St. Edward: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Edward%2C_Nebraska (of Boone county) St. Edward: https://stedwardne.com/ St. Edward: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/37509558 Boone County: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boone_County,_Nebraska Boone County: http://www.co.boone.ne.us/ Boone County: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1425456 Neligh: https://www.neligh.org/ Neligh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neligh%2C_Nebraska (Antelope County seat) Neligh: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/169735 Antelope County: Antelope County: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antelope_County,_Nebraska Antelope County: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1425434 O'Neill: http://www.cityofoneillnebraska.com/ (Holt county seat) O'Neill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill,_Nebraska O'Neill: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/169503 Holt County: http://www.co.holt.ne.us/ Holt County: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holt_County,_Nebraska Beatrice: https://www.beatrice.ne.gov/ Beatrice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice,_Nebraska (of Gage county) Beatrice: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/169472 Beatrice: https://www.beatrice.ne.gov/library search other newspapers in PA: https://panewsarchive.psu.edu/ images: https://imgur.com/a/YguD7dl https://ibb.co/album/Kjb9vn https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/GYSC-XYR https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=43-146.17&print=true https://dhhs.ne.gov/Pages/Adoption.aspx (402) 219-1952 https://holtcounty.nebraska.gov/about/county-clerk ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Red Cloud Chief location: Red Cloud, Nebraska 68970 date of article: Friday, July 24, 1885 issue: volume 12, number 54 page: page 5 column: 3 & 5 source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn84022835/1885-07-24/ed-1/seq-5/#words=Ed+Ferris source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/76456967 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn84022835/ about: http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn84022835/issues EVENTS OF THE WEEK. ------- ... Ed Ferris, the barrister, writes city clerk after his name. ... -------------- "The City of Red Cloud."-For the last two years the press of Red Cloud and the people generally have been agitating the question of organizing the village of Red Cloud into a city of the second class. It would have been done long ago, but for the fact that the law was lame in regard to the proper mode to pursue in regard to the matter. But finally the difficulty was overcome, and by advice of City Attorney Rickards the organization was completed on last Thursday night. July 16, at the regular meeting of the council. Under the old regime the powers of the city officers for making internal improvements was abridged, and consequently could not proceed to the extent that our growing city demanded hence the new organization. The Chief is pleased to see that our board of trustees have the advancement of the city at heart, and with the aid of the citizens there it no reason why there should not ae an unprecedented era of prosperity in the future. Let push and enterprise be the watchword. New railroads, new bridges, new stores, manufactories, etc. are what are needed, and having the best location in the valley there is no reason why we should not be a great city in the future Let the business men and citizens unite for the advancement aud growth of our city and business interests. The city officers under thc new reign are: Mayor--R L Tinker. Alderman, 1st Ward--S. W. Coon and J. L. Miner. Alderman, 2nd Ward--A. T. Ormeby and T. J. Mosher. Clerk--Ed. Ferris. Attorney--J. N. Rickards. Marchall and Street Commissioner.--H. A. Watsan. ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Atkinson Graphic location: 207 E. Main St Atkinson, Nebraska 68713 date of article: Thursday, November 26, 1896 issue: volume 15, number 16 page: 2 column: 4 about: https://www.loc.gov/item/2023201368/ source: https://atkinsonne.advantage-preservation.com/ source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/670024800/ ... -------------------- GEORGE W. FERRIS DYING. ------- The inventor and Builder of the Famous Wheel Incurably Sick. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 23.--George W. Ferris, who originated and built the great Ferris sheel at the World's fair, is lying at the Mercy hospital in this city with a disease fo the liver and his death is expected at any moment. -------------------- ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Atkinson Plain Dealer location: Atkinson, Nebraska 68713 date of article: Wednesday, December 2, 1896 issue: volume 4, number 16 page: 6 column: 4 about: https://www.loc.gov/item/sn94055430/ about: https://www.loc.gov/item/2023201367/ source: https://atkinsonne.advantage-preservation.com/search?st=1847&co=1823&t=31750&i=t&by=1896&bdd=1890&d=01/01/1882-12/31/2022&bcn=1 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/670165328/ ... -------------------- Geo. W. Ferris Dead. George W. Ferris, who conceived and built the world-famous Ferris wheel, died at Pittsburg, Pa., of typhoid fever. His illness had been brief and it was only Friday that he was taken to the hospital. The attending physicians say that his system was greatly run down by overwork. George Ferris was born at Galesburg, Ill., February 14, 185?. He had been in the structural iron business nearly all his life, having in 1887, established the firm of G. W. Ferris & Co., of Pittsburg, which concern still exists. It was in 1892 that Mr. Ferris conceived the idea of the wonderful wheel that has attracted the attention of all the people of the world and which will go down in history as one of the greatest wonders of the century. -------------------- ... [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Gale_Ferris_Jr. ] ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Inman News location: Inman, Nebraska date of article: Tuesday, August 17, 1897 issue: volume 5, number 43 page: 2 column: 4 about: https://www.loc.gov/item/sn94056418/ source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/707738291/ ... -------------------- Schlatter to Wed. A marriage license was granted at Canton, Ohio, recently to Divine Healer Francis Schlatter and Mrs. Margaret Ferris. The woman named is the widow of George W. Ferris, who invented the wheel bearing his name. She is a resident of Canton and has been there ever since the death of her husband. -------------------- ... [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Schlatter ? ] ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Atkinson Plain Dealer And GRAPHIC--Consolidated. location: Atkinson, Nebraska 68713 date of article: Wednesday, September 22, 1897 issue: volume 4, number 16 page: 5 column: 3 about: https://www.loc.gov/item/sn94055430/ about: https://www.loc.gov/item/2023201367/ source: https://atkinsonne.advantage-preservation.com/search?st=1847&co=1823&t=31750&i=t&by=1897&bdd=1890&d=01/01/1882-12/31/2022&bcn=1 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/670028067/ ... -------------------- The widow of Ferris, the inventor of the great Ferris wheel, is repoarted to have married a "healer." Mr. Ferris is not able to turn over in his wheel, but it is possible that he'd kick the end out of his coffin if he knew that his widow's broken heart had been so speedily "healed" by a travling faker. -------------------- ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Red Cloud Chief location: Red Cloud, Nebraska 68970 date of article: Friday, October 27, 1905 issue: volume 33, number 43 page: page 8 column: 1 & 2 source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn84022835/1905-10-27/ed-1/seq-8/#words=Ed+Ferris