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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
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MODERN BROTHERHOOD OF AMER.
icA CLASS INITIATION.
LARGE CLASS OF CANDIDATES

Norfolk Members Do Not Know Elk.
actiy How Many Visitors VIII be
Rere-5anquet VIII Follow the In.
itlatlon.
The Norfolk lodge OF the Modern
Brotherhood OF America is ready for
big night Friday when several big
delegations OF lodge candidates are
coming to Norfolk from away for a
big Joint initiation which will be In
charge of the local lodge.
Norfolk members do not know ex.
actly how many guests they will have
from away. They expect fifty or sew.
enty-ive candidates alone.
Candidates are expected from Stan.
ton, Carroll, Wayne, Meadow Grove.
Warnerville, Battle Creek and Creigh.
ton.
State Manager S. s. Hayman OF
Grand Island will be in Norfolk for the
initiation.
A banquet, probably In G. A. Il.
hall, will follow the initiation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
MilIer-Walter.

From playmates together, living in
houses across the street, Fred Miller
of 430 South Third street and Miss
Charlotte Walter OF 429 South Third
street, became husband and wife
Thursday afternoon, the wedding TAX.
ing place at 2:3O o'clock in Christ
Lutheran church. Rev. ]. P. Mueller
pastor of the church, officiating
The bride was attended by Miss
Lillian Degner and Miss Anna Brock
er, the groom by Ole Boehnke and
Carl Bluecher.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. b. c. Walter. The groom is a
young Norfolk carpenter. Mr., and
Mrs Miller will spend the winter with
the grooms parents.
Invitations were issued to a recep-
ton to follow the wedding, the recep-
ton taking place at the Walter home.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
ke-BraaSch,

Amid constant shower of rice H.
F. Rohrke and bride, the latter until
Chri S mas evening Miss Selma
Braasch, passed through Norfol k
Thursday noon enroute from Hadar to
Lincoln by way of Omaha.
The jolly party which came down
from Hadar with the young people
consisted of A. Hulett, A. Hastorf. E.
Rohrke, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Braasch, e.
Braasch and M. Braasch of the vicin-
ity of Hadar.
The wedding took place Christmas
night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Braasch south of Pierce, Rev. Mr..
Brauer of Hadar conducting the we'd
ding service.
Mr.. Rohrke is street car conductor
in Lincoln and Is son of G. NJ.
Rohrke living near Hadar.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
REV. FRANKLIN BAKERS BIBLE
Former Norfolk Minister Said to be
Preparing New Version.

Rev. Franklin Baker, formerly pas
tor of the Second Congregational
church in Norfolk, and who has at
tanned more or less notoriety and pub.
licity in several ways. is now, it would
seem from the following letter to the
Denver Republican, preparing new
bible. The letter says:
This man Baker makes people think
makes them think that some terrible
mistake has been permitted to live
and poison the minds OF unsuspecting
generations. That paper IDOL the
Bible, is doomed to speedy suppress
sion. For. while it does not contain
the nauseating obscenity of Boccaccio
or De Kock, yet it is sufficiently lech-
erous to cause Baker to carefully ex-
anime his copy; and wherever he
finds anything that cannot withstand
his pure and lofty gaze, he ruthlessly
cuts out the leaf with a penknife and
throws the offending portion into the
CRATE.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, under the
nom de plume, Alfred Tennyson,' tried
to stem the tide of reverence for the
wicked volume by writing Crossing
the Bar which, as everyone recalls,
is bitter attack on the Bible and a
protest against having anything to do
with a certain Pilot, whose name is
not mentioned. The real Simon-pure
Bible is now in course of preparation,
under the strict supervision of Baker.
A number of well known literary lights
have been asked to contribute to this
work. among them being Confucius,
Buddha, Paine and Walt Whitman.
Special concessions have been
granted to Whittier and Lowell; for,
despite their generally uniform ortho-
doxy, they said some things that were
sufficiently at variance with the old
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03

work Bakers Bible-A Symposium
by Several Who Knew Nothing About
the Bible, and Some Who Knew Bet
ter Than They Wrote Respectfully,
Farnum st. John"
The Rev. Mr.. Baker at one time
startled people Of California commu-
nifty by producing billiard cue and
kindred sporting articles In the pulpit
with which to illustrate sermon. A
couple OF years ago he made a long
walk with "A Sunday school class
While here he played leading role in
an amateur production of The Chris.
tan"
Mrs. Baker was formerly Miss Eff
ne Ball OF Norfolk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
GOLD IN ANT ELOPE COUNTY
Christmas Goose That Revealed the
Secret


