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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-01

to Mason city, Iowa, on wednesday
where they spent Christmas with Mr..
and Mrs Zingree.
Miss Eleanor Carpenter and Hugh
Robb Of hurry. Neb., spent Christmas
at the hospital with Mr.. and Mrs.
Mont Robb
MIR and Mrs w. II. Brakeman have
arranged to start Monday noon for
visit with friends and relatives in
Iowa
G. c. Losch of Blencoe, Ia, and r.
C.. Losch of Carroll, Neb. visited in
Norfolk last night.
DR.. H. S. Overockcr has been con
fined to his home several days by i'll.
ness.
Mrs, NJ. A. Mcmillan is in Omaha
for the holidays
Hymenial
A pretty home wedding took place
at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at
the home of S. II. Grant on South
Eleventh street when his eldest
daughter Miss Edith Grant was
united in marriage to Charles Il. Cole.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Dr. Ray, pastor of the Methodist
church, in the presence of small
company of friends and relatives. The
bride, who is very charming young
woman, wore very handsome gown
of white silk and carried a boquet of
brides roses. Immediately after the
service wedding breakfast was
served The tables were decorated
with holly and red and white carna-
tons This pretty combination was
used throughout the home and was
very attractive Mr. and Mrs. Cole
left on the noon train for Lincoln
where they will spend the holidays.
on their return they will make their
home for the winter with the brides
father at lO5 south Eleventh street
where they will be at home to their
friends after January first. These
young people have many friends who
extend to them their sincere good
wishes for a happy future. The young
couple received many nice wedding
gifts. The out of town guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. p. Grant and John w.
Grant of limerick, |. w. Mcintosh of
Meadow Grove and Misses May EiCh-
berg and Halle Cornett of Tilden.
Orey b. Nelson, a locomotive fire
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Conventions for the Year.

December 30, annual convention of
the North Nebraska Live Stock Pro.
tective association.
January 1921, state fremens con.
vention.
January, Elkhorn Valley Medical so
Ciety.
January second annual banquet and
meeting, North State School Folks
club
January %, eleventh anniversary
celebration, Norfolk Council, L. c. r.
January %, district congress Of the
Ben Hur.
February, blacksmith's convention.
March, state convention of CONNER
cial clubs.
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Want-adVertlse-and turn an annoy.
anee into an Incident when a useful
employee goes over to your competition.
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Prominent Ranchman.
Valentine, Neb., Dec 26.-Special to
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-01-01

celebration, Norfolk Council, L. c. T.
January %, district congress of the
Ben Hur.
February, blacksmith's convention
March, state convention of CONNER
cial clubs.
There is no indication that Norfolk
during the year 1909 will drop behind
her record of 1908 as convention
city Within the next two or three
months half a dozen or so cOnven,
tions are already listed for Norfolk
The year just closing witnessed
many important conventions here
| Among the state conventions which
met here were the state aerie OF
T. and the state convention of the Y
NJ. c. A The teachers, the bankers
the doctors, the dentists and other
north Nebraska people held annual
gatherings here.
Horse Thief Fighters Tuesday.
The anti-horse thief fighters of north
Nebraska gather here Tuesday of next
week to recount the years work and
to plan the continuation of the eff
fective warfare which is being waged
against horse grabbers.
State Firemen in January.
One of the biggest conventions Of
the year will be the state gathering
of firemen, which has always beer
royalty entertained here in the past
Between 800 and 500 firemen are eX
pected.
During the coming month the nortl
state school folks banquet and the an
nual meeting of the Elkhorn Vale!
Medical society will meet in Norfolk
In February come the men of tn,
forge and a month later the repre-
sentatives of the commercial clubs
and business organizations of thu
state.
The district congress of the Bel
Hur will be accompanied by big elias
initiation.
Lose the Bankers.
The northeast Nebraska bankers
after meeting in Norfolk two success
sive years, will go to Creighton thi
spring. The north state teachers, how
ever. while their convention ABRAMS
ments have not been made, are e>
pected back in the spring, some 60
strong.
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Mrs. Beck of University Place, Neb.,
E,ent Christmas at the hospital the
guests of her daughter, Mrs. Dishong
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Miss Edith O'Connell spent Thurs
day night in Norfolk enroute from
Genoa to her home in Ponca, Neb.,
where she will spend the holidays,
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Personal,

