The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-02-19

., which spoke OF DR.. Edward Dodd
| OF Winnotuou, Ncb. There was ap.
parently only one physician in Win.
| uetCon and his name was Edward
Dood and he was graduate of Iowa
as was also the gentleman whose
obituary appeared in the Medical
Record For that reason it was
thought that the identity of the in.
diyiduals was probably identical The
news editor suggests that DR.. Dodd
should find consolation in the good
opinion which his brethren of the Elk
horn valley society have for him as
shown in their obituary resolutions.
Adelaide Thurston the well known
| actress who was prevented from APP
| pcaring at the Auditorium with her
company Tuesday night by the biz
Yard, spent the greater part of Tues
| day at the union depot in Fremont.
| According to the Fremont Tribune
Miss Thurstun and her manager made
repeated frantic efforts to reach Nor
folk by wire to learn conditions here
! and to notify the manager of the Audi.
| forum that the company had got as
| far as Fremont on their way from Lin
coin. The company stayed at the de
pot most of the day hoping to get a
train to Norfolk. But the wires were
down and the train wheels were not
turning. Apparently in Fremont the
severity of the storm which was sweep
| ing over Norfolk and north Nebraska
was not realized else Miss Thurston's
manager would have thought only of
getting to Omaha for her Wednesday
evening engagement.
b. j. Huigens, cashier OF the Farm
ers State bank at Herrick, $. d., was
in Norfolk Thursday on business.
Will Martel is down from Rapid
! City, S. d., on account of the illness
of his grandmother Mrs. Martel
Mr. and Mrs. A. c. Conover enter
tanned an old-time friend, Amos Van
druss of York, during the blizzard,
Frank Bierkamp and mother of Du-
rand, Ia, were among those who at
| tended the funeral of Mrs. Carl Lich-
| tenberg at Hadar.
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companied by her neice, Miss Helen
Maynard, will leave for Mrs. Duval's
home near Los Angeles in southern
| California, as soon as it is possible to
reserve births on the Los Angeles
Limited. The party intended to leave
Tuesday but owing to the wires being
down it has been impossible to re-
serve births in the through Union Pa
cific trains.
The condition of Mrs. e. Martel, who
is at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
C. II. Groesbeck, is not improved
! Fourteen inch ice was formed on
the ponds around Norfolk before the
recent blizzard. The Pure Ice com
pany may yet be able to put up some
natural pond ice.
The city council meeting scheduled
| for Thursday evening was advanced
to $3.50 Thursday afternoon. The
Commercial club directors also called
meeting to be held at noon.
The Harvard law school has written
to City Clerk Harter asking for a
copy of the city ordinances of Nor
folk to form part of collection of
municipal laws. The copy will be for
warded.
During the blizzard Chief of Police
| Peters was telephOned by a prominent
Norfolk cattleman, who asked if there
were any persons suffering from want.
IF you find any, buy what they need,
and charge it to me-" the man said.
Wednesday next the John Gund
Brewing company will open its Dallas
branch warehouse to supply business
in that vicinity. Joe Pluhacel of Nor
folk will go to Dallas Monday to act
as manager at that point. julius Kell
will succeed Pluhacek as the local
teamster.
Little boys living near South Sew
enth street are putting the snow to
use. BY climbing on high box cars
near the Northwestern freight depot
the boys make a thrilling dive into the
nearby snow drifts. There is just
enough danger in it to make the sport
! thrilling for the spectators and the
| IlNllt dNlpi .
| The order to clean off the side
walks is to be backed by the city's
authority. Special complaint comes
from the south part of town. This has
resulted in an order for immediate
walk cleaning based on a city ordi-
nance. Most of the walks about the
city were cleared of the snow in a
remarkably short time after the biz
zard.
The funeral of the baby daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Beebe was held at
o'clock Thursday afternoon from the
home, Rev. Mr.. Hedbloom of the
Baptist church conducting the SER
vices. Interment was at Prospect Hill
cemetery Mr.. Beebe learned of the
death of his little daughter Wednes-
day afternoon and was able to come
in at once on the afternoon train on
! the Bonesteel line.
Owing to an accident to the electric
light company, there will be no cleo
! trio lights west of the Northwestern
tracks tonight or tomorrow night. Ar
engagements have been made to light
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