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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
NAPIER CLAIMS GAVE ROAD.
Machine Was on Edge of CuIvert, But
He Stopped the Car.


Mr.. Napier was not at home when
The News telephoned Monday, but
Mrs. Napier, who was with him in
the car at the time he met the Sch
wictenberg carriage, says the machine
was on culvert when they met and
in spite of the danger of going off, Mr..
Napier turned to the very edge, giving
more than half the road. She says
the carriage driver did not hold up
his hand to request the machine to
stop. In driving down on the grade,
the buggy capsiZed. She says Mr..
Napier feels very sorry the accident
happened, but did all he could and
was in no way responsible for it. If
he had gone any further to the edge
of the culvert, the car would have cap
sized and the occupants likely killed,
she says.
When his machine was new last
fall, Mr.. Napier ran into a bridge,
sending a beam clear through the
front end of the car.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
Out of Prison.

HerriCk Press: Phillip Swiftbear
came home the other day from Leav-
enworth, Kan, where he has been
the guest of Uncle Sam the past six
teen months. Phillip has a bran new
glass eye and is looking uncommonly
well. Under the tutilage of Uncle
Sans able leutenants he has learned
a good deal about farming and the
manipulation of the steering gear of
sprightly span of government mules
since he has been gone and about
the only thing he complains of is
that he has been addressed as No.
65l6 so long that he has almost for
gotten his own name
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
On % THE Stage
"PolIy OF The Circus"

A packed house at the Auditorium
last night saw one of the greatest
scenic shows that has ever come to
town. Polly of The Circus" was
everything that had been claimed for
1t, and more. The circus scenes in the
last act, realistic to a fine degree, were
stage pictures that will long linger
in the memories of those who were
there.
A real sawdust circus ring and a
real bareback horse galloping around
the stage while a girl in fluffy skirts
turned somersaults on his back; real
| clowns who slapped one another in
the face and who could turn somer.
saults in the air as easily as they
could laugh a regulation ringmaster
cracking his regulation circus whip;
real trapeze performer overhead and
real, genuine circus acrobats doing
f1iphops on the side-all these and
more were there in all their glory.
There were the roustabouts and the
circus band and the spieler and there
was the big headline event. the leap
of death, that sent thrill through the
audience.
But the scene out in the dressing
tents behind the big top" out where
the acrobats were warming up" for
their turns in the performance, by
turning handsprings and somersaults,
and where the clowns were lettering
about in commonplace fashion, just as
if their faces weren't painted; out
there where the ringmaster came to
deride Polly for her poor work-an
act, he said, that would make her
mother ashamed to own her, because
it failed to come up to the mothers
old time daring feat on the horse:
yes, and out there where the church
deacon who had had so much to say
about circuses, came proving about
to get a glimpse of the circus girls
there was the realism that lifts Polly
of The iCrcus" up out of the atmos-
phere of ordinary attractions and
makes it unique stage production, all
in its own individual class.
Never has a show carried more
special scenery, or more expensive
scenery, into the Norfolk Auditorium
than this. And people liked it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01

his wife, is still alive, though DR. Sal.
ter says he is somewhat weaker today
than he was yesterday.
Charles w. Casselman has been
awarded the contract for screen wag-
on service in Norfolk for four years,
beginning July |. He will carry the
mail between the postoillce and the
trains.
Good Friday was observed in Nor
folk by special services in nearly all
the churches of the city. The weather
was beautiful and great many of the
citizens took a half holiday and at
tended the various churches.
Many people passing along Hayes
avenue few days ago were surprised
to see rose bush full of beautiful
roses all in full bloom in yard The
flowers, however, were made of paper
and put on the bush by practical jok-
ers.
The chautauqua committee expects
to have the program for next sum.
mer's meeting ready in a few days.
The chautauqua will be held on the
mill grounds here August to August
IA, inclusive.
Duck hunters are disappointed at
the poor chances for duck hunting
this spring. There are practically no
ducks at all in the country. The
leaves of the trees are beginning to
come out ard that we have seen the
last of the cold days is predicted by a
number of sportsmen.
W. S. Heller of Omaha, the United
States court reporter who returned to
his home at Omaha Thursday after
reporting the session of the federal
court here, is said to be one of. the
best court reporters in the country.
Seated at his desk in o court room,
with his stenographer's pad in from
of him, Mr. Heller never seems to be
rushed by the long testimony of wit
nesses, who sometimes talk 50 fast
that it seems impossible for the re-
porter to get every word down in his
little book.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
HAT is SNARE FOR CUPID.
Man Falls in Love With Woman Who
Made II,