source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/73762636 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn84022835/ about: http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/lccn/sn84022835/issues ____________________________ | | | TWENTY YEARS AGO | | ========================== | | Items of News Found in The | | Chief of Twenty Years Ago | | This Week & & & | |____________________________| ... Ed Ferris, who lately put up a law shingle at Ellwood, is progressing finely and is becomeing a successful wrestler of Blackstone ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: Beatrice Daily Sun location: 110 S. 6th Street Beatrice, Nebraska 68310 phone number: unknown website: https://beatricedailysun.com/ date of article: Saturday, July 08, 1905 issue: volume 4, number 1 page: page 4 source: https://newspapers.com/image/507012214 (Publisher Extra required) about: https://www.loc.gov/item/sn94056485/ note: fiction? A CHANGE OF PARTNERS ---------- [Original.] One summer evening a rowboat containing two young men and two young women was drifting idly on the Allegheny river above the city of Pittsburg. They were two pairs of lovers, John Baron and Lillie Beck, Bartle Farr and Margaret Ferris. If any one would have told them that within a very short time there would be a transposition among them as fiances they would not have believed it. Nevertheless such a change came to pass. John Baron was one of those phlegmatic, taciturn, undemonstrative fellows who usually choose their opposites, and ?? Lillie Beck he found, exactly the girl to attract him. Bartle Farr was a gay, devil may care young man, who found in Margaret Ferris those steady qualities that a man of his character seemed to need. Everybody said that both couples would make an admirable match. It was in a the days when Nitroglycerin was supplied from above Pittsburg on the Allegheny to the oil fields in Pennsylvania, floated down in the stiletto-like boats some thirt feet long by four feet wide. Each boat carried enough nitroglycerin to blow anything it struck to the clouds. It was run by two men, who had strict orders to lie up at nightfall. In the daytime they could be seen far eough ahead to enable such craft as they came across to get out of the way, and , since they did not run at night, there was no necessity for accident. The party in the skiff had pulled far up the river during the afternoon, intending to drift down leisurely with the current in the twilight. Bartle Farr, who never took thought for the future, inststed on rowing up much farther that was intended. Margaret Ferris had endeavored to check his enthusiasm, but on this occasion was unequal to the task, or, rather, she permitted him to have his way, only warning him that in case they were caught out on the river in the dark and anything happened she would hold him responsible. Twilight was fading into night, and they were still several miles above the city drifting down with the current. Margaret proposed that the men should take to the oars and was seconded by Baron. Whereupon Farr declared that they were having the best part of their excursion and as for himself he proposed to enjoy it. Baron took a pair of oars and began to row. At this Farr made a curt remark about his timidity at being out after dark without a protector. Baron made no reply, but kept on pulling. When the night settled down upon them Farr and Miss Ferris were in the bow, Farr with his back between the two gunwales, Miss Ferris sitting on the foremost seat, facing him. Miss Beck was at the tiller, Baron on the "stroke" seat rowing. Suddenly something black on the river appeared within a few yards of them, and a voice shouted, "Get out of the way for your lives!" and two splashes followed as of persons jumping into the water. In another moment John Baron recognized the dim outline of a nitroglycerin boat coming straight for the skiff. At the moment Farr, who had risen to see what was coming, recognized the danger. He plunged into the water and dived to avert the coming explosion. Baron, putting all his strength into one supreme effort, gave two strokes with the port oar, and before he could give a third the nose of the nitroglycerin boat rubbed the stern of the skiff. For a few seconds the side of the explosive craft slid along the stern of the skiff, then the danger had passed. Baron took in the situation at once. The men on the boat had been running her too late into the night, and on coming upon the skiff, after shouting a warning, had jumped overboard. The situation after the danger had passed was this: Farr was swimming for the skiff, Miss Beck was lying in the a faint in the stern. Baron was resting on his oars, while Miss Ferris was sitting quietly on the forward seat. Her checks flamed at the cowardice of her lover, who had left her to die while he saved himself. Baron knew that the nitroglycerin boat being without guidance would go on down the river, liable at any moment to cause great loss of life and property. He was a good swimmer and resolved to catch it. Plunging into the water, be swam lustily, gaining on it all the while till at last he caught it. Pulling himself upon the deck, he seized a rope fixed to the bow, tied the line around body, and, plunging again into the water, swam for the shore. In this he ran a fearful risk. A rock or a root of a tree if struck would blow up the boat and him with it. Landing on a point, he allowed the boat to swing downstream with the current, then fastened his rope to a stump. The next morning John Baron's feat was konwn in Pittsburg and Allegheny, and he became a hero. As for the two men who deserted the boat neither ever showed his face in that region again. The day after the party reached home Miss Ferris wrote Farr a note breaking their engagement. Baron ??? noticed his fiance's collapse and that Miss Ferris retained her equanimity. From that moment he showed the latter a preference, which resulted in the breaking of his engagement, and he afterward became engaged to Miss Ferris. Bartle Farr, when he found that that he had lost Miss Ferris, wither to show that he was not inconsolable or from sheer desperation, took up with the neglected Miss Beck. She was not a strong character. Farr made love desperately and won her. He derived some satisfaction in making the other two believe that he was just as well satisfied as if the exchange had not occurred. WINIFRED ROBERTS. ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: Beatrice Daily Express location: Beatrice, Nebraska 68310 date of article: Monday, December 05, 1910 issue: 26th year, number 59 page: front page column: 6 source: https://newspapers.com/image/507364921 ... -------------- CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Reynoldville, Pa., Dec. 5.---Robert and Charles Ferris, nine and five years old, were burned to death and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Caesar Ferris, probably fatally injured, and the only other members of the family, Maude, eleven years old and a bay, were badly hurt in a fire which destroyed the Ferris home early today. The family was asleep on the second floor when Robert was awakened by the flames at 4 o'clock this morning. The only stairway in the house was afire. The father and mother were injured in jumping through w window, with Maude and the bay. The two lads, bewildered with the flames already leaping around the window, turned to look for another exit when the house collapsed. Their bodies were found in the ruins tonight. A gas stove left burning is supposed to have set the woodwork on fire. ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal location: Norfolk, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, November 24, 1911 issue: unknown page: page 8 column: 4 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn95070058/ about: https://www.loc.gov/item/sn95070058/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn95070058/1911-11-24/ed-1/seq-8/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/87753021 (First Edition) source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/728732032 (Main Edition) ... ---------------- SOUTH DAKOTA AT A GLANCE. ------- ... Robert Ferris was chosen president of the Yankton Commercial association at the annual election of officers. The board will soon take up the matter of a new hospital building on Mt. Marty. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ [ Margaret Ferris appears in the 1930 US Census, residing in ] [ Nebraska Industrial Home, Milford, NE ] ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: Beatrice Daily Sun location: 110 S. 6th Street Beatrice, Nebraska 68310 phone number: unknown website: https://beatricedailysun.com/ date of article: Friday, October 30, 1931 issue: volume 30, number 97 page: page 8 column: 4 source: https://newspapers.com/image/506652142 (Publisher Extra required) about: https://www.loc.gov/item/sn94056485/ -County Notes- ... Filley ... Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ferris and family and Henry Ferris of Nealsville, Minn., came Friday to visit their brother, Bill Ferris and family. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: Neligh News location: Neligh, Nebraska 68756 date: Thursday, December 14, 1933 issue: volume 18, number 15 page: 3 column: 5 source: https://newspapers.com/image/729632509 Willowdale ... Robert Ferris and Miss Margaret Shoemaker, of O'Neill, were married December 2 in Neligh, returning to O'Neill that night. The bridegroom is the sixth son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ferris and formerly lived in this vicinity. ... [ see also https://memories.ne.gov/cdm/search/collection/achs ] ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, January 31, 1935 issue: volume 60, number 37 page: front page column: 4 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1935-01-31/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738784743 Hospital Notes ... Mrs. Robert Ferris, of Middle Branch was brot in Tuesday night in a critical condition. She gave birth to a son, still born, Wednesday morning at 10 a. m. --------------- ... [ note: "brot" is how it appears in the original article. ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Branch_Verdigre_Creek ? ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdigre,_Nebraska in Knox County ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Branch_Eagle_Creek ? ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson,_Nebraska in Holt County ] ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, February 07, 1935 issue: volume 60, number 38 page: front page column: 6 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1935-02-07/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738784791 Hospital Notes Mrs. Robert Ferris went home Monday, Feb. 4, feeling fine. ... --------------- ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Atkinson Graphic location: 207 E. Main St Atkinson, Nebraska 68713 date of article: Friday, June 25, 1937 issue: volume 56, number 26 page: front page column: 4 about: https://www.loc.gov/item/2023201368/ source: https://atkinsonne.advantage-preservation.com/search?st=1847&co=1823&t=31740&i=t&by=1937&bdd=1930&d=01/01/1882-12/31/2022&bcn=1&m=between source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/670410452/ ... -------------------- SHORT ILLNESS FATAL TO PETER FERRIS, 68 ------- Lived in Atkinson Past Year; Funeral to Be Held at Ferris Home Today ------- Peter Ferris, 68, died at his home in the northwest part of Atkinson at 12 o'clock Tuesday night following a short illness. He became ill downtown that eveing and was taken home by friends. He and his wife moved here from O'Neill about a year ago and he had been employed at road work in this vicinity. The funeral service will be held at the Ferris home this afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Rev. Mr Ohmart officiating. -------------------- ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, July 29, 1937 issue: volume 58, number 11 page: page 1, front page column: 2 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1937-07-29/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738791323 ... ------------------- Ferris Sentenced To 3 Years In Penitentiary For Attempted Assault Robert Ferris, aged about 21, was before the district court last Friday, charged with having on the evening of July 21, violently, unlawfully and feloniously make an asault with the intent to commit rape upon the person of a young O'Neill girl. He plead guilty to the charge and was sentenced by Judge Dickson to three years in the state penitentiary. He was taken to Lincoln Saturday morning by Deputy Sheriff Bergstrom. The attempted assault took place near the public library, about 11 o'clock Wednesday night, July 21. He grabbed the girl, badly tearing her clothes but she put up such a fight and screamed for help and Ferris got scared and ran away. The young girl recognized her assailant and Chief of Police Calkins was notified and he had the attempted ravisher in custody and in the city jail within an hour after the attempted assault. Friday morning he was confronted with the mayor and police officers and he admitted the attempt to assault and signed a confession to that effect in the peresnce of Mayor Kersenbrock, Police Judge Bay and Policeman Lewis. He was then taken before the County Attorney where he again admitted his guilt and was then taken before the district court where he plead guilty and was promptly sentenced. The local police are entiled to credit for handling this case so efficiently. For several months women and young girls have been chased on the streets of the city, during the evening hours, and the punishment of this man Ferris will probably have a good effect on others who are pursuing the same tactics, and they had better take warning from his case unless they also wish to get a few years in the big house near Lincoln. ------------------- ... [ note: "asault" and "peresnce" is how they appear in the original article. ] [ note: at court on 19370723 ? ] ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, January 19, 1939 issue: volume 59, number 36 page: page 5 column: 5 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1939-01-19/ed-1/seq-5/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1939/01-19/page-5/ source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738699729 ... ---------------- History of Days Gone By In Holt County (Continued from page 1.) ... Mr. Long writes that after organization all that part of the state lying north of a continuation of Holt's southern boundary line, from its southwest corner straight west to where the same would intersect the Wyoming line; thence to the north boundary line of the state and comprising the vast territory before mentioned was attached to the county under statutory provisions for election, judicial and revenue purposes until the organization of Brown county in 1883, and Boyd county in 1891. But slight effort was made however, to enforce the provisions of the law in respect to the collections of revenue by Holt County until the year 1879. In the autumn of that year the officials of the county employed and dispatched H. M. Uttley, a resident lawyer of O'Neill to the unorganized terrritory to ferret out the inhabitants of the county who were taxable. Mr. Uttley reported the following ranchers as residents and doing business in the territory and who were widely distributed over its vast area, but principally along the Niobrara river and its tributaries the Long and Short Pine Creeks, the Ash, Keya Paha, Bone, Gordon, Bordman, Snake, White and Holt Creeks, namely: Morehead and Carpenter, Countz, Yates & Co., Hunter & Todd, H. Drexell, M. Kernan, A. N. Bassett & Co., Y. W. Sharp & Co., J. R. Poor, Robert Ferris, James A. and J. Creighton, A. M. Brinkerhoff, T. Barnhart, G. W. Tower & Co., Carpenter and Robertson, J. G. P. Moorehead, M. F. & D. J. McCaun, Ed Cook and Hunter & Evans. Most of the cattle carried on those ranches had been driven in from Texas and the ranchers carried from 1000 to 10,000 each-—most of them averaging about 5000 head. (To Be Continued Next Week) ---------------- ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Atkinson Graphic location: 207 E. Main St Atkinson, Nebraska 68713 date of article: Friday, November 1, 1940 issue: volume 59, number 44 page: 6 column: 5 about: https://www.loc.gov/item/2023201368/ source: https://atkinsonne.