The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-08-21
THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEwsJOuRNAL 81

the guest of Miss Myrtice Doughty
over SUNDAY
Paul Wetzel is visiting relatives in
Beemer for few days
Miss Ruth Mount of Fremont is Wis
iting with Miss Marion slit.
Misses Mary and Minnie Verges and
Mrs. zitkowski left this morning for
Pueblo, Colo.
Mrs. a. Brummund returned Satur.
day evening from visiting her daugh.
ter in Sioux City.
Mr. and Mrs j. w. Kidder, who
have been visiting Moses Kidder, re.
turned to Oakdale Saturday
Preston Ogden left Monday noon,
for Chicago, where he will engage in
eyangelistic work for ten days.
Mrs. James Conley of Fremont ar
rived in the city at noon to be the
guest of her son, j. II. Conley, for
several days.
Miss Matte Simmons of Battle
Geek was in the city Monday on her
way to Madison to take the county
teachers examination.
j. f. Flynn went to Humphrey Mon.
day, having gone on the road as
special agent for the Elkhorn Life In
surance company of Norfolk.
Mrs. w. II. Bucholz and sons, Fritz
and Arden, of Omaha, are visiting at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
n. A. Rainbolt.
Carl Wilde, assistant cashier of the
Norfolk National bank, is taking a
vacation
T. c. Cantwell desiring to aid in the
local fight for the peerless, has offered
a So hat to the man who secures the
most members to the Norfolk Bryan
club.
A little boy has been making a can
vass of Norfolk houses securing a list
of names of people DESTROYS of re-
! ceiving a Sears-Roebuck catalogue.
BY sending a large shipment by freight
the big mail order house probably eX-
poets to save heavy postage.
A pleasant party given last week
was in honor of the birth anniversary
of Charles Gibbs about thirty friends
spending the evening at his home five
miles southwest of Norfolk During
the evening Mr.. Gibbs was presented
with a handsome ring by his mother.
The latter part of the evening was
spent in dancing.
Miss Mabel Killing, who had charge
of the children's work at the recent
chautauqua, is president of the Hun
dred Years club" of Des Moines, an
organization of physical culture en-
thusiasts who hope to lengthen their
stay in this world by the careful alb
survance of various rules Of life laid
down by science and common sense.
S. F. Erskine this morning took his
Sunday school class on an outing to
Crystal lake, near Sioux City, where
they will spend their time boating and
fishing. The following young men
will camp there for ten days: Sam
Erskine, Lowell Erskine, Charles
Bridge, Roy Hibben, Warren Beeler
Louie Thompson, Clifford Parish and
Lloyd Pasewalk. Mr.. Erskine will re-
main at the camp for some days.
Omaha Bee: The engagement is an
nounced of Miss Elizabeth Sharpless
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Sharpless
of Fergus Falls, Mimi, to Mr.. Mere
dith Daniel Of Omaha. Miss Sharpless
is the niece of Mr. and Mrs. N. F
Reckard and has been their guest sew
eral times and has also visited Mrs
|, n. A. Daniel and made many friends
in Omaha. The wedding will take place
in the late winter or early spring, anC
they will make their home in Omaha
1t is not improbable that President
Roosevelt may speak in Norfolk or
the eve of the present election. Dis
patches from Washington state tha
the president is more than likely tC
get into the campaign in the mos
active manner close to election time
1t is equally likely that if Roosevelt
takes this step he will be whirled ou
20 the west where his personal popu
larity is the greatest. In that case
he would naturally speak in Nebraska
and probably in Norfolk as the cen
7 trail city in the north state country
where the political fight has in pas
} years been the closest of any section
: of the state.
t e. A. Moore, a travelling salesman
: for the American Shoe company, whC
, has been a resident of Norfolk fo
: several years, expects to leave thu
: city about October 1 to take an al
I vanced position with the Seltz, Sch
wab Shoe company of Chicago, Mr.
Moore has been interested in severa
local enterprises in the city and is tn,
superintendent of the Methodist Sun
day school. He will take his famil.
with him when he leaves, though h
has not yet decided upon a definite
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