The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-12-04
FRIDAY FACTS.
visiting

Tom Coyne of O'Neill was down
with the football team yesterday.
Mrs. Marrick of Meadow Grove was
in Norfolk Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. " illiam Altman spent
the day in Wakefield.
Miss Rena Olmsted is home from
Pierce for the holidays.
DR.. Schemel of Hoskins was Fri
day visitor in Norfolk
Miss Maude Rees is home from
Doane college for the holidays.
Sol G. Mayer has gone to Chicago
where he meets the body of his father
and, with other relatives, accompanies
the remains to Lincoln. The funeral
will be held Sunday morning.
Dave Johnson of Basin, Wyo. is in
Norfolk on a visit with his cousin, DR..
f. l.. Brush.
Charles Landers came home from
the state university for the Thanks
giving holidays.
Spencer Butterfield came home from
Ames college yesterday to spend the
Thanksgiving vacation at home.
Miss Sophia Nethaway came up
from West Point to spend Thanks
giving with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. Nethaway
Miss Ethel Doughty, Margaret Aus
tin and Georgia Austin spent Thanks
giving with friends at Inman.
Mrs. R. V. Wallick, who has been
trimming for Mrs. Schwartz, went to
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Father Moore. who has been at
O'Neill, was in the city yesterday on
his way to Newcastle where he takes
charge of the Catholic church. He
was the guest of Father Buckley while
in the city.
Rev. ]. F. Poucher, now pastor of
the Methodist church at Stanton and
formerly pastor of the First Methodist
church of Norfolk, spent Thanksgiving
in the city, the guest at dinner, with
other friends, of Mr.. and Mrs. L. M.
Beeler.
j. r. Morris and family of Omaha
spent Thanksgiving at the home of d.
Rees Mr.. Morris is secretary of the
Nye, Schneider, Fowler Grain COM
pany of Omaha. He was formerly in
business in Norfolk with Mr.. Rees and
is now said to be the best grain man
in Omaha.
The Norfolk Ellls will hold annual
memorial services at the lodge rooms
on Sunday, December 6.
Norfolk seems to have escaped a
heavy snowstorm Wednesday by
narrow margin. The snow was re-
ported at Columbus and throughout
the South Platte territory; and at
West Point. Snow also fell heavily in
Sioux City. Not a fake fell here.
Howard Beymer, who had held the
position of ticket seller at the juno
ton depot of the Northwestern for
four years past, has just gone to
Grand Island to accept a position with
the Union Pacific. Mr. Beymer lost a
foot in a freight accident at West
Point four years ago.
The remaining finger on the right
hand of w, H. Shippee, a Northwest
ern freight conductor, running be-
tween Norfolk and Long Pine, was
amputated yesterday morning at New
port. Mr., Shippee was lacking up
journal box of freight car to ex-
tract a brass when the jack broke and
crushed his finger. Amputation was
necessary.
DR., c. S. Parker of this city was
elected president of the state dental
board at the board meeting in Lincoln
this week. Dr. Parker was also
chosen as Nebraska's representative
to the nPtional meeting of dental ex-
aminers at Old Point Comfort next
summer. DR.. Parker has been men,
Der of the state board for three years.
He returned to Norfolk yesterday.
The county commissioners will meet
at Madison Tuesday. 1t will be the
last regular meeting of the old board
of commissioners before the January
meeting to arrange for the transfer of
officers. This year there is no change
in the membership of the board, Burr
Taft simply succeeding John Malone
as chairman. At the same time Jack
Koenigstein will be succeeded by
James Nichols as county attorney
The Northwestern passenger from
Omaha arriving in this city at noon
yesterday morning struck a farm
wagon near Arlington, the first sta.
ton east of Fremont. The three oc.
cupants, a man, wife and little son,
were thrown to one side The woman
escaped injury while the boy received
only cut on his tongue. The man
was more painfully injured but a fur
coat which he wore gave him some
protection. The farmer did not see