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011882-01011950&m=between&ord=e1&fn=atkinson_graphic_usa_nebraska_atkinson_19401101_english_6&df=1&dt=9 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/670379148/ Here Is The Order In Which Holt County Draft Numbers Were Drawn ----------------- Following is the approximate order in which Holt County draft registrants will be considered for militray training by the local draft board. The list gives the order number, draft number, name and address of the first 922 men on Holt county's list of 1827 registrants. Order No. 1 goes to draft No. 158 (the first number drawn in the national lottery Tuesday), James Everly Knight of O'Neill. Therefore Mr. Knight will be the first man to be considered for military training by the local draft board. If he for some reason is deferred, the draft board will go to the next in order for its first selection. If he also is deferred, then order No. 3 will be considered for the first call, and so on. The following list is not official--that is, it was not compiled and released by the local draft board, so some changes might occur when the official order numbers are assigned. The list gives only the first 922 Holt county serial numbers drawn. That number probably takes care of many more than the number of registrants taht will be called for training this year. So if your name is not included in this list your turn for military training probably will not come for a long time. ------------------ ... Order Draft No. No. Name Address ... 483 1481 Robert Peter Ferris......O'Neill ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Atkinson Graphic location: 207 E. Main St Atkinson, Nebraska 68713 date of article: Friday, November 15, 1940 issue: volume 59, number 44 page: 3 column: 3 about: https://www.loc.gov/item/2023201368/ source: https://atkinsonne.advantage-preservation.com/search?st=1847&co=1823&t=31740&i=t&bdd=1940&by=1940&d=01/01/1882-12/31/2022&bcn=1 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/670379489/ Complete List Of Holt County Draftees In Order Of Drawing Following is a complete, corrected list of Holt county's 1832 draft registrants, printed in the order in which their serial numbers were drawn in the national draft lottery at Washington, D. C. If you name appeared in the list of 922 published in the Nov. 1 issue of the Graphic, we suggest that you check this list, as many corrections have been made. The Graphic presents this list with confidence that it is accurate. Many and many hours of painstaking work went into its compilation. It is not, however, an official list lreased by the local draft board, so some changes may occur when the board completes its official list as made from the master numbers sent from Washington. ------------------ ... Order Draft No. No. Name Address ... 482 1481 Robert Peter Ferris......O'Neill ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: Holt County Independent location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Friday, December 20, 1940 issue: volume 52, number 37 page: page 4 column: 2 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/742306333 DRAFT NUMBERS ------ Order Serial ... 480 1481 Robert Peter Ferris ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, July 03, 1941 issue: volume 67, number 8 page: page 5 column: 1 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1941-07-03/ed-1/seq-5/#words=Ed+Ferris source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738715496 Over the County INMAN NEWS ----- ... Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ferris and children and Mrs. John Timerman, of O'Neill visited Sunday at the Frank Watson home. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, July 03, 1941 issue: volume 67, number 8 page: page 8 column: 6 & 7 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1941-07-03/ed-1/seq-8/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738715496 ... ------------- Robert Ferris was arrested on Saturday, June 28th, charged with taking a 1929 Chevrolet coupe from the streets of O'Neill, without the permission of the owner. He appeared before Police Judge George Bay, who sentenced him to sixty days in the city jail, on the charge of driving without a driver's license, and a complaint signed by City Policeman, Frank Greniar, charging him with stealing the auto, is still pending in the County Court. ---------------------------- ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, July 17, 1941 issue: volume 62, number 10 page: page 5 column: 1 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1941-07-17/ed-1/seq-5/#words=Ed+Ferris source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738715572 Over the County INMAN NEWS ---- ... Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ferris of O'Neill and children and Mr. Ferris' mother visited at the Frank Watson home Wednesday. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, September 11, 1941 issue: volume 62, number 18 page: page 4 column: 3 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1941-09-11/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738715832 ... ------------------------ City Council Proceedings ---- Council met in regular session. Present Mayor Kersenbrock, Councilman: Arbuthnot, Wallace. Alfs, Phalin, Johnson. Meeting called to order by the Mayor: Minutes of the previous meetings read and approved: City Treasurers statement for the month of July read and approved : Upon motion the following bills were approved: On the General Fund: Robert Ferris ___________ 13.65 ... Robert Ferris ___________ 11.90 ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, October 23, 1941 issue: volume 62, number 24 page: page 4 column: 1 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1941-11-13/ed-1/seq-5/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738715994 ... ------------------------ City Council Proceedings ----- O'Neill. Nebr., Sept. 2. 1941. Council met in regular session Present, Mayor Kersenbrock, and Councilmen Yantzi, Johnson. Phalim, Arbuthnot. Meeting called to order by the Mayor. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The City Treasurer’s statement for the month of August read and approved. Upon motion the following bills were allowed: On the General Fund: ... Robert Ferris ___________ 2.40 Robert Ferris ___________ 6.00 ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, November 13, 1941 issue: volume 62, number 26 page: page 5 column: 1 & 2 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1941-11-13/ed-1/seq-5/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738716047 ----------- City Council Proceedings ------- O'Neill, Nebraska October 7, 1941 Council met in regular session: Present Mayor Kersenbrock; Councilman Arbuthnot, Johnson, Phalin, Wallace. Minutes of the previous meetings read and approved. City Treasurers statement for the month of September read and approved. Upon motion the folowing bills were allowed. On the General Fund Gillespie Radio Shop _________ .50 Robert Ferris ________________2.25 ... Park Lights Cons. Public Power _________ 21.60 Con O’Connell ______________ 47.00 Robert Ferris ______________ 12.25 ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Atkinson Graphic location: 207 E. Main St Atkinson, Nebraska 68713 date of article: Friday, August 14, 1942 issue: volume 61, number 3 page: 1 column: 3 about: https://www.loc.gov/item/2023201368/ source: https://atkinsonne.advantage-preservation.com/search?st=1847&co=1823&t=31740&i=t&bdd=1940&by=1942&d=01/01/1882-12/31/2022&bcn=1&m=between source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/670350259/ ... -------------------- Rites For Young Mother Held At Funeral Home Funeral services for Mrs. Grace M. Ferris, 19-year-old mother, and former O'Neill girl, were held at the Seger funeral home in Atkinson last Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Ferris died Thursday evening, Aug. 6, in the Ainsworth hospital. She is survived by in infant daughter; her husband, Frank D. Ferris who is employed on a ranch at Brewster; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Gearhart, and a sister, of O'Neill. She was born July 7, 1923, in Wyoming, and was married July 7, 1941, at Medison, Neb. The Rev. W. C. Brewer, pastor of the Prsbyterian church at Atkinson, officiated at the funeral. Two selections were sung by Mrs. I. R. Dickerson and Mrs. A. R. Tooker, with Mrs. John H. Bishop at the piano. Burial was in the family lot in Woodlawn cemetery, Stkinson. The pallbearers were Thro. Kubart, Claude F. Humphreys, Guy Alton, Andrew McKathnie, Russell Heuton, all of Atkinson, and John Yockem, Mr. Ferris' employer, of Brewster. -------------------- ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: Chadron Chronicle location: Chadron, Nebraska 69337 date of article: Thursday, October 7, 1943 issue: volume 34, number 26 page: 1 column: 4 about: https://www.loc.gov/item/sn95070479/ source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/673837169/ THE DISTRICT COURT DOES IT JOB FAST --o-- The regular term of District District Court convened here on Monday of this week with Judge E. L. Meyer. After two days work court was dismissed. This was done mostly on account of the absence of attorneys representing cases before the court, being out of the city. However, most of the cases to come before the court were disposed of. ... The case against Margaret Shoemacher-Ferris charged with grand larceny came for hearing at the chambers in Alliance a short time ago. She received a sentence of from one to three years in the reformatory at York. This case resulted from the stealing of clothing from Mrs. Amelia Hemingway Wilson. ... -----------v----------- ... [ note: "District District" is how it appears in the article ] [ Amelia Hemingway marries 19401205: https://www.newspapers.com/image/673824634 } ________________________________________________________________________________________ [ 1943: Margaret Ferris to State Penitentiary ] [ 1944: Lynda Brown was born ] ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, March 03, 1949 issue: volume 68, number 43 page: page 14 column: 2 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1949-03-03/ed-1/seq-14/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/739035532/ ... ------------------------- O'NEILL HOSPITAL NOTES Admissions: February 23 —- Susan Ellingston, of O'Neill. medical, condition “good.” Ted Baumeiter, of Atkinson, accident, condition “good.” February 25-—Donald Crook, of O'Neill, medical, condition “good.” Baby Johnson, of Orchard, medical, condition “improved"; Mary Lois Cavanaugh, of O'Neill, medical, condition “good ” February 27 -— Mrs. Robert Ferris, of O'Neill, medical, condition “improved.” February 28-—Baby Bruce Vanderhoe, of Atkinson, medical, condition “improved.” ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, March 10, 1949 issue: volume 68, number 44 page: page 8 column: 1 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1949-03-10/ed-1/seq-8/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/739035564/ ... ------------- O'NEILL HOSPITAL NOTES ... Dismissals: March 1—-Bill Eisele, of O'Neill March 2--Baby Johnson, of Orchard. Baby Bruce Vanderhoe, of Atkinson. March 3-—Mrs. Gene Mudloff and son, of Page. March 4-—Mrs. Glenn Gillogly and daughter, of Inman. Mrs. Raynard Halverson and twin sons, of Bonesteel, S. D. March 5—-Mrs. Joseph Trecker and daughter, of Atkinson. Mrs. Ray Calkins and daughter, of O'Neill. March 6—-Charlene Pongratz, of Emmet. Mrs. Robert Ferris, of O'Neill. March 7-—Mrs. Owen Davidson, of O'Neill. Mrs. Orie Robertson and daughter, of O'Neill. ------------- ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: Sunday World-Herald location: 1314 Douglas St., Ste 100 Omaha, Nebraska 68102 phone number: 402-444-1299 website: http://www.omaha.com/ date of article: Sunday, April 03, 1949 issue: year 64 , number 32 page: "5-D" (page 37) column: 8 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/882891304 about: https://usnpl.com/search/newspapers?q=2085 about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha_World-Herald Positions Wanted, Women 50 ----------------------------- WHITE lady wishes work as dish washer in cafe, chambermaid, no night work. $40 week. Margaret Shoemaker. Schuy- ler. Neb., Rt 3. Phone 215W ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, June 09, 1949 issue: volume 69, number 5 page: section 3, page 1 (page 13) column: 3 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1949-06-09/ed-1/seq-13/#words=Ed+Ferris source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1949/06-09/page-13 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/739036691 ... -------------- Kansans Here— Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Murphy, of Ford, Kans., arrived in O'Neill last Thursday. They visited Mrs. Ed Ferris, Mrs Murphy’s sister, and Elias Clark, and returned to Ford on Saturday afternoon with Sarah Timmerman, another sister of Mrs. Murphy’s. -------------- ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, October 27, 1949 issue: volume 69, number 25 page: page 12 column: 4 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1949-10-27/ed-1/seq-12/#words=Ed+Ferris source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1949/10-27/page-12 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/739038070 Personal ... Pvt. Ralph Ferris, of Ft. Riley, Kans., arrived here Friday evening to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ferris, and other relatives. Private Ferris will leave Saturday for Camp Carson, Colo. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, May 18, 1950 issue: volume 70, number 2 page: page 6 column: 4 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1950-05-18/ed-1/seq-6/#words=Ed+Ferris source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1950/05-18/page-6 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738768174 ... ------------ RETURNS TO CARSON Pvt. Ralph Ferris left Sunday for Camp Carson, Colo, after being called here when his father, Ed Ferris, was injured. ---------------------- ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, November 16, 1950 issue: volume 70, numbee 28 page: page 14 column: 5 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1950-11-16/ed-1/seq-14/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1950/11-16/page-14 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738770811 ... --------------------------------- WE TAKE this means to thank all our neighbors and friends, who gave their assistance dur- ing the illness and death of our husband and father.—-Mrs. Pete Hansen and son, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Spence and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Timmerman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferris and family, Mr. and Mrs. Elias Timmerman and family Mr. and Mrs. Albert Garhart and family. 28p50 --------------------------------- ... [ note: "NUMBEE" on page 1 is how it appears in the original article. ] ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, June 28, 1951 issue: volume 71, number 8 page: page 4 column: 6 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1951-06-28/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Ed+Ferris source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1951/06-28/page-4 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/738773417 O'NEILL NEWS ... Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Murphy and son, Francis, of Ford, Kans., spent last weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. Elias Clark and the Ed Ferris family. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, December 27, 1951 issue: volume 71, number 34 page: page 1, front page column: 1 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1951-12-27/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1951/12-27/ source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/739007253 --------------------------- WOMAN LEAVES 86 DESCENDANTS -------- Mrs. Elias L. Clark, 77, Dies After 7 Years Illness Mrs. Ellas L. Clark, 77, died at 1:45 p.m., Sunday, December 23, at her home here, leaving 86 descendants. She had been ill about 7 years. Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at the Methodist church with Rev. V. R. Bell, church pastor, officiating. The late Mrs. Clark, the former Eva May Walruth, was born May 5, 1874, at South Dannesville, N.Y. Her parents were Jacob and Sarah May Walruth. She was reared by the Kirstine Thomas family. On March 23, 1890, she married Elias Luther Clark at Hornell, N.Y. They became the parents of 10 children, 4 of whom preceded their mother in death. The Clarks came to Holt county from Bulah, W. Va„ in 1907, and homesteaded 11 miles north of Page. They operated a telephone exchange known as the "Clark switch" for a number of years, later residing on the northeast outskirts of O'Neill. Mr. Clark, who is 92, has been critically ill for many months. Survivors include: Widower; sons — Luther Clark of Wichita, Kans.; Floyd B. Clark, of O'Neill; daughters—Mrs. Sarah Timmerman, of O'Neill; Mrs. Rose Hansen, of Vona, Colo.; Mrs. Ella Murphy, of Ford, Kans.; Mrs. Mary Ferris, of O'Neill; brother—Bejamin F. Walruth, of Hammond’s Port, N.Y.; sister—Mrs. Cora Trowbridge, of Homell, N.Y.; 37 grandchildren; 27 great grandchildren; 21 great - great grandchildren. Mrs. Clark became a member of the Methodist church in 1944. She has been an invalid since September 21, 1944. Pallbearers will be Peter Weber, Ray Osborn, James Mullen, Robert Ferris. Charles Pritchett and James Van Every. ----------- ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, July 30, 1953 issue: volume 73, number 13 page: page 6 column: 2 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1953-07-30/ed-1/seq-6/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1953/07-30/page-6 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/739071758 ------------ Ferris Child Dies at Inman INMAN--Sharon Lee Ferris, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferris of Inman, died at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, July 26, at the Ferris residence in Inman. The child had been in delicate health through out its life. Sharon Lee was born July 4, 1949, at Inman. The mother is the former Anna Elizabeth Hansen of Amelia and O'Neill. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, July 28, from Wesleyan Methodist church in O'Neill, with Rev. M. H. Grosenbach, church pastor, officiating. Burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery under the direction of Biglin Brothers. Survivors include the parents and three young brothers. ---------- ... [ note: date of publishing on page 6 is incorrect, refer to front page. ] ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska date of article: Thursday, October 01, 1953 issue: volume 73, number 22 page: page 12 column: 4 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1953-10-01/ed-1/seq-12/#words=Ed+Ferris source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1953/10-01/page-12 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/739072199 Hospital Notes ------- ST ANTHONY'S (O'Neill) Admissions: September 23 -- Mrs. Jack Dempsey, O'Neill; Mrs. Ed Beed, O'Neill. 24—Mrs. Joe Schmidt, O'Neill; Mrs. George Stuessi, O'Neill; Mrs. W. J. Flannigan, Stuart; Mrs. Mary Clark, Royal; L. A. Becker, O'Neill; Mis. Otto W. Sprague, Inman. 25—Mrs. Charles Boyle, O'Neill; Bonnie Crumly, Page. 26— Mrs. Raymond Mullens, Bassett; Peter Sorensen, Chambers. 27—Bruce Fink, Ewing; Walter Jutte, Chambers; Randall Stewart, O'Neill. 28—Mrs. Gerald Harding, O'Neill; Mrs. Ed Ferris, O'Neill; Mrs. Dick Clark, O'Neill. 29 —Mrs. Joe Sobotka, O'Neill; Kathryn Jo Lyman, O'Neill. 30—Mrs. John Slizoski, Ewing. ... Hospitalized: Kathryn Jo Lyman, O'Neill; Mrs. Ed Ferris, O'Neill; Henry Sladek, Venus; Mrs. Otto W. Sprague, Inman; Mrs. Mary Mullen, O'Neill; Calvin Stewart, Page; Mrs. Mary Clark, Royal; Mrs. John Slizoski,Ewing; Mrs. Raymond Mullens, Bassett; Mrs. Lawrence Lofquest, Stuart; Mrs. Irma Redd, O'Neill; Walter Jutte, Chambers; Albert Otte, Winner, S.D.; Mrs. Gerald Harding, O'Neill; Mrs. Joe Sobotka, O'Neill; Mrs. Art Kaiser, Amelia; Mrs. Dick Clark, O'Neill. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska 68763 date of article: Thursday, June 17, 1954 issue: volume 74, number 7 page: page 12 column: 5 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1954-06-17/ed-1/seq-12/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1954/06-17/page-12 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/739006584 ... ------------ Other Inman News ... Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferris and sons left Sunady for Octavia where they will make their home for the present. Bob is employed there. ... [ note: "Sunady" is how it appears in the original article. ] ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Daily Nebraskan location: Lincoln, Nebraska date of article: Tuesday, January 04, 1955 issue: volume 55, number 38 page: 4 column: 5 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn96080312/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/sn96080312/1955-01-04/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Ed+Ferris 'Black Gold' Attracts Five Geology Majors Foreign Students Plan To Join Oil Hunt ... McCrone is working to complete a master of science degree. He came to the University because "the only people I know in the U.S. are two Omahans, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ferris." He added that his choice of profession was probably influenced by the Canadian oil boom in 1949. McCrone holds the Shell Fellowship in geology, which is valued at $1,500. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska 68763 date of article: Thursday, September 22, 1955 issue: volume 75, numbre 21 page: 8 column: 3 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1955-09-22/ed-1/seq-8/#words=Ed+Ferris source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1955/09-22/page-8 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/739353056 ... -------------------- Nurses Visit Former Patient-- Several nurses from Omaha visited at the Ed Ferris home Friday. The nurses cared for Mr. Ferris when he was hospitalized five years ago. ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska 68763 date of article: Thursday, September 22, 1955 issue: volume 75, numbre 21 page: 11 column: 4 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1955-09-22/ed-1/seq-11/#words=ed+Ed+Ferris source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1955/09-22/page-11 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/739353067/ ... -------------- O'Neill News ------ Mr. and Mrs. Art Ferris and family of Manville, Wyo., were weekend Guests at the Ed Ferris home. Thomas Hill of Schuyler visted the Ed Ferris home Saturday. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska 68763 date of article: Thursday, December 15, 1955 issue: volume 75, number 35 page: page 7 column: 1 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1955-12-15/ed-1/seq-7/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1955/12-15/page-7 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/739353525 Hospital Notes ----- ST. ANTHONY'S (O'Neill) ... Admissions: December 8—-Mrs. Robert Ferris of Inman; Harry R. Smith, O'Neill; Mrs. Ed Dreher, Bristow; Russell Johnson, O'Neill. 