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THE DAYsToF
LONG AGO
Sixty Years Ago
Holt Co. Banner. April 3, 1883.
At the village election held to
day C. C. Millard. G. M. Cleve
land, M. W. Flannigan, Ed Her
shiser and W. D. Mathews were
elected trustees.
Keystone corn planters for sale
by Frank Campbell at $33.
Hurrah! A regular passenger is!
to be put on the S. C. & P. The
boys at the station inform us that j
a regular passenger train to be
caled the “Cannon Ball” will be
put on the road between this and
the 10th inst. It will run from
Missouri Valley to Long Pine,
and from the latter place to Val
entine a mixed train will be run.
O’Neill is having a genuine
boom for the first time in its his
tory. Heretofore the growth of
our town has been steady, buti
not rapid; but this season bids
fair to surpass by far anything
we have before witnessed. We
are to have the following im
provements for a certainty: A
fine new creamery, a new Pres
byterian church, another hard-.
ware store and several other bus
iness houses, and we are almost
sure of a grist mill. The outlook |
for O’Neill is very flattering.
Holt Co. Banner, April 10, 1883. |
An April blizzard this morning, i
A. Martin of Boone countv, I
Iowa, has located about eight
miles northeast of O’Neill and
will move his family out during
the summer.
Market report: Wheat 88c and
$1.00, rye 50c, oats 25c potatoes
40c, onions 25c, butter 10c, eggs
10c. flour $2.75 and $3.60.
Holt Co. Banner, April 24, 1883.
Friday and Saturday were
rather windy—just “the least lit
tle bit in the world," you know.
O. J. Ellis was appointed vil
lage marshal at a meeting of the
board Monday night, April 16.
Monday morning ushered in a
young April blizzard, which,
though very disagreeable, was not
severe and of short duration. All
forenoon it snowed continuously,
but after dinner it cleared up, the
sun shone at intervals, and before
night what snow had fallen had
almost entirely disappeared.
Mrs. Peter Stafford, wife of the
section foreman at this place,
died at their home near the depot
on Sunday morning at 1 o’clock.
Her remains were taken to In
dependence, Iowa, Monday morn
ing for burial.
Fifty-Five Years Ago
The Frontier, April 5, 1888.
The village election Tuesday re
sulted in the selection of Neil
Brennan, J. J. McCafferty, A U.
Morris, D. L. Darr and E. F. Gal
lagher as trustees.
Tuesday Mr. Potter retired from
the management of the Potter
House and Ed Evans, the former
Sroprietor, again took possession.
fr. Potter will live on his ranch
southwest of town.
The Frontier, April 12, 1888.
Monday evening our city was
suddenly thrown into a state of |
intense excitement and enthusi
asm by the announcement that the
Niobrara land office had been or
dered removed to O’Neill. A tele
gram received by Mr. Fahy from
Chicago saying reliable reports
had reacmed there from Washing-j
ton to the effect that the office
had been ordered removed. This
is what the citizens of the town
have long and patiently waited
for. The glad news was the cause
of universal rejoicing and appro
priate demonstrations, the band
boys heralding the glad tidings
through their silver trumpets and
the glary blaze of a large bonfire
throwing light on the subject.
The sad news was received
Monday evening that Mrs. Fahy
died that morning at Chicago,
where she had been for some time
under medical treatment. The re
mains were taken to Wisconsin
for interment.
J. W. Chisholm, late proprietor
of the Metropolitan, has rented
Judge Gillespie’s building west of
the court house and will run a
hotel It will be called the Winsor
House.
Ernest Weekes and Miss Nellie
Beebe were united in marriage at
the residence of the bride’s par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. George Beebe,
on Saturday evening, April 7, at
nine o’clock.
Patrick Murphy and MisS Mary
Gallagher were married at the
Catholic church in O’Neill this
morning at 8 o’clock, Rev. Father
Mugan officiating.
The democrats met at the court
house Saturday and elected the
following delegates to the state
convention: C. J. Schram. M. D.
Long, O. F. Biglin. John Harmon,
James Killoran, II. W Dudley,
Charles Wrede, J. C. Ecker, S.
M. Leslie, E. J. Leffler and G. T.
Bastedo.
The Frontier, April 19, 1888.
