The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-05-24

The Hanover Fire Insurance com
pany of New York has settled in full
for the $500 insurance carried by DR..
Marquardt on his household goods,
which we're badly damaged in the re-
cent fire.
G.. p. Parish Is to have a brick bake
shop and oven built in the rear of his
Norfolk avenue grocery store. The
new bakeshop will be 30x22. This ad-
dition will afford more available space
In the grocery department of Mr.. Par
ish's store.
The track at the Norfolk driving
park is open to the public, who are
formally invited by the officers of the
driving club to circle round the track
when out on drive. The passing of
horses and buggies over the track
serves to harden the surface of the
roadway.
C. e. Greene. for sixteen years a
prominent commercial traveller in this
territory, and who has made his home
in Norfolk for many years, has pur-
chased the general merchandise stock
of NJ. II. butcher at Plainview and
will begin invoicing the stock Mon
day morning. Mr.. Greene has re-
signed his position with Lindeke, War
ner & Son of st. Paul, with whom he
has been for sixteen years. Mr.. and
Mrs. Greene have been making their
home at the residence of Mrs. Mary
Davenport and will Immediately re-
move to Plainview They have a
large number of Norfolk friends who
will regret their departure from this
city.
Charles II. Johnson left on the
morning train for 1000 mile trip to
the Pacific coast. He will be gone
two months and will visit points be-
tween southern California and the
northern boundary of the United
States. He will look for location
enroute and will incidentally handle
a line of goods as travelling represen-
tatiye for a Michigan house.
C. f. Hoar. who became the owner
of Mrs. Robert Crafts department
store at the Junction this week ac-
cording to the purchase agreement
reached last month, is going to bring
his family from his home in Missouri
Valley, Iowa, to Norfolk as soon as
he can make the necessary arrange
ments. Mr.. Hoar was in the grocery
business at Missouri Valley.
The remains of Mrs. Charles Tabor,
who died Monday in Omaha, were
brought to Norfolk Thursday evening
for the services Friday afternoon in
this city. Short services at the home
of the parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.
Boeck, preceded the funeral observ-
ance at Christ Lutheran church at
o'clock. Rev. ]. P. Mueller officiated.
Interment was in Prospect hill Gene
terry.
e.. The new Northwestern timecard be-
comes effective Sunday. BY virtue of
the new timecard an additional train
Bonesteel, leaving Norfolk in the
morning and arriving here, on the re.
turn trip, in the evening. This train
will run every day of the week ex.
cepting Sunday. The first edition of
the new train will run out of Norfolk
Monday morning.
President Marvin Hughitt, General
, Manager Trenholm, General Superin
tendent Strickland and Superintendent
| Nicoles of the Minneapolis & Omaha
road have made a brief visit to the
: Nebraska division of the road and to
the new extension that was completed
: last fall from Harrington to Crofton
nj ,iYr IL;
|, went over the Missouri Valley line
of the Northwestern enroute east.
r The Norfolk high school baseball
season which came to close with
s last Saturdays game at Madison re
suited in four successive victories over
b outside teams representing neighbor
ing high schools. The placing of g
{ baseball team in the season this spring
!. was new departure in high schoo
!. athletics. Prospects for strong team
;. next year are weakened by the loss
of Hoffman, Brakeman, Erskine, Haup
l. til and Hardy, members of this
:. springs graduating class. The Nor
folk high schools score card thi!
e spring shows the following games
}. Norfolk ., Neigh Z; Norfolk II, Pierce
L. Norfolk 16, Madison 10.
l. Black Hills delegates to the Ode
s. Fellow and Rebekah South Dakot;
conventions will leave Deadwood il
J. a private Pullman, passing through
@ Norfolk tomorrow noon enroute t.
l. their convention city, Pierre An A
%. U. w. delegation is also expected
l. to pass through the city Sunday TO
1t their convention at Sioux Falls. S. d
h The yearly business meeting of tn,
Il Norfolk Woman's club was held thi
7. week. Officers for the ensuing yea
& we're elected as follows: Mrs. Bur
e Mapes, president Mrs. Erskine, vice
o president; Mrs. Lindstrom, recording
Is secretary; Mrs. John Krantz, CORES
e ponding secretary; Mrs. Meredith
treasurer. The Woman's club at tn