The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-06-07

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of the sale
A birthday surprise party in honor
of Mrs. II. NJ. Luebbe was arranged
Monday evening by members of the
Ben Hur lodge. A pleasant evening
was spent at the Luebbe home on
South Sixth street.
August j. Huebner of west of Ha.
dar, one of the first pioneers of this
vicinity, was in Norfolk yesterday
making arrangements to build a home
in Hadar. Mr.. Huebner is to retire
from his farm after the present sea-
son.
Charles McMindes, for several years
foreman of the cream department of
the Nat Biscuit companys plant
at st. Joseph, is in Norfolk, having
accepted position with the local cam
dy factory as superintendent over the
cream department.
week from next Sunday the Sun
day school of St Paul Ev. Lutheran
church is planning to hold big picnic
at Freythalers grove. Services will
be held in the morning at the grove,
to be followed in the afternoon by the
Sunday school picnic.
The Norfolk postofflce sold S79066
worth of stamps in May this year as
against $735.SS in May 1906 and
1851 OF in May, 1905. The May sale
of postal cards at the same time in
recessed from $24.11 in 1906 and $3l go
in 1906 to $3.50 in 1907.
b. r. Ramer. a Norfolk travelling
man, has purchased the Charles Flor
es property on Eleventh street and
Nebraska avenue and will have the
home remodeled preparatory to his
marriage to a young lady of Omaha
on the fifteenth of the month.
The new cooling plant at the Fau-
cett-Carney candy factory will be in
stalled during the coming week This
will again give employment to the
! girls engaged in chocolate dipping,
forced to suspend work with the ar
rival of the first real hot weather.
Arthur Pilger, formerly of Norfolk
and who has been assistant cashier at
the Madison state bank, this week
entered into his new work with the
First National bank at Stanton. Mr..
Pilger's title with the Stanton bank
will be determined at the next meet
ing of the board of directors.
The sum of $133 is asked from the
city by John H. Weatherholt of Hos
kins in a damage suit filed against the
city in Justice Lambert's court. Mr.
WeatherEolt, through his attorneys,
Barnhart & Koenigstein, sets up a
claim for damages as result of one
of his horses being injured by running
into piece of thing set up to protect
an open culvert on First street.
Our Old Kentucky Home" said to
be a thrilling melo-drama built upon
a story of home ties in the blue grass
state, will be seen at the Auditorium
tonight. Popular prices will prevail
for the attraction children being adj
mitted to any part of the house for %
cents and adults for so cents. The
company carries a band and orchestra
and the music is said to be good.
After July 1 it will not be necessary
to visit the postoffice in order to have
letters sent by special delivery" At
ter that date the addition of ten cents
worth of ordinary stamps of any de-
nomination and the words special de-
livery" will suffice to have the letter
, handled under all the rules of the spe-
cial delivery service. Special delivery
stamps will still be sold at the post
{ Office but ordinary stamps of like val
ue with the words special delivery"
or the equivalent written on the en-
velope or package will render the same
service.
/ A franchise for an Independent tele-
f phone exchange in Norfolk will be
presented to the city council at it's
meeting next Thursday evening. The
r franchise, which w. j. Stadelman, the
applicant, says will be ready by the
5 meeting date, will be placed on first
/ reading Thursday evening. This will
serve to bring the telephone issue be-
fore the people of Norfolk and final
! action on the franchise will not be
t taken until public opinion can be as
a certained. This is the position taken
by Mayor Durland and other members
/ of the city administration.
r Anoka Herald: Just as we go to
t press we hear that the youngest son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilburger had fallen
n from the belfry of the school house
J. and broken his left arm just above
: the wrist, and also bruised his right
arm pretty badly. DR.. Parehen was
: Immediately called and reduced the
S fracture, and the little fellow is rest
= ing as easy as could be expected. 1t
:, was the last day of school and he had
i taken a rope up to the belfry for the
purpose of raising flag, and while up
a there the ladder was taken away and
n it appears that he started to come
d down and, supposing the ladder was
S there, swung over the edge of the roof
l. and not being able to get back, dropped
|. to the floor, distance of about four
h teen feet, with the above results.
t. With the closing of the city schools
It for the summer vacation, there has