Neigh, Neb,, Dec. 27.-Special to
The Mes Besides its agricultural
wealth. it is not impossible that Ante
lope county may forge to the front as
a producer of gold. For Christmas,
Mrs. M. j. Romig bought fine goose
at Rorby's market, and remembering
the reported finds of valuable articles
in the craws of geese, that lady made
a close inspection of the contents,
with the result of finding a couple of
bright looking particles, the size of a
large pin head. They were taken to
Jeweler Cleaver, who inspected and
tested them and pronounced them to
be pure gold.
Inquiry at the market only devel.
oped the fact that the geese from
which the above was selected were
purchased from a farmer residing east
of this city, but whose name was not
known.
Doubtless the incident will excite
more or less comment, and in some
cases will be disbelieved, but the facts
are exactly as given. An effort will
be made to locate the feeding ground
of the geese. with the hope that the
search will result in untold wealth to
the lucky discoverer.
Shares of the Antelope County Gold
Mining and Development company
may sometime be an allurement to
investors
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
West Point News.

West Point, Neb.. Dec. 27.--Special
to The News: The local Deutsche
Landwehr Vereln have planned q
the opera house in West Point on
January II, for the benefit of the so
ciety The entertainment will be a
series Of eighty living pictures repre-
senting scenes and events In the Fran.
co-Prussian war and will occupy about
three hours for the performance. Hon
Jacob Houck Of Omaha will explain
the meaning and history of the scenes
and tableaux as the drama proceeds
Fifty persons will take part in the per
Torrance.
Much interest is being shown by the
local farmers in the forthcoming Farm.
ers's institute, which is scheduled to
take place early in February. Cunning
county has heretofore distinguished
herself in the number and class of
progressive farmers who are alive to
the benefits Of these gatherings.
The holiday trade in the various
towns Of Cunning county has this year
been abnormal. Merchants report a
greater volume of business than in
prevailing. good roads and the appar-
ent abundance of money combined to
produce this happy result.
Henry Slatanoff well known farm
err of western Cunning county who has
been visiting in Germany for the past
six months has returned home. While
he enjoyed his visit he says he is glad
to get back to the United States and
expresses his firm opinion that Ne
braska beats the world.
Jacob Hagedorn. a well.to-do farmer
Of this county, has for the second time
been adjudged insane and has been
lodged in the hospital at Norfolk
Cunning county is acquiring an unen-
viable notoriety by reason of the large
number Of cases Of insanity which
develop here.
Victor Landholm of Cunning town
ship has just been granted patent
upon what appears to be unique in its
line and promises to be a great boon
to the farming community. 1t is de.
vice by which a traction engine is
made to do all the work Of building
fences. This machine not only digs
the holes but drives in the posts
stretches the wires, fastens them, and
leaves completed fence as it pro
ceeds along. An immense distance of
fence can be built by one operator
with this machine in one day.
The newly elected officers for 1908
of st. Joseph's branch, No. 403, Of the
Catholic Knights of America are:
Very Rev. Joseph Ruesing, president;
h Frank Rezac, vice-president; William
Stieren, treasurer; John H. Lindale,
recording secretary; Ferd. Walter, fl
nancial secretary; Theo. Gentrup, SER
geantat.arms; Bernard Kaup, sentinel /;
Charles McDermott, trustee for three
years.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
CHRISTMAS GIFT SAVED LIFE.
Sheriff Bauman of Fremont Saved
From Bullet by Lap Robe.