Mrs. A. l.. Tucker of Carroll, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. \. A.
Huse, went to West Point Thursday TO
spend Christmas in the home of her
parents, MI and Mrs. j. f. Losch,
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SOCIETY

Drawn by the biggest and fastest
locomotives I'm the service, electric
lighted and luXuriously equipped, with
the clcarcst headed cngncmcn In the
cabs and the most experienced train.
men back In the train, the Brother.
hood of Railway Trainmcn's annual
limited steamed into Norfolk station
Christmas night on schedule time.
ON board the train, tickctcd to this
town, was old Merry Christmas him.
self and his wife.
The train whistlcd into town at )
o'clock and the depot lights were lit
up In honor of her coming.
Everything else took the siding to
let the b. OF h. r. limited flash by.
She was put in the clear and given
an uninterrupted pair of steel ribbons
to skate on at her own speed. The
track was kept clear all along the
right Of way and the cliCkety-Click of
the specials wheels as they clipped
off the miles was a JOY to the whole
division, from the Old Man down to
the section hand.
Twenty minutes for supreme, an
hour-was given at midnight to the
limited's passengers. And joyous
supper, too. One that you don't get
at many railroad eating houses if you
must know
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Mrs. S. NJ. Braden entertained the
members of the Bridge club at a
pretty o'clock luncheon on Tuesday.
A small Christmas tree with lighted
candles made a very appropriate cen
ter piece for the daintily laid table
Each guest found a pretty Christmas
package at her plate. Mrs. w. II,
Butterfold, Mrs. ]. c, Stitt and Miss
Josephine Butterfield We're guests of
the club.
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Miss King from stanton came up to
eat Christmas dinner in the home of
her cousin, Asa X, Leonard,
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Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Brakeman enter
tanned at Christmas dinner Mr. and
Mrs. w. H. Brakeman, Misses Letha
and Merle and Master Claire Blake
man. For the evening Mr.. and Mrs
Bruce Raymer joined the company
and cards and light refreshments
were enjoyed,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
, Tired Girls Suicide Club.

A club composed of disheartened
Cleveland factory employees, advocat-
ing suicide as the only means with
in their reach of attaining the peace
of mind they crave, and to escape
the torments of their daily grind,
is believed to exist there.
This fact was advanced by the
parents of Miss Rebecca Bosechek,
eighteen years old, who was found
dead in Gordon Park Tuesday. Af-
ter clearing every circumstance sur
rounding her death this is the only
theory evolved.
believe another girl, companion
of Miss Bosechek, will end her life
within the next few days. The
mother of the second girl says she
overheard her daughter and Miss
Bosechek planning to kill them
selves.
According to those who know of
the habits of Miss Bosechek, the
club consisted of six girls, four
young men and man and his wife.
Most of them are employed in cloak
factories.
After the death of Miss Boeschek
became known several young men
and women called at the Bosechek
home to obtain books and newspa-
per clippings which the girl had in
her room and which she would not
let her parents see. The girl is
known to have met with these young
people at meetings held at various
places. They are known to have
read morbid literature and discuss
ed death as the only relief for their
woes.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30

&C. A. Locklin has been appoint
ed assessor of Paupack township,
vice Oliver Locklin resigned.
ALI that Honesdale needs now,
to make it perfectly beautiful, is
paved streets. And they will come.
Garrett Berry, who was MUIR
dered in Scranton last week by
Amos Blakeslee, was formerly a
resident of Gallilee, this county. He
left, we understand, an estate valued
at about $4,000.
The executive committee in
charge Of arrangements for Old
Home Week feel quite encouraged.
On Wednesday it secured 5000 to
be added to the amount already sub
scribed. 1t is hoped that the
amount will reach total of at least
$500.
Regular services at the Metho-
dist church next Sunday. The pas
tor will preach morning and even
ing. Miss Tydwell Jones, of Scran-
ton, will sing at the evening SER
vice and there will be special music
in the evening.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
Carbondale Burglary.

