The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-17
FRIDAY FACTS.

F. l.. Unterkircher of Burlington,
Iowa, was in Norfolk, the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. A. N. Antilles. Mr.. Inter
kircher is mayor of Burlington.
John Duncan, the Norfolk Long Dis.
lance Telephone company's engineer,
arrived in Norfolk last evening from
Sioux City, where he spent the holt
days. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan, as
well as their little daughter, were sick
during the holidays.
Burt Mapes was in Stanton Friday.
Miss Dora Moldenhauer was in
Pierce Friday.
Mrs. A. N. McGinnis of Warnerville
spent yesterday in Pierce.
Mrs. Winnie Stenge of Omaha is WIS.,
iting her brother, Zell McGinnis at
Warnerville.
DR.. c. w. Ray has returned from
Indiana, where he was called by the
death of his mother.
j. w. Bob and family have returned
from Missouri, where they went to
make their home few years ago.
Chief Justice ]. B. Barnes arrived
home Friday noon from Lincoln, where
he stepped to the head of the supreme
court on Thursday.
Mrs. Arnold Schmidt of Vancouver
has arrived in Norfolk to join her hus-
band, who is employed at the Fuesler
tailoring establishment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fink have gone to Con-
cord, where Mr.. Fink will dispose of
his property before coming to Norfolk
to live. Mrs. Fink was formerly Mrs.
Kiesal.
j. w. Ransom, DR.. H. J. Cole and
Fred Fulton of the Norfolk Gas G
Fuel company, are home from Colum.
bus, where they inspected the new
gas plant just installed in Columbus.
j. H. Burbank is arranging to go to
the vicinity of Wood Lake this spring
to take up Kinkaid homestead.
When the farmer band passed down
the avenue yesterday Burt Mapes
leaned farther out of the window than
any one else along the street. "Now,
those farmers appeal to me-" said the
Mast block attorney.
The Mayhem boarding house which
has been conducted at Third street
and Madison avenue has been closed
T. G. Mayhem has gone to South Da.
kota homestead while Mrs. Mayhem
has removed to a new home on South
Twelfth street.
The gold coins from which the mot
to, "In God We Trust" was recently
stricken, were originally in motto
less condition. A Norfolk banker
made this discovery yesterday. Pick
ing up 500 gold piece coined in 1852
he was surprised to see the motto in
question missing.
Geo. M. Dudley returned at noon
yesterday from Rochester, Mimi,
where he was operated upon by the
Mayo Brothers for appendicitis. His
recovery from the effects of the op-
Grafton was very rapid. Eight days
after the operation he was able to
leave the hospital and in two weeks
he was home.
Mayor F. l.. Unterkircher of Bur-
lington, Iowa, was visitor in Mayor
Durland's Office yesterday afternoon.
Burlington is now city of about 3d.
900. Mayor Durland found that his
guest had something the better end of
the salary proposition, the Iowa city
paying its executive head $1,000. May
or Unterkircher was the first demo-
cratic mayor elected in Burlington in
years.
A contract for furnishing coal to the
Norfolk hospital was awarded by the
state board OF purchase to H. B. Mills
but was held open by the board for
further consideration. The White
breast company had the former con-
tract to furnish 1900 tons and the in
has used 800 tons. The
company alleges that it
should be allowed to furnish the full
/ 200 tons.
A week from next Monday the Ben
nett company of Omaha retires tenn
porarily from the piano business in
giving up their building at
the corner of Second street and Nor
folk avenue. II. A. Haley has leased
the building and will use it in connec-
ton with the painting end of his bust
ness. 1t is said that the Bennett COM
pany is not leaving this territory and
that branch house may be opened in
Norfolk again.
Norfolk race followers are looking
for an immediate call for a meeting
Of the North Nebraska Short Shipment
racing association. The meeting will