The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-09-09


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erty
In speaking of the recent baseball
tournament at Madison, the Madison
Star.Mail says; Norfolk was the
only team in the contest who played
their own men, and they played the
game all the time"
Wayne Herald: Leonard Gossard,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. \. p. Gossard of
this city came home from Norfolk
Monday morning suffering from blood
poison in one of his feet. The poison
resulted from the rubbing of new
shoe. He has been working In bar
Der shop at Norfolk. 1t is thought he
will soon be over his trouble.
Frank Felger who has served two
years of apprenticeship in the Asa X.
Leonard drug store, leaves in a few
days for Chicago, where he will take
three years course in pharmaceu-
tical chemistry in the Chicago College
of Pharmacy Mr.. Felger's place in
the Leonard drug store has been filled
by Ray Cogerwell of Naper Neb.
Cy Hartman and II. L. Seidel, two
| Stanton ball players. passed through
| Norfolk enroute to Humphrey, where
| they played with the Pilger team
against the Humphrey players. Among
the Pilger team who were in the city
| Sunday morning were: Carl Koplin,
| DR.. Brown. George Blockston, Earl
Fehmon, Charles Grippe, Ray Baker
Mr.. and Mrs. |. NJ. Macy, who are
making a trip through Colorado with
| their automobile, write Norfolk rela-
tives that they average about 200
miles a day in their journey, which
they are enjoying immensely. Mr..
and Mrs. Macy reached Wellington,
Colo, last Thursday and will tour the
entire state of Colorado, stopping each
night at some town. They will return
| home in about two months.
Gertrude Cooper the young Texas
negress who has made herself an un-
desirable citizen in the eyes of the
Norfolk police to such an extent that
she was sent out of town for the sec
ond time Saturday evening, may re-
turn to Norfolk from Columbus with
husband. Ben Coon, son Of Sam
Coon, accompanied the negress Satur-
day afternoon when she was put
aboard a Columbus bound.train. He
told the police he would marry the
woman.
Armed with empty cigar boxes sew
eral Norfolk citizens visited the two
piles of gravel on Second street and
Fifth street Saturday, where they
helped themselves to some of the sand
and gravel, which they took to theil
homes as a souvenir of the first ma
teral used in Norfolk for paving the
streets. They believe within a few
years Norfolk will have paved streets
in every part of the city. One OF the
: souvenir hunters said he has sam
pie of the first and last sugar made
here.
A sidewalk from Edgewater park tc
! the business part of town will be pc
, titioned for at the next meeting Of the
l city council, the walk to be bull
= through Edgewater to the nortf
bridge, and from there west to Third
!, street and south on Third street t.
Braasch avenue. If this walk would
: come in by way of Fourth street i
f would give equal accommodation tt
t the people living in Edgewater anc
2 would do double duty by accommodate
} ing people from town in getting to thu
: race track and baseball grounds
f Edgewater is certainly entitled to
sidewalk. but it would seem a wis
e provision to bring it into town by wa!
of Fourth street instead of Third, |
there can be only one walk at thi
= time,