The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-12-10
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.

city.
Ira NJ. Hamilton had business at
Battle Creek.
w. II. Avery of Tilden was in the
city Tuesday.
w. A. Mesecve of Creighton had
business here.
Mr.. Wolschlager of Hoskins was In
the city on business.
l.. b. Nicola was transacting bust
ness at West Point.
George Harms of Scribner was in
the city on business.
Frank Schwartz of Huron, S. d.,
was in the city on business.
Miss Vida Chase and Miss Louise
Chase of Stanton called on friends
here.
Miss Jessie Horton Of Stanton Wis
tied with friends here Tuesday.
S. A. Miskimmins and f. r. Baker
went to West Point on business.
Mrs. w. Y. King went to Humphrey
to attend the funeral of F. M. Cook
ingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Waddell of Phil
lips, S. D., were in the city. Mr.. Wad-
dell is transacting some real estate
business here.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Kraus
at Hoskins, daughter.
Miss Evelyn Chamberlain, who has
been quite i'll, is reported much better
today.
Miss Emma Wetzel has accepted a
position as clerk in the Scofield &
| Wetzel store.
r. Roger, a merchant of Pender,
who has sold out his business there,
is in the city looking for a business
| location. Mr.. Roger may locate in
| Norfolk.
The Commercial club met at their
regular weekly session at the Oxnard
hotel Tuesday afternoon. Regular
routine business was transacted and
few bills were allowed.
! Myrtle B. Williams, formerly stenog-
rapher with the Norfolk Electric Light
company, returned from Yankton, S.
D., where she has resigned a good po-
sition to better a similar one at Cen
terville, Ia.
A number of insurance agents of
Norfolk have received word reporting
the death of John S. Belden, manager
of the Fire association of Chicago. Mr.
Belden had been in the insurance bust
ness a long time and was well known
by insurance agents of the west.
Willard Green was elected president
of the Norfolk Eagles at their meet
ing Monday night. The other new
officers elected at the meeting were
w. G. Altman, vice president; Ed
Brueggeman, chaplain; M. V. Avery
secretary; e. b. Kaufman, trustee
After the election smoker was held
The school board will hold their reg
ular meeting tonight at the Office OF
Matrau & Willie. On account of the
inability of some of the members OF
the board to be present last Monday
the meeting was postponed till tonight
Victor Howarth was elected truant of
ficer, and his appointment will be re
ported to the board this evening.
The Norfolk fire department will
meet in regular meeting at the city
hall this evening to make arrange
ments to send delegates to the state
convention, which takes place al
Fremont in January. Other depart
ment business will be transacted. The
West Side company held a special
meeting last night and elected A. f
Amerine as delegate to the convention
Peter Stafford, ST., who had his right
foot badly smashed Monday, is report
ed much better today, although he is
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ford was turning a Mansfield switch
of which the latch was loose, when the
stand flew up and smashed the toes OF
his right foot. Mr.. Stafford had q
very narrow escape from being hit or
| the head, which would probably have
resulted in a very serious accident
George w. Evans is in receipt of q
Kentucky deed to be signed by him
conveying a small tract of property
left by his father, which shows the
difference between Kentucky methods
and those of the west There are nc
section lines in that state and land is
described only by such marks as
trees, creeks, etc. This deed describes
the land in question as follows: "Be
the east bank of Raccoon creek. thence
northwest to four white oaks, thence
to the west bank of Raccoon creek
thence down the creek, crossing to
the beginning"
II. B. Dixon, who went to Spokane
in an effort to have Ed Dixon, his
brother, removed to Norfolk, has writ
ten friends that he arrived at Spokane
| Thanksgiving day and went immedi
ately to the hospital where Ed was
confined. He found that the operation
had already taken place the Tuesday
before his arrival Ed was on the Ia
BILE three hours and twenty minutes
Dixon says, and 1t took three cans and
two bottles of ether to put him to
sleep. The leg was cut open from
four inches below the knee to the