The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-05-03

Mrs. Frank Cunningham returned
home from Omaha, where she had
been on business.
Mr.. Sultey returned home from Rock
Rapids. Iowa, where he has been Wis
ting relatives Mrs. Sukey Will re-
main for couple of weeks.
Miss Maggie Potras, who has been
home over Sunday, returned to Stan
ton. where she is teaching school.
A. Il. Beaton went to Scribner Sat
urday and returned Sunday noon. He
had been repairing the gasoline en-.
CINE ut the coal chutes there.
j. r. Dorsey, who has been laid up
with sore ankle, started to work
again today.
Mr. Merha, the Junction shoemaker
had the misfortune to get his arm
broken yesterday in climbing over a
fance while at the lake fishing,
Madison and Battle Creek are both
planning to celebrate the Fourth of
July.
G. w. Whitehorn. formerly of Nor
folk, has been quarantined with small
pox for n month at Spencer.
Tilden Citizen: Miss Margaret Han
nah will this year graduate from the
state university with membership In
the Phi Beta Kappa society This dis
tinction Is conferred by the faculty
only upon those graduates of the very
| highest proficiency and IL Is necessar.
| lily attained by only small percentage
of the student body.
Rev. w. j. Turner has every reason
to hope for large attendance of
northern Nebraska Congregational
ministers to be held in this city Tues.
day and Wednesday. Meetings will
be held at the First Congregational
church and the public will be cordially
welcomed to all sessions. Norfolk
members of the church have very gen
orally thrown open their homes for
entertainment of the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Siecke of Wisner,
who have many friends in Norfolk, are
preparing to leave the first of the
month for visit to Germany Three
months will be spent in Germany
while the rest of five months visit
abroad will be taken up with trip
throughout southern Europe. Mr.
Siecke has not been in the best of
health and the trip to his early home
with the expectation of improving his
health.
The following dates have been an
nounced by Smith Bros. of Newport
for their big horse sales at that place:
June 10, July 10, August 10, Septem
Der 8, September %, October Z Novem
Der 3. Smith Bros. are rapidly max
ing very prominent horse market OF
Newport. They own their own pas
lures, yards, etc, do their own buying
are close to the range, in the center
of the hay market, and have many ad
vantages for operating to best advant
age at Newport.
H. H. Stun of Iowa who is a to
bacco raiser. has been in Columbus
contracting with farmers to plant to
bacco and has contracted for abou
100 acres to be planted to the weed
He says that the soil is as we'll adapt
ed to raising tobacco as any in tn,
United States and there is big none,
in it for the farmers. For the frs
year Mr.. Stun will personally super
wise the planting, curing and shov
the farmers just how to do it.
The special services conducted b.
, Rev. G. l.. White and S. Il. Davies
the chapel car workers, will be cor
tinued during the coming week at tn
Baptist church. The Sunday service
There were no meetings today, but tn
: special evening services will be he'll
during the remainder of the week. A
y o'clock tomorrow afternoon a meet
ing of the converts will be held at tn
, chapel car for the purpose of securin
photograph of the group. Four men
bers were received into the Baptis
o church Sunday by letter.
Rev. j. C. S. Wells of this city wi
a go to Columbus tomorrow to TAX
charge of funeral services over the +,
s. mains of Mrs. Wescott, wife of ID
| WeSCOll, pastor vi lIlully CHuICu {
n that place. Mrs. Wescott succumbe
at o'clock Sunday afternoon. Sh
n leaves three small children, the youn
est of which is but two weeks oil
l. DR.. Wescott will be remembered {
having been in charge of weeks sc
er vices in the Norfolk Trinity Episcop
church some months ago. Mr. We'll
Of was called to Columbus Saturday N
n. had charge of the church service
there yesterday.
H. The First Street Improvement CHI
er was given a definite organization 81
urday when A. j, Durland, G. +, Bur
as ham, II. w. Winter George Dude
er jr., and c. s. Bridge We're named as
committee To carry out the improN
ny ments contemplated on First stree
h. This committee, of which A. ], d.
land is chairman and c. +. BURMA
1t, treasurer, will carry out the work tn
ut, has been started towards converts
er First street into a graveled roadwS
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