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Reed
B. Fowler, of Robinson avenue,
was burglarized during their stay at
Lake Idlewild. They returned
home Monday afternoon and discov-
cred that during their absence they
have been relieved of many things
by a supposed band of juvenile
thieves. Chief Bell is new working
on the case.
The intruders ransacked the
house from the cellar to the garret.
Everything of any value was taken.
They gained an entrance by prying
open a side window with jimmy
On the first floor the dining room
and parlor resembled store room
after rummage sale. The burglars
got silverware, two small banks con-
tanning a sum of money, two gold
rings, several valuable trophies and
other things in the jewelry line,
some of which although of ordi-
nary value could not be purchased
they being life treasures.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30

Prof. H. A. Surface, the State
Zoologist, is daily in receipt of let
ters requesting information in re-
gard to insect pests and the diseases
of plant life. These letters come
to his office in Harrisburg from
every part of the state and are upon
many topics. 1t was not surprising,
therefore, that he received one in
reference to that common affliction
of poultry, known as gapes. The
correspondent asked for the best
relief for chicks suffering with
gapes, and wanted to know how to
prevent the trouble.
Prof. Surface replied that "Gapes
in little chickens are caused by the
eating of earth-worms. There are
parasites in the earth-worms which
find their way into the windpipe of
the chickens and lodge there, where
they take the form of little red
worms. The best preventive is to
keep the chickens from the surface
of the ground; or use salt or strong
salt water on the soil, so as to kill
the earthworms; or strew strong
lime or something of the kind on
the ground, so that the chicks will
not get hold of the worms to eat
| them.
After the chicks have been at
tackled with gapes, however, you
can dislodge the worms by making
very small loop in a twisted horse
hair, draw out the tongue of the
chick slightly. insert the horse hair
loop in the windpipe opening, which
will be seen between the forks al
the base of the tongue, and, twisting
the hair around, withdraw it. The
worms are likely to be found with
in the loop. or some of them will
have been thus removed, and the
! operation can be repeated.
Another remedy is to dip the
tip of soft feather into kerosene
and insert it in the windpipe open
ing to dislodge and kill the worms
Such treatment, although severe
is better than letting the worms re.
main undisturbed, to severely an.
noy the fowls and even kill them.
Mixing turpentine or other sub.
| stances in the food of the young
poultry has not proven satisfactory
as a remedy for gapes."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
Wayne County's Affected Cows.


VIC. Norton, agent for the Penn
sylvania Live Stock Sanitary Board,
of Wayne county, made an investi-
cation Wednesday of the charges
made in a letter from Dundaff
resident to Mayor A. L. Sahm, of
Carbondale, Monday night. The
writer alleged that cows affected
with tuberculosis were on a certain
farm of Clifford which furnishes
part of the city's milk supply, that
several had died from the disease
and others were dying, and that
one of the affected cattle was sold
to Dundaff butcher, recently, and
the carcass returned by the butcher,
because of the offensive odor of it..
The letter received by the mayor
has been turned over to Sanitary
officer NJ. ]. Gallagher, and he was
preparing to wire a report of the
charges to DR.. Samuel G. Dixon, of
Ardmore, health commissioner of the
state, when Agent Norton reported
to him that he intended making a
complete investigation of the allega-
tions. Until the report of this agent
is received nothing further will be
done in this case.
If the allegations are found to
have any foundation, stringent steps
will be taken Immediately by the
agent to have the diseased COWS
killed and the farm placed under a
strict quarantine for some time. q.
The letter has caused much of a
stir at Carbondale and people who
are patrons of the milkmen who re-
ceive their supply from Dundaff
have quit getting milk from them
the case.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
Has it Tackled You:

When the alarm clock bangs out
its unwelcome summons in the morn
ing, do you turn over and catch a
few more winks?
When your work is piled up in
front of you and you ought, in all
fairness to the boss, to be breaking
all eight-hour-a-day records, do
your wandering thoughts drift to
baseball fields and cool retreats
where the trout don't bite but the
mosquitoes do?
Would you rather lie in the ham,
mock than NOV the lawn?
in fact, would you rather loaf
than work, and do you feel like fall
ing asleep at the switch?
If so your case is plain. The dag
nosis is simple. The uncinariasis
has claimed you for its own. Catch
that uncinariasis? Rather like the
sound of that, but it is too hard to
spell, SO henceforth it will be called
by the name the medical sharps in
the army have dubbed 1.-THE hook
worm, or to be more explicit and
show that there are no hard feel
ings, the lazy bug"
List to the tidings from Washing
ton:
The hook worm, or lazy bug,
as it has been shown to exist in the
southern states, according to in
vestigations of the physical condi-
ton of army recruits, will form an
interesting chapter in the forthcom-
Ing report of the surgeon general of
the army, and probably will lead to
widespread effort on the part of
boards of health in the southern
states to eradicate this disease,
which a few years ago was brought
prominently to the attention of the
world in connection with the Porto
Ricans.
Following this investigation of
recruits it was discovered that un-
cinariasis was a common disease
throughout the southern states. 1t
is estimated by army surgeons that
so per cent. of the recruits in the
army to-day from the rural districts
of North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Ala
bama and Louisiana will show hook
worm infection.
1T has been estimated that the
campaign waged by the army
against the hook worm in Porto
Rico resulted in the saving of more
than 5000 lives annually. The sur
geon general may suggest the pos
sibility of instituting some cam
paign against the disease in the
south, but under present conditions
it is said but little can be done ex-
cept through the agency of state
governments"
Now please go away and let us
sleep.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30

