The Frontier D. H. Cronin. Editor and Owner Entered at Postoffice at O'Neill, Nebraska, as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION One Year, in Nebraska-$2.00 One Year, Outside Nebraska 2.25 Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of subscribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at expiration of time paid for, if the publisher shall be notified; other wise the subscription remains in force at the designated subscrip tion price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract between publisher and subscriber. Display advertising is charged for on a basis of 25c an inch (one column wide) per week. Want ads 10c per line, first insertion. Subsequent insertions 5c per line THE DAYS OF LONG AGO Fifty-Five Years Ago The Frontier. August 27, 1887 Schram Bros, stock is being closed out at auction. Grant Sanders, late proprietor of the Dustin Dispatch, came down last Saturday morning and will remain in O’Neill. He will manipulate the leaden messen gers on The Frontier. The institute closed last week and the 160 teachers in attend ance departed for their homes. The Frontier, Sept 1, 1887. The cool weather seems to be pretty general throughout the western states. D. M. Roberts, of thjf Emmet Echo, was hustling abfiut^ in a business like manner on our streets Wednesday. r The rainfall last night was the heaviest ever known in* this sec tion of the country. The rain poured down in torrents for three hours steady. Water came thru the hole which is being dug in front of the First National bank building and burst open the door of the Tribune office, filling the entire room to a depth of two feet. An army of willing hands were soon at work piling up bags of sand and making a levy around the excavation and turning the water’s course. Fifty Years Ago The Frontier, August 25, 1892 During the thunder storm Sun day night the residence of James Schoolmeyer at Scottville was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The flames werd communicated from the house to the barn and that was also de stroyed. The Independent senatorial convention was held this after noon and James P. Mullen was nominated for state senator by acclimation for the position. The Republican senatorial con vention for this district was held in O’Neill last Saturday and Doc W. D. Mathews, editor of The Frontier, was nominated for state senator, receiving 16 of 21 votes in the convention. The school board on Monday night elected the following in structors for the ensuing year: E. W. Hunt, principal, Misses Howard, Carlon, Marsh, Dyke man, O'Donnell and Mr*. Shan non Died, Tuesday morning, after an illness of a year with quick consumption resulting from a se vere attack of ligripgj, Mrs. Mary McGreevey, at the age of 30 years. She is survived by her husband and four children, the yaubtfeit eric year old. . i rentier, Sept. 1, 1892 Miss Mary McGee, who has been attending school at Wayne, returned home last Saturday eve ning. Miss Kittie Dwyer, who has be?n spending her summer vaca tion visiting relatives in O’Neill, returned this morning to St. Jos eph, Mo. Little Ethel Adams ac companied her and wilj attend the same school. Mrs. Dave Ad ams joined the company as chap erone. Ed Graham and Miss Mary Heenan were married this morn ing in the Catholic church by Rev. M. F. Cassidy. They are both well and favorably known to the residents here. Forty Years Ago The Frontier, August 28, 1902 Charles Wrede was in from the north Monday and said the rain Sunday night was the heaviest for years in his neighborhood. The bridges on the Redbird near his place were washed out. Wednesday was pay day for the steel gang and laborers employ ed on the Elkhorn road here and after supper that evening the pay master paid $3,300 to 137 men. ;Ed Alberts, who has been play ing ball with the Wausa team in the Northeast Nebrska League the past three months, returned home last night, the team having disbanded as the league schedule was completed. The Frontier, Sept. 4, 1902 At the republican senatorial convention held in this city last Saturday, Arthur M. Bartlett of Garfield was nominated as the i-;-1 A dim# out of every dollar we earn IS OUR QUOTA for VICTORY with U.S. WAR BONDS I . . . ——| - " ■" republican candidate for senator from this district. A. B. Newell has disposed of his real estate business to F. J. Dishner of Columbus, who has been here in Mr. Newell’s office since July 1. Married, at the Catholic churcb Wednesday morning at 6 o’clock, Adelbert Baker and Miss Agnes Gallagher, Rev. M. F. Cassidy of ficiating. Twenty Years Ago The Frontier, August 29, 1912 Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Cowperth waite, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stanley and Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Tinkum of Alliance, left last Thursday for a weeks fishing trip at Pony Lake, in the southeastern part of Rock county. Rev. W. J. O’Sullivan, who has been the assistant pastor at St. Patrick’s church here