Lincoln, Neb., March 22.-Because
he stopped before a millinery shop
window about a year ago to admire a
prettily trimmed hat, and because his
curiosity concerning the price of the
hat prompted him to enter the store
and ask how much the creation cost,
Edwin NJ. Abbott, of 1920 ID street, is
today enjoying a honeymoon with the
young woman who made the hat, Miss
Mary l.. Jackson, of 245 South Fiji
teenth street, formerly of Jacksonville,
III.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Harvey II. Harmon, pastor of
the First Christian church, Saturday
afternoon at ) o'clock at the home of
the groom on ID street. The couple
left on the 6 o'clock train for Omaha,
where they began their honeymoon.
The couple will be at home after APP.
ril / at 343 South Twelfth street
About year ago Mr.. Abbott hap
pened to be strolling leisurely by a
millinery shop window when his eye
fell upon hat that struck his fancy.
He was always an admirer of the
beautiful, and this particlur headpiece
seemed to him to be nearly perfect.
He stood looking at the hat for some
time and began to wonder how much
the thing cost. He had none to buy
the millinery for, as his first wife was
divorced from him, but he became fas-
cinated whit he ornament and en-cl.
cinated with the ornament and entered
the store to price it,
Miss Mary l.. Jackson, the manager
of the store and the woman who made
the hat, came to wait upon him. He
found her even more interesting than
the hat, but he managed to ask her
concerning the price of that which
first attracted him to the store. She
took the mass of ribbon and feathers
in her hand and was explaining it's
beauties to Abbott, when one of his
married friends happened to come into
the store to make a purchase. She
looked at Abbott, and, knowing him
well, came up to him and asked him
what he wanted with woman's hat.
She introduced the man to the pretty
milliner and continued to Jolly" him
about pricing the hat, as he had not
given a satisfactory answer to her
question. She told him that he had
no one to buy the hat for and, seeing
his embarrassment, continued to tease
Abbott. In his desperation he NUT
tered that he didn't have any one to
buy the hat for, but that he wished
he had. Miss Jackson then took n
hand in the conversation and told him
that it seemed shame that such a
nice man as he should wish in vain
for someone to give the hat to.
Most men don't like the idea of
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
Need a Good MAYOR. o

Stanton Register; The city of Stan
ton has $4,000 invested in it's cleo
trio light plants, waterworks and
street improvements. Besides this we
have an income of about $1,000 from
taxes and the two plants. The city
caucus to name officers will meet to-
night friday to select officers. The
city council and mayor have the
full charge of the property and income
and it is absolutely necessary that
we have able men to manage our af.
fairs. There isn't much salary at
tached to the Offices, so it is neces-
sary to not only get good men, but
public spirited ones who will work
for the honor of their home city.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01

buying hats for their wives" she said
with smile, and of course that hurts
my business. | must say that really
admire a man who is different from
the general run"
This was pretty good, Abbott
thought, after getting into such mess
because he tried to satisfy his curl.
osity He talked awhile and IL was
soon apparent to both the milliner and
the piano tuner, for that is Abbott's
profession, that they were going to
be friends. She invited him to see
her and he accepted the invitation
with pleasure. He was in the habit
of calling quite regular, but n joke
on last Monday night brought the mat.
ter to a crisis and precipitated the
couple into matrimony
AS Abbott was about to leave after
an evening call he got up courage
enough to jokingly remark to his
sweetheart: ITS a shame | have to
leave you. | wish things were fixed
so that | didn't have to-"
Miss Jackson blushed and, lowering
neT eyelluS, Sdlu. wen, why uOn
you fix them them"
"Do you mean that" he asked,
thinking it too good to be true. y
We'll then, let's get married"
"Of course | do" he replied.
"All right" Miss Jackson respond.
ed; when"
Abbott was getting anxious to close
the deal before his loved one could
change her mind, so he said "How
about next Saturday night?"
THAT suits me as well as any time"
replied Miss Jackson, and prepare
tions were Immediately made for the
ceremony, which took place Saturday
night.
Miss Jackson is connected with one
of the best families of Jacksonville,
ILL.,, and for some time has been mana
ger of a millinery establishment in
Lincoln. She is considered to be one
of the most skilled milliners in the
city and has large list of friends.
Mr.. Abbott has lived here for nearly
fifteen years and is a piano tuner by
profession. The wedding was quiet
and only few intimate friends were
present at the ceremony
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
WOMEN TO HAVE POCKETS AGAIN
At Present the Receptacles Are Placed
| Only on TaiIor-Made Suits.

