40.60 per month. In ad dition to these both railroads will maintain lights at their Fourth sreet crossing. The lights will be turned on March 1st John R. Buurshek of Newell, S. D., and Miss Loretta Murray of Page, were married at St. Patrick’s church in thiB city Wednesday morning. , Miss Edna Howe resigned last week as assistant post mistress, which position she has filled for nearly four years. Miss Maud Hall, who has been at Leavenworth, Washington, the past year, becomes the new assistant, arriving from Washington last evening to as sume her duties. Twenty Years Ago The Frontier, February 17, 1921 Casper Pribil announces a snipe hunt, to take place at the Pribil place two and one half miles south west of Inman, on Monday, Feb ruary 28, to which everyone is invited and each is requested to bring a sack. A free lunch will be served at 4 o’clock in the morning. William Harte, one of the early settlers of Holt county and one of the most esteemed of the older residents of O’Neill, died at his resi dence in this city Wednesday after noon after an illness following an attack of heart trouble. He was a litle over 74 years of age. Ten Years Ago The Frontier, February 19, 1921 The Gatz Brothers have secured a lease on a plot of ground on the right-of-way of the Burlington and have begun the erection of their artificial ice plant. The building will be 38x100 feet, one story. John P. McKenna, one of the long time residents of O’Neill, passed away in the Stuart hospital last Monday evening following an operation for colitis and appenditi citis on Thursday evening of last week. He was 54 years of age. Simon Simonson passed away at the home of his mother, Mrs. Thos. Simonson, who resides 14 miles northeast of this city, on Monday, I February 16, 0f pneumonia nad heart trouble. He was aged 63 years, nine months and two days. Emmet Slaight of Ft. Randall, S. D., and Miss Agnes Hughes of Randolph, Nebr., were united in marriage at the Methodist parson age last Monday afternoon. They will make their home near Joy. On The Sidelines By Obsen er Friday night Coach Don Ander son will be at the helm of the O’Neill team for the last time when they play Oakdale at Oakdale. Coach Andereon has resigned as coach and teacher and will go to Kearney, Nebr., where he will be engaged as science teacher in the Kearney High school. Al though we dislike seeing him go, it will be a promotion which he justly deserves. In the past two years Anderson’s teams have developed as the year went on. At the beginning of the basketball season he would start hard hit for material but his teams gained momentum like a rolling snow-ball and by the end of the sea on would end up at the top of the list. The man that takes over this position for the years to come will have to go some to live up to the reputation that Don Anderson has left at O’Neill High. Last Friday Anderson’s boys didn’t take heed to the predictions and went on to win from Plainview 29-21. Although the O’Neill team is still in pop form the Plainview bunch was definitely off stride from previous performances. Monday night, Inman probably went home and wondered what had hit them. Well, if they don’t know by now it was the Cyclone from Saipt Mary’s that put them back 54-18. Sidelines Looking over the drawings for the local tourney, it seems as though St. Mary’s has all the horse shoes in town for they have their way practically paved to the finals of the tournament. O’Neill High is looking for a new name to go by. Most teams have the .Tigers, Cardinals, Bull dogs, Bearcat?, etc., but O’Neill has no pet name. Maybe we could nickname them the Steam Rollers, the way they have been pushing over all the opposition. .Anyway it’s a suggestion. ^ Sportscomlng* Friday, Febr. 21—O’Neill over Oakdale. Tuesday, Febr. 25—St. Mary’s over Long Pine. Wednesday, Febr. 26—Atkinson over O’Neill. American Legion Members Are Asked To Register Can you speak any foreign lan guages ? Have you had any police, fire de partment, or intelligence service experience? These are samples of questions which all local members of the American Legion and unaffiliated World War veterans will be asked in filling out their questionaires in the Legion’s nationwide voluntary defense registration, Saturday, February 22, Commander A1 Saus er of the Simonson Post No. 1)3, of this city, said today. The American Legion national defense registration form is one le gal size form in length, and con tains 28 queries, Commander Saus er stated. It contains also a list of 67 specific occupations, pro fessions and trades, which are to be checked by each registrant. A space is provided for writing in vo cations not listed. It was not pos sible to list all possible occupations. Other Questions Other qusetions asked include: Name and address? Are you a citizen? Naturalized or native born? Are you married? How many dependents have you? What is your education ? What was your branch of former war service? What is your present military or naval status? Could you serve as an interpreter? What is your pres ent occupationn ? How many years have you spent in your pres ent vocation? What is the name of your present employer ? Will you be available for service in state troops replacing national guards? What is your general physical con dition. An important question is boxed in the center of the form. It is an inquiry whether the registrant be lieves he will be able to answer to any calls for immediate service, for general service anywhere, restrict, ed service in home community only, cr on part-time or full-time basis. A letter frem home, The Frontier Active Livestock Market And Prices Advanced The livestock market trend of last Monday showed brisk action from start to finish and prices were generally strong to higher than a week ago with an advance of 25c to 50c on some classes. Re ceipts were somewhat heavier than usual and there were no strictly choice cattle here. However, the demand for replacement cattle re mains good and feeder buyers claimed the day’s offering at ad vanced prices in most cases. The best steer calves reached $12.00. Others of only fair to good cjuality sold mostly from $10.50 to $11.65. Good heifer calves scored a high of $10.75 with the bulk of this class ranging be tween $9.50 to $10.50. These prices looked very good, quality of the offering considered. Yearlings of light weight were popular and commanded prices fully 25c higher than a week ago. The best sold as high as $10.75. A generous supply of cows were here and the price looked fully 50c higher on the best of these. Milch cows of good quality were in active demand and found a ready outlet at fancy prices. Bulls also showed a healthy undertone, claiming prices around $9.00. Hog receipts were heavier than in several weeks and prices were in direct relation to the prevailing hog prices on the river markets. Bulk of the butchers sold at $7.30 to $7.35 with a few reaching $7.40. Sows sold as high as $7.20, but the bulk of these sold around $6.60. Serum pigs went as high as $9.00. Next Monday, another horse and mule auction will be held in con junction with the regular cattle and hog sale. On that day, the horse sale will begin promptly at 11:00 A. M., with the hogs and cattle selling immediately after. Frontier Want Ads Get Results.i DANCE —AT— SUMMERLAND EWING, NEBRASKA Saturday, Febr. 22 —Music By— KAY MILLS FINE BAND NOTICE Friday’s dance music by Joe Lukesh has been canceled. ' *:• I ■ Frontier Want Ads Bring Results — Phone 51 I I . ACT TODAY! LIMIT-TIME OFFER! i Custom-Made Universal VENETIAN BLINDS At the Lowest Price Ever Quoted on Quality Blinds SQUARE FOOT Exactly the same wood and material used in the highest priced Venetian blinds! THREE coats of enamel instead of Two, ap plied to the 2 in. standard residential size slats. Not a stock blind, but made to exact measurements to fit your windows to a hair, and in any color of slat or tape desired. This price ma.i be had on a minimum of 7 square feet instead of the 19 or 12 usually required. Tape is of the best quality with solid-woven webbing. All mechanism enclosed. For February and March only—29c a square foot for our regular 39c grade blind. SCe this Universal blind in our store today. Bring in your window measurements and learn how little a made-to-measure Vene tian blind will cost you. Act today! 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