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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-06
PASSING OF A STAR ROUTE.
Railroad is Driving Old Stage Lines
Out of Business.

Bonesteel News: For more than
two years the Star Route" operated
between Bonesteel and Gregory has
done splendid service to the settlers
on the newly settled portion of the
country, carrying mail each day, ex-
cept Sunday and which has been in
charge Of Dixie Powell, the veteran
mail carrier of this section of the
state. Before the railroad hit Gregory
county the mail coming to this place
came by way of Stuart, Neb. Mr..
Powell was In the employ of the gov
eminent in those early days and car
ried those missives of mail from the
old home fireside so fondly looked for
by the settlers-then very few. In
1903 the railroad came and soon Mr..
Powell found himself outdone by the
iron steed."
Again history repeats itself. Early
in the year 1905 Mr.. Powell was the
mail from Bonesteel to Gregory, a dis
lance of thirty-five miles. The SER
vice was daily except Sunday. He
has faithfully performed his part of
the contract up to this time. Now
comes the information from Washing
ton that commencing with September
8 the mails will be carried to Gregory
by rail and again Mr.. Powell Is put out
of commission by the Iron steed."
1t is but the indication of progress
and we note the change with salts
faction. The people on the reserva-
ton during all this time have had
good service such as the government
was able to give them. Now the SER
vice is to be improved and their mail
will reach them a day earlier than
formerly.
The farmers on the reserve who
lived along the route of the Star line
will miss the convenience which they
have enjoyed, as all along the route
those who desired received their mail
daily at their doors. This privilege
they will now be deprived of for the
railroad makes no such deliveries.
However, they may now look forward
to the time when rural mail routes
will be established and better service
will come to them.
Such is the work of progress.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-06
Letter List.

List of letters remaining uncalled for
at the postoffice at Norfolk, Neb.,
September 8, 1907:
C. A. Allen, Ralph Beal, Miss Myrtle
Boyer, Miss Maud Burner, Randolph
Carter, Mrs. ]. r. Gerard, Mrs. ]. F.
Homes 2, A. Kuhlman, r. d. Perrin,
Mrs. Martha Wyant.
If not called for in fifteen days will
be sent to the dead letter office.
Parties calling for any of the above
please say advertised.
John r. Hays, P. NJ.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-06
No SCHOOL CIRCUS DAY
NEXT TUESDAY WILL BE A HoL.
IDAY HERE.
BOARD DECIDES TO GRANT 1T

The Small Boy In Norfolk Next Tues
day viii Have No School Worries to
Cloud Circus Day. For II is Going to
be a Vacation Time.
Three cheers for the school board!
The Norfolk board of education has
recognized" circus day.
The board has recognized the In.
alienable right Of every American boy
to see the circus "come in" to watch
the long train Of mysterious wagons
roll off from the fat cars, to stand
round while the fluffy white city is
pulled together, to carry water for
the elephant" and to swarm around all
the sub-bosses of the circus crew.
And the school board recognizes
that even an industrious small boy
can't get next to all the corners Of
the biggest show on earth in one short
afternoon. They recognize that it's
an all day job that the Norfolk small
boy has before him on next Tuesday.
So they are not going to burden him
with any thoughts of school for the
day.
1t was yesterday afternoon that the
board voted to close the city schools
on Tuesday, the day that Barnum &
Bailey show in Norfolk. At first half
holiday was suggested. But they had
all been boys and readily saw that no
self respecting boy could go to school
on circus day, at least on Barnum &
Bailey circus day. SO there will be a
holiday on Tuesday.
Other business transacted at the
meeting was the election of Miss May
Grimes Of Friend to teach the second
preliminary grade in the Lincoln
school, the allowing of monthly bills
and the payment of $1,700 to the high
school contractor as the first of the
series of payments to be made as the
building progresses,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-06
MADISON COUNTY RESULT
REESE LEADS OVER sEpGWick
BY ABOUT 100.
CLEMENTS AND PETERSEN WIN
Almost Complete Returns From Madl.
son County Show That Clements and
Petersen Win only Two Contests on
County Ticket by Safe Margin.

Madison county returns, almost COM
plete, indicated that Reese leads Sedg-
wick in the county for the republican
supreme judgeship nomination by
about 1870. Clements is renominated
by republicans for sheriff over Gegner
by about 300 and Peterson over Han.
sen for treasurer by about 300. Cald-
well leads over Clark for railroad com
missioner by as light margin. Coup
land for regent leads the field, with
Anderson n close second.
These figures are based on returns
from twelve out of fifteen precincts
out Of twenty-five.
Twelve precincts out Of twenty-five
on the democratic supreme judgeship
give Alberts 76, Loomis AZ, Meier 20.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-06
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.

