The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-01-24

son, Hoskins; William Moderew, Bee
mer; Otto Koehler, Pllger; Clarence
Wallace, Wlsner; II. r. Bowman, Law.
renee w. J. Linton, Elgin; J. J. Kane,
Wisner
Alex Fishback, living south Of Nor
folk, has given up farming to move
to Norfolk Mr.. Fishback will work
for the Northwestern.
At the installation of the I. o. o. F.
officers at Niobrara George N. Beels
of this city gave a lecture on the his
tory of Odd Fellowship, beginning with
It's birth In Manchester, England.
Frank Ware has purchased a drug
store at Wlnslde, his father, F. f.
Ware, remaining In Norfolk in charge
of the Norfolk avenue drug store. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Ware have moved to
Winside.
Miss Edith Barrett, who teaches the
Tannehill school, south of the city,
was taken sick with the grip while
home Sunday and was unable to re-
turn to her school Monday.
There was rush for reserve seat
tickets Monday morning for the Tenn
pie quartet engagement in the even
ing at the Auditorium. The Temple
quartet Is the third number of the high
school lecture course and the quartet s
program was expected to prove an at
tractive feature of the course.
George Brooks of Bazile Mills was
one of the Nebraska delegates named
by Governor Sheldon to represent Ne
| braska at the Missouri river improve
ment congress at Sioux City this week.
Other delegates appointed from this
section were Herman Taylor of Plain
view and w. p. Logan of Norfolk.
The Flying squadron" a bunch of
hustlers for the Travellers Protective
association, will be in Norfolk the
first of February. The squadron will
consist of about three men prominent
in the T. p. A. organization. Their
trip is made to work up membership
The 7. p. A. men will be in NorfolE
one day-Saturday.
| O. w. Doing, an insurance man
who has made his home in Norfolk fol
several months past, leaves today fol
Oklahoma City, where he is to be
state agent for the Columbia fire in
surance company of Omaha. Mr.. Dol
ing came to Norfolk last spring ant
during the summer figured in the am
ateur baseball contests.
Carl Sternberg, resident of Hum
phrey for several weeks past commit
ted suicide last week by drinking poi
son. Sternberg was not thought tt
be in his right mind. He leaves
wife and three little children. The
wife is a sister of Mrs. Fred Meyer o.
Humphrey and Of Fred Schwartz liv
ing northeast of Humphrey.
Sunday Mr., and Mrs. John Oester
ling had been married thirty-ive years
and a large company of friends gath
cred at their home in the evening t
help celebrate the anniversary.
was a merry crowd of visitors an
they had a good time until a lat
hour, leaving with wishes for man
returns of the anniversary to the brid
and groom of thirty-five years ago.
Nj. Mihills' special sale of thorough
}, bred Duroc-Jersey hogs Saturda
4 brought a representative gathering
hog men to Norfolk. Most of the BIZ
: ders came from some little distance
: Fifty-seven hogs were offered. tn
prices did not run exceptionally mig
II a good many bargains being pickle
g up. The sale was topped at $l5
while one animal sold as low as $13.
r Pierce Call: Last Saturday We
r. soap day" in the postoffice. A hug
sack of small samples arrived on tt
It afternoon mail and were distribute
e to the addresses on the envelope
Some persons had as high as thr'
IT packages of soap and the smell of t;
y was so strong that the force had
,e open the ventilators. Saturday night
bath should have been cheap SO Il
e as soap was concerned.
p. w. ]. Stadelman of the Norfolk Lor
N Distance Telephone company left Mo
day morning for Omaha, where
n Joins the Independent delegate
Il bound for the national convention
r independent telephone interests he
this week in Chicago. The Nebrasl
y telephone men will travel in a speci
lie car. Mr.. Stadelman has just return'
% from the state convention at Lincol
where he was placed on the commits
is on resolutions. There were 275 me
le at the Lincoln convention and Il
Is business interests represented we
said to aggregate a total of 100000
10 Kearney Hub: The Norfolk Col
is mercial club started the new year wi
al movement to secure better equaliz
e. and more favorable freight rates +
that city. That is the point exact
re There is no justice in a system
lie rates that builds up one set of tow
e. at the expense of another. The thil
is a we'll balanced distance schedu
I'd that will enable any city favored
to location and enterprise and capital
IN build upon it's own commercial fou
or dations. Under the old rule of ra
reading the town the most favored
ST. to natural location and advantag
would be least favored as to rates,
J., other words would be discriminat