9—-Mrs. George Hemenway, Orchard; Louis Taggart, Chambers; Dorothy Vitt, O'Neill; Helen Vitt, O'Neill. 10 —- Lionel L. Siefken, O'Neill; Harry R. Smith, O'Neill. 11 —- Mrs. Robert Erwin, O'Neill; Larry Ruegge, O'Neill; Jerald Joseph Pribil, O'Neill; Gerald Gene Pribil, O'Neill; Mrs. Bolish Iwanski, O'Neill. 12 — Mrs. William H. Bowker, O'Neill; Terry Gallagher, O'Neill; Katheryn Rubeck, Chambers; John V. Vitt, O'Neill; Mrs. Duane Wynia, Butte; Benjamin Vidricksen, O'Neill; Mrs. Frank Soukup, O'Neill. 13—-S. R. Robertson, O'Neill; Jerry Hickey, O'Neill. 14 -— Mrs. G. A. Miles, O'Neill; H. J. Harte, Inman. ... Hospitalized: Mrs. Lois Adams, Chambers; Mrs. Minnie Bay, O'Neill; Mrs. Robert Erwin and daughter, O'Neill; Thomas Enright, O'Neill; Dr. O. W. French, O'Neill; Mrs. Robert Ferris, Inman; Terry Gallagher, O'Neill; H. J. Harte, Inman; Jerry Hickey, O'Neill; Mrs. Robert A. Hornby, O'Neill; Mrs. Bolish Iwanski; O'Neill; John Lansworth, O'Neill; Mrs. G. E. Miles, jr., O'Neill; Ann McManus, O'Neill; Katheryn Rubeck, Chambers; S. R. Robertson, O'Neill; Lawrence Rang, Butte; Sharon Renwald, Omaha; Larry Ruegge, O'Neill; Jim Regal, O'Neill. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska 68763 date of article: Thursday, December 22, 1955 issue: volume 75, number 34 page: page 12 column: 4 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1955-12-22/ed-1/seq-12/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1955/12-22/page-12 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/739353555 Hospital Notes ----- ST. ANTHONY'S (O'Neill) ... Hospitalized: Carroll Peacock, O'Neill; James Hubel, Ewing; Ritchie Lockwood, Inman; Mrs. Rober Ferris, Inman; Rita Lydon, Ewing; Kionel Siefken, O'Neill; Mrs. Minnie Bay, O'Neill; Mrs. Lois Adams, Chambers; Charles Caywood, O'Neill; James Regal, O'Neill; Dr. O. W. French, O'Neill; Ben Vidricksen, O'Neill; Charles Hill, jr., O'Neill; Mrs. Richard Shain, Ewing; Mrs. Don Lines, Ewing; Mrs. Donald Green, Chambers; Mrs. C. E. Stout, O'Neill; Mrs. J. R. Gallagher, O'Neill; Mrs. Fred Salak, O'Neill; H. J. Harte, Inman; Mike Horiskey, O'Neill; Kathy Rubeck, Chambers; Larry Davis, Ewing; Lawrence Rang, Butte; Ann McManus, O'Neill; Mrs. Mae Landis, O'Neill; Mrs. Donald Ruroede, Ewing; Mrs. Marjorie Fagan, Chambers; Mrs. Oscar Hansen, Emmet. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska 68763 date of article: Thursday, November 20, 1958 issue: volume 78, number 30 page: page 2 column: 6 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1958-11-20/ed-1/seq-2/#words=Ed+Ferris source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1958/11-20/page-2 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/742314533 ... ----------------------- O'NEILL LOCALS Bill Hendershot of Kilgore visited his brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wray, Friday evening and Saturday. Fred Ferris of Clarion, Ia., was a Wednesday, November 12, dinner guest of the Ed Ferris family. ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska 68763 date of article: Thursday, August 03, 1961 issue: volume 81, number 15 page: page 5 column: 3 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1961-08-03/ed-1/seq-5/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1961/08-03/page-5 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/742563526 ----------------------------- Hospital Notes ----------------------------- ST. ANTHONY’S ADMITTED: June 26—Mrs. Robert D. Peterson of Bristow; Arby L. Kruger of Wisconsin and Mrs. Elsie Uhl of O'Neill. 27—Mrs. Archie Bright, Mrs. C. R. Force, Mrs. Mary Neiman, Mrs. Anna M. Thomsen, Mrs. Archie Juracek and Mrs. Ward A. Smith of O'Neill; George Jefferies of Ewing; Mrs. Leman Huber of Lynch and Mrs. Robert Prill of Page. 28—Mrs. LaVern Thurlow of Stuart and Mrs. Robert Ferris of O'Neill. 29—Mrs. Clare Connors of Broadwater; Mrs. Donald Kinnison of Orchard; Jack Trant and Mrs. Dennis Hansen of O'Neill. 30—Lyle V. Cooper of Chambers; Mrs. Byron Grenier of O'Neill and Wilbur B. Miller of Spencer. 31—Albert Anthony of Inman; Mrs. Roland Hornback of Spencer; Mrs. Vincent Weber of Butte; Lynn Ray Kellner, Mrs. James Conway, Robert McGill and Mrs. Laura Myers of O'Neill. August 1—Mrs. Norman Mason of Orchard; Dale Eiler of Verdel and Mary Margaret Howard of O'Neill. DISMISSED: July 26 — Mrs. Gene O'Neill and baby, Mark Derickson and Mrs. G. A. Miles of O'Neill; James Decker of Rosebud, 9. D. and James Garhart Dishmen of Page. 27—Phillip Allendorfer and Evelyn Ernst of O'Neill and Mrs. John Summers and baby of Page. 28—George Jefferies of Ewing; Don Troudt of Omaha; Arby L. Kruger of Wisconsin; Mrs. Leman Huber of Lynch and Mrs. Robert D. Peterson of Bristow. 29—Mrs. Dennis Hansen of O'Neill. 30— Mrs. Donald Kinnison of Orchard; James Douglas Kay of Ewing; Mrs. Rose Harding of O'Neill and Mrs. Marvin Stahlecker and baby of Spencer. 31—Mrs. Archie Juracek and baby of O'Neill; Mrs. Clare Connors of Broadwater and Lyle V. Cooper of Chambers. August 1—Mrs. Robert Prill and baby of Page; Mrs. C. R. Foree and baby, Lynn Ray Kellner and Mrs. Ward Smith of O'Neill; Mrs. Norman Mason of Orchard; Albert Anthony of Inman and Wilbur Miller of Spencer. 2—Robert McGill and Mrs. Robert Ferris of O'Neill. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska 68763 date of article: Thursday, July 26, 1962 issue: volume 82, number 14 page: page 4 column: 4 & 5 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1962-07-26/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1962/07-26/page-4 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/742283071 ... ------------------- Hospital Notes ------------------- ST. ANTHONY’S ADMITTED: July 18 —- Mrs. Neil Walker of Chambers; Mrs. William Braithwait of Spencer and John Cunningham of Omaha. 19 -— John A Jones of Utica, Mo., Delores Mosel of Orchard; Mrs. Gerald Schmaderer, Mrs. Herman Orsborn and Mrs. Alfred Sanders of O'Neill. 21 -— Mrs. Robert Pruden of Page; Ronald Wright of Ewing; Mrs. George Hartford of O'Neill; Mrs. Eddie Krugman of Lynch; Arloe Crawford of Chambers and Mrs. Curtis Nelson of Bristow. 22 -— Mrs. Larry Rice, Janice Angus and Mrs. Robert Ferris of O'Neill and Mrs. William Hobbs of Ewing. 23 -— Mrs. Donald Schommer of O'Neill. 24 -— Mrs. Jerry Cuddy and Mrs. Gerald Langmeier of O'Neill and Mrs. R. B. South of Inman. ... ... Births ST. ANTHONY'S ... FERRIS -- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferris of O'Neill, son, Delbert Lynn, 6 pounds, 6 3/4 ounces, July 22. --------- ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Frontier location: O'Neill, Nebraska 68763 date of article: Thursday, August 02, 1962 issue: volume 82, number 15 page: page 4 column: 2 about: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/ about: https://loc.gov/item/2010270509/ source: https://nebnewspapers.unl.edu/lccn/2010270509/1962-08-02/ed-1/seq-4/#words=Ferris+Robert source: https://access-newspaperarchive-com.hpld.idm.oclc.org/us/nebraska/o/the-frontier/1962/08-02/page-4 source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/742283192 .... -------------------------------------- Hospital Notes -------------------------------------- ST. ANTHONY’S ... DISMISSED: June 25 -- Mrs. Robert Pruden and son of Page. 26 -- Ronald M Schumacher and Mrs. Ralph McElvain of O'Neill. 27 -- Mrs. William Braithwait of Spencer; Ronald Wright of Ewing; Rebecca Butterfield of Orchard; William Hull, Mrs. Robert Ferris and baby, Mrs. George M. Hartford, Mrs. Clarence Whaley and Mrs. Gerald Langemeier of O'Neill. 28 -- Norman Mudloff of Page, Harry Winings of Atkinson and Mrs. Emil Bartos of Verdigre. 30 -- Norman Wettlaufer. 