John Hazelet, brother of G. C.,
arrived in O’Neill from Guthrie
Center, Iowa, Saturday evening.
He expects to make his home
here.
R. B. Ryan, the manager of the
O’Neill Grocery Co., wholesale
and retailers, has commenced op
ening up his goods and will be
ready for business the end of this
week. He is located in the old
Haggerty building on the corner.
The Chicago Lumber Company
is preparing to remove their yard
and office around on Fourth
street, with the office on the al
ley lot just north of the alley in
the half block north of Hag
gerty’s corner.
We are called upon this week
to chronicle the death of Mrs.
Ada Inman, which occurred at
her home Monday morning, April
16, at four o’clock. Mrs. Inman
was the widow of William Inman,
one of the first settlers of the
county and quite a prominent
personage in the early history of
the county. Her husband passed
away in the fall of 1881.
Fifty Years Ago
The Frontier, April 6, 1893.
At the city election last Tues
day R. R. Dickson was elected
mayor; N. Martin, city clerk: Dav
id Adams, city treasurer; E. H.
Benedict, police judge. Members
of the council elected: B. A. De
Yarman, first ward: Fred Gatz.
second ward; S. M. Wagers, third
ward.
The Frontier, April 13, 1893.
Married, Tuesday morning, at
the Catholic church in O’Neill,
Rev. M. F. Cassidy officiating,
Dennis Murphy to Miss Nellie
Dixon.
Tuesday evening a cyclone pas
sed through the southern part of
this county. The first report of I
the storm heard in O’Neill came
from Page, they having telephon
ed to this city for a physician.
Shortly afterwards a telegram
was received from Inman asking
that a physician be sent there as
there were some people injured
by a cyclone which had passed
through there about 3:40 that af
ternoon. The storm struck Page
about 4 o’clock in the afternoon,
coming from the southwest, and
w'as about 50 rods wide, although
the space of the storm where the
most damage was done was about
50 feet wide. In Page there were
three houses destroyed, five barns,
a feed mill, which set alongside
the railroad track, six box cars
belonging to the Short Line, and
the new creamery which had just
commenced business a few days
ago, was twisted all out of shape.
The house of Mr. Wagers, a
brother of Sam Wagers of O’Neill,
was destroyed. Mrs. Wagers and
two children were in the house
at the time and were slightly in
jured. Robert Grey’s house was
moved about 30 feet. His stable,
in which his horses was tied, was
picked up and carried away and
the horses uninjured. Several
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other minor buildings in Page
were more or less damaged. The
damage to property there is esti
mated at $4,000. Southeast of In
man the wind also did some dam
age. About five miles from Inman
there resides a colored man by
the name of Hill. He was in the
house at the time of the storm
and it picked up the house with
him inside and bore them away.
Shortly after the storm had pas
sed some neighbors found nim
about 20 rods from where the
house had stood. His left leg was
broken abotfe the knee, his right
foot smashed, and he was other
wise badly bruised. As he is about
70 years of age it is doubted if he
will recover. The Thompson and
Sunnyville school houses near
Stafford were destroyed. There
was school in both these build
ings at the time and the children
escaped, there being but two or
three that received slight scratch
es. The buildings were complete
ly demolished and boards from
them were carried a mile or more.
The houses, barns and sheds of
Miner Riley were also destroyed,
as were also the buildings of Dan
O’Donnell. In the Chambers coun
try the houses and buildings of
Dudley and Eli Lewis were com
pletely destroyed, and carried
away, as was also the LaRue
school house.
The Frontier, April 20, 1893.
Died, at his residence in this
city, Wednesday afternoon at 3
o’clock, of bronchitis, George W.
Jones, aged 45 years and five
months. He is survived by his
wife and eleven children.
The Frontier, April 27, 1893.
Married, at the Catholic church
last Sunday at 4 o’clock, William
T. Hayes to Mary A. Joice, Rev.
i M. F. Cassidy officiating.
Forty Years Ago
The Frontier, April 2, 1903.
W. F. Grothe of Emmet was a
caller Wednesday, renewing his
subscription and furnished the
editor a good cigar on a son, and
heir which arrived at their home
last week.
Pat McGinnis left for Cody,
Wyo., Monday morning, where
he expects to make his future
home.
The Frontier. April 9, 1903.
