The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-26
SATURDAY SITTING.

/ home Friday evening from short
wedding visit to Columbus.
Cashier f. NJ. Hood of the First Ma
tional bank of Gregory S. D., was in
Norfolk Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. f. w. Taylor, who has been
the guest of Mrs. Il. f. Fisher, re-
turned to her home in Fremont today.
Mrs. NJ. T. Johnson of the A. H..
| Killian store is home from a visit to
Des Moines, Omaha, Ashland and other
| points
Mrs. August zelmer and Mrs.
Rohrke of Hoskns were in Norfolk
| yesterday.
Mrs. Ina Southwick has been in
Plainview visiting with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Sears.
A. Degner and Il. S. South are home
| from Omaha, where they attended the
state convention of Nebraska hard
ware dealers
Among the days out of town WISH
tors in Norfolk were: p. II. Pope,
Wayne; Ed Braddock, Page; J. c.
| Crosby, Madison; Elmer Hedlund,
Bristow; f. l.. Carson, Niobrara; O.
c. Anderson, West Point; l.. Best
Stanton; Frank Kamrath, Madison.
Councilman Il. b. Kaufman has been
on the sick list.
The Quaker doctors, recently in Nor
| folk, have a show in Madison.
Baum Bros. have remodelled their
store room, getting more room on the
west side at the rear
Superintendent f. NJ. Hunter leaves
Sunday for Chicago to attend a ma
tional convention held by superinten-
dents and principals of schools
Plainview News: J. c. Chamber
lain and family moved to Norfolk Mon
uay where he will engage in the real
estate business and make farm loans
Judge Welch will be in Madison
Tuesday afternoon to pass on district
court motions and announce several
! pending decisions. Wednesday he
will hold an adjourned term in Knox
county.
Mrs. c. j. Fleming yesterday after
noon, in hanging some curtains at her
new home at 1905 Koenigstein av-
enue fell from a step ladder, striking
against machine. She received pain
full injuries.
Rural carriers still feel the force of
the last blizzard in roads which are at
| points almost impossible Few of the
| five carriers but have places where It
is necessary to leave the road and
drive over fields to avoid huge drifts.
Miss Ethel Dewey, the Plattsmouth
actress who was seen in Norfolk last
season when she appeared as the star
in "The District Leader" was married
the other day in California to Fred
erick Truesdel, her leading man.
Truesdel was the leading man with
The District Leader" company.
A check cashed at Madison bank by
William NJ. Wright, the Omaha lawyer
and political representative of the
Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation of Omaha, who touched Nor
folk citizens up for $50, has not been
returned from the Omaha bank and is
believed to have been alright. Wright
has disappeared from Omaha where a
warrant is out for his arrest.
The Norfolk postoffice has asked
for an additional supply of the special
Lincoln two cent stamps, the supply on
hand being rather limited. The postof-
| flee have been selling the special issue
sparingly as the whole supply would
have been exhausted by three days
sales if thrown directly on the local
stamp market.
Stanton Picket; Mr.. and Mrs. R. Y.
Appleby returned this week from an
extended trip through Florida and
other southern states. They report
most pleasant trip and Mr.. Appleby
is much benefited in health. While
on a steamer in the Gulf of Mexico two
weeks ago they passed through a ter
rife storm, an experience which they
are not likely to forget for time.
Norfolk as a circus center is gaining
some attention through large adver-
tisements for circus men in all depart
mentS inserted in the Billboard and
other show publications by the Perry
K Smith Consolidated railroad shows.
o. A. Perry and c. A. Smith have been
south this week in connection with
their new circus venture, which is
now in winter quarters in Kansas City.
Pierce Call: Mr., and Mrs Emil
Wichman came up from Norfolk Mon
day and will make Pierce their future
home. Emil will assist his brother,
Louis in the opera house barber shop.
As soon as the roads are in good con