31 -- Mrs. Fred Grage and Mrs. Ralph Seger of O'Neill, Merwyn G. French sr. of Page and Mrs. Andrew Closson of Ewing. Aug. 1 -- Ronald Hazelhorst of O'Neill, Floyd Keyes and Mrs. R. B. South of Inman and Mrs. Clifford Campbell and son of Chambers. ... ________________________________________________________________________________________ name of newspaper: The Atkinson Graphic location: 207 E. Main St Atkinson, Nebraska 68713 date of article: Friday, Febuary 1, 1963 issue: volume 15, number 16 page: 1 column: 1 about: https://www.loc.gov/item/2023201368/ source: https://atkinsonne.advantage-preservation.com/ source: https://www.newspapers.com/image/670406902/ ... -------------------- Bad Check Results in Jail Sentence Robert D. Ferris, Jr., of Inman pleaded builty in Holt County Court Friday to issuing an insufficient funds check. Judge Frank Cronk fined him $25 and sentenced him to the Holt County Jail for five days. Upo inability to pay his fine Ferris was sentenced to an additional six days in jail. The complaint was signed by James Galyen of Atkinson. -------------------- ... [ note: "builty" is how it it spelled in the article. ] ________________________________________________________________________________________ IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. BESSIE LORETTA FERRIS, ) Plaintiff, VS. ) _D_E_C_R_E_E_ ROBERT FERRIS, Defendant. ) Now, on this 11th day of May, 1964, this being one of the days of the regular March 1964 term of the District Court of Holt County, Nebraska, this matter came on before the Court for hearing. The plaintiff, Bessie Loretta Ferris, appeared before the Court in person, and represented by her attorney, William W. Griffin. The defendant, Robert Ferris, was not present nor appearing before the Court, nor represented by counsel. The Court finds that due and legal notice of the pendency of this action has been given to the defendant, in the time and manner required by law; that the defendant has caused to be filed herein, his Voluntary Appearnace, conferring durisdiction of this Court over the person of the defendant, and the subject matter of the action; that the time for filing answer of pleading herein on the part of the defendant has elapsed, and the defendant is now in default for want of answer, pleading or further appearance in this cause, and upon demand of the plaintiff, an dafault is hereby entered against the defendant. This matter thencame on to be heard upon the petition herein, and the evidence of the plaintiff adduced in support thereof, and the Court having heard the same, and being advised in the premises, finds and determines as follows: 1. That the plaintiff is a bona fide and legal resident of Holt County and the State of Nebraska, and that the defendant is now residing in Grand Island, in Hall County, Nebraska. Ferris vs Ferris -2- Decree 2. The the plaintiff and defendant are wife and husband, having been legally married at Ainsworth, Nebraska, in the month of March in the year 1961; that each of the parties have resided in the State on Nebraska continuously since the date of their said marriage, and the plaintiff has resided continuously in the County of Holt. 3. That as a result of said marriage, there have been born to the parties, three children, Maria Jane Ferris, aged two years, Delbert Lynn Ferris, aged one year, and Joyce Anne Ferris, aged under one year; that all of said children are in the care and custody of the plaintiff. 4. That the defendant is guilty of extreme cruelty toward the plaintiff, all as alleged and set forth in the petition of the plaintiff herein, and as substantiated by the proof of the plaintiff before this Court; that the cruelty of the defendant is such as to entitle the plaintiff to an absolute divorce from the defendant. 5. That the plaintiff is a fit and suitable person to have the care and custody of the minor children of the parties, and the de- fendant is not a fit and suitable person to care for said children. 6. That the temporary care, custody and education of the children of the parties should be granted and awarded to the plain- tiff, pending the further order of the Court in the premises, and subject to the continuing jurisdiction of the Court over said children; that the defendant should be ordered and required to pay the Clerk of this Court, for the use of the plaintiff, for the support of said minor children, and until the further order of the Court, the sum of $30.00 monthly, the first such payment to be made on the first day of June, 1964, with a subsequent payment in a like amount of the first day of each and every month thereafter until otherwise ordered by the Court. IT IS, THEREFORE, CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT, that the bonds of matrimony heretofore existing between Ferris vs Ferris -3- Decree the plaintiff, Bessie Loretta Ferris, and the defendant, Robert Ferris, be, and the same are dissolved, and set aside, and the plaintiff is granted an absolute divorce from the defendant; the care custody and control of the minor children of the parties hereinabove named, be, and the same is awarded to the plaintiff, subject to the continuing durisdiction of the Court over said children, and subject to the further order of the Court in the premises; that the defendant shall pay the Clerk of this Court, for the use of the plaintiff, for the support of said minor children, the sum of $30.00 monthly, the first such payment being due and payable of the first day of June, 1964, with a like payment on the first day of each and every month thereafter, until otherwise ordered by the Court. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the defendant pay the costs of this action. BY THE COURT: ______W._C._Smith_Jr________ District Judge. ________________________________________________________________________________________ pics: Nebraska Industrial Home (Milford, Neb.) https://memories.nebraska.gov/cdm/search/searchterm/Nebraska%20Industrial%20Home%20(Milford,%20Neb.)/mode/exact 9th Biennial Report of Nebraska Industrial Home at Milford, 1906 https://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/I2000/A005-1906.pdf 13th Biennial Report of Superintendent of the Nebraska Industrial Home, Milford, Neb https://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/I2000/A005-1914.pdf Biennial Report of the Superintendent of the Nebraska Industrial Home, Milford, Nebra (1923) https://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/i2000/A005-1923.pdf Biennial Report of Nebraska Industrial Home, Milford (1929) https://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/i2000/a005-1929.pdf Biennial Report of Nebraska Industrial Home, Milford https://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/I2000/A005.html MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING https://www.jstor.org/stable/48561872 ‘MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING’: HARDY, CATHER, AND THE NEBRASKA INDUSTRIAL HOME by PATTI BURRIS The Hardy Society Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2 (SUMMER 2018), pp. 70-76 (7 pages) ________________________________________________________________________________________ Biennial Report of Nebraska Institution for Feeble-Minded Youth at Beatrice https://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/I2410/A001.html Nebraska Institution for Feeble-minded Youth https://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php?title=Nebraska_Institution_for_Feeble-minded_Youth History of the Beatrice State Developmental Center https://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/HisDocs-HistoryOfBSDC-1986.pdf Institution For Feeble Minded Youth https://genealogytrails.com/neb/gage/Beatrice/institutefeeblemindedyouth.htm Institute for Feeble Minded Youth Farm https://www.nps.gov/places/institute-for-feeble-minded-youth-farm.htm Nebraska Institution for Feeble-minded Youth https://amistakenidentitydotcom.wordpress.com/parent/nebraska-institution-for-feeble-minded-youth/ Beatrice State Developmental Center faces uncertain future https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/beatrice-state-developmental-center-faces-uncertain-future/ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________