The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-10-11


the past week In the interests OF his
company, returned to the east today.
Mrs. c. NJ Pancoast left Norfolk at
noon for a short visit in Fremont.
Mrs. Pancoast does not expect to re-
turn to Norfolk but will be Joined In
a short time by her husband, DIR. Pan
coast, who has disposed of his prac-
tice In Norfolk
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Henry wiles,
a son.
The family of John Stevens on South
Fourth street are sick with diphtheria.
The first fall meeting of the o. M.
G. club was held Saturday evening at
the home Of Miss Matilda Hermann.
Miss May Schwenk was elected presi-
dent and Miss Lizzie Schram chosen
secretary OF the club for the coming
year.
The annual meeting Of the Ladies
Missionary society will be held at the
home of Mrs. Macmillan on Tuesday
afternoon, october s. Officers will be
elected at the meeting. The ladies of
cordially invited.
A new plank platform was laid and
few minor repairs were made about
the Union Pacific passenger depot last
week. But so far nothing has been
heard concerning the overhauling and
remodeling that the passenger depot
was expected to receive.
Postal cards from Thurso, Scotland.
have begun to arrive in Norfolk, signed
by DR.. Mackay. They were mailed
Sept. 49, DR.. Mackay has been home
for couple of weeks. He says that
he went to Scotland and was there
eleven days, visiting his aprents.
Fremont Herald: Mrs. Henry Mack,
wife Of Conductor Mack of the North
western, is being treated at Fremont
hospital, where she was taken late
Wednesday night after accidentally
swallowing an overdose of headache
pills. Her condition is not considered
serious.
Norfolk people are again to be re-
minded that there is a real demand
matter at the Norfolk hospital. Nor
folk people having magazines or any
thing else to contribute to the hospital
library may leave the same at the bust
ness Office of The News.
Among the north Nebraska "maids
of honor" at last weeks Aksarben
festival and ball in Omaha were: Miss
Ruth Bressler, Wayne; Miss Ruth Ev-
ans, O'Neill; Miss Florence Juell, New
man Grove; Miss Frances Jerman,
West Point; Miss Lena Mcknight,
Long Pine; Miss Ruth Myers, New
port.
Are You Crazy?" will be seen at
the Auditorium tonight. This is a real
ly clever musical farce comedy with
Jingling songs and good feature stunts |
to laugh at. The company carries |
eighteen clever people and made hit |
in Omaha last week. The entire lower
floor is to be sold at so cents. A new
series of moving pictures will start |
Wednesday night, the first number of
the high school lecture course coming |
Tuesday night.
A heavy killing frost is the present |
desire of many Madison county farm
ers. Corn, while promising a good
crop, Is maturing slowly and good |
frost that would harden up the ears
Is accordingly in demand. Corn husk- |
ing may start in two weeks around |
Norfolk. Men who have driven over
the county say that the husks are un-
usually open this fall and that the task |
of gathering in the crop will be easier
than usual as result.
A carload Of telephone wire received |
by the independent telephone people |
In Norfolk means that the work of |
strlnging wires for the independent |
system will probably start during the
week. In the shipment Of wire re-
ceived there was total Of GIG, ,92O feet, |
or about 173 miles of telephone wire. |
Like all other building operations in
Norfolk this fall the construction OF |
the new telephone plant is being held
back by the general scarcity Of labor.
Invitations have been received in
Norfolk from Mr.. Rome Miller Of Oma-
ma, extending 10 Norfolk friends an
invitation to be present at private
view" Of the new Hotel Rome on
Thursday evening, October TO- from 8
to IL. Dancing will form part of the
evenings program. The following
Omaha gentlemen will compose the
reception committee: Messrs. Wat
ties, Kirkendall, Pickens, McGrew,
wilhelm, Judson, Chase, ]. l.. Ken
nedy, A. G. Smith, Wharton, Dodge
and Kierstead.
Will Mittlestadt, a young farmer liv.
ing near the Benedict ranch northeast
of Hoskins, died Saturday in a Sioux
City hospital, death following an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis. The remains
were brought from Sioux City for the
which was arranged to be held
Monday noon at the home, with John