The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-12-29
Mrs. w. A. Moldenhauer Christmas

ter, Col. s. w, Hayes and Mrs. j. s.
McC1ary.
John Davenport and wife of Elgln,
who have been visiting relatives and
friends at Sioux City, arrived here to-
day to visit friends before proceeding
home
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Sprague Of Iowa.
who have been the guests Of her IA
ther and mother. Mr. and Mrs J. 4.
Light, left for Omaha this morning
They are seeking new location MI
Sprague is a druggist
Mr.. and Mrs Win Braasch returned
to their home In st. Paul, Mimi, to-
day. c. w. Braasch has made his son
an Offer to come here aud live and II
is believed he viii accent. Ralph did
not pass so comfortable night last
dent to his brrher aud sister.in-law
leaving on the early train this morn
ing
Mr.. and Mrs J. C. Stoner OF High
more. S. D.. are here. the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. c. Lambert II is
men have seen each other and they
have n great many experiences to re-
late Of events that have occurred to
each since that last meeting. Mr.
StOner is G.. A. II. man. and he can
relate experiences of the struggles in
the early sixties which make pa.
JriotiC citizen doff his hat to the sol
dier who protected "Old Glory" when
uur country's hours were filled with
threatening clouds.
J. G.. Collins, who has been here to
visit with relatives and friends, re.
turns to his Rock county homestead
today. He says he is located twenty
five miles from the railroad, Newport
being his nearest station, but that the
country is all right. His claim is be
ing contested by four other parties
but he has hopes of winning ont as
he was first man on the premises to
comply with the law. He also says
that they are finding flowing wells at
a depth of so to a 100 feet, and that
plenty of water can be had in wells
twenty-five to a hundred feet in al
most any part of the section in which
he is located He is farming some and
picking up a nice bunch of cattle
Little Hazel Kryger is on the sick
list 1t is to be hoped the little lady
win soon be about again.
One of the finest Christmas pres
ents made in Norfolk was a set of
new International Encyclopedia in
twenty volumes, which was presented
by his parents to Bartie Elseffer The
young man is very proud Of the gift.
This evening Misses Maud Rees and
Rose1la Cole will give a masquerade
to number of their young friends, at
the home of the former. Every person
who accepts the invitation is expected
to come in costume and a jolly time
is anticipated.
The u. S. weather officials at Sioux
City have arranged to place in the
drug store of f. F. Ware & Son the
daily weather map of the department,
giving temperature and barometric
an interesting work and well worth
careful study and reference
After being confined to the house
for a week with a broken leg, DR.. J.
II. MaclSay was able TO appear on the
streets yesterday wearing crutches.
He received the injuries on a Main
street sidewalk one of those frosty
mornings last week, when the surface
of the walk was like a glare of ice.
"An Aristocratic Tramp" with Kill
roy and BritOn heading a big company
of first class talent, will appear at the
Auditorium on the evening of Wednes.
day, January 8. This play is said to
be different from the usual run of
plays with tramp titles, and it will !
draw a good house in |
Norfolk
Everybody is busy at the Dickover
store this week taking the annual in. :
voice to learn how the business has |
fared during the past twelve months. |
This is the time of the year that all |
business men feel that they ought to |
undertake that tedious job, but it is
the invoice that tells where some peo-
pie are "at."
Yesterday was the last day for John
Tannehill in the Norfolk postoffice.
He will take a trip up the Bonesteel
inc with a mail clerk on Saturday
and on the 30th he will leave for New
York, and on January will sail for
where he goes as a postmas-
er in one of the stations of the Canal
lone.
The stores were generally complain
ng of the dull day after Christmas,
yesterday. The trade has been so ex-
raordinarily large this year that it
eems the bottom dropped out all at
nee. 1t is a good time, however, to
lean up the odds and ends by adver-
iSing them at reduced prices rather
han to pack away and carry over un.
il next season.
Misses Mary Johnson and Caprpiaa