The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-03-18

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ton, "A son.
Mrs. Peter Kautz OF Hoskins was in
the city calling on friends.
r. II. Reynolds has taken a crew OF
masons to Highmore S. d., where he
has four brick buildings to put up this
summer.
Miss Francis Crosby of Hoskins Wis.
tied with friends here.
Misses Frieda and Frances Becker
of Stanton were here visiting with
friends.
Rev. and Mrs. Aaron and daughter
of Hoskins were here calling on
friends.
j. S. Cotton, internal revenue in
spector from Washington, passed
through the city.
A special meeting of Mosaic lodge,
No. So, is called for tonight for work
in the E. A. degree.
The directors of the Commercial
club held regular weekly meeting at
the Oxnard hotel at noon.
Ed Becker has gone to Texas,
where he is interested in land. r..
Beswick has charge of his store in
Mr.. Becker's absence.
Miss Elsie .Marquardt resigned her
position with the A. l.. Killian com
pany and will leave for Denver, where
she expects to spend few weeks with
| friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. d. Butterfield and
their daughter, Miss Edith Butterfield,
are on their way to Norfolk from
Omaha with their new seven.passen-
ger Pierce-Arrow automobile.
Charles Altman returned from Lind
say, to which place he travelled in an
automobile. Mr.. Altman reports hav-
ing been stalled in the mud on three
occasions enroute to Lindsay.
William Soeneker of New York city,
formerly owner of property on Norfolk
avenue, was in the city transacting
business. What Norfolk needs
said Mr.. Soeneken, lis paved streets
Tn Carnegie library is already look
ing like something of building. The
contractor has been ION the job" ever
since the good weather set in and the
work of the busy masons can already
be noted.
j. n. Wicks, formerly district plant
chief for the Bell telephone company
in Norfolk, has been promoted to the
position of district plant chief in Oma-
| ha. MIR. Wicks' successor here has
not been named.
A. Bucholz, who has returned from
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tate have been approved, says that
the heirs of the estate will ref GIVE
their share of the remainder of the
money on March 80.
Conductor Napps, formerly of Be-
atrice, has arrived in Norfolk to take
the Union Pacific run between Nor
folk. and Columbus. held for eleven
years by w. S. Fox. Mr.. Fox takes
the Columbus-Spaulding run
Councilman E. E. Coleman has writ.
ten Norfolk friends from Los Angeles
saying he has entirely recovered his
usual health and is starting to return
to Norfolk Immediately. He is expect
ed to arrive here about Wednesday.
Another sure sign of spring is seen
in the busy property owners who are
getting their lawns cleaned up. A
number of property owners are busy
having black dirt spread over their
lawns and other general cleaning up
of yards is being done.
George Knapp has resigned his po-
sition with the Northwestern railroad
bridge gang and accepted a position
with the Nebraska Telephone COM
pany. Mr.. Knapp will furnish the
team for the linemen who are here
constructing several new telephone
lines.
The following contracts have been
let for the new stable addition to the
city hall, for the fire horses: Mason
work, Klug & Heckendorf, $50; lum-
Der. Chicago Lumber Co., $49.5O; car
penter work will be done by Street
Commissioner Uecher and +. Monroe,
fire team driver No. l.
Edward Scates of Omaha, formerly
an automobile dealer, has purchased
the Crystal moving picture theater
from A. Koyen and has already taken
possession. Mr.. Scates will make a
number of improvements in the the
alter, enlarging the stage and seating
capacity. The Overland Four will still
continue with the Crystal.
Gus Bathke is renewing his trapping
work west of town on the Elkhorn
river, after having quit during the cold
weather. He now has lightweight
traps set and has ordered three dozen
more. He catches on an average of
from twelve to eighteen muskrats a
day, which sell at IS cents skin, and
besides this, catches mink and skunk
in large quantities. He caught one
mink measuring forty-eight inches
from the tip of the nose to the tip of
the tail. This brought SO.
Many new homes are being built in
Norfolk, among them being the ele'
CANT residence of Burt Mapes on
North Tenth street, Ray Parks house
on South Twelfth, and Frank Lenzer's
house on South Eleventh, the two Ern-
est Raasch cottages on North Eighth
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