for the past four years, has been notified that he has been transferred to Jack son, as acting pastor, and will leave for his new parish next week. A telegram was received in this city last Thursday announcing the death in Cardova, Alaska, on Tuesday evening, August 20, of Mrs. G. C. Hazelet. The remains will be brought to O’Neill for in terment, leaving Alaska about September 1, as soon as her sons, Calvin and Craig, who were in the interior of Alaska, could re turn home. A little daughter was bom to Mrs. Hazelet on Satur day, August 7, notice of which has been received by relatives here since the news of her death was received. The Frontier, Sept. 5, 1912 D. A. Criss of Dallas, S. D., ar rived in the city last Saturday and has taken the position of agent for the Northwestern rail road in this city. One of the largest real estate deals ever made in Holt county was transacted last week when F. M. Weidner, of the Elkhorn Ditch Company, sold the real es tate holdings of the company, comprising 10,000 acres, to Thom as Campbell of Colorado Springs, Colo. The largest amount of this land is located south of this city and is as good hay land as there is in the state. Twenty Years Ago The Frontier, August 24, 1922 The village of Stuart voted Monday of last week upon the proposition of issuing bonds for the purpose of installing a mu nicipal light plant. The bonds carried 177 to 48. P. C. Donohoe has resigned the position of traveling salesman for Primrose cream separators for the International Harvester Com pany and will devote his entire time to the writing of Common wealth Life Insurance. Mrs. Thomas Regan and son, of Omaha, are visiting with her fa ther, Thomas Donlin, who came over from his ranch at Fort Ran dall Saturday. Work is progressing nicely on the upper story addition to the Odd Fellows’ building, which will be used for a lodge room. The rooms are now ready for the plasterers. Chicken thieves are becoming unusually active in this locality. Fred Vitt’s poultry yards ware raided last week and Frdd now — —-a mourns the loss of 300 frys and a few old hens. The work seems to have been done by local talent. The Frontier, Sept. 7, 1922 Will Stannard and sister, Mrs. Max James, of Bakersfield, Cal., accompanied by Miss Kathleen Stannard, of Denver, arrived here Sunday for a two weeks vacation with the home folks. Helen Biglin started teaching in the Emmet school Monday. A number of friends gathered at the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Bowen on Wednesday evening and gave them a “house warming." Miss DeMaris Stout left this morning to attend her second year at the state university. Ten Years Ago The Frontier, August 25, 1932 John Moler, one of the pioneer residents of the county, died Wednesday, August 24, at 7 o’clock in the evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Grutsch, 14 miles northwest of O’Neill, of infirmities due to old age, at the age of 81 years, elev | en months and twenty days. He had been a resident of the county for about 50 years. Mrs. Lola Eva Spindler died at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. Cunningham, in this city Mon day morning, after an illness of two years, of cancer, at the age of 57 years. She is survived by her husband and two daughters. Pat Harty, Leo Carney and Ira Moss went to Norfolk Monday afternoon to put in a few days with the boys in attendance at the American Legion convention. The Frontier, Sept. 1, 1932 Clarence Stannard of Bakers field, Cal., came home last Satur day night for a month’s visit with home folks. A. W. Scattergood, a prominent lawyer of Ainsworth, killed him self in his home there this morn ing about 9 o’clock. He was well and favorably known in this city. BRIEFLY STATED Ben Gillespie was in Norfolk on business Tuesday. Miss Eileen Robertson spent Friday at St. Paul visiting friends. Mrs. Norman Kirschmann spent Monday and Tuesday in Grand Island. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith and son spent Sunday at Nelson vis iting friends. Mrs. Webb Kellogg of Sioux City spent Sunday here visiting among friends. The Catholic Daughters had a business meeting at the Golden Hotel Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Bartley Brennan spent Saturday and Sunday in Norfolk visiting friends. Mrs. Rockwell of Kearney came Sunday to visit her daughter, Mrs. H. Remy, and family. Mrs. Ed Steenbeck of Laurel Jimmy Biglin returned Monday to Hastings, after spending a week visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Biglin and family and other rel atives. Mrs. Harry Bright of Orchard and grandson, Archie Bright of O’Neill, spent Saturday in Wayne. 1 was a guest Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walling. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Streeter spent Sunday in Brunswick visit ing his mother, Mrs. P. Streeter. