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


Mrs, Harry owen is home from
Wyoming for a holiday visit.
Mrs. A. c. Williams and little daugh,
ter were in from Meadow Grove.
Mrs. Lolita Davis has gone to West
Pullman, ILL.,, to make her home with
her mother and ~rother.
Mr. and Mrs. h. S. Gentle of Daven-
port, la, who have been the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. b. c. Gentle during
the holidays, returned home today.
Mrs. Carl Zuelow, who has been
seriously i'll for some time, will go to
Kansas City in about a week for treat
ment under the care of DR.. j. Clement,
a specialist.
Rev. John Witte is back from Wi
mona, Mimi, where he attended the
funeral of Rev. PhiIip Won Rohr, for
twenty years president of the German
Lutheran Wisconsin synod
County Attorney j. A. Van Wagenen
and Sheriff Dryer of Pierce came
down to Norfolk yesterday, Sheriff
Dryer going on to Grand Island to
attend the annual convention of Ne
braska sheriffs.
S, Beck returned this morning from
a short business trip to O'Neill
Miss Myrtle Harper has been spend
ing the holidays in Madison with her
friend, Miss Edith Collins.
Among the days out of town visit
ors in Norfolk were; James G. Weber
Creighton; Charles Baugh, Henry
Schwartz, Winnetoon; p. Brumels
Hoskins; l.. N. Hoeta, Nick Alberts,
George Oberle, Verdigre; Gus Linden,
Burke, S. D.; j. Van Blaricorn, r.
Regain, Madison; r. p. Darcy, Creigh-
ton; e. V. Youngquest. Dallas. S. D.;
David Anderson, Fairfax, S. D.; H.
Eheemberg, j. l.. Burns, John Harm,
Creighton: ]. A. Lister, Harrington;
F. F. Finch and family, Belgrade; H,
o. Halbersleber, Petersburg; j. NJ,
Woods, Herrick, S. D.; e. Strong,
Pierce; J. r. Palmer, Miss Hattie Pal
mer, Neigh; Charles Watts, Hum
phrey; j. T. Leahy, Wayne; Leo Log
orwell, Naper; Barney, E. Smith,
Lynch; Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Warrick,
Meadow Grove; r. G. Barnum, Dallas,
S. D.; Miss Leona Berge. Verdel: Will
ford Stamford, Gregory, S. D.; n. S.
Westrope, H. M. Scott, Plainview;
Emil Aegerter, Randolph; John A.
Heffinger Meadow Grove; E. Crook
Foster; Miss Hannah Bryant. Madi-
son; Herbert Rhodes, Creighton; Ray
McColly, Creighton.
A New Years ball will be given by
the ladies of Norfolk Junction, at rail
road hall next Thursday evening.
The informal reception to be given
by DR.. and Mrs. Young to their Nor
folk friends at the hospital Friday
evening, begins at 8 o'clock.
The library board will meet next
Monday afternoon. The board is still
in need of funds. The papers for Car
negie's approval have been prepared
and are ready to be sent east.
The Gund Brewing company has sold
it's old vault on the Northwestern
to the Fremont Brewing
which is now added to the
list of breweries doing business out of
Mrs. c. l.. Anderson was better this
and hopes were entertained
for her recovery. Mrs. Anderson has
been CRITICALLY i'll with appendicitis
and it had been feared for some days
that her recovery was not possible.
Word has been received from Manila
that Captain II. E. Ely of the regu-
lar army has been promoted to be
major. Captain Ely, who will be re-
by many Norfolk friends |
having visited his sister, Mrs. E. E. |
about a year ago, is a gradu- !
academy and the Fort Leavenworth |
war school. He is one of the youngest
men in the army to have reached the |
position of major.
In day or two, possibly with the |
arrival of the new year the Norfolk |
postoftice will be selling the new
stamps just issued by the government |
The postOttice for some time has had |
A supply of the new stamps on hand
but will not put them on sale until the
present supply of the old stamps has
been exhausted, which will be in a
very short time. Last evening there
vas from 1000 to 5000 old stamps
still to be sold. These will be the last
If the issue ever sold in Norfolk. The
lew stamp, save in color, is radical
departure from the old design, being
simpler in outline. The
lead of Washington is surrounded by a
wreath. The words two cents" and
U. S. Postage" appear, but no numer-
us are listed Some of the stamps
lave already been mailed out of Nor
ok, having been received from outside
sources The stamp is more dignified
han the old stamp it replaces.
Wayne Normal Would Sell.