James Ellis has returned from trip
to Chicago.
Sol G. Mayer left on the morning
train for Lincoln.
d. Mathewson has returned from a
trip to South Dakota.
Miss Annie Reynolds returned last
evening from visit in Lincoln.
DR.. d. X. Tindall arrived home at
noon from Wayne and Carroll.
A. J. Durland has gone to New York
on a two weeks business trip east.
John M. Flanagan of the Citizens
bank of Stuart was in Norfolk Wednes-
day.
E. ]. Rix was taken quite seriously
ill at his home but is reported some
what better.
Albert Witzigman of Seattle, Wash,
is in Norfolk on visit with his broth
er, w. A. Witzigman.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. R. Bernard, after
short visit in Norfolk, left at noon for
Lincoln, their new home.
H. e. Glissman and Charles LAUGH
passed through Norfolk last night en-
route to Neigh from Creighton.
Miss Helen Glissman and Miss Aug
usta Zorn of Doom, Iowa. passed
through the city enroute to Creighton.
Gerald Light is in the city from Bill
lings, Mont, for visit with his father.
Joe Light, and his brother, V. v.
Light.
W. H. Field was in Norfolk Wednes-
day, returning to Madison from Tilden
where he went to participate in the
primary election.
Miss Fannie Norton is home from a
two weeks visit to Wheatland and
Lusk, Wyo.
George H. Smith of Fort Madison is
in Norfolk on few weeks visit with
his son, r. G. Smith.
Mrs. Fred Linerode is home from
Saratoga, Wyo., where she has visited
her daughter, Mrs. Hattie Owens.
Mrs. J. d. Sturgeon and Mrs. H. l..
Snyder spent the day in Creighton, the
guests of Mrs. Surgeons sister, Mrs.
Largen.
DR.. H. ]. Cole left today for Sioux
City to attend the dental clinics of the
Northern Iowa Dental society. DR..
Cole will return Thursday evening.
Among the days out Of town visit
ors in Norfolk were: Fred Schultz,
Stanton; MILFORD Stamford, Herrick,
S. D.; Miss Bessie Baker, Battle
Creek; R. H. Harris, Lynch; Mr.. and
Mrs. s. A. Pease, Hartford, S. D.; w.
]. and A. j. Weatherholt, Hoskins; F.
Alton nd %
lily, Wayne; Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Miller,
Steele City; A. e. Lindale, West Point;
E. L. Kiman, Gross; George Harner,
Gregory; Samuel Reichert and Frank
Hart, Winside; ]. A. Henderson, Yer
del; P. H. Simons, Butte; Mrs. B.
Birchard, Butte; r. e. Buckmaster,
Creighton; e. F. Brown and Clyde
Eley, Creston; Miss Harvey, Wausa;
w. X. Green, Creighton; e. R. Chace,
Stanton; r. ]. Sucker, Stanton; e.
Bassemeyer, Superior; Andrew G.
Christensen, st. Edward.
Miss Emma Schoregge Is on vaca-
ton from her work in the A. l.. Kill
liam store.
Miss Myrtle Hewins has gone to
Wayne where she will have charge OF
the musical department in the Wayne
normal.
NJ. c. Hazen has broken his summer
camp on the Taft farm, coming into
Norfolk with his family just before
the recent dash of cold weather.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Con-
gregational church will meet with Mrs.
d. F. Bullock, Mrs. ], S. Mathewson
assisting, Thursday afternoon at 8
O'Clock.
The new fare-refunding plan of the
Norfolk Trade Promoters is now in
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-06
Death Of Willie Broecker.

Willie Broecker, the adopted son of
Louie Broecker living three miles
northwest of Norfolk, died after a
short illness with a summer complaint.
The boy was eight years old. The flu
neral will be held at $3.50 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon from the home,
Rev. ]. P. Mueller of Christ Lutheran
church officiating. Interment will be
in the old cemetery.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-06
WHITE CITY WON'T COME.
Firemen's Carnival Idea is Shattered,
Baseball Tourney Possible.

Parker's White City will not fill a
date in Norfolk this month for the
Norfolk fire department, as had been
planned. Chairman c. e. Hartford re-
ceived a letter at noon announcing
that the carnival company could not
reach Norfolk. The committee of
which Mr.. Hartford is chairman has
now suggested that the fremen give a
a baseball tournament some time dur
ing this month. The matter will come
up before the fire department at their
meeting next Wednesday night
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-06
FAREWELL FOR PASTOR.
Rev. j. L. VaIlow Leaves Thursday
for New Home at Alliance.

