The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-09-03
TUESDAY, TOpIC9.

A. w. Finkhouse went to Stanton
yesterday.
j. G. Chamberlain returned from Pill
ger yesterday.
John Pofahl OF Hoskins was in the
city yesterday.
f. ID. Perry OF Stanton was in the
city yesterday.
W. J. Stadelman returned from Co.
lumbus last night.
d. l.. Best OF Battle Creek was in
the city with his automobile.
Burt Baldwin of Morris, ILL.,, is visit.
ing his father, A. b. Baldwin.
w. l.. Bowling OF Madison is in the
city today transacting business.
Miss Verna Coryell is preparing to
go to the University at Lincoln Sep.
TENDER II.
Robert Schultz stopped in the city
for short time yesterday. Mr..
Schultz was enroute to Omaha.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Kuhn have re.
turned to their home at Warsaw, Ind,
after short visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Dave Kuhn.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Kuhn OF Norfolk
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Warner OF
Princeton, Ind, are spending the week
at Hot Springs, s. ID.
Mrs e. w. APPEL and Mrs. c. F. w.
Filter, who have been visiting at San
Francisco, Seattle, Portland and other
coast cities, returned yesterday.
Mrs. p A. Stearns and daughter,
Miss Elsie Stearns, of Marshalltown.
Ia, are expected here today. Mrs.
Stearns is sister to Mrs. ID. Baum,
who has been Ill for some time, and
to Mrs. J.sBaum. Mrs. d. Baum is i'm.
proving
A regular meeting of the Degree OF
Honor will be held at the G. A. r. hall
Wednesday evening
+. A. Amundson of Elk Point, s. d.
an experienced drug clerk, has been
employed by the Fleming drug store,
replacing Floyd Hull.
Roller skating was enjoyed by a
large crowd at the rink last evening,
owing to the fact that the management
had announced that it was the last
night until colder weather would set
in.
Anton BuchholZ, who is temporarily
administrator of the Oscar Uhle es-
tate, was busily engaged at Madison
in connection with the Uhle store
bids. Mr.. Buchholz spent Tuesday in
Winside.
George N. Beels has purchased two
lots on Tenth street and Park avenue
where he will build new residence
Contractor Custer is building the
home. Mr.. Beels sold his former home
to G. o. Rankin.
G. j. Hibben, who visited at the
Methodist Episcopal hospital at Oma-
ha Sunday. says NJ. Gregorian, who
was stricken with paralysis here last
Friday, is resting easy, but no change
has been noted by the physicians.
E. N. Vail, who has been in Fox.
home, Mimi, looking after the inter
ests of his farm there, returned at
noon and reports the wheat crop IN
that section of the country ~inT' fine
shape, yielding from fifteen to thirty
bushels an acre.
Frank Fox. the young ball player
who was rendered unconscious in
game at Stanton a week ago, and who
has been operated on for appendicitis,
the road to recovery. with chances in
his favor.
The remains of Ida Madison, the
5-months-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George d. Madison of Omaha, who
were here for a short visit with Mrs.
E. B. Taylor, were taken to Omaha for
interment at noon. The child died of
whooping cough Saturday night.
Water was shut off all day west of
Fourth street and north of Norfolk av-
enue. Many were about the streets
with buckets carrying water. A new
hydrant being placed on the corner of
Sixth street and Norfolk avenue was
the cause of the shut-off of the water.
The 5-year-old son of Eugene Dietz,
living mile and half south of Nor
folk on Thirteenth street, almost COM
pletely severed his tongue by falling
from box and biting the member.
Three stitches were taken in the torn
tongue by DR.. Mackay. The lad will
probably be without speech for time.
When the stock market opened
every quotation on the board went up
from a to point higher than the pre-
NlOuS close. Inc hartman STOCKS also
show a slight increase. Union Pacific
closed Monday at 2025s and opened
Tuesday morning at 203; New York
Central closed Monday at 1879. opening
at 1891; Reading closed at 159A,
opening at 1904.
w. r. Hoffman leaves for Omaha
this evening, where he will attend the
golden wedding of Rev. and Mrs. R. N.
Henderson of the Southwest Methodist
Episcopal church. From Omaha Mr..
Hoffman goes for a two weeks COM
bination business and pleasure trip to
New York City. He expects to visit
his brother, S. A. Hoffman, at Asbury,
N. j., whom he has not seen for
number of years.
A dinner and smoker was given last
night by II. S. Thorpe and members of
his staff in honor of w. NJ. Robinson,
general manager of the Bennett COM
pany of Omaha. The Norfolk branch
won prize offered by the company
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