The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-26
Mrs. L. NJ. Beeler and Mrs. DeHart.

1
Leo Horskey has accepted position
with the Hall Postcard company as
travelling salesman and has gone to
Wayne to start on his route. Joyce
| Hall, who has ben travelling for some
time, will remain here until after the
/ holidays.
DR. p. II. Salter went to Lincoln
| Saturday noon as guest of honor at
the Lancaster Medical society meet.
| ing DR.. Salter is president of the
state medical society. He was asked
/ to read 4 paper before the Lincoln
meeting.
A large number of young people
gathered at the home of Albert Deg
ner last evening and an enjoyable
time was had by the entire party. At
ter the barn dance a musical program
was rendered after which refresh
ments were served by Miss Lillian
Degner
h. f. Schiller, manager of the Ok
nard hotel, had two of his fingers
crushed Saturday morning when his
hand was accidentally caught between
swinging door. Although the fingers
were not broken Mr. Schiller suffered
severe pain.
ID. Mathewson, who has just return
ed from Gregory, found that Rosebud
city alive and hustling. The land Of
flee employs eight people who are busy
all the time. A building for the third
bank in Gregory is now going up. The
Rosebud country is prosperous, he
finds.
John Cruseck, hailing from Spauld-
ing, was fined $40 in Justice Else
ley's court yesterday afternoon. Not
, having the necessary funds he was
ordered to leave town. He was charg-
ed with being drunk and disorderly.
Cruseck claimed he was on his way to
st. Paul, Mimi, where he has work.
At a meeting of hose company No
1, at the city hall last night, William
Kell was appointed a delegate to the
state firemens association which will
be held at Fremont. Much enthusiasm
was shown by the firemen present over
the coming fair of the firemen. Com
mittees reported that much success is
being met in collecting various articles
which will be sold at the fair, No
vember %.
According to one hotel proprietor
here Norfolk hotels are up to the stan
dard and have no fear of being brought
up for not using the required bed sheet
tn i,,;I ~ ho
expenses of a hotel are the little in
cidentals such as towels, soap, pen
holders, paper, ETC., of which much is
stolen by patrons Of the hotels. Many
bath towels and penholders, reaching
an amazing number at the end Of a
year, are stolen daily from hotels.
Commencing December l, 1909, all
code words filed at telegraph offices
will be charged for at five letters per
word, according to a circular letter
which was received here yesterday by
Manager ,Tawmley of the Western
charged for at eleven letters as
limit to the word All combinations
of letters contrary to the usage of
ordinary language, artificial words,
misspelled, abbreviated or code words,
will, after December /, be counted in
land line messages at the rate of five
, letters or fraction to word
! Reports from good authority have
been received here which show that the
Postal Telegraph company is included
/ in the merger of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company and the
Western Union company which was
made public only few days ago. The
| Postal Telegraph company it is said,
was sold to the American Telegraph
and Telephone company some time
ago while the Western Union became
a property of the same company just
short time ago. That President Rob-
ert c. Clowry and other heads of the
Western Union and Postal company
in the east will lose their positions
and one head of the great talk monop-
oily be placed in their place, is report
ed in telephone and telegraph circles.
What effect the merger will have on
the local offices is not at present
known but it is believed on good au-
thority that the offices will never be
consolidated A cable, however, will
probably be run from the telephone of
fees to the telegraph offices so that
in case of general break down of
wires the telephone company can use
the circuits of the telegraph offices
Former Vice President Baker of the
Postal Telegraph company is talked of
as president of the new companies.