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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-05
TiLDEN CARNIVAL WEEK.
That City Will Entertain Crowds Of
People Next Week.

The last fall fair and carnival for
this part of the country this season
will be held at Tilden next week, be-
ginning Tuesday and continuing until
Friday. Thursday is planned for Nor
folk day, when it has been planned to
run a train to Tilden and back again
for the benefit of the people of this
vicinity. Tilden is promising the time
of anyone's life and looks for NAM
moth crowd.
Following is a program of the race
events:
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-05
No Drowning THIS YEAR
NORFOLK HAS ESCAPED FROM
WATER FATALITIES.
BUT THERE WERE TRAGEDIES
There Has Been Little Boating on the
Northfork During the Past Summer,
and the City Has Been Spared From
Loss-Other Sudden Deaths.

loSS-Other sudden Deaths.
The summer season has about come
to an end and Norfolk has cause for
rejoicing in one respect AT least Dur
ing the past season there has been
no death by drowning in either the
Northfork or the Elkhorn rivers, This
is decidedly unusual for Norfolk and
the people of this city feel highly
thankful that such a record has been
made.
For many years past it has been
NOrfolk's misfortune to lose AT least
one life and sometimes more during
the summer months by drowning In
either the Northfork or the Elkhorn-
generally the Northfork. The waters
of that stream are filed with cold
springs that bubble up underneath and
these cold springs have been the fatal
feature of the river. Although the wa
ter on the surface generally seems
fairly warm during the hot days of
summer. 1t Is but few feet down
that the swimmer finds current that
Is very cold This chilly underlayer
of water sends chills through the av-
erage human being and cramps fire.
quently result, taking down even the
best of swimmers.
To add to the fatal nature of the
stream is its depth The river though
narrow, flows in a tremendously deep
channel and for this reason 1t Is the
more dangerous for swimming or boat
| ing. 1t is deep enough to allow div
| ing from the top of the railroad bridge
without danger of striking the bottom.
Little Boating This Year.
There has been little boating on the
river during the past summer - the
least, perhaps, that has been known
in Norfolk for a dozen years or more
There are still a number of canoes
on the river and some row boats, to-
gether with a new steam launch, but
they have not been as much used as
in the past, owing to last seasons sad
accident, and no trouble has been ex
perienced.
Have Been Tragedies, Though.
But Norfolk has had other TRACE
dies during the summer season, If not
on the water
| Clyde Williams of this city was
killed on a train near Cheyenne. Lit
tie George Dorsey met death in the
street, from a passing horse. which
was said to have kicked him. Mr.
Stark, railroad employe in the round
house, was killed by the handle Of a
| jackscrew. A section man was killed
between here and Hoskins on the M
& o. road, when the train struck g
handcar and sent 1t lunging after him
And two other men met deaths in 6
tragic way on the same night.
Skating the Next Danger.
Aside from tragedies over which
there is no control skating will be
the next serious condition to confront
Norfolk and offer death unless caution
is taken. The cold springs in the
Northfork, which give men cramps
also fill the ice with airholes in the
winter time and make skating upon 1t!
surface decidedly perilous. II precau
ton is taken against skating on tina
river, accidents will be spared.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-05
MEETINGS TO CONTINUE.

Revival Being Held by the Christian
Church to Continue Two Weeks.
The gospel meetings of the Chris
tian church will continue another two
weeks. State Evangelist Winston will
speak and sing every night OF those
two weeks at o'clock The tent is
comfortably heated and lighted by
electricity. The subjects for this
week are as follows; Monday, THE
Covenants" Tuesday, "A Fateful De-
cision;" Wednesday, Facing Ones
Record" Thursday, - Short Bed"
Friday. "The Crimson Tide" Satur-
day, Some Unspeakables." All are
cordially invited.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-05
TELEPHONE LINES GREW
VISITOR IN NORFOLK WAS oP-
orator IN EARLY DAYS.
COULD TALK ONLY TO MADISON

