The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-12-07

On business. IhlS was his first visit
to Norfolk in two years.
A. j, Schlote of Dodge was in Nor.
folk wednesday on his way to attend
a wedding in Pierce county.
M. NJ. Kennels, manager of manu-.
featuring concern In Council Bluffs,
was in Norfolk Wednesday morning.
l.. r. mickey of Tilden came down
to attend the bargain sales in Norfolk.
his wife going on east to visit friends.
II. Il. Fish, furniture dealer of
Bonesteel, was transacting business In
Norfolk Wednesday. He also made n
trip to Wayne.
G. II. Weedman of Clearwater, who
is associated with NJ. c. Bressler of
that place In a drug store, spent the
day in Norfolk on business.
Mrs. Tom Sawyer OF Hornick Iowa,
was in the city Wednesday and took
the afternoon train for her old home
in Newman Grove, to visit with
friends.
w. T. Collins was in town Tuesday
and Wednesday. He has been in bust
| a
couple of years, but is returning to
Nance county to stay.
Carl Scole, who worked here a num-
Der of years as boiler-maker, stopped
off last night to visit the shop boys
while on his way from Chadron to
Fremont, where he will be boiler
maker.
| Mrs. Mike Ryan and baby had mar
row escape from being badly burned
yesterday by the explosion of gaso-
line stove explosion. The burning oil
was thrown over the baby in the bug
gy which caught on fire, but Mrs. Ryan
had the presence of mind to wrap the
infant up and smother the flames.
Guy Force resigned his position at
the roundhouse this morning and went
to work in the sewer ditch.
Gilbert Johnson returned to work
this morning with the car repairers
after a sx-months layoff.
Mrs. Sol G. Mayer will entertain a
few friends at luncheon Thursday.
Work has been renewed on placing
gravel along the edge of the Norfolk
avenue cutters.
Mrs. George D. Butterfeld enter
tanned officers of the Wednesday club
at luncheon for Mrs. Dearborn of Min
neapolis.
Ladies of the Trinity church are
making preparations for large crowd
at their chicken pie dinner to be given
in Marquardt hall Thursday noon.
Mrs. D. Mathewson entertained a
few friends informally during the af
ternoon for her guest, Mrs. Haggard
of Sioux City Mrs. Haggard will be
in the city until Saturday.
Heavy rain, following up the fore
cast of the weather man, arrived in
| Norfolk and made disagreeable day
of it. The skies were heavy and the
air filled with water.
| There was a heavy sleet storm in
Bonesteel Tuesday night, according to
H. l.. Weimer of Fairfield Iowa, who
has been publishing the Daily Journal
at that point and who is now looking
for weekly paper in either Nebraska
or South Dakota. He arrived in Nor
has been in Norfolk during the day.
Thornton (Ark) Weekly News:
| Thornton is to be congratulated upon
| the steps the ladies have taken in or
ganizing a Union Aid society, which
was successfully consummated by the
election of Mrs. A. j. Koenigstein as
president, Mrs. w. A. Campbell as vice
Int,
urer, and Mrs. l.. w. Young as secre-
tary. The field in which an organiza-
| ton of this kind can do good is vast,
| and the News not only wishes the la
dies success, but unconditially surren-
ders its columns in furtherance of the
noble work of the Union Aid society
of Thornton.
A. j. Durland has begun test in
roadmaking in front Of his houses on
South First street, which may be of
value. Over the foundation of pulver-
lied brickbats, he placed coating of
lime secured at the old sugar factory.
On top of this lime layer of gravel
has been placed. The brick and lime
will form a solid foundation to rest
the gravel on and it is thought by
many driving that way that the exper-
iment will prove that the gravel needs
solid foundation. "In my opinion"
said Charles Dudley, who drives on
that route. "the gravel will need a
solid foundation to make it perma-
nent and this is being furnished by
the lime and brick"
The official program of the Nebras-
ka state teachers association which
will convene in Lincoln December &c,
for a three days session has been is
sued The officers and committees
having the arrangement of the pro-
gram for the general session take
pride in announcing that they have Sc
cured the services of some of the most
eminent educators in the country in