A Christmas gift from his wife
saved the life of Sheriff Bauman of
Fremont Wednesday night, when the
accidental discharge of revolver
sent a Al steel-jacket bullet through
the bottom of a chair into a fine new
waterproof laprobe spread over the
chair. Sheriff Bauman's body was in
direct line to receive the bullet if it
had not been stopped by the fourth
thickness of the heavy robe. The pis-
tol fell from the belt of ]. C. Cook
who had just come into the sheriff's
office with Bauman and was removing
his overcoat. The pistol struck the
floor and went off.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
RAILROADS
Record Railroad Year.

During the year 1907 the railroads
of the United States installed a total
of 6O335 miles of block signals, more
than during any other year of the his
tory, built $3.50 miles of new road
and bought nearly $4,000 freight cars,
1888 passenger cars and 3,777 loco
motives.
The installation of block signals was
nearly 5000 miles in excess of the pre-
vious year. With the exception of
1906, the construction of new lines was
greater than since 1888.
The record of receiverships and
foreclosures also give evidence of the
general railroad prosperity. A total
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
GREETINGS BY POST CARD.
New Feature in Christmas Mail Matter
Has Grown Up.

One of the most noticeable things
about this Christmas was the growth
of the custom of sending postal card
Christmas greetings. OF course the
souvenir postcard fad is responsible.
A very large portion of the mail that
was exchanged from point to point
was made up of postcards, prettily
decorated and bearing timely greet
ings. The cards are appreciated, too,
by the recipients. 1t makes a person
feel good to know that he has just so
much as been thought of by friend.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
ThaW Gave Gifts,

New York, Dec. 27.-Harry Thaw
has made Christmas gifts to everyone
in the Tombs, which has been his
home since the night in June, 1906,
when he shot Stanford White on the
roof of Madison Square garden. To
each keeper he gave box of cigars
and to each matron half dozen hand
kerchiefs. To each man prisoner he
gave box of chocolates and two CT
CARS and to each woman prisoner a
handkerchief.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03

receivers. Six roads were sold at fore.
closure and they represented ia miles.
in Canada during the year. 723 miles
OF new road were constructed and in
Mexico 349 miles.
The states west Of the Mississippi
river show the most marked develop.
ment In railroad building. The north.
western territory of North and South
Dakota, Washington, Oregon, north
ern California and Nevada have been
most active.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
TEDDY BEAR CRAZE ENDS.
Fad For Peculiar Pets Has Succumbed.
Bears DRUG on Market.

The Teddy bear craze Is dying out,
according to the toy dealers in New
York. When the stores closed Christ.
mas most of the toy departments we're
pretty well cleared out, except for
Teddy bears.
In the holiday rush just over, thou
sands OF dogs, elephants, monkeys and
rabbits, made OF furry cloth and stuffed
as are the Teddy bears, were sold, but
very few OF the great numbers OF bears
that went into the top shops early in
the season have left the shelves. Last
season the dealers could not get
enough Of them. This year they are
a drug on the market.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
A CHRISTMAS PARTY THAT WAS
TURNED INTO A WEDDING.
EVERYONE WAS SURPRISED

Three Other Couples Made Happy on
Christmas - Wedding Bells and
Christmas Bells Ring Together-No
Demand for leap Year.
A Christmas party was turned into
a Christmas wedding in the Bishop
block Wednesday evening, when Miss
Eva Mihills surprised her guests OF
the evening by retiring suddenly and
reappearing in bridal costume. Rev.
j. c. s. Wells, rector of Trinity Epis-
copal church, also appeared at the
psychological moment, performing the
ceremony that united Mr.. Richard II.
Kilmurry and Miss Mihills About a
score OF friends present at the party
had no intimation OF the party's in
tended climax. Mr.. Kilmurry formerly
lived in O'Neill but is now employed
as painter by II. A. Haley. The
young people will live in Norfolk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
SPORTS

II cost Yale $4,000 to maintain it's
football team for six weeks last fall
and the gate receipts at games turned
$4,000 into the treasury. The cost
of the football teams maintenance
was as much as would have been the
cost of paying six professors for a
year.
Tommy Burns will fight Jem Roche,
an Irish champion, at Dublin on March
II for a $4,000 a side and a purse of
$500. Burns recently whipped Gun
ner NOR, English champion.
Kansas City is to have a six-day BIZ
cycle race.
Jimmy Barry has offered a match to
AL Kaufman.
Reno (Nev) is trying to get a Nc
Farland Nelson battle.
Mike Sullivan is trying to get a
match with Stanley Ketchel
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
HANSEN COMPANY WILL FIGHT
Tilden Corporation Will Not Accept
Involuntary Bankruptcy.

