Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-13
Florence Notes

WI Lubold has started IN the dairy bust
ness.
J. F. prabeok is spcndius the winter at
orland. Cal.
Mrs. T. L. Reeves Is again working at
the postoffiCe.
Chris Sorensen died Wednesday and was
buried FRIDAY.
Miss Rose McLaen is expected home from
the east this week.
Fred Nichols has a bad foot the result
Of stepping on a nau.
MRS. Kate Remington was a Florence
visitor Monday evenins.
The Court Of Honor gave a dance at Pas
cafes hal Saturday night.
Miss Frances Thompson has been say
ing In Omaha for a week
The two young children Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Amis are 81 with dlphtheria
Dave Anderson Of Bennington ~ visiting
his brother. Henry Anderson. and family.
Mrs. $. r. sears OF erosion. Ia, was
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs e. l. PlatH last
week.
George Jackson has been laid up for a
week. lie ran a nail Into his loot last
week.
Mrs. Margarete Gordon Of scranton. Pa,
5 visiting her brother. Joe Thornton and
family.
George Foster Is laid UP with a s~prained
ankle as a result OF slipping on the new
street car rails.
The Ladies Ald society Of the Swedish
/ NNEA a. lit A0AAN VI ~
Edward Strandburg.
The next meeting OF the Royal Neighhors
will be a week from Monday night which
viii be a social night.
Twenty cars Of brick for the paving OF
Main street arrived Monday. That looks
soon.
win Lubold has resigned his position
with the Minhe-Lusa Lumber company and
expects to go into business for himself In
the near future.
r. II. Olmsted entertained a large party
OF men at the supper given by the Ladies
Thursday evening.
William Lonegrsn won the first prize for
the best single ear OF dent corn at the Corn
exposition, and In consequence received y
as compensation for his entry.
The Ponca Improvement club held a
meeting Friday evening at the school
house; While the meeting was to have
been held a week ago IL was postponed on
account OF the storm.
Mrs. Charles Partridge of omaha enter
tained the Literary society saturday. Those
s MIpsl J. tI %sb.T VEN Mrs mrs + L = Ho Is M''s Mrs.
j. b. Brisbin and Mrs. Harry Brisbin.
The Pastlme Pleasure club of Omaha
gave a dance at Coles hall Thursday
evening. The committee in charge con-
sisted OF Gus Hoffman, David II. Ehren-
rich, Win Hoffman. Lowell Soper and
George Walker.
Word was received in Florence Of the
death OF Charles Purcell. Mr.. Purcell, who
was a former resident Of Florence. went
to California about a year ago for his
health and when he returned he went TO
South Omaha to live.
The new officers OF the Odd Fellows who
Kill take their chairs the first of the year
sfe: Noble grand, c. G.. Carlson; vice mo-
Ole grand, Lloyd Saums; secretary, w. II.
fS oP ebs t fTessyrsT, term T.: & kifTa n saut tbb9ssee
The Ladies' Aid society OF the Presby-
.erian church gave a very successful
chicken pie dinner and bazaar Thursday in
Anderson's new store building. AS a
wind-up the women auctioned off all the
remaining articles and realized a neat sum.
J. A. Scott, who has been the anaser
resigned to take a position as travelling
salesman for the Wallrath-Sherwood Lum-
Der company Of Omaha His territory will
Will make Florence his headquarters.
Gurdon W. Wsttles has promised the
Imogene club to give his lecture on Japan
3. Hunt, Mrs. W.. A. Yoder and Mrs: r.
H.. Olmsted were appointed by the club to
lecture will be free to the people of Flor
nee.
The hot water boiIerm attached to the
range of w. r. Wall's house exploded
Tuesday morning creating quite a little
excitement and no end Of discontinue to
the family. Luckily no one was hurt. the
children who had been standing near tho
stove having but q moment before stepped
into the other room.
The city council at its meeting Monday
evening passed an ordinance for the Issuing
Of $500 In bonds TO pay for the paving
Of $500 each, bearing 6 per cent interest,
thirty coming due two years after issue
and thirty each the third and fourth years
1 the other twenty running five years. They
Will be paid from a special sink ng fund
created by a special levy - all the prop
erty OF Florence.
r The Royal Neighbors OF America held
4 their annual election OF officers at the reg
ular meeting Monday night as follows
Past oracle, Mrs. Emma Powell; oracle
E Mrs. Carrie Taylor: vice oracle, Mrs
Hester Foster; chancellor, Mrs. Ida Finkell.
, keller; inner sentinel, Mrs. Rose Simpson
outer sentinel. Mrs. +. ID. Leach; recorder
Mrs. Susan Nichols; receiver, Mrs. Nettis
Burton; physician, DR.. A. B. Adams; man.
ayers, Mrs. Mary Green, Mrs. MargarOi
Adams, James Johnson.