The Frontier
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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
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IN WEST O'NEILL
Where Prices are Below Wholesale Houses
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FLAKES—10 oz. _ I
ORANGE JUICE 1 Q
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PEANUT BUTTER PC
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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.
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NOTICE
Friday’s dance music by Joe
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