Members of the Methodist church
Monday evening gave farewell re-
ception for their departing pastor, Rev.
j. L. Vallow, and family, who leave
Thursday for their new home in AL
lance. The reception was held in the
church parlors.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-09-06
PERlLoUs skI.sAiLINe.

Thrilling New Sensation Introduced by
Barnum G. Bailey This Season.
The Barnum & Bailey circus has
La Junta tribune., 1907-04-27
Bathing In the eanse..

At Benarcs before sunrise we went
down the river where our boat waited.
says writer In the March Travel
Magazine, and sat comfortably on the
little cabin roof. kodaks In hand, and
ns the sun rose higher snapped groups
of people no absorbed in their prayers
that they hardly noticed us. At the
more popular places were mass of
young and old who stood for moment
in the shallow wafer and then ducked
under. cmptying little trays of flow
ers or garlands as they did so till the
surface OF the water was covered
thick. AS new crowds constantly
pressed forward any one who stayed
under water more than a second was
in danger Of having another worshiper
on his back. 1t WAS a great festival,
aud the estimated number of bathers
was IN the millions.
La Junta tribune., 1907-04-27
Tho Mystery Solved.

Why dfl loyey mawwy dovey.
huhT" cooed ilie. foolish young married
thing MS 1t tw'ined its arms about the
9cek of its husband.
We'll. you see, we'd been going to-
gcthcr quite awhile. Mabel. and you
had begun to act this way. SO decid.
ed It wns the only way could get rio
OF yon without breach Of promise
suit"
And Immediately hef was rid OF hei
for at least q day or two.-Judye.
La Junta tribune., 1907-04-27

urer to the purchaser thereof. and The
proceeds thereof shall be used only for
the purose OF the Improvement of pub
lie parks in the city of LaJunta
Section T. Whenever said city OF
I.aAIaAs>ta.stlall elect to pay any of said
bonds after the first day OF May A.
ID. 1917, and before the same are alb
solutely due according to the terms
thereof. the clerk of said city shall
cause to be published for ut least four
successive weeks in news
paper published In the city of
LaJunta. and also in the Commerciri
and Financial Chronicle, of the city
OF New York. notice specifying the
number or numbers of the bonds pro-
posed Ia be called In and paid and .h..
date of such proposed payment. and
the interest on such bonds 50 called
shall cease sixty days after the first
publication OF such notice: and tho
bonds so called In. upon their surren-
der shall be paid by said city and when
PAID, together with the unmatured in
terest coupons. shall be destroyed.
Section .. The city council OF the
city OF laJunta shall annually levy
or cause to be levied and devote To tn,
payment of the Interest on the indeht-
edness hereby created and evidenced
by the bonds aforesaid a tax upon all
the taxable property within the cor
porate limits of the city OF LaJunta
Suih''eilt ~ pay tht sefni-annuai inter-
est on all of said bonds outstanding
and after 10 years from the first day
OF May A. u. 1907 there shall be an
nually levied and assessed upon all
the taxable property within the cor
porate limits of said city OF LaJunta
such tax as shall create an yearly
fund equal to 20 per cent of the whole
amount of such bonds issued.
which fund shall be called the re-
demption fund; and all taxes for in
terest on said bonds. and for the re-
demption of said bonds. shall be paid
in cash only and shall be kcpt by the
city treasurer as n special fund. and
shall be used only In the payment of
Interest on such bonds and for the
redemption of such bonds. and such
lected other general taxes
Section 6. This ordinance shall be
and remain irrepealable until said
bonds and the interest thereon shall
have been fully paid herein pro-
vided
Section I. This ordinance immedl-
ately upon Its final passage shall be.
authenticated by the signature OF the
mayor and clerk, and recorded in the
book of ordinances of said city kept
for that purpose and shall he publish
ed in The LaJunta Tribune. and shall
be in full force and effect five days
after such publication.
Passed and approved this 18th day
Of April a. u. 1907
GEORGE BARR.
Mayor.
Attest:
\. MAYERs. Clerk.
/. \. MnycFs, CiiN CIrrl, of the CITY of
la Jnutn, do hereby certify that the fore,o-
La Junta tribune., 1907-04-27

Section 3. That said bonds shnli be
sold az soor, after their issue as prac-
;icable. and delivered BY the city treas
La Junta tribune., 1907-04-27
Attest
\. MAYERs. clerIt.

y. MAYERs. Clerk.
I. \. Mayer. cry Clerk of the City Of
la Jiiuin, do hereby certify that the forn.o-
ing ordnance was placed on it, first rcntiiu.
aud Mns duly read aud passed on its first
reading ut regular meeting of the City
Council of .nid City March l. lsoI
A. MAiERS, City Clerk.
La Junta tribune., 1907-04-27

