The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-05
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES.

HUSBAND III Ondna ana leaving Tor
California.
p. NJ. Barrett was in siouY City yes
terday
L. p. Olmsted has been In Atkinson
on business.
Mrs. Albert Miller and Mrs. August
Degner of Hadar were in Norfolk yes
terday.
Mrs. f. C. Marshall of Niobrara, who
has been visiting at the Viele home
in Norfolk, left yesterday for Verdigre.
Mrs Theodore Degenhardt of Chicago
and Mrs. E. J. Leinendecker of
Saugatuck, Mich, sisters of Mrs C. II.
Groesbeck, are expected in Norfolk to-
morrow evening on account of the i'll.
ness of their mother, Mrs. Martel
j. l.. Hershiser is in the Isle of
Pines on a Cuban trip.
Mrs. Il. Martel is still very i'll at
the home of her daughter Mrs. C. H.
Groesbeck
Mrs. NJ. Moolick fell yesterday,
breaking her left arm, as she was de-
parting from the Catholic church
Councilman Herman Winter is suf-
fering from severe cold, contracted
during the fire which destroyed the
Pioneer hotel.
The condition of Mrs. Carl Zuelow,
who is under treatment in Kansas City,
is improving, according to a report re-
ceived by the family yesterday.
Will S. Jay, who recently disposed
of his interest in the Norfolk Book
store and who has been on the road
for many years in the interest of the
Lincoln Journal, is making his last
trip as traveller and will be assigned
to inside work in the Journal office.
NJ. Robb, retiring toward at the in
sane hospital, just before returning
to his home at hurry, said that he
wished to express, through The News,
his thanks to the business men of
Norfolk for the courteous and gen.
erOus manner in which he had been
treated. as steward, during the past
two years.
The present land office officials at
Mitchell, S. d., will move to Gregory
with the land office according to the
understanding of the situation held by
JOY NJ. Hacker of the Gregory state
bank and other Gregory citizens in
Norfolk the last day or two. 1t had
been thought at first by many that
Gregory county The office is to be
moved to Gregory on March Is. The
location of the government building
will not be picked until a government
agent arrives in Gregory. Gregory
citizens are to erect a building 24X5O
for the land office.
Following the fire rumors the fol
lowing letter addressed to the Bell
Telephone EXCHANGE has been received
in Norfolk: Lincoln, Neb., Jan. %
Word comes to us today, that fire,
starting near your exchange, late, last
night: is burning the city of Norfolk.
Hence, | write you, to say, that, if
your people are in doubt, as to what
caused this fire, to start: you can
find out, both this, and the easy, and
correspondence iwth the writer, at
small expense. Address VIM. NJ. Orr.
(Scientist). General delivery, Lincoln,
Nebraska"
ing possibly $4,000.
The cracker factory could, it is be-
lieved, be run with considerable profit
in connection with the business al
ready built up by this Norfolk firm. |
The members of the firm are confident
of the venture and want only the adj |
ditional capital needed to branch out
in that direction.
The fact that the business already |
has a successful start is pointed out |
as an exceptional factor in support of |
he plans. The Lewis bakery was |
built up in Norfolk from almost moth
ng. Five years ago one man did the
work that seven now do. Five years
ago the bakery had capacity of 200
caves a day. Now it turns out 1000
caves day at this season and as high |
rs 1000 loaves a day in the summer
season.
IL would De the aim TO start crack
ar factory with a capacity of about
hirty-five barrels a day. The factory
would soon give employment to at
east thirty-five people.
The proposition yesterday afternoon
vas gone over by the directors of the
club and given their ap-
,roval. The moral support of the di,
'eotors, individually and collective,
vas pledged. The directors thought
hat the proposition coming from an
outsider would have been given favor
bile consideration and that it should
certainly receive no less consideration
omng from local people who have
lready made a success in the same
inc and who ask not a bonus but ad.
itional capital.
The promoters OF the proposed
racker factory will now let the mat
er rest with local business men.
Seats for the Adelaide Thurston en-.
agement Of next Tuesday night at the