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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Erie, H., has blind operator who
successfully handles the telephone
switchboard, depending upon hearing
and touch to make the connections.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

BY blending the American persim-
mon with the Japanese variety, pos.
terity is positively promised puck
erless persimmon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

The goosebone prophet after a criti-
cal examination of the wishbone of
the Christmas goose prophesies a rath-
GER mild winter as a whole, but plen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Photographs are becoming so
skillful that you can't tell anything
about the looks of people from photo
graphs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

tifully interspersed with cold spells
and billiards. These mild winters usu
ally are.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

The new Utah is said to be larger
battleship than either the Delaware
or the North Dakota Next!
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Has the new tariff law anything
to do with the increasing in the price
of shave in Norfolk?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Probably the nearest Norfolk will
ever get to a union depot will be next
Saturday night at the Auditorium.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Hogs are higher than at any time
since 1882. Now Is the time for some
men to find n market.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

II these cold waves don't quit pretty
soon, this illustrious sheet will run
out OF headlines to cover stories OF
cold.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07
AROUND TOW N

Busted 'em yet?
Shovel, - you, shove!
This is the year we pave
Are you still on the water wagon?
Will it ever let up? Ask Dr. Cook.
The plumber and the coal man aren't
murmuring
Why, oh why, did we ever curse the
hot days of August?
Ice bills are easy money compared
with coal at 81 per,
Why don't they have snow shovelers
choruses in comic opera?
Won't these COMPOUNDED cold waves
ever quit washing over us?
Even the ice man can't see much
good in this kind of weather.
Christmas cost one Norfolk man
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

DIR. Cook certainly holds the record
for making quick and successful exit
from the public gaze.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

When a woman goes shopping she
has a "list" somewhere about her per
son. but she can never find it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Haven't you remarked that as soon
as you get out of one trouble, you at
once get into another.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

1909? Yes. yes, that's the year Cook
didn't discover the north pole. What
was the name Of that fellow who did
get there?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

If you own real estate, and want to
negotiate loan, want ad will dc
the "brokering" for you.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

You are always hearing about "the
time of your life" Did you ever have
"the time of your life" and when was
it?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

A man is never free from tempta-
ton; in summer it's ice water, and in
winter it is warm rooms, and lack of
fresh air
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Here's to your health and your fam.
ily's good health, and may you all live
long and prosper
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07
ATCHlsoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Everyone has too much confidence
in medicine.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

1t doesn't pay to knock. After this
there1l be not a word said about the
weather man or his weather. The
harder the knocks, the colder it gets,
so what's the use? This column is go
ing to take what the weather man has
to offer, and look pleasant.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

FIG. AMUSING HAND SEPARATOR.
for two minutes Then more hot wa.
ter is added TO bring the fat column up
into the graduated neck of the bottle
After this the machine is whired for
one minute more. and the test is ready
to read, The reading should be done
before the fat hurdcns. Each Of the
small spaces on the neck of the bottle
represents two-tPnths of | per cent.
The number of spaces through which
the TAI column extends indicates the
percentage of fat in the milk.
In testing cream special bottles must
De used. a small balance is needed 10
weigh out the samples, as cream can
not be accurately measured. Nine
grams are used for each sample. and
as much more hot water Is added
Only about two-thirds as much acid Is
needed as for milk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

The congregation in church in one
of the towns near Norfolk is wrought
up because the preacher is making
love to a girl of another denomina-
tipp
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Right today, while you're framing
them up, bear in mind this little line
from Ben Franklin: TITS easier to
prevent bad habits than to break
them"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07
Home Course
In Live Stock
Farming
X.--Handling Dairy Prod
uCtS.
BY c. v. GREGORY,

Author of Home Course In Modern
Agriculture" Making Money on
the Farm" Etc.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07
TIE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL

$SA75 and he got a necktie and a pair
of socks out of it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Joke from a show at the opera
house: Never run after street car
or a woman: there will be another
along in a minute.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Occasionally, we see an article adj
vertised as self-cleaning Nothing is
self-cleaning. Dirt is the enemy of
the human race, and constant scour-
ing, and rubbing and cleansing by
hand is necessary.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Copyright. 1909. By American Prsss
Association
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

We have long noticed this: When a
man quits drinking, everyone is .anX-
ious to encourage him. and help him
along. But in the case of a drunkard
everyone hopes he will be found dead
in bed some morning.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Mrs. Lysander John Appleton made
the boast that Daysey Mayme has had
a number of stories accepted by the
magazines. Pinned down to the facts,
it is learned that Daysey Mayme has
a cooky recipe printed in the Presby-
terrain cook book.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