The hardware firm of Peeler
& McManus dissolved last week,
Mr. Peeler retiring, his interest
being purchased by his partner,
John McManus, who will conduct
the business henceforth.
A very warm city election clos
ed last Tuesday evening and a
canvass of the votes disclosed
the following elected: Mayor, J.
S. Harrington; City Clerk, Clar
ence Campbell; Treasurer, Ber
nard McGreevy; Police Judge, O.
E. Davidson. Councilmen: First
Ward, E. H. Whelan; Second
Ward, J. F. Gallagher; Third
Ward, Emil Sniggs and Henry
Zimmerman.
The Frontier, April 16, 1903.
A very pretty wedding took
place last Thursday evening at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Maring in Emmet township, when
Miss Stella Maring and Alexis
Ashton were united in the holy
bonds of wedlock, Rev. A. M.
Washburn officiating.
The Frontier, April 23. 1903.
Last Thursday J. J. King dis
posed of his residence property
in the western part of the city to
A. J. Hammond. Mr. King ex
pects to leave for the west coast
about May 15.
Mrs. Ben DeYarman and child
ren left Tuesday morning for Van
couver, Wash., where they expect
to make their future home.
Romaine Saunders, who left
here last June for Oakland, Cal.,
will return to O’Neill about May
15 and will resume his old posit
ion as associate editor of The
Frontier.
Mrs. Adelia Wagers, wife of
S. M. Wagers, died at her home
in this city Tuesday morning at
7:30 of heart failure, after a short
illness, aged 63 years, and 10
months.
Charles Carroll of Carrolton
Council Knights of Columbus was
organized in this city last Sunday.
A delegation of fifty Knights
came up from Sioux City for the
event and eighty Knights came
up from Omaha. The Omaha
Knights had charge of the organi
zation of the local Council and the
initiation of the candidates of
whom there were seventy-eight.
A banquet was served the visiting
Knights as well as the members
of the newly organized Council.
More than 200 persons were
served at the banquet. Officers
elected by the members of the
new Council for the coming year,
were: Arthur F. Mullen, grand
knight; James A. Donohoe, deputy
grand knight; Owen F. Biglin,
chancellor; Clarence C. Camp
bell, recorder; Michael R. Sulli
van, financial secretary; Patrick
J. O’Donnell, treasurer; Edward
H. Whelan, lecturer; Michael F.
Harrington, advocate; Frank J.
Dishner, warden; T. J. Coyne,
inside guard; Theodore Pieken
brock, outside guard; Rev. M. F.
Cassidy, chaplain; James F. O’
Donnell, Timothy Hanley and
Andrew Morrisey, tustees.
Thirty Years Ago
The Frontier, April 10, 1913.
W. J. Robinson and John Green
were up from Bliss Monday as
witnesses for Romaine Saunders
in making final proof.
The Frontier, April 17, 1913.
Mrs. Prussia Coykendall died at
her home in this city Monday,
April 14, at the age of 80 years,
4 months and 11 days.
Lee Downey and Blanche
Cherry were married this morn
ing at the home of the bride’s
parents at Page, Rev. Murten
officiating. They will make their
home at Royal, where the gr<?om
is station agent for the Burling
ton.
The Frontier, April 24, 1913.
The board of education last
Wednesday morning awarded a
contract for the construction of
the new school house to the Mid
West Construction company of
Lincoln, the contract price being
$41,171. The contract for the
plumbing and heating was award
ed to the J. J. Hannighan Co., of
Omaha for $8,565. The building
is to be completed and ready for
occupancy by November 1, 1913.
Wednesday morning the Lib
rary Board awarded the contract
for the construction of the new
library building to the Mid-West
Construction company, of Lincoln,
for $9,850. The contract price in
cludes plumbing and heating.
Twenty Years Ago
The Frontier, April 5, 1923.
T. W. Crawford ofLynch, one of
the early settlers of Holt county, >
died at the home of his son, Hallie,
near Paddock Friday. A stroke!
of apoplexy caused his death. ;
William Egger. son of Peter
Egger, and Florence McClelland, j
daughter of Donald McClelland,
were united in the holy bonds of
matrimony by Rev. James E.
Jones of Neligh on Thursday,
March 29.
The Frontier. April 12, 1903
Miss Mary Catherine Markey
(Continued on page Eight)
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