The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-12-31

'the resrienre uf Abraham llncolt
is revenled more and more with this
passing years Way bhck IN iSiS
| Lincoln said The most general bene
~ rnn thing or to this nation woult
he the Improvement of the Mississippi
river and It's tributaries
Corn Is still kma of American crops
with cotton as a close second Wheat
comes third and hay follows next N
lme. since the last census the farm
products or the United Sintes have
Increased IN value $4,000, ooo,o0
THIS Is really encouraging.
tndNstriNl conditions heed 80 he inn
proved among us and they are mprov
ina from decade to decade nut. what
over disadvantages our population is
subjected ~. America compared Sc
Europe Is an Industrial paradise, THAT
Is why the tide rolls unon us from
all wide Europe
Senator Nelson Is Us be AZ the head
or tho proposed pelliuger mvestian
ton by congress. This Is by the
mutual desire of democrats and re
euNhcans as we'll as parties concern
cd. This speaks volumes FOR the re
eoani4ed integrity fairness and ability
NJ Minnesota's senior senator
rore rms \ has been for some time
negotiating With The Turkish govern
mont concelmjnS tho purchase Of the
Holy seputher and its transfer %
Rome, The vatican may End itself
outhfd by J. pie,pont on the Chicago
NniNersity iC there is any possibility
OF securing so priceless a relic
The people OF Nicaragua are he
ginning 10 understand that the strong
arm of Uncle sam in It's severity is
tempered by the mercy Ut his great
soVins heart The Red Cross with
abundance Of relief for The sick and
sutfcrJna has followed rapidly in The
coarse OF the warships which were
6lst scnt down there,
The Increase in value of The crops
in 1909 above those az last year WAS
only g Hrlo moro than ton rer cent,
VET IN rourd Hs-ures rhe increase
amounted 20 5000 100000, Such tiE
urcs lpsd moro like fairy tales than
,>nld tscts, but they xjvo some Pounds.
zion for l'o phenomenal prosperity The
country is enjoying
It rs 6urius che holiday season that
,lo Scod Side al life finds emphasis
In thousands al homes an over christ
erdcm happiness reigns supreme spd
thcr,, IS general desire 70 sllevi
ate the sufferinrs sind woes az che
uufcvtupste No TRAN can afford "a
Ne spvthjnH but optimistic In cheese
plad ,'lcsins DAYS al the wear,
Rear ADMIRAL Schlay inshss thst lor
COOK rs an rieht and demands thst
pcsry submit his proofs "a che 90
Ncrh9rcn society. The old admiral
was IN 81 srrlmmsEc ot his own once
and stul hes hts fshtlpH clothes on
Z, Hdas 81 litlc rcvr',y 20 the situstiou
% hsvc this hrusCno cld sea dos
stand fog coon. even after Re rs down
-arG out,
The transportation club az 81 Pau
IS ronsn 70 cry Gne commission plan
lbs memNers thipN that " O,a ides
Is St>oH FOR CITIES e ousht 20 work IN
social anG business organizations
Heretofore the club has had n hoard
ct Hheen managers Now they pro
>c$e "a 40 away with this hoard rs
,t>N cumbersome and IN its place have
y commission az thryNe naen,
The lste Richard Watson Glider
the talented editor az the Century
nsssslne YVES cn,Se asked by = yc1Rs
,aysS Whist Ne considered "the hrst
tne ehset Tire sn-essential requisite
tcr Scans wcmsn entering ere liter
AIRY nesd" He quietly answered 'scst