$500 $500
On the ......,... day of \.
D. ...... the city of I4aJunia In the
county of Otero. state of Colorado.
viii pay the bearer twenty five t$25.o0)
dollars at the banking house Of
Kount7e Prothcrs. In the city OF New
York being six months interest on La
Junta Park Improvement Bond Num-
ber ..........
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-12-07

clared as she was taken TO a cell "no
matter what you do with me. He's
safe now-far away in the south No
oody shall have him but me"
And Mrs CadieX went free and she
kept her boy, too, thanks to the auto
mobile.
The three Ward children have been
kidnapped twice by their father and
two Of them rekidnaped b. their moth.
er-quite family record
John T. Ward and his wife have
been separated for nine years The
three little girls. Marion, Vera and
Cecilia, lived with their mother at No
673 East One Hundred and Seventy.
fourth street One night Mr. Ward
went there, demanded to see his child
rem. and Mrs. Ward let him There
was heated argument, and the up
shot otit was that the father took the
three little daughters away from their
mother and placed them at once in the
convent Of the Holy Cross
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-12-07

the bed Then he lay down to await
certain death.
1t is said the man had told mum
Der Of companions earlier in the DAY
that he would kill himself, but owing
to mis- nervous condition nothing was
thought of his threat until the eXplo-
sion was heard Neighbors hurried 10
the scene and found bits OF human
flesh scattered a hundred feet away
with broken furniture, pieces OF
weather boarding and torn bedding,
Lectak was familiar with the use OF
dynamite, having been employed at
various times where it was used, be-
fore going to work at the brick yard.
It is believed he secured the explosive
rom coal miners, and had fully made
40 his mind to die when he secured
t. Not wanting to injure anyone buj
himself he waited until every one
lad left the house before lighting the
I .UEp
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-12-07

the three boys back In this country
now and she can take them where she
pleases. says writer in the Sunday
World Mothcr-love proved too much
for the courts and for Mr. Hanna,
whom she had divorced and who has
married twice since.
Both father.love and motherlove fig
ured in the disappearance Of little
Freddie Krieger, of Chicago. He was
kidnapped twice, once by his father and
once by his mother. after two courts
had made formal orders in the case
The boy was the son of Klora and
Bert Krieger. His father got the first
divorce. and though his mother was
supposed TO see her son at stated in
tervals the father took him away to
Germany, where he placed the lad,
who was then II. with friends in Ham.
burg 10 be educated.
Mrs Krieger married again and be-
came Mrs Mcdonald. Then. with
plenty Of money at her command, she
resolved to hunt for the boy TO the end
OF the earth, despite all the orders Or
the American courts giving him into
her former husbands custody. The
trail led to Hanover, and there dcteC'
tives in her employ kidnapped the boy
for a second time.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-12-07
WOMAN LIVED So
YEARS As A MAN
DOUBLE LIFE OF OCTOG6N9H'AN
is Barred AT HER DEALT
IN COLORADO.
MARRIED ONE OF HER OWN SEX
Bears Burden of Father 10 ohie'o
Girl Who Had Been Wronged-
Worked as Cook on Ranch
for Several Years.

Trinidad, Colo.-Katherine Eos'
baugh. an eccentric FrenchWoman OF
brilliant attachments, died mere the
other day at the age of So, AFTER mas
querading for 60 years as a man. Inc
woman donned trousers when a girl
and had a horror Of skirts up TO the
time of her death. She filled a score
of responsible positions, and her true
sex was never suspected.
Just twice during her entire life was
the fact that Katherine Nosbaugh was
a woman made known The first time
was when, at 80 years of age she re
vealed it to the young woman she mar
ried in st. Joseph, Mo. The next and
last time when she was con
WINGED she was dying and was com
PEELED to inform the hospital physician
During her long life she had been
a bank clerk, a sheep herder, DOCK
keeper, a restaurant-keeper ana
mining camp cook. Although she SPOKE
several languages and had been
brought up in refinement, she seemed
never so HAPPY as Nheh sue was va"
in rough overals and heavy shoes
doing the most laborious work.
She wandered all over the WoFld
and although often compelled to asso
ciate with the toughest men, she was
never suspected OF being woman
and on more than one occasion proved
herself more Of q manly man than her
associates. She came to America IN
1912 at the age of Is, shortly after her
fathers death. She decided that she
could make her way as a man, but
not as a woman She donned trousers
and settled in Joplin, Mo, as a book
keeper
For nine years she remained in Jop
lin and was esteemed a fine young
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-12-07
SI|ICIDE BLOWS SELF To
PIECES WITH DYNAMITE
places EXPLOSIVE UNDER BEL
THEN LIES DOWN AND
LIGHTS THE FUSE.