President Taft believes that legiti'
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

make way at The Globe Wailing
Place. said a man rushing into this
Office today, 81 want to wall because
| have to button my wife's one piece
dress. 1t starts at her collar and stops
at her knees, and the buttons are the
size of hazel nuts. Just let me get to
the Wailing Place and I'll drown out
every man there"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

If man invites you to put on the
gloves with him, don't hope that he
will tap you lightly because you tap
him lightly. AS a matter of fact the
more gently you hit him, the harder
he will hit you. The same rule holds
good in other things. If a man insists
on being disagreeable, don't tap; slug,
and be done with it as soon as pos
sible.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

Christmas cost one Norfolk man
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

Northern Minnesota should have
reapportionment, but reapportlonment
alone will not bring justice, not it
chuckleheads and creatures of monop-
oily and representatives Of special in
terests are sent to the legislature.
WHAT good will 1t do Minnesota,
northern or any part, to have fifty
additional representatives IT these are
mostly to be added to the stock in
trade of the interests? Under the cloak
of liberty many crimes have been COM
mitted, and there is suspicion that
under the coat of reapportlonment
will be found schemes and schemers
who for selfish purposes are using
necessary reform to cover purposes
that will not bear the light. Lot us
have reapportionment. for justice
demands it, and let 1T be fair and not
too partisan. But let the people see to
it that they are not afterwards robbed
of the fruits OF justice. q 49,. x "
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09
Practically Every Stream Out
s. SIS. :. Of ITS Banks. ~
RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL
Hundreds Of Villages Surrounded by
Water Being Provisioned y SOL
diers With Boats.

Paris, Dec. 4.-The dyke along tho
river Rhone, protecting Lapalud, has
burst, submerging the town.
Several houses were demolished and
It is feared that number of persons
were killed.
Military engineers were sent to La
palud to render assistance. 49,.
Torrential doWnpours continue
throughout France and the food sit.
uation hourly grows more serious.
Hundreds of villages are surround
ed by water and are being provisioned
by soldiers with boats. Immense dam
age has been caused in the valley of
the Loire by the breaking of the dyke
near Nantes The waters flooded
farms and villages lying below the
level Of the embankment to a depth
of six feet. The floods also invaded
the lower quarters of the Nantes, ris-
ing to the tops of the lamp posts in
the streets.
Practically every stream in France
is out of it's banks.
The Rhone is again rising at the
rate of two inches an hour, overflow.
ing it's banks and driving the people
of the neighborhood to the hills. The
railroad lines are cut at many places
and mails are being delivered in boats.
Caen, in the department of Calvades,
is flooded
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

Jonathan Bourne Of Oregon is a man
who deserves we'll of his countrymen.
He was elected as a republican United
States senator, but had the courage
and independence to support the DEM
ocratic candidate for governor against
the republican machine candidate.
And the man he supported was elected.
This is only an incident. however, in
Senator Bourne's career, for he has
been one of the leaders in the move
ment for direct legislation which has
put Oregon ahead OF every state IN
the Union. The democrats of Oregon,
should help to keep Bourne in the
senate and they will
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

Woodrow Wilson has an awful mill.
stone around his neck IN the support
of Harper's Weekly, which is an organ
of Pierpont Morgan. And yet, as
Gaynor rose above rammany, so may
Wilson rise above the Morgan influence
and the predatory interests of the
East. He can make or mar hi future
by showing as governor OF New Jersey
his freedom and independence. He will
not be able to do it by assailing the
progressive democratic principles
which have revolutiOnized perman-
entity the democratic party. Without
these democrats who believe in pro-
Gress. who are tired Of Bourbonism,
and who 90 not take orders from the
men the progressive republicans are
trying to kick out to the republican
party, neither Wilson nor any other
democrat can be elected president.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

Oriole Concert, returned home Monday
afternoon.
Hub Friesinger of Staples. who was
visiting his wife at the local hospital,
returned home Wednesday.
Mrs. A. NJ. Coultas was called to
Remidji Wednesday by the illness of
her son. who has been taken to the
hospital at that place.
Roy Boyd Of Royaltor visited in the
city Wednesday, enroute home from
Montana, where he has been employed
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Burton, and
Mr.. and Mrs. q. F. Kirscher and
daughter, lone, were in St. Paul
Wednesday, where they attended the
wedding of Miss Florence Burton that
evening.
James johnson and David Martin
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09
TOP BERTHS LESS
New Rates Announced by the
Pullman Company.

