The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-03-22
FRIDAY FACTS.

Leu, living NV
southeast of Norfolk, is building an
addition to his home.
The junior G.. e. society will hold
children's social at the Congregational
church from seven to nine Friday
evening.
A stranger intoxicated beyond the
limit permitted in Norfolk was arrest
ed Wednesday evening by Officer
Uecker. The trial was held Thursday
morning. He paid his fine.
Miss Clara Brueggeman was taken
i'll Yesterday. Miss Pearl Mccormick
was called on to take charge OF Miss
Brueggeman's school work as teacher
of the third grade at the Lincoln
school.
The Chicago Daily Live Stock World
contains a story of a record live stock
run into Chicago from the west. Cars
to the number of 1,13O were taken into
Chicago by the Northwestern railroad
alone. This made forty-two trains.
Miss Ida Won Goetz, principal of the
high school, requests all high school
pupils to assemble in the north rooms
of the Congregational church Monday
morning at o'clock to receive instruc-
lions regarding the new program. Pu-
pills are requested to bring pencils and
paper.
The first objection to be brought
forth against j. D. Sturgeon as nomi-
nee for mayor was the opinion among
many that he would be kept away from
home too much to take care of the
work Mr. Sturgeon announces, how
ever. that he will be in Norfolk alto
gether from now on, so that this objec-
ton is done away with.
The seat sale for the appearance of
Mr.. Lawrence Evart in 1--WE Are
King" which comes to the Auditorium
Monday night, will go on at the bust
ness office of The News Saturday
morning at o'clock. Prices are 25c, 5Oc,
Use and 81. Mail orders have already
begun to come in for the play and
there is every indication that a large
audience will take advantage of this
clever actors return to Norfolk in his
superior comedy, 1--WE Are King"
F.. p. Stone returned on the morning
train from Bonesteel and the Rosebud
country, where he went to look over
the country. He was pleased with the
Rosebud. He says that people in that
section do not seem to believe that the
opening will come before year from
now, but he says that he talked with
Senator Kittridge in Sioux Falls a
short time ago and that Senator Kilt
ridge believes the opening will come
in September of this year. The bill
has not been signed by the president,
but his signature is assured.
A representative of the Ridpath lee
ture bureau was in Norfolk yesterday
with a view of making arrangements
for another course of lectures similar
to the high school lecture course just
closed. The Ridpath company fur
nished the several numbers on the
high school course last winter. In
view of the unsettled condition of
school affairs at present the represen-
tative of the lecture bureau made no
effort to take the matter up at this
time but will visit the city at later
program of lectures.
A carload of rice and two carloads
of fruit jars were distributed from
Norfolk this week. They were sold
by S. F. Erskine, one of the promi-
nent commercial travellers out of Nor
folk, and Norfolk's geographical loca-
ton made it advisable for his whole
sale house to ship direct to Norfolk in
carload lots and then redistribute from
here This is but an illustration,
many believe, of what could be done
on much larger scale from Norfolk.
It would require 100000 it is said to
establish a wholesale grocery house
here, but many who are expertly post