New York, March 2S.-Not for years
have women's frocks possessed peck
cts. In fact, so obsolete is the fashion
that many members of the younger
generation regard it as a myth. Yet
attics in every part of this broad land
contain dresses equipped with an cas-
lily accessible place for storing triiles,
and when such gowns are resuscitated
they will certainly seem absurdly vol
luminous in comparison with the cling
ing effects which have marked the
first decade of the Twentieth Century.
The modern pocket does not hide
itself among plaitS and folds. On the
contrary, it boldly advertises itself in
the shape of large square patch set
on one or both hips, and by it's dec
Grafton of piping, braiding or embroid.
cry. At present the pocket appears on
ly on the more simply made of the
tailored wash frocks, notably on those
having neither tunic nor plaits. They
are occasionally put on the sides of a
polonaise, but seem best of all adapted
to the coat shaped belted frock which
appears to be in one piece, but actually
consists of a scant gored skirt and a
plain blouse. both opening directly in
front and fastening from throat to
feet with a double row of fabric COW
cred buttons and elongated, prominent
ly bound buttOnholes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
North Nebraska Deaths.

Henry Luth died at Butte.
John Snider died at Neigh.
John Snider died at Oakdale.
Carl Arlington died at Butte.
Hazel Gormley died at Butte.
Jesse Jardee died at Newport
Alois Pospisnil died at Dodge.
Charles +. Clyde died at Lynch.
Henry Smith died at Spencer.
w. j. Patterson died at Pilger.
David Reynolds died at Witten.
Iva Mildred Porter died at Butte.
Matilda Paulson died at Gregory.
William f. Price died at Oakdale.
Charles Woolhiser died at Burton.
August Dettermann died at Butte.
ID. ID. Carpenter died at Ainsworth
George II. Sissakian died near Lam
70.
Mennona Morgan died at Creigh
ton.
Samuel Figge of Long Pine died a
Omaha.
Mrs. William Mumford died a
Pierce.
Mrs. John Bonner of Elgin died a
Hastings.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
FRIDAY FACTS.

John Klug returned from Spencer
DR.. c. A. McKim went to Creighton.
Mrs. Fuerst of Battle Creek was
here.
Fred Braasch returned from Lin.
coin.
c. P. Christensen had business at
Spencer.
L. B. Nicola was at Atkinson on
business.
Mrs. A. c. Stear has gone to Co.
lumbus, where she will visit with
friends.
Mrs. R. G. Rohrke of Hoskins called
on friends here.
Mrs. Woollstencroft of Omaha is
visiting in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Warrick of Mead
ow Grove were here.
Mrs. w. +. Powers of Pierce is visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Aug.
ust Kiesau.
Mrs, Sherman Wiley of Lincoln is
here visiting friends. Mr.. Wiley will
come to spend Easter.
Mr.. and Mrs. David McFriff of Ar.
gus, Ind, are here visiting with their
daughters, Mrs. A. j, Colwell and Mrs.
William Denton.
Miss Maud Rees is expected to ar.
rive here from Crete to spend her
Easter vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. d. Rees.
n. A. Rainbolt has gone to Omaha
to join his wife who is at that place
visiting with her daughter Mrs. w. II.
Bucholz. Mr.. and Mrs. Rainbolt will
return here some time next week.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Rocks
son.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Dettmark
Shaner, two daughters. This is the
third pair of twins arriving in the city
this year.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Danes
of WarnervilIe, a son.
The new Norfolk" buttons ordered
by the Commercial club, have arrived
Paul Lease, who has been here Wis
iting with relatives, has gone back to
Wagner, S. d., where he has charge
of steam pillow outfit.
j. A. Custer, who shot himself ana
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
Grass Set Afire.

Ainsworth Democrat: The mid
night passenger engine on Tuesday
set fire to the grass in the eastern
part of town, and famed by stiff
wind was covering considerable ter
ritory when discovered. j. H. Gray
biel was the first to discover the
blaze, and with Enos Moore, Oliver
Henderson and others succeeded in
quenching it before any serious dam
age resulted but few minutes de-
lay would have meant the destruction
of one or more residences.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
HIS HORSE KILLED.
Animal Driven on Mail Wagon Goes
Into Ditch in the Dark.

