The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-12
THURSDAY TIDINGS,

w. c. Percy is quite sick at his home
at 500 South Ninth street.
The wolf hunt which was to have
taken place near Hoskins last Friday
takes place Friday of this week.
The government has made change
in rural route No. 1 south out of this
city and in rural route No north
out of Madison. Several patrons on
each route have been transferred
ED Hanson formerly of Tildcn, who
sought the Republican nomination for
county treasurer year ago, has en-
tered the real estate and insurance
business in Beach City, Ohio. A baby
son arrived at the Hanson home last
month.
O'Neill will be in the racing game
this year. At mass meeting it was
decided that if the town could not be
cult with suitable dates an independ.
ent meeting would be held The last
week in August is most favored.
Word was received in Norfolk this
morning that Andy Webb of Madison
had died between and o'clock.
Death was due to inflammatory rheuma.
tism. Webb was carpenter by trade
and was well known in Norfolk He
was member of the Madison fire de.
partment.
billie" Wilson, the O'Neill baseball
player who has played a number of
games in Norfolk, will catch for Keo-
kuk in the central association next
year. De Silva of Ainsworth will
pitch for the same team, Ed Reichele
is in the center field and Hildebrand
of O'Neill on first base in the same
nine.
II. A. Howe, a son of A. d. Howe
of this city, has gone to Pueblo, Colo
to become manager of the Pueblo
plant of the Beatrice Creamery com.
pany of Lincoln. Mr.. Howe was one
of the pure food inspectors until Gov
ernor Shallenberger took office when
he gave way with the others who held
office under the Sheldon administra-
ton.
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known in Norfolk as B. b. Thomas,
and charged with defrauding a Men
MONTE insurance company, doing bust
ness at Mountain Lake, Mimi, accord
to a Sioux Falls dispatch has been in
that city in consultation with mem.
bers of the official board of the com
pany. 1t is thought that an attempt
is being made to settle the difficulty.
Unruh is said to have defrauded the
company out of $4,000 while acting as
its agent in Nebraska, where the ac-
ton was brought.
DR.. Frank Osborn, formerly of Nor
folk, was succeeded this week as SUI
perintendent of the state institution
for feeble minded youth at Beatrice,
by DR.. G. l.. Roe of Beatrice, and with
his wife left yesterday for Mexico,
where he will visit and look over the
country for some time. Concerning
DR.. Osborn's administration, the Bea-
trice Express says: while serving
the state as superintendent at the in
stitutiOn he has made many friends
and proven himself an efficient officer.
He has looked after the wards of the
state in manner highly creditable to
himself as well as to the governor who
appointed him"
The Norfolk board of education has
declined with emphasis to take stand
against the state teachers association
or its November meetings. Recently the
board received from the Plattsmouth
board a circular letter asking Norfolks
assistance in a move to refuse to
release the local teachers to attend
the state meetings if the latter were
held in November instead of during
the Christmas holidays. The Norfolk
board promptly tabled the Plattsmouth
request and directed a reply to that
effect to be sent to Portsmouth In
private conversation members of the
local board have expressed themselves
as curious regarding the point of view
OF the Plattsmouth authorities in mat.
tiers relating to the betterment of its
teaching force.
Postmaster Hays, as a member of
the Norfolk teaching force by virtue
OF request by the postmaster gen
eral, is giving a series of lectures this
week to Norfolk school children. Yes |
terday Mr.. Hays made two talks in |
the Grant building and today spoke in |
the Lincoln building. What he said |
mad to do with postal matters, the
intention being to familiariZe the |
school children with essential points |
in making use of the postoftice facili- |
ties. Postmasters all over the country |
are taking part in this campaign of !
which it is hoped will les
sen the mistakes made every day
carelessness or ignorance by
postoffice patrons Mr.. Hays being
pleasing speaker the talks have been
exceedingly interesting to the pupils.
Mr. and Mrs. G. f. Idle are homei
from visit to Oklahoma.
d, Mathewson and j. S. Mathewson
spent the day out on hunting trip
Carl Nordwig has returned to Nor.
folk and is in the employ of p. J.
Fuesler.
Miss Clara Harrison. who has been