Mrs. Budenz Had Charge Of Operating
Department Of Telephone Office
Eighteen Years Aeo-Was First to
Talk over Wire to Omaha.
A mammoth change in the telephone
system OF the city, of which she for
merly had charge in the operating de.
partment was found in Norfolk this
week by Mrs. Dora Il. Budenz, who
arrived from Martinsville, Ind, to Wis.
II old time friends, and who was the
chief and only telephone operator in
Norfolk eighteen years ago, when
there were, instead of the 700 sub
scribers now served with wires to talk
over, something less than an even 100.
Mrs. Budenz had charge of the op-
Grating department for the company
when it's Office was a tiny room, and
the switchboard timer yet, in the sec.
ond floor of the old Journal building
which burned on South Fourth street
some years ago. Underneath the tel
ephone Office was The News-in the
FIRST stages, nearly a score of years
that the telephone Office was over The
News Office led to the adoption of jour.
nalsm as her profession by Mrs Bu-
DEM a little later, and in that profess
sion she has held a unique position
having been for years, while on this
paper the only lady city editor in Ne
braska and being at the present time
a.. Il
Indiana has ever known.
In close connection with The News
Office, Mrs. Budenz naturally was sur.
rounded with the newspaper atmos
phere and, as her literary ability made
itself manifest day in and day oug
the work as city editor on this paper
for little while at least She stayed
in the work at this desk for nine solid
years and then, having moved to Mar
tinsville, Ind, with her mother, Mrs
Julia Egbert she assumed charge OF
the same department on the Martins
vile Reporter.
No Toll Lines in Those Days.
In those early days of telephone ser
vice in Nebraska, there were no toll
lines leading out into a hundred diff
ferent corners of the commonwealth
as there are today. In fact, when Mrs
Budenz had charge of the operating
department of the Nebraska Tele
phone company here, eighteen years
ago, there was just one long distance
line leading out of Norfolk, and that
went only as far as Madison, or fifteer
miles. There were no wires ovel
which people could talk, as they car
now, to Omaha or Sioux City or New
York or, for the matter of that, ever
to Hadar or the farms between here
and there.
Finally they did get line into Oma
ha from Norfolk-a round about line
which entered Nebraskas metropoli!
by way of Grand Island and then Lin
coin. 1t was many hundreds of miles
longer than it needed to be. And thu
first person to talk over that line, be
tween Omaha and Norfolk, was Mrs
Dora E. Budenz
Mrs. Budenz is the guest of Mrs
N. A. Rainbolt at the present time
She will be here for some little tim,
and her friends here have already be
gun to entertain her.
She says that she still looks at MOI
folk as her home and hopes to perma
nently return, one day, to this city.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-05
HURT ON ROSEBUD.
Miss Weaver Fell From Horse and
Was Badly Hurt.

w w. Weaver received word from
his sister who lives on claim on the
Rosebud, of an accident which oc-
CURED to her. She and a brother
have claims adjoining, the brother had
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-10-05

You will get the knack of finding
chances and opportunities through
reading want ads, and then you will
not worry about it even if your friends
insist that you are simply LUCKY"
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

terious matter and impurities Of The
system, thus rejuvenatfng the entire
body by the TRANSMISSION of his seem
ingly inexhaustible magnetism.
when he finished and the patient
tripped across the stage. as they all did
on those two memorable nights last
March, you can readily understand why
it is that he has created such furore
throughout the state
Some people are more susceptible to
the effects of Magnetism than others,
and they, Of course, require fewer treat
ments to produce the same results.
Some organs are so extensively sus-
ceptible to the Magnetic influence that
often a single application of his hands
is sufficient to break up congestion, re-
store circulat ation and permanently cure
a stubborn chronic disease, while others
might require two or three, and posi-
bly, more, treatments to produce the
same magical transformations But
this merely gives the philosophy of his
work, and when he says he can cure
disease. rest assured he can. And when
he says that a patient is restored, you
can rely upon it that he or she IS.
80 then, dear reader, please do not
be one who would bring them back TO
their old condition. They have suffered
enough let them enjoy their new life.
But this you can only do by accepting
their cure as a fact and thanking God
or Nature, for it, for you must remem-
Der ludt lne same law governs d mega
tive attitude that governs the positive
Besides. If Vital Magnetism can be i'm
parted to another, the mental part Of
it, although a small part, can be alb
sOrbed from them by constant nag
ging, haggling, doubling and pessimis-
tic talk.
1T is from this latter cause alone
that thousands in this country are in
valids today, so that under no eircum-
stances, If you value a sick friend 3
health, have anything but a cheerful
ccngratulatOry attitude towards them
for it will not only be healthy and help
fuI to them, but will be beneficial to
all around them.
I'm conclusion I wish to say that, in
my judgment, the time will come when
Vital Magnetism, such as possessed by
the Boy Phenomenon, and so often
demonstrated in Topeka during the
past two months. viii be the greatest
curative agency known in the world
Even with the ignorance OF the
world today along such lines, If there
were enough Magnetists in the world
to make a showing such as the Boy
Phenomenon has made, many 9th er
methods of treatment would fall into
disuse. But the trouble is, that there
are so few who possess the power in
sufficient quantity to transfer to an
other, and when one is found, as oc-
casionally happens. they are not given
an opportunity to demonstrate or even
cultivate, what natural power they
have.
What the world needs is a more in
telligent understanding of this subject
1.-The time is not far distant when
colleges will be supported by the state
to educate in anatomy, philosophy etc.
all persons possessing an overabund-
ance Of Vital Force. Respectfully,
(Signed.) III. G. LYONS"
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14
A Baby in Politics.

