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THE DAYS OF
LONG AGO
Fifty-Five Years At?o
The Frontier, June 17,1886
Dinner for 20 cents at the Cross
restaurant.
Sidewalks are being built from
the school house east.
W. A. Bridges, the gentleman
who is puting up the grist mill
here has alsco comended the erect
ion of a fine home in the northeast
ern part of town. The main part
of the house will be 18x28 with an j
L 17x24, all two stories high.
Gus Handlaa met with quite a
severe accident one day last week
while playing base ball. He was
very ill for several days, but is
now improving fast.
The main building of the New
Mill will be 45x62 wittr a boiler
room 14x25.
Last Friday O’Neill beat Atkin
son on their own diamond, by a
score of 1* to 8. It was a good
game all through.
Clark and Zerby will commence
burning their first kiln of brick
the first of next week.
Edward Adams, brother of David
has purchased the farm of F, M,
Burbank near Greely postoffice
and took possession at once.
The Frontier, June 24 1880
Five carloads of Twine binders
arrived in O’Neill this week con
signd to John McCann & Co.,
for the benefit of the farmers of
Holt County.
Father Smith, Pastor of the
Catholic Church here, talks of go
ing to Cheyene, Wyoming. In his
eight or ten years of pastorial
work here Father Smith hus great
ly endeared himself to the people
of his Church and the town as well
and will join in efforts being made
to retain him.
A double wedding occured at
the Catholic Church on June 9.
David Stannard and Miss Maggie
Burke and Thomas Tierney and
Miss Thereua Stannard were quit
ly married at the above time and
place, Rev. Father Brophy offici
ating.
Rev. N. S. Lowry, late of Gor
ham, N. Y., entered upon his duties
as pastor of the First Presbyterian
church last Sunday. He had ser
ved as pastor of the Gorham, N. Y.
church for eighteen years.
Fifty Years Ago
The Frontier, June 19,1891
O’Neill business men assisted by,
officers of the Agricultural Society,
decided to send an exhibit of
Holt County products to eastern
fairs. The exhibit will be taken to
the State fairs in Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois. W. J. Dabbs was the
prime mover in the undertaking.—
Mr. Dobbs is now living in Omaha
and in good health. —Editor.
It is human nature to be dis
satisfied; hence many are grumbl
ing at excessive wet weather of the
past few days.
The total assessed valuation of
Holt County is $2,092,025.
Died on Saturday evening last,
at about 10 o’clock, E. W. Moffitt
'of this City, at the aife of 28 years.
He came to this county from New
York City in 1879 and lived here
until his death. He w'as ad
mitted to the bar in 1889 but
never practiced as tuburculosis
from which he suffered, finnally
claimed its victim.
The heavy rains of the past three
or four days have raised the river
so high as to overflow its banks
land do some damage to the bridges
and road. The river raised three
feet last night, but is falling some
today.
The Item, June 18, 1891
O’Neill is enjoying a good re
servation, trade.
The rains that have been falling
since Sunday evening are the heav
cst known in this locality for years.
The Artlsian well people bored
through a substance Monday that
bore strong indications of oil. The
shares have not gone out of sight,
however.
The Frontier, June 25, 1891
“Ded" and “Deb" Gibbons gave
a picnic Tuesday afternoon to a
number of their little boy and girl
friends at Wynn’s grove and had
a royal time.
The Item, June 25, 1891
There were forty-five appli
cations from teachers in nearly
as many states and territories
before the school board at their
last meeting for a situation in oui
public schools. There were ten
applicants for principal.
Forty Years Ago
The Frontier, June 20, 1901
The official weather report as
taken by Observer Cole shows over
eight inches of rain fell thus far
in June.
Mamed, ut Dorsey, June 12, at
the home of the bride’s parents.
James E. Wiley to Miss Amanda
! E. Binkard, Rev. Rosenkrans of
GALLEY FOUR -
ficiating.
Died, of heart trouble, at her
I home five miles Northwest of
O'Neill, on the evening of June 10,
1901, Mrs. Annie Stanton, aged
eighty-five years.
The Frontier, June 27, 1901
A Cyclone passed through a
strip of country in the valley of the
Kega Paha about twenty-five miles
north of Stuart last Thursday even
ing between 7 and 8 o’clock, with
the result that seven people are
dead and seven others injured serio
usly, and a large number of animals
dead and injured and several thou,
sand dollars worth of property
destroyed.
Thirty Years Ago
The Frontier, June 15, 1911
The director of the Census an
nounced the population of Holt
County as 15,545, as compared to
12,224 in 1900. In this census re
port O’Neill was listed as having
a population of 2,089 as compared
THE true use of the mouth is
not merely to make a noise,
any more than the proper use
of money is to make a show
of the spender.
The
O’NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
Capital, Surplus and
Uadivided Profits,
9140,000.00
This Bank Carried No
indebtedneeo of Officer*
or Stockholder*.
Member bederel Deposit Insurance Corporation
to 1,107 ten years before. Atkinson
was listed as having a population of
810, 595 in 1900. Stuart 467 com
pared to 307 ten years before.