TTTV0TuTTtdTy DdTTN1 uPtCJ'
The Hansen Mercantile company OF
Tilden is not going to accept involun'
tary bankruptcy by default.
The company has filed notice in
the Norfolk division of the federal
court demanding federal jury. The
company's request was filed by Attor-
ney NJ. H. Harrington of O'Neill.
This action will probably have the
effect of holding the bankruptcy hear
ing over until another session of the
federal court in Norfolk.
Burt Mapes has been named by
Judge Munger as receiver for the Til
den company.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
OPERATION NOT PROBABLE.
p. M. Barrett Practically Assured That
He Will Not Submit to the Knife,

p. NJ. Barrett of Norfolk, state pres
ident of the Eagles, is quite confident
that he will return to Norfolk from
Rochester, Mimi, without having been
operated on. A letter to this effect
was received Thursday.
Mr.. Barrett left Rochester to spend
Christmas with relatives at Dubuque,
Iowa, returning to Rochester the lat
ter part of the week to report to the
Mayo brothers.
Mr.. Barrett expected to be operated
on for appendicitis or gallstones.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
Battle Creek.

ID. l.. Fender, the section foreman
at this place, will quit his position in
the spring. He is going to farm and
has rented Mrs. O'Hara's place south.
west of Battle Creek.
The city cooler had to stand another
shake-up on Christmas day. A young
German who has altogether different
ideas of the laws of this country than
the many other Germans here, was i'm.
billing very strongly on Christmas day
and also handled his pocket knife free
ly, was locked up; but then he broke
everything up in the Jail and bursted
every window pane, so that Marshal
Cornett had to put him into the steel
cage. Just year ago he had a spell
like it, when he broke the blade of his
knife in another mans chin. He has
two friends in Norfolk, the county at
torney and Attorney M. d. Tyler, and
one friend in Spencer, Herm. Fucker
who keeps that broken blade in his
pocketbook for a remembrance. He
got his dose Thursday in Judge Den
MIS- court.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Miller of Or
chard spent Christmas here at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Stocker.
Prof j. G. Zuck, principal of our
high school, departed last Friday for
Michigan, where he has real estate.
Otto Janke, who has been visiting
about two months at the home of his
uncle, Henry Stoltenberg, went to his
home at Milwaukee Sunday.
F. c. Meincke of Verdigre is here
on an extended visit with friends. Mr..
Meincke is a former merchant OF Bat
tie Creek.
John Rodekohr left Monday for Con.
cordia, Mo-, for a visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank M. Srb of How
ellis were visiting here Sunday with
his brother, Joseph F. Srb and family.
They came up here from Norfolk on
their way home from Monowi, Boyd
county, where they were looking at
some farm property.
Tom and Ira Cartney of Tilden
spent the forepart of this week at the
home of their uncle, J. w. Rick. The
boys are students of the Peru state
normal.
local conference of Lutheran min
listers will be held here the latter part
of this week.
John Hengstler of the Hengstler
Bros. implement business, went to
Michigan Sunday on business trip.
VIM. Bierman, jr., is here this week
from Wayne visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Bierman, and other
relatives.
Mrs. M. L. Smith of Clearwater
came down Tuesday to spend Christ
mas at the home of her daughter, Mrs
Frank Ulrich.
VIM. Seiffert is here from Stanton
to spend the holiday week with "old
friends"
Chas. Huddle, who arrived here re-
Gently from Virginia, has occupied the
Chas. Lampert house south of town In
Hogrefe addition.
Miss May Willis, who went to Oma-
ha some time ago, is home here with
her parents, Postmaster and Mrs. F.
H. l.. Willis. She was accompanied
by her friend, Mrs. B. Hutton, who
formerly lived in Battle Creek.
Student VIM. Ditzen occupied the
pulpit the second Christmas day, De-
cember 20, at the Lutheran church.
At noon he left for Omaha for visit
with his folks.
Christmas eve exercises were held
in the Lutheran and Baptist churches
In the latter they were united with
the Methodists, and Christmas morn
ing services were held in the Cath
Ollie and Lutheran churches.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
ROW OVER A DOG.
Feltman Takes Several Shots at Mar.
shall of Uehlinu,