This story is told of the late Con-
gresham Clarke, of New Hampshire.
who was one of the best campaign
speakers in the state, though of a very
nervous temperament and easily an
noyed.
During the campaign Of 1896. in
company with another gentleman, well
known in New Hampshire politics, he
addressed a very large audience in the
southern part of the state. The sec
ond speaker had, unknown to Mr..
Clarke, brought along his wife and
baby daughter, who were in the audi
ence. and the whole time that Clarke
was speaking the child kept up her
baby prattle. much to the disgust of
the candidate for congress.
When he had finished, and while
the town band was playing a selection,
the other man who was to speak leaned
toward Mr. Clarke and asked: What
kind of an audience is it to talk to p
and was surprised to hear him reply:
TT is all right if you can get that wo-
man and kid OUT
But" replied the other, Il can't do
it. That is my wife and baby and
brought them. Boston Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14
Rritt Wonld Ioight NfcGorern.

New York. May 14-JimIny Britt, the
pride of the coast, and his brother.
Willie. who acts at his manager, arrived
in New York yesterday and immediate
ly started on the trail of trouble. VIII
lie Is anxious to match his brother
against Terry McGovern, and will do
business with the McGovern contingent
this morning. The Twentieth Century
Athletic club is planning to have the
men appear before one of its meetings,
and If proper. arrangements can be made
it is more than probable that the two
former champions will cross arms in
the club house at Madison Square Gar
den. Britt will open training quarters
as soon as he completes arrangements
for match. He is always in good con-
ditiOn, being a careful liver, and with a
weeks notice can be in shape for any
thing short of a championship battle.
The only desire of the Californian is to
get Battling Nelson into a ring again.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14
A Summer Trip Unsurpassed on the


The trip to Salt Lake City or to the
Pacific Coast via that point over the
Denver & Rio Grand System. "The
Scenic Line of the World" is the most
beautiful In America No European
trip of equal length can compare with
it in grandeur of scenery or wealth Of
novel interest Then Salt Lake City
itself is a most quaint and picturesque
place and well worth the journey. It's
Mormon temple. tabernacle, tithing
Office and church institutions: its hot
sulphur springs within the city limits;
its delightful temperature, sunny eli
mate and its great Salt Lake@deader
and denser than the Dead Sea in Pal
estine-are but a few features of Salt
Lake City's countless attractions.
There are parks. drives, canons and
beautiful outlying mountain and lake
resorts Imagine, If you can, a bath IN
salt water a mile above sea level. and
in water in which the human body
cannot sink. Inquire of your nearest
ticket agent for low tourist rates to
Salt Lake City, or write for informa-
ton and copy of salt Lake City. the
City of the Saints" to S. x. Hooper,
general passenger agent Denver, Colo-
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

Mound City. Kan, May 14-LaCygne,
a town in the northern part of the coun-
ty, Is another of the towns Of this coun-
ty to begin the use of natural gas. Sew
eral good wells Of gas recently were
brought in northeast of that place and
now the fluid has been piped to the
town. The pressure is strong and the
quality excellent.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14
MADE HIM DANCE SURE ENOUGH
Conductor Also Shot Lawrence Banks
Through Foot.