pittsburg. Pa.-Calmly lying ooN Il
on a bed at his home, John Lec'ah'
aged 50. of Emo station, near Imperial
the other evening drew comfort over
him after lighting a fuse to SUCK Vi
dynamite. which he placed under the
bed Fifteen minutes later nelghOors
gathered up the fragments of LectaN
and the furniture The building was
completely wrecked.
Lectak was employed at a brick yard
at Imperial, but it is said he had been
respondent recently after recovering
from a lengthy spree. The man wait
ed until other occupants of the house
left and placed the dynamite under
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-12-07
BAT RUINS GIRLS HAIR.
She Gets the Worst of a Fight with
Winged Rodents" in Attic.

san Rafael Cal-This city is suf-
fering from an invasion OF bats, and.
despite the strenuous efforts of the
citizens the winged pests have gained
a strong foothold in various parts of
the town. Because Of their activity
Miss Lillian Steadman. a pretty young
housemaid employed at the Hotel
Rafael is mourning the loss of her
golden t-esses, and incidentally sui.
ferng from shock to her nervous
system
Miss Steadman climbed to the attic
in the hotel determined to drive out
some of the bats She was surrounded
soon by drove of the winged rodents,
and proceed 1 eamcly to give battle
to them
one Of the bats lodged in the young
woman's hair and refused 10 bulge
Miss Stoadmau, thoroughly frightened,
ran screaming from the attic and the
bat sim chung to her keeping busy
With his saw-lile wings till he had
succeeded in cutting her beautiful
tressos SO badly THAT 1t was necessary
ID shnN hem oft. much to the sorrow
OF thu s..l ana her admirers
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-12-07
Stole Children from Convent.


After three days search Mrs Ward
found the girls Several times she
tried to get at them but failed For
days she haunted the neighborhood
Of the convent until the long vigil
made her desperate
She saw two of her little ones.
Vera and Cecilia, playing in the yard.
In she ran and the next moment the
two were in her arms. Marion wasn't
there and the distracted mother was
afraid TO wait. So OF she ran with
the two, hatlcss and coatless.
At once the sisters notified Mr..
Ward, but he couldn't find them
they were not at their mothers home
The husband got a warrant but he
couldn't find the children-and the
mother has them still
The records tell of countless other
cascs--of how Mrs James Cook kid.
mapped her boy in carriage from right
in front Of his fathers hotel in Ia
maica, how Anton Head Richards
grandson OF Eugene L. Richards pro.
fessor OF mathematics at Yale, was
kidnapped in Chicago by three men
whom Mrs. Richards declared were
emissaries of his father how Mrs
Montague Rolls. OF Detroit, paid $40,
900 to get her boy back after his IA
Their had kidnapped him -thore are
many moro cases
Love causes more kidnapping than
money, And the lesson is learned in
The divorce court first
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-12-07
Learned Lesson Well

She hurried the lad to Hamburg,
and there she disappeared though
she was divorced, she bad obtained
the custody Of her son. no matter what
tho court ordered. She had learned
her lesson In the divorce court. and
she did business another way.
Theodore Wood, policeman and his
wife long ago agreed to disagree. They
lived at No. l7l7 Gates avenue, Brook
lyn. and their child. Florence, who
was not consulted in the matter at all,
stayed on there with her father.
one day when Policeman Wood was
on post Mrs Wood stole into the
house and took little Florence away.
Fearful OF being followed, She hurried
the girl TO MiddlctoWn. y. Y. Wood
heard where she had gone and had a
warrant issued \ detective arrested
Mrs Wood there and brought her back
to Brooklyn.
The case was taken 10 court. Mrs.
Wood was weeping. after sIecplcss
night In her cell She Conldnt see why
a mother should be locked UP for tax.
ing her own child.
she stole her" declared the hus-
band
hut. a. always happens, Mrs Wood
went free There isn't "a Jaw yet that
will send a parent kduapcr to prison
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-12-07
Chinese Educational Movement

I'LL" growth Of the educational move,
".a. .a- been 50 rapid throughout
Pr Chinese empire that the demand
instructors has far exceeded the
competent men available for
80 position With the result that in
.nEi1ea Of ShegsHng while
undoubtedly q number Of e<-
s- MIN -45a-ei To- s,hoo. woaa.
a..tE a.a uagkaNla gor their
'a. taaH .he ~uiiipu,