An angular man, whose chief
characteristics were a wild eye and
a rusty frock coat, entered, we are
told, the office of & prominent local
investment concern. Through some
tluke on the part of the office boy
he gained admittance to the private
office of the president.
Il wish to present an idea" the
visitor said without parley, that will
revolutionize the great dairy indus
try of this country"
What is it?" asked the financier,
but even as he spoke he touched the
button on his desk marked alarm"
You are doubtless aware that
down on the Amazon there is a tree
whose sap consists of a fine grade of
milk"
Il have heard of that nature fax
ing tree" said the tinancier.
well, my idea is to transplant
this milk tree from the peaceful val
ley of the Amazon up to the south
ern coast of America, where hurri-
canes and cyclones continually shake
the tree
What them"
This churning would produce a
fine grade of butter! Now, the Ma
tional Churn company (incorporat-
ed, capitalized at $4,000, O,OOO"-
Just then the clerks rushed in and
led the discoverer away.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
burglary in Duryea.

Burglars operated in Duryea
Wednesday night, getting away with
1000 cigars, a number of razors
and many pairs of shoes, this loot
being secured from the general store
of Edsall & Clausen, located near
the Old Forge line, in the northern
part of the borough. They worked
without being detected, and got
away safely.
1t is the belief of the authorities
that the burglars had a wagon with
which to carry away their plunder.
Twenty boxes of cigars and a num-
Der of razors and pairs of shoes
could not very we'll be carried with
out the men being seen, unless there
was a wagon used, the authorities
say.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30

The funeral of j. j. Meighn, who
died Sunday at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. William Briggs, was held
celebrated at st. Johns Catholic
church, at 10 o'clock The funeral
arrangement was in charge of the
Knights of Columbus, and A. o. H.
Interment was made in st. Johns
Catholic cemetery. The remains
were at Browns undertaking rooms,
the past few days, pending the ar
rival of relatives of the deceased
1t was learned the early part of the
week that Mr.. Meighn had son
employed by an express company
near Philadelphia, but no trace of
him could be found.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
y Plea.

At the seasons hats ] shall not rail,
Nor call them grotesque nor
strange;
My optimism shall still prevail,
Next season the styles may
change.
do not mind fifteen yards of lace,
Twelve feathers, and one big
wreath;
But, oh, dread to see the face
That perhaps may be hid be-
meath!
I've seen brave hats of noble size,
That rested on shoulders square;
And | hoped the wearer had roguish
eyes,
And curly golden hair.
And when l looked-well, never
mind that!
But this boon l would fain be-
seech:
Pray, Fashion, ordain that the
peach-basket hat
Shall only be worn by a peach!
-Carlyn Wells, in Harper Weekly.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
PERSONAL.