Lawrence Banks was shot through
the right foot Saturday night by a con-
ductor of Wabash freight train
Banks was working his way from St.
Louis to Kansas City on the freight
train.
When nearing Kansas City the con-
ductor drew a revolver. he says. and
ordered Banks to dance, and to en-
courage him shot at his feet one Of
the bullets went through his right
foot The police surgeon dressed the
wound.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

The Lyman D. Morse Advertising
agency. being the oldest esta blishment
of its kind in America and having
through its large clientele and progress
sfveness developed wide international
connections. it is believed expedfent to
adapt 1t in name to its enlarged sphere
of operation by changing its business
stvle to the Morse international
Agency Park Row New York.
Owing to Increase Of business. neces-
stating larger offices. the corporation
rooved its Offices on Nav 1 to the Re-
x-iIIon Bui1dIng. 1e West Thirty-fourth
street, New York.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

Here Is a nice little take-off from a
Chicago paper On the great Lajoie- AS
q good many persons have rightly in
ferred, Larry Lajoie is q direct deScen-
dant OF the French Revolution That is
why his name is pronounced as though
1t were spelled Lash-a-Way- One Of The
most exciting scenes ever witnessed N
the Cleveland baseball park was when a
stranger yelled from the bleacher, Hit
Il out. La-jOe-ee'' Those C1evelanders
are very precise in all things and only
the police saved the rash stranger from
violence at the hands Of the infuria ted
fans Mr. Lash-a-way is said to be the
hig'hesz salaI1ed bail player in the world
Every time he makes a home run with
mEn On bases Rockefeller gives him a
thOusand dollar bill When he strikes
cut as he does On rare occasions, 1he
flag on the city hail IN Cleveland flies at
half mast Mr. Lash-a-way plays base
ban as q pastiTne, accepting the truck
loads Of money given him by the man
agement merely not to give offense by
refusing it He is probably the most
graceful player that ever scOoped a
grUunder out of the dust or slid into
second base on his shoulder blade
" hen you hear an aWed voice exclairn
That's him.. IN Cleveland you know
that either Lash-a-way or Rockefeller
4s out taking the air In sixty-four
games last season Mr. Lash-a- way bar
ted sos He made a bad start his
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14
Death of John r. Lemen.

Lernen. for 40 years a resident of the
northern mart of the county, is dead.
He was formerly in the grocery busi-
ness and held several city offices in
LaCygne, this county.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14


Well this is encouraging. From The
Joplin NeWs-Herald: Joplin has only
the baseball team at the present time
this one knocker is not knocking on the
ment exercised by the management in
transferring Shimonek to third base
and putting Pendry on the bench.
Here is a bunch Of stuff from the
Sporting News and it contains a good
story concerning Dick Cooley: Pitcher
Addie loss, of Toledo with the Cleve-
land team, tells some good stories Of
Joe Cantillon, the former National
League umpire, who is now manager
Of the Brewers in the west. THE All
American and AH-EationaI teams verb
held indoors five days by rain when we
were in Frisco three years ago." says
Joss. The sixth day we were to play
Oakland and Joe Cantillon, our mana
ger, announced morning practice. Morn
ing nothing 1 said, 7 win not be there.
Better be, OF you'll go out the nozt
day and practice alone said Joe
wasn't there but in the afternoon I
shut out Oakland with one hit and felt
pretty good The next morning at 10
o'clock a carriage came up to the door
and Joe stepped cut Get in here he
said I got in To the ball park he
said, to the driver And I'll be hanged
If he didn't take me out there and keep
me running around that park for two
hours al alone. Cantfllon umpired the
first game of ball Pittsburg played IN
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

time springfeldian and Springfield
could claim the victory no matter which
way it went
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

From the Springfield Republican:
Three of the veterans from the Kan
sas fort were one time wearers of the
Midget garb. Butch" Kern, who did
the receiving act for the Soldiers, was
with the home bunch for a while last
year. as was KID Speer, better known
over the association circuit as Dick
Merriwel. LIE Roi the third sacker
of the vets, operated on the same cor
ner for the Queen City in years
gone by.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

plays and errors are made by the best
players in the National league as we'll
as IN any other league Hooting and
Missing a home player never accom-
plishes a thing, and a continuance Of
such unsportsmanlike conduct may
have the effect of losing more games.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

A joyful note for Little Steve of the
blue-bat fame from the Daily Okla
homan: Ragan, shortstop of the
White Sox, is the fastest shortstop seen
on the local diamond this season. He
covers big territory and fields his
position well.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