Into Ditch in the Dark.
A horse belonging to w. j. Barnes.
who drives the screen wagon mail
service, was killed at s o'clock Satur-
day evening as the result of falling
into a ditch on Third street and Mad
isOn avenue. The horse was valued
at 800.
Mr.. Barnes was driving from the
Junction depot to the postoffice with
his team, when the horse, which was
blind, stumbled over a pile of dirt,
breaking the harness which held it to
the other horse. The animal dropped
backward into the ditch and died after
an hours suffering. All attempts to
raise the horse from the excavation
Saturday night were fruitless. Sun
day morning, after many hours of
work with the aid of a team of strong
horses, the animal was taken from
the ditch.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
THE END OF "RATTERY DAM"
His Best Monument the Little Park
at Manhattan's Point.


at Manhattan's Point.
New York, March 26.-"Battery
Dan" Finn is dead. Daniel E. Finn,
city magistrate, his name appears
when used officially, but in New York
and throughout the state it was sim
ply Battery DAN" The end to the
politician came this afternoon after
long Illness.
This Tammany leader Of "de Foist"
was brought up among the people, and
he got snatches of mental training
from the public schools. The streets
and the water front, the ships that
came from over seas and the foreign
folk who either gravitated or flocked
TO the wharves had much to teach
young Dan, and the youngster was
an apt pupil.
1t NAV be due to the memory Of
Lyric Sketch Makes Hit.
The Lyric Comedy company outdid
themselves this week in their comedy
sketch, "A Stranded Opera Company"
The scene is laid in Norfolk and Ha,
dar where the company was stranded.
Six Norfolk boys composed the COM
pany and the largest house the Lyric
has ever had witnessed the sketch,
which the company consider their big
gest hit. l.. Barnes, one of the COM
pany, who goes to Chicago in a few
months to attend the dramatic school,
is writing the next comedy sketch,
. which will be put on at the Lyric next
week. my Wife's Gone to the Coun-
try" is the name of the new play.
Harold Davey, another member of the
company, will also go to Chicago to
those strenuous days that Battery
Dan" had such an outward dislike for
the tactics of certain policemen, who,
as has been demonstrated, cannot get
prisoner to the magistrates court
before they call in the services OF
an ambulance surgeon. There is moth
ing that has come to him in after
years that brought him the pleasure
that one fight did which he made at
the top of State street on Capitol
hill. This is where he won his spurs
as Battery Dan" 1t seems that a
certain congressman whose habitat
was Richmond, was greatly interested
in a bill that would swoop down on
the open reaches of the batter and
give all of that region to corpora
tions" for docks and wharves. Now
that was getting close to Dams home.
Dan fought the bill. The congressman
did not succeed and today one of the
first parks in the country is that Bat
terry park and as the boys and girls
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
Auto Met, Woman Hurt.

Pierce, Neb., March Especial to
The News: Mrs. August Schwichten-
berg, an aged woman living on a
farm north of Norfolk, sustained two
broken ribs and was very badly bruis.
ed as the result of a runaway which
resulted from meeting the automobile
of S. 7. Napier of Norfolk yesterday
afternoon. Napier was driving north
from Norfolk and it is said the Sch.
wictenberg carriage, containing Mrs.
SchWictenberg and a son and daugh-
ter, met the auto on narrow road.
sloping down on either side. Napier
refused to turn out, the SchwiCten-
bergs claim, and they say that in or
der not to get run over they turned
down the side of the roadway, the
carriage capsizing.
The horses ran away and the son
was thrown out. The daughter es-
capped unhurt but she and the mother
were both dragged for some distance
and the mother was severely bruis-
ed Her clothing was torn to shreds,
according to DR.. f. G. Salter of Pierce,
who attended her.
The SchwiCtenbergs were visiting at
Hadar during the morning and were
returning home when the accident
occurred.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
scHWIcHTENeERe SIDE OF 1T.
Claim Napier Ran Right up to Horses
Noses, Eorcinu Them Off

