The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-07-12

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Miss Orva Stino, who Is a student
AT the Wayne normal, will be guest
oG Dr. and Mrs. o, II. Meredith over
sunday
Mrs. G. l.. Durham and daughter
Miss Falc Durham, are expected
homo this evening from visit ut Abel
aud Rockwell city Iowa.
James W. Gordon aud twontyone
students from the Genoa Indian school
were in Norfolk over night returning
TO their South Dakota homes for the
summer vacation The party OF In
dian boys and girls left ON the morn
ing Homestead passenger for the north.
l.. A. Rothc and family of Fonda,
Iowa, arrived In Norfolk yesterday to
mako their homo In the city. Mr..
Rothc Is TO become yico.presldent and
the local manager of the Citizens Ma
tional bank of this city
DR.. c. N. Dawson of stanton VIII
speak at the Methodist church Sunday
evening.
Miss Helen Marquardt will leave
tho Bcelcr dry goods store next Mon
day for months vacation,
The choir boys of Trinity Episcopal
church are preparing for their annual
camping expedition, which Will be held
at the Yellow Banks this month.
Miss Ethel Long, who has. been elect
ed instructor in the Bloomfield high
school for the coming year. has en-
tered Fremont college for special
work.
Miss Nettie Nenow has written from
| California that she will return to Nor
folk the latter part of the month. She
will resume her former place In the
| Norfolk shoe store on her return.
Mrs. NJ. r. Johnston of Ashland ar
rived In Norfolk yesterday. Mrs. John
ston will have charge of the ladies'
garment department of the A, l.. Kill
liam company's store.
The weekly trap shoot of the Nor
folk Gun club held on the afternoon
of the Fourth resulted in the follow
ing scores being turned In, represent
ing score out of Il possible fifty:
Ncthaway AZ, Powers 81 Engle 35,
Leonard 30, Beverage 33, Ritter SO,
| Nordwig %.
Here is where Norfolk people went
on the Fourth according to the tickets
sold on that day at the Northwestern
Junction depot; Neigh, 1877; Battle
Creek, Sc; Meadow Grove, so. On the
third tifty.siX tickets were sold to Ne
ligh from the Junction depot alone.
Hosllins Headlight: Miss FriedG
Korth left last night for Norfolk
where she expects to remain at home
for some time. Frieda has been the
efficient clerk at Bensor's store during
the past year up to two weeks ago
when she accepted a similar position
in Huebner's store. While here Erie
da has made many warm friends whC
regret to see her leave.
James Killian of Cedar Bluffs, wht
Is interested in the A. l.. Killian com
pany both as stakeholder and a.
= secretary-treasurer of the corporation
arrived in Norfolk yesterday to assis
= in invoicing the stock of goods of tn,
1 Johnson Dry Goods company. Mr.
Iiillian is a nephew of A. l.. Killian
. tho head of the firm which succeeds
J. the Johnson Dry Goods company.
Pierce Leader: Albert Wilde o
A Norfolk was in Pierce Monday look
!. ing over the situation with a view o
starting a cigar factory here. He dc
| ciled that Pierce afforded good oper
n ing for such an enterprise and he ha
leased the Lubke building first doc
y south of the Leader office, where h
Il viii conduct his business. He il
formed us that he will be here read
to start up about the 25th of tn
t month.
Fremont Tribune: The directors c
n the Fremont Sugar Beet company hav
| Just issued to stockholders a state
o ment covering the business for tn
period of four years 1t has operated
n 1t leased the Smith farm of 4S0 acre
r northwest of the city and grew beet
X for the factory. The result was pra,
tically the same as all other effort
e made to foster the sugar industry.
- loss was sustained every year and ha
not grain and stock been grown, alon
" Nllu DttlS, lUt lOldl lOSS NOulu lldN
r been much heavier. Failure of tn
factory entailed the loss of $6S7 du
1t for beets, The labor problem, inclu
If ing its high price, worked against I'll
company. The directors are able
II return to stockholders only about
% per cent of their original stock
w. II. Johnson, who arrived fro
ID Denver to assist in supervising Il
+ invoicing of the Johnson Dry GooC
stock before it is turned over to Il
n new owners, is looking stronger al
o. more rugged than when he left No
folk last summer for his new ColoraC
IL home. Although he finds Denver
E. fine city, Mr., Johnson has been HON
sick for Norfolk and would like
N come back to this as his home. +
le said that Norfolk appeared to
s. thrifty and prosperous and that it hi
changed for the better during Il
st year. Mr., Johnson regretted the ia
e. that the paving of Norfolk avenl
S. had NOT hppn carried thrOuoh aS the