Willetts and Qufesser, the two pitch
ers upon whom Wichita is depending
so much, are not in their early season
form according to the Jobber papers
and Billy Kimmel Is worried.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

The Springfield Republican gives
Shorty Hurlburt this joyful home-com-
ing note Frank Hurlburt the genial
manager of the st. Joseph Packers, who
has just finished the opening series of
the present Western Association series
in Springfield. is one of the most pop
ular baseball magnates in the west His
trip to Springfield was something in
the nature of a. frolic for Shorty
Hurlburt lived here many years and
up to this season was the boss of the
local aggregation in the Missouri Vail
ley league. sometimes called Midgets
and sometimes Highlanders. Shorty
takes baseball seriously and is just like
q barometer. His face always shows
which way the game is going. He eats,
sleeps and talks baseball. and during
the season that-is his life. He is in
to win all the time, and the first two
days Of the series just finished when
the Midgets put it all over the pork
men from the town on the Big Muddy,
Hurlburt's face grew nearly as long as
its overlapping folds of avoirdupois
would allow. and he looked about all in.
When the Packers took a new lease on
life and won Sunday and Monday he
was & changed man. He laughed all
over, and was as jolly as a fat man
ought to be. Hurlburt is popular in
Springfield with the fans and with ev
erybody and for that reason there was
a great deal of enthusiasm over the re-
suit of the four games. The fans SEEM
ed to think that 1t was victory for
Springfield whether the EIidgets or the
Packers won, for Shorty boss of
the st. Joe aggregation. was an old
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

once more the Daily Oklahoman
takes a shot at the knockers: Hooting
a home player for misplays may do
some times but it is certainly out of
place this early in the season. Mis-
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

charley Schmidt, the stalwart young
catcher of the Detroit team, is a pro-
duct of an Arkansas coal mining team
He graduated from the Springfield team
into the Western association after
years experience with a fast amateur
team, known as the T. P. AS. of Fort
Smith, Ark.
A good story is told at Schmidt's ex-
pense while he was playing in Ft. Smith
The T. P. As. were composed largely of
Louis travelling men, who made
their headquarters in the border city
over Saturday and Sunday.
On one occasion they accepted an IN
vitation to go to Springfield and play a
series with the Friscos. of this town.
Schmidt was then working in the mines
at Coal Hill. He was sent for. He ar
rived at the station just as the north
bound train pulled in.
The manager of the club was about
to purchase round trip tickets for his
team.
IF you don't mind" Schmidt told the
boss of the club, give me the money
instead of buying me a ticket
Why how will you get to Spring
aeld?" asked the surprised official.
I'll be there when the rest Of the
bunch arrives" answered Schmidt.
He got the money, and, when the
train pulled into Springfield climbed
out from under a Pullman to the sur
prise Of his team mates. He had riden
the 200 miles ION the rods"
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

Boil two," called the umpire. Gee
whiz don't blame him for holIering, .
yelled kid on the bleachers. I reckon
anybody would yell if he had two
boils.'
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

spring and that is why there is very lit
tie joy in Cleveland just now.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

SC Cotton Crash, 2 &c
II inches wide, good quality for
many uses where you do not wish
to use linen. Good absorbent cloth.
Color brown mixed. Just half
price. For two days only. 1Ln
SC crash for, yard. A/-SJ
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

over at Springfield they call Dutch
Persch the prodigal SON." He Is play
ing great game in the garden for the
Midgets.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

peka team seems to give Forester bet
ter support than it does any Of its other
pitchers. Whenever he pitches it is
safe to say that the White Sox will
win.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-14

st. Louis one season In the ninth.
with the score to 2 in favor of Pitts
burg. two St. Louis men on the bases
and Donovan at bat Joe called a third
strike on Patsey that was a foot out
side I know 1t was said Cantillon,
but it is too early in the season to
begin giving bases on balls On that
same trip to the coast in which Joe got
after me, Dick Cooley reported for duty
one afternoon without having been IN
bed since the day before. CantilIon
wouldn't speak to him. The first time
up Cooley hit for two bases. The next
time up he slammed out a triple The
third time he came to the plate he hit
for another double. AS he got up and
busted his clothes he looked over at
the bench and said very plaintively:
'Massa Joe, amt yo' almost ready to
forgive yo' little Dickie?' And Joe for
gave him