Mr.. w. Hawkins, of Scranton,
was visitor in town, yesterday.
L. A. Helferch was a business
caller in Scranton on Wednesday.
Fred Neary, of Scranton, was a
visitor in town this week.
Mr.. David Berry, of Galilee, was
visitor in town yesterday.
Miss Helen Ward has returned
home, after a visit in Wilkes-Barre.
Thomas Robinson, of Carbondale,
is spending few days at his nome
at this place.
Mrs. G. T. Rodman and children,
of Hawley, are the guests of Miss
Ella Sharpstein-
Miss Mignon Green, of Wilkes
Barre, is the guest of Miss Marie
Ward, of Park street.
Robt. A. Jadwin and family, of
Carbondale, are guests of Hon. G..
G. Jadwin in this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Swingle, of
Jubilee, were pleasant callers at the
Citizen office yesterday.
Miss Anna Ward, of Buffalo, is
the guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Ward. of Park street.
Miss Mary Kelly will return to
Baltimore to-day, after two
weeks visit at the home of her par
ents.
Miss Florence Cassidy, of Bay
onne, \. j., is the guest of Miss
Lottie Bussa, of South Church
street.
Misses Marion Penticost and
Grace Hughes, OF Scranton, are
spending their vacation at Beach
Lake.
Miss Margaret Bernstein, of
Scranton, is visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Rowland, of
Ninth street.
Mrs. G. Campbell and daughters,
Marion and Lillian, are visiting at
the home of Mrs. Sarah Robinson,
of Ridge street.
Thomas Finnerty has returned,
after a six weeks southern trip, in
the iterest of the T. B. Clark Cut
Glass Company.
Miss Grace Patteiger has return
ed to her home in Wilkes-Barre
after a visit with friends in this
place and Bethany.
Mrs. ]. ]. Finnerty and daughter,
Grace, have returned to their home
in Buffalo, after a three weeks visit
with Honesdale relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Twitmyer
of Wilmington, Del, who have been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Betz, OF
Church street, returned home to-
day.
The following young men from
this place are camping on the shores
of Elk Lake: Daniel Coleman, Neal
Hitler, George Foster, Frank Col
we'll, Ray Brown, and Austin Lyons
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
HONESDALE.
He Has Our Vote.

The Stroudsburg Jeffersonian,
without the quiver of an eyelid,
filings this upon the unsuspecting
public:
Several days ago, Albert Seese,
who conducts the farm of John T.
Palmer in Smithfield township, dis
covered hen sitting on the bough
of tree about twenty feet above
the ground where she had laid her
eggs and hatched out a brood of
chicks. They all thrived we'll and
were perhaps week old when dis
covered in their novel nest.
When it comes to balloting for
the editor who never told a lie"
let us vote for this Jeffersonian
democrat.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
State Geological Bulletin-Ant Hills
in Grass Plots.

III (IfaSS Plots.
The Superintendent of a cemetery
in PottSville wrote to the Pennsyl-
vania State College in regard to the
trouble that was being experienced
by some of the lot holders in that
cemetery through ants building hills
on the lots and destroying the grass.
The letter was referred to Prof.
Surface, State Zoologist, Harris
burg, who gave the following infor-
nation:
You can get rid of these pests
with certainty, and very easily, by
making holes in the ant hills to a
depth of a foot or a foot and one
half, and pouring in liquid known
as carbon bisufide or bisulfide of
carbon. Use about one-half teacup-
full of this to each hill, making the
holes two or three feet apart, in ac-
cordance with the size of the ant
hill and the porosity of the ground.
For a heavy clay soil, they must be
nearer, but for a light, sandy soil,
they can be nearly three feet apart.
These holes can be made with
sharpened stick. A broom handle,
pointed at the end, will answer the
purpose. After the liquid has been
poured in, close the holes with earth,
and also keep the mound covered
with a wet blanket for an hour or
two. The carbon bisulfde will not
injure vegetation, but it will kill the
ants"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
Harry Pullman Attempts Suicide.

Harry Pullman, president OF the
National League of professional
baseball clubs shot himself in the
right temple at $3.50 o'clock on
Wednesday in his room at the New
York Athletic club in New York.
The bullet passed entirely through
his head from right to left cutting
out both eyes. There is very little
chance that he will recover.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
The Commissioners and the Com

Representative of the Hillside
Coal e Iron Co., the Erie, the Penn
Coal Co., and the d. & H., met with
the commissioners on Tuesday to
make some agreement in the mat
ter of the appeals to court from the
triennial assessment of 1907. The
companies made proposition to
the commissioners which was de-
clined The Commissioners then
made propositions which were taken
under consideration and the parties
will meet again next Wednesday.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30
bowling Contest.

A bowling team from this place
went to Beach Lake Wednesday
evening and was defeated by a
bowling team, composed of summer
boarders. The games were rolled
at Ives bowling alleys. After the
contest the local team was enter
tanned by the Beach Lake team.
The score of the game follows
N
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-07-30

Do your feet feel big and heavy?-
Are your eyelids prone to close
Do you lean upon your rolltop?-
Is it work to blow your nose
Is your daily labor irksome?-
Is 1t toll to shave your mug
Would you rather sleep than not to?
Then you have the lazy bug!