Last Thursday morning Judge
Malone united in marriage Henry
Vequist of O’Neill, to Miss Bertha
A. Coleman, of Atkinson.
Next week T, V. Golden will
bride’s home in Meadow Grove on
were united in marriage at the
commence the erection of a brick
store building 24^x80 feet on the
lots south of the Snyder lumber
office, facing west on Fourth
street.
The Frontier, June 29, 1911
A splendid rain visited this sec
tion last Sunday night and it put
the corn crop in splendid shape.
Carpenters are progressing rapid
ly with the work upon the S. J.
Weekes cottage in the eastern part
of town and it will be ready for
the plasterers in about ten days.
Potatoes are now worth $3.20 per
bushel on the local market.
Twenty Years Ago
Married, at the residence of the
bride’s parents in Chambers at
hiffh noon on Monday, June 11,
1911, Robert N. Brittel! to Miss
Marguerite Grimes, Rev. W. N. Mc
Kay, pastor of the Methodist
Church of Chambers officiating.
The Frontier, June 16 1921
Felix Sullivan came up from
Omaha Monday, to spend a few days
visiting relatives.
The members of the O’Neill Golf
Club contemplate changing the
golf grounds from their present
location in the eastern part of the
city to the Jap Ritts farm just
west of town.
Karl Keyes, of Inman, and Miss
Hazel Edwards, of Meadow Grove
Wednesday evening, June 8, at 6
o’clock.
The Frontier, June 20, 1921
Frank O'Connell, Sr., died at his
residence in this city last Monday
morning, July 27, after an illness
of several months, at the age of
74 years, 4 months and 9 days.
All warm weather records have
been broken here during the past
week. Commencing with last
Thursday the government thermo
meter registered 92, where it re_
mained for four days. Then on
Monday it went to 98; on Tuesday
it climbed still higher and register
ed 101; Wednesday it dropped two
points and registered 99.
Ten Years Ago
The Frontier, June 18, 1931
The Fourth of July celebration
advertised last week to be pulled
of in O'Neill this year has been
called off.
The blue grass harvest is in full
swing, but the crop is very light
this year.
Leo Francis Carney, of O’Neill
and Miss Margaret Kain, of O’Neill
were united in marriage at Sacred
Heart Church in Yankton S. D., at
7 o’ilock, Tuesday morning, Mon
signor Link performing the cere
mony.
George Ridgaway, aged 81 years, i
! 10 months and 23 days passed away
at his home fifteen miles northeast
of this city to day at 1 o’clock.
J. B. Ryan left Thrusday morn
ing for South Bend, Ind., to at
tend the wedding of his daughter,
Miss Loretta, to Emmet Doyle, of
Chicago.
The Frontier, June 25, 1921
Miss Hyldred Davies, daughter
of Mr. and Jllrs. George Davies of
this city, and Mark C. Fowler of
Omaha, son of Charles M. Fowler,
of Inman, were united in marriage
in the Florence Presbyterian church
in Omaha last Saturday morning.
They will make their future home
in Omaha.
J. Edmund Hancock and Miss
Mildred L. Kubichek drove to Pa
pillion, Nebraska, and were mar
ried on Saturday, May 30. They
kept their marriage a secret and it
is only the past few days that their
friends are beginning to learn the
facts.
The mercury reached 103 degrees
Tuesday afternoon; the tempera
ture reached 102 Wednesday and
today (Thursday) the government
record shows 103.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gallagher,
daughter, Donna and Betty and
St. Johns
5c
Sun., June 29
Ambrose Rohde left on Monday
morning for Minnesota, whore they '
will spend this week fishing.
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THE labor unions have made their demands
upon the railways of the United States —and
through the railways upon the PUBLIC. These
demands are vastly larger in proportion than any
they hove ever made. The economical and efficient
operation of the railways is vital to the nation’s
defense effort. Therefore, the Western Railways
present to the public the following facte:
The labor unions representing engineers, fire
men, conductors, b»r?kemen and switchmen are
demanding a 30 per cent increase in wages,
amounting to 190 million dollars a year —
although their present rates of pay ore the
highest in history.
Other unions representing a greater number
of railway employees are demanding wage
increases ranging as high as 95 per cent —
averaging 47 per cent—and amounting to 580
million dollars a year— although their present
rates of pay also are the highest iri history.
Thus the wage increases being demanded by
the labor unions amount to 770 million dollars
a year, an average increase in excess of
41 per cent.
%
In addition, certain of these labor unions have
demanded advances in their pay not included
in the above figures, and more rules for the
creation of unnecessary jobs.
The situation, then, is this: The total cost of
complying with all the demands made would
be approximately 900 million dollars a year!
Th" average weekly earnings of railway employees
arc now 15 per cent higher than in the peak year
191?, while the cost of living is 12 per cent less.
The demands of the railway labor unions are being
me ie when the entire nation has just been asked
to nake a supreme effort for National Defense.
The railways cannot meet these demands without
a creat increase in the cost of transportation. They
exceed by more than 700 million dollars the in
come that the railways had left after paying their
annual expenses, taxes and charges in 1940.
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The railways have a vitally important job before
them. They need all their resources to continue
adequately to serve you and contribute effectively
toward the National Defense Program.
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