A telephone message from the
Schwichtenberg home to The News
gives the details of the accident as
viewed by people in the carriage.
They were returning home from the
kayl funeral in Norfolk when they
met Napper's car near the Uecher
farm. The horses were right at the
edge of a culvert, they say, when Nap.
per's car damned up to the animals
noses and the horses, to escape being
run over, had to jump off the grade,
overturning the carriage. The occu-
pants were thrown into a wire fence
and Mrs. Schwichtenberg dragged and,
aside from the rib fracture, was Sc.
riously bruised. They regard her con-
dition as critical. She is so years old.
There were two daughters in the car
riage, besides the son. The horses
were so gentle, they say, that they
stopped in a short distance. They say
the team was not afraid of the car,
but was forced off the grade because
Napier, running at high speed, came
onto them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
FUNERAL OF FRANK KAYL.
Crowd Estimated at 1900 Persons Al
tend the Services.

tend the Services.
A funeral crowd estimated at 500
persons attended services held over
the remains of Frank Kayl at Christ
Lutheran church Sunday afternoon.
Burial was in the new Lutheran Gem.
etery north of town. The Norfolk
militia company, ID of the Nebraska
National Guard, fired a salute of three
volleys over the grave and sounded
taps.
Rev. j. p. Mueller, pastor of Christ
Lutheran church, delivered a beauti
full funeral sermon in German, and an
able sermon in English was delivered
by Rev. NJ. F. Scheips of Pierce.
The floral tributes were both nu
merOus and beautiful
The pallbearers were: Corpora
Charles Hulac, Privates William Haup
til, William Leu, Herman Schelley
Anton Wilde, Gerald Pasewalk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01
WHO BUYS WOODEN SHOES?
Chicken Pickers, for One Class, the
Dealer Answers.

Dealer Answers.
- Kansas City Star: They were rest.
ing inside the show window of a shoe
store on lower Main street.
Nov, what right have those things
TO be there?" demanded the person
of the untamed curiosity. ITS prepos-
ferrous. No one ever wears them ex-
cept the people ION Delft thing, and
there aren't any people like that
around here. Surely, l must be mis-
taken"
Not at ALL" answered the manager
when the question was put to him.
They're real scow-like wooden shoes,
and we carry them as a stock line"
Implying that someone buys
them?"
The manager laughed.
81 should say someone does buy
Them" he said. There isn't a week
that l don't sell thirty or forty pairs"
CAS- curiosities?"
What do you think I'm running"
he inquired, "a novelty counter or
shoe store?"
"Shoe store. But say, wouldn't you
call wooden shoes footware?"
Certainly. Footwear. People wear
them on their feet. Singular of feet;
foot. Wear; wear. Footwear"
where do they wear them. / never
met anyone wearing them"
"Oh, they're used in picking chick
en-"
Keep the chickens from biting?"
you are very clever" said the man
ager 'but you are wrong there
Chicken pickers use wooden shoes to
keep the scalding water from burning
their feet. Similarly, we sell lots of
clogs to creamery and asphalt workers
and to men who labor in the ice cream
factories. The creamery men use
them because they keep the feet dry;
the asphalt workers, because they
keep the heat of the asphalt at a
respectful distance, and the men who
work in ice cream factories, because it
rheumatism. You know wood is the
best non-conductor in the world"
II know" replied the other with I'M
concealed pride. Il read it in a serial
story, where the hero piled up wood
to keep the angry flames from devour-
ing the heroine. 1t was very fetch
ing"
I'VE sell them to actors, also" said
the manager.
"You do?"
ooh, yes. Every once in a while
some actor or actress that's doubling
up with clog dancing turn pounds
on the boards too hard and breaks
a clog. Then he comes to us. Some
times, too, we sell ten or twelve pairs
in a lump to someone who's giving a
Dutch party or something. Only last
week l shipped twenty pairs to a
little town in Missouri for an enter.
tainment of some kind. How'd they
know we handle them? l don't know
guess we've had kind of monop-
oily on the business around her so long
that people have just got to knowing
about it. | get orders from Kansas
and Nebraska, and all over, Lots of
virtue in wooden shoes, tell you. We
buy most of them in Milwaukee. We
don't import any of them"
"Non-conductors, aren't they?"
Sure"
And foot-ware?"
"Why, of course. Foot, foot, mean.
ing foot"
The person with the untamed curl
osity wrote 1t out.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-04-01

Dallas, S. d., March 2S.-Special to
The News; Miss Gussie Haight OF
Herrick, S. D., was badly injured in
an automobile accident between Dial,
las and Colome yesterday.
A party of three left Gregory in an
auto. Three miles from Colome the
auto upset, falling on Miss Haight
Her collar bone and two ribs were
broken, besides being terribly bruised
about the head, face and body. She
is being cared for in Dallas.