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Semlak of , Norfolk spent today visiting with ] her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom ! Enright. j Sidney Goodfellow has been transferred from the Farm Se curity Association office here to North Platte and he and hie fam ily, who have made their home i here for the past two years, left 1 Mdnday for their new borne, - Food for Freedom YOU’LL, hear more and more about the government's "Food for Freedom" pro gram as the war progresses. It is a plan for assuring ample supplies of food to meet the needs of America and its allies in the war, and a large part of the world after the war. It is an undertaking of tremendous propor tions, a challenge to American agriculture, and an opportunity of service for America’s banks. Later in this series we will discuss this program and deal specifically with the ways that banks are heloing make it a success. O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK O’NEILL, NEBRASKA Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Notice DR. A. E. GADBOIS Eye, Ear, and Nose Special ist, will make his regular visit at Dr. Carter's office in O'NEILL Friday, Sept. 11th Glasses Fitted Miss Helen Toy visited friends! in Norfolk last Thursday and Fri day. f Mr. and Mrs. George Robertson were in Niobrara on business Wednesday. Jerry Toy, Tony Toy, Jr., and Keith Vincent spent last Thurs day and Friday in Lincoln. David Kinsman of Columbus came today to spend a few days visiting relatives and friends. Miss Helen Toy will leave Sun day for Chadron where she will teach in the Chadron City schools. Did you hear? Another Busi ness Girl’s dinner at the Presby terian church soon. Watch paper for the date. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. McKim and family moved Sunday to the Guy Beckwith residence on West Douglas street. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fageri and family spent Sunday at Crofton visiting Mr. Fager’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fager. L. C. Eggert will again repair your vacuum cleaner in your home. Free inspection. Call the Coyne Hardware, Phone 21. 17 Mrs. Steve Wiatrowski and son, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, came Sun day to spend a month at the home of her sister, Mrs. Paul Beha and family. Mrs. Joe Hamilton and children of Webster City, Iowa, spent from Friday until Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brittell. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Dempsey, of Omaha, .spent Saturday and Sunday here visiting Mr. Demp sey’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dempsey. Miss Delma Cammon of Naper is a new assistant at the Elite cafe. Miss Iona Bacon of Atkin son accepted employment at the Elite a week ago. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Findley and son, of Tilden, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Sauers. Miss Ava Jones returned Tues I day from North Platte, where she visited relatives for several ' weeks. Mrs. Anton Toy entertained a group of ladies at a pinochle party at her home Wednesday af ternoon. High score was won by Mrs. Nora Knapp. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rich and children of Omaha were guests from Sunday until Tuesday at at the home of Mrs. Rich’s sister, Mrs. Frank Suchy and family. Miss Margaret Shearer, who was enroute from Los Angeles, Cal., to Stuart to visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Shearer a*nd family for a couple of weeks, was a guest Monday night of Miss Mary Jardee. Miss Janet Lodwig of Bassett was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Carpey from Tues day until today. Mr. and Mrs. Darel Baker re turned Wednesday from Casper, Wyoming, where they had attend ed the funeral of Mr. Baker’s father. Mrs. M. Welsh and daughter, Mrs. K. P. Hoffman and children took their daughter and sister,' Miss Marte Welsh, to Niobrara Saturday, where she is going to teach the Seventh and Eighth grades ih the Niobrara Public school. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Halva took their daughter, Margaret, to Lin coln la^t Sunday, where she will lake a iWse training course at St. Elizabeth’s hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Halva returned home Mon day. Mrs1 Frank Froelich and daugh ters, of Chambers, have rented the apartment in the Scott building, formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Yarnall and are moving here today, where they will make their home during the school year. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Conway, Mrs. Blanche Brown and James Maloney of Pender visited from last Thursday until Sunday at the homes of J W. Hickey and family and P. V. Hickey and family. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sundell and family, of Wakefield, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Robdrtson and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robertson and son, Warren, of O’Neill, were Sun day dinner guests at the home of j Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ernst. 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