STaII OF OeHIIHH'
In row over the shooting of Felt
mans dog by the marshal of Uehling
near Fremont, Albert Feltman, a Ueh.
ling dealer in feed and poultry, took
several shots at the village marshal,
wounding him twice.
Sheriff Bauman went down in an au-
tomobile and brought Feltman to Ere
mont. 1t is said that if the village
marshal had not had his gun in a
leather case there might have been a
tragedy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-01-03
SKATING AT VALENTINE.
New Roller Skating Rink Has Been
Opened There.

Valentine, Neb, Dec. 27.-Special to
The News; Bauman's roller skating
rink has been opened here in the op-
era house, A new maple floor has
been laid, making a perfect floor for
dancing and skating. A large crowd
was in attendance, making it a grand
success.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-11
MARLBORO.

Ray Hamilton is at work at f. P
Adams
Louise Thomas visited her sister. Lot
tie, in Wilmington the first of the
week.
The Four Corners school began its
winter term Wednesday, with Miss
Winchester as teacher.
Gerald Adams went Monday to
Montpelier to spend a few days. He
will also attend the meeting of the
state grange at Burlington.
All are glad to hear that George
Bishop, who was taken to the memorial
hospital about two weeks ago, is doing
well. and that his foot will not have
to be amputated, as was at first feared.
The home of Clifford Akley in the
east part of the town came near being
destroyed by fire Monday night. Mr..
Alleys father, who was visiting there
was awakened about two o clock by a
noise of something falling. On first
awaking he thought some of the family
had come upstairs with light; on look
ing farther he saw the light came from
a fire in the partition and ceiling. The
noise which awakened him was made
by falling plastering. He Immediately
aroused the family and help was sum
moned from Mr.. Alleys brothers, and
by vigorous efforts the fire was ex-
How the fire caught is not
known.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-11
LITTLE BOY BLUE.

The little toy dog is covered with dust,
But sturdy and staunch. he stands;
And the little toy soldier is red with rust,
And his musket molds in his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was
new,
And the soldier was passing fair; .,,
And that was the time when our Little
Boy Blue
Kissed them and put them there.
''Now, don't you go till I come. he said,
"And don't you make any nolse!
So toddling off to his trundle-bed,
He dreamt of the pretty toys;
And. as he was dreaming, an angel song
Awakened our Little Boy Blue
Oh! the years are many, the years are
long,
But the little toy friends are true!
Ay faithful to Little Boy Blue they
stand,
Each in the same old place
Awaiting the touch of little hand,
The smile of little face;
And they wonder, as waiting the long
years through
In the dust of that little chair,
What has become of our Little Boy Blue,
Since he kissed them and put them
Eugene Field.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-11
THE LAMPLIGHTER.

Ny tea is nearly ready and the sun has
left the sky; aou IN see
For every Tseg1 night s at tea-time, and before
Won take your seat, /, oomes
With lantern and with ladder he cones
posting up the street.
Now Tom would be dryer anu N"''''
And nv 9S D. pap pas a banker and as r'cn a.
he can be; ,d ran choose
But l, when / am stronger anu o'n
0 Lee @Ia' III ri go round at night anu
light the lamps with you'
For we are very lucky, with lamp .
fore the door, -. :. &C he lights
And oh. before you hurry by with 'aooe'
and with light -, - nod to him
0 Leerie, see little child ana n0u "
tonight! 1u;s Stevenson.