Chicago, Dec z.-Generai reduction
of the rates for upper Pullman berths
and in certain instances for lower
berths were announced before Com
missioners Franklin K. Lane and e. 3.
Clark of the interstate commerce CON-
mission by G.. S. Fernald of the Pull.
man company. No testimony In the
cases before the commission was
TAKEN
The reduction in upper berth rates
offered is 20 per cent where the lower
berth rate exceeds $3.50. Various re-
auctions are announced for the rates
on lower berths in specific instances.
The hearing, at which the promise
Of reduction was made, was a rehear'
ing of the petition Of George S. LOT.
tus of St. Paul against the Pullman
company, the point at issue being the
upper berth rates between Chicago
and the Pacific coast. Last March the
Interstate commerce commission or
dered a reduction in the rates for both
upper and lower berths and the Unit.
ed States circuit court enjoined the
enforcement of this order. Instead, It
directed that rehearing be held.
The offer of the Pullman company
proving satisfactory to the "plaintiff"
before the commission no testimony
in the rehearing was heard.
Minimum Rate Is $1.25.
Thereafter the minimum rate for up
per berths will be $1.25. instead Of
$780," said Mr.. Fernald, who is assist
ant general solicitor of the Pullman
company.
I'VE have not prepared all our Ia
bles establishing the new rates." OK
planned Mr. Fernald, "but we are work.
ing on them as fast as possible.
I'VE decided that although the up
per berths cost more to build. furnish
and maintain than the lower public
discrimination against the uppers re-
quired a reduction in their price.
Where the lower berth is rated at
$3.50 the upper berth will be $1.25,
and in all instances other than this
the upper berths will cost 80 per cent
Of the lower.
mot a rate has been raised by this
new schedule, but we are endeavoring
to adjust all charges to correspond
with the Eastern standard of mills
q mile.
Lower berths from St. Paul and
Minneapolis to Seattle and intermedi.
ate Pacific coast points are reduced
from $12 to Sill. The rate on upper
berths was made $3.50"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09
BLOODY BATTLE IN SYRIA
Seven Hundred Druses Reported
Slain by Turks.

Constantinople, Dec. 3.-Seven hun
dred Druses have been slain in battle
with Turkish troops at Hauran, Syria,
south of Damascus, according to dis
patches received here.
Despite the heavy slaughter the
main body of the Druses, estimated to
number 10000, is still holding out and
another fierce encounter is expected.
The present conflict is believed to
be another long chapter of outrages
growing out Of religious hatred, that
the Turks have perpetrated on the!
Druses, who withdrew from the Mo
hammedan faith centuries ago.
The Druses are reported entrenched
In mountain fastness that will make
their dislodgment difficult.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

The papers OF the large cities are
all right if you want them, but 1t is
your own home paper that advertises
your churches, your numerous
societies, sympathizes with you in
your prosperity In short its the local
paper that mentions the thousand and
one items in which you are interested
during the year. and do not find IN the
papers of the large cities.-The Amer.
lean Press,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09


yI'S OFFIgERS
" Marquette Court %. elected,
the following officers for Il the ensuing
year at lts meeting Monday evening
Spiritual Director Rev. -,
Lamothe. :5.s 81 =s5;
D Past Chief Ranger-P. j.. Tomeity.s
Chief Ranger Stephen G: Vasaly. e@>
Vice Chief Ranger-Joseph Gendron.
Recording Secretary-H. j. LaFond.
Financial Secretary John Vertin.
Treasurer" E Richard. ~ ~.
Trustees Herman Ctsh, s. p.
Brick, r. J. Tomelty. - -
Senior Conductor NJ: Krause. II.
Junior Conductor Edmund LaFond.
Inside Sentinel-Mat Adams -
Outside Ferdinand Kleber
Delegate to State Convention
Stephen G. Vasaly.
Observation-Disclosures e. Vasaly.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

Under the initiative the people of
Oregon have adopted an amendment
that hereafter all tax laws and exemp-
tions, will have to be approved by the
vote of the people before any taxes can
be collected. 1t won't be much use
even it it can be done-to put through
the Oregon legislature laws giving spe-
ciaI privileges still more privilege. The
people will be in the background with
q terrible swift sword. We need some
of the Oregon spirit as we'll as the
Oregon laws IN this state.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

AS was predicted and expected the
majority report of the Ballinger IN
vestigating committee which was read
to congress Wednesday, v1nd1cates
Richard Archilles Ballinger, stating
that he is good and faithful gov
eminent servant. The people however
still acqulesce in the report the COM
m1ttee made at its meeting at Mime
apolis last September, at which time
some of the members were absent, in
which Ballinger was repudiated as an
uufaithful servant
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09
THOUSANDS ARE Affected
Conductors and Trainmen Demand In.
crease in Wages.

