The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-12-25
yesterday on his way to Amarillo,

ID. +, Nichol of Neigh passed
through Norfolk Thursday morning
enroute to Oscaloosa, Ia, where he
will spend a few months with f. NJ.
Edris
Among the days outoftown visit.
ors in Norfolk were: w. d. Darr,
Creighton; G.. Hansen, Plainview; f.
A. Ilesse, Nerdel; Rudolph Lindeman,
Creighton; c. p. Wimberly, Genoa f.
NJ. Robbins, Gregory, S d.; William
Mohr Spencer; Jake Fergen, Dallas,
S, d.; ii. l.. Call, Naper; Fred II.
Free, Plainview; ]. f. Edelstein, Dal-
las, S. D.; f. NJ Brooks, Dallas, S. D..
Roy Magner, Pierce; Earl Brown,
Spencer; Casper Thiesen, Humphrey;
j. Midgeley, Winnetoon.
Lee Lamar, Sioux City travelling
man, has moved to Norfolk
Friday is the last day of school in
the public schools before the holidays.
John Davenport has moved into the
b. r. Reid property on North
Twelfth street.
Paul Draeger, who has been seriously
i'll for some time, is still in a danger.
Gus condition.
Alfred Lants was called to Tecum-
sch by telegram announcing the sud
den death of his brothers wife.
Ernest Raasch is building two cot
tages on North Eighth street between
Koenigstein and Nebraska avenues.
A little son came on December Z
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Harrell in Fort Hutchinson, Texas,
Mrs. Harrell was formerly Miss
Eleanor COffeen of this city.
A little trip down stairs to the din
ing room of the OXnard hotel on
Christmas day is one of the Christmas
presents that is promised Tow Brice
the popular north Nebraska travelling
man who is recovering from an attack
of typhoid fever at the OXnard
An inch of snow covered the ground
Thursday morning in Long Pine, ac-
Cording to word brought to Norfolk.
In this city a quarter of an inch of
rain and sleet fell very thin coat.
ing of the latter covering the ground
at day break. Fair and much colder
Friday night was the weather mans !
greeting.
The, u. c. 7. is making active pre-
parations for the appropriate cele-
bration of the eleventh anniversary of |
the local council on January %, 1909 |
The birthday committees" are at
work and one of the things that they |
aim at is the attendance of all of the |
charter members of eleven years ago, |
now scattered from coast to coast A
ball and banquet will make up part Of |
the anniversary program
Sample pages of the new telephone |
recently issued by the Nor
folk Long Distance Telephone com
pany and printed in the printing de-
partment of The News, are repro
duced in this months issue of the
Western Telephone Journal with the
following comment: I'VE are repro
iucing herewith the front cover and
one of the inside pages of the new
issued by General Manager
w. j. Stadelman of the Norfolk Long
Distance Telephone Company of Nor |
folk, Nebraska. In regard to this
directory, Mr. Stadelman has a right
to feel proud, as everything constd.
cred, it is one of the best that we
have seen. 1t is not an expensive af-
fair, or overdone in any particular,
but is simple, plain, clear cut and
we'll arranged and printed through
especially we'll suited to directory
work, and the absence of the leader
Dr dotted lines, is a decidedly notice
able Improvement. On the back out.
side cover there appears half tone
cut of the company's new Office build
ing, which we are also reproducing
herewith. Both the front and back
covers are printed in two colors, red
and blue, and altogether presents a
very attractive appearance. Let us
nave more directories on this order"
A Northwestern extension north from
Midland, S. d., on the PierreRapid
City line, through Leslie, S. D., to tap
he Indian country in the northwest
part of South Dakota, was confidently
predicted in Norfolk this morning by
Edward l.. Sem of Oacoma S. D., in
1 private conversation. This extern
sion north from Midland, Mr.. Sem
said, would in time be part of a direct
inc from the northwest part of South
Dakota when the BOnesteel line was
Quilt on from Dallas to Midland. The
'eason the north part of the line was
o be built this spring was to let the
Northwestern get within reach of the
cheyenne and Standing Bear reserva.
ions, where the big land drawing is
expected to take place next year. Mr..
Sem did not know when the road
would extend from Dallas to Midland
)ut thought that small extension
night come within a year or two pos
;ibly in order to prevent the Milwau-
iee from taking Rosebud trade across
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