Chicago, Dec. 4.-Representat!ves OF
approximately $4,000 conductors and
trainmen employed on the sixty rail
roads west of Chicago, who have de-
manded an increase in wages averag-
ing about Is per, cent, are holding
daily conferences with the general
managers in presenting their argu-
ments for the advance in pay and i'm
provements in working conditions 1t
Is estimated that the new scales asked
by the men will exceed in amount
those asked by the engineers recently.
which aggregated nearly $5.000,000.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

: II Governor Eberhart can persuade
the legislature to put all the public
eductalonal institutions OF the state
in charge of an educational board,
from the district school to thu unlver-
s1ty he will have achieved a great
thing for education and for the state.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

Champ Clark will be the next
speaker of the house Of representatives,
over three ourths of the democratic
members elect having already agreed
to vote for him. Big Business doesn t
like the prospect. antl-Bryan men DOM
like 1t. the plutocrats don like 1t.
but all good citizens, and especially
all democratic democrats, should be
profoundly glad. Clark stands for pro-
Rressive democracy. And that's the
only democracy that deserves to win.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09
CRlEVlNG HERSELF TO DEATH

Countess ToIstoy's End Is Momentarily
Expected.
st. Petersburg, Dec 2.-Countess
Tolstoy is dying.
Messages received here from Vas
maya Poliana, where the. countess
lives, declare that her fever has
reached a critical stage and that her
death is momentarily expected. FIJI
" The countess is practically grtevins
herself to death. +. 5s-
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

Woodrow Wilson is making good
start. He insists on the democratic
legislature choosing the man named
for e. s. senator by the state COnven-
tion anu not going back on prediction
promises by choosing James Smith,
the choice of the reactionaires and
trusts.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

Mount Holyoke college, one of the
leading female colleges of the East has
taken a forward step. Secret societies
nave been abolisheds There are IN
d1catlons that other colleges will
follow the example. No greater blow
to snobbery could be struck than the
ambition in all institutions of learning
of secret societies not based on
scholarship.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

1t is not likely that the Minnesota
democrats who have shown on several
occasions that thew can fight tor pro-
gresslve democratic principles will sit
IDLY by and see Minnesota send dele
cation to the democratic national con-
Vention to do the will of the eastern
mouopolists and their tools IN this
state-they have them-without con-
test It behooves democratic demo-
Gratis to he on their guard. >.,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09
A. q, q. w. ELECTS.

= A! q. q. W. ELECTS.
The local lodge A. o. U. W.
elected the following officers for thu
ensuing year at it's meeting Tuesday
evening:
Past Master Workman-John En-
fund.
Master Workman-C. E. Carlson.
Foremau-John Garfield.
Overseer-Wm. Pantzke.
Guide Henry Thompson.
Inside Watchman-Wajter Garfield.
Outside Watchman-MitchL emelux
Kecorder-Henry Peterson.
Financier-G. F. Griffith.
Receiver-S. G.. Vasaly.
Trustee 3 years-Frank Farrow.
Delegate l.. Enlund.
Alternate-Vlctor Schaliern.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

Springfield Republican: SO 1T turns out
that J. P. Morgan's partner, MIR. Per-
kins, gave SIS, 600 to the Roosevelt
Stimson campaign fund In the recent
campaign. Mr.. Perkins can be found
in Wallstreet during Office hours.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09
COME AND GONE

P. F. Hosch is back from Foley.
j. B. Anderson left yesterday for
Valley City, N. d.
Loren Roberts of Minneapolis visited
in the city Wednesday. enroute to the
northern part of the state
Mrs. M. N. Young of Swan River,
who came up Friday to attend the
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09
MORE TROUBLE FOR HElNZE

Supreme Court UphoIds Stricken
Counts in Indictments.
Washington, Dec. 6.-The supreme
court of the United States holds that
the federal court of New York had
erred in dismissing certain counts of
indictments against F. Augustus
Heinze charging misapplication of
funds of the Mercantile National bank
of New York
Further proceedings must now be
had in the lower court.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

We are not believer OF party
Socialism but we think the Milwaukee
socialists are doing good work in striv-
ing to get fuel to the door at cost, and
also in arranging for small loans to
the needy without compelling them
to pay exorbltant and luxurious rates.
Sometimes we think some laws are
made more for the rich than the poor
-Mankato journal.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

II Bryan is bad man because ne
favors county option in his state
based on conditions there-hoW about
tho millions of southern democrats
who have been voting for prohibition
MANI of them IN cities and counties
where there never was negro ques-
ton. Shall we read them out OF the
marty
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-12-09

It to be courageous always, IT to
denounce democrats who are SO only IN
name, If to be the undinchlng an
tagonist of special privilege, if to be
opposed to the rule of the monopolists,
If to insist on progressive democracy
and to object to the party falling into
the hands of reactlonaries-if these
things make W. J. Bryan an obstacle.
we are profoundly glad that he IS an
ot,ct