The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-02-25
for Biz sundays and .requests their re.

The city or kearney is about To be.
gin paving. A petition is about ready
for the city council
A special meeting of the Masonic
lodge, No 55, will be held Tuesday
evening for work in the f. c. degree.
John Rush national bank examiner
of Omaha, is in the city examing the
Norfolk National and Citizens Nation
al banks.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Pribenow have gone
to Pierce, where they will attend the
wedding of their daughter, Miss Emma
Pribenow
William Shredder freight handler Of
the Union Pacific depot, has gone to
his home at Chicago. Mr.. Schroeders
place has been taken by Elmer Hardy,
Rev. edwin Booth, jr., returned from
Linco where he attended the con.
vent Of the Y. NJ. c, A. He reports
as sful convention at the capital
he Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
church will meet with Mrs. Sly on
Seventh street Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock.
Ben Skalowsky, whose foot was bad
ly injured as the result of a heavy
weight falling on 1t, is reported doing
quite well and will be able to be back
at work soon.
DR.. Kearns will continue services in
the Presbyterian church until Thurs
day or Friday evening of this week.
His subject tonight will be "A Short
Bed and a Narrow Evening"
Next Wednesday convention of the
state Commercial Club association will
be held at Columbus. w. A. Witzig-
man, the Norfolk delegate to the ses-
sion, will attend the convention.
Mrs. Mary Kingsbury, mother of
Mrs. n. A. Rainbolt who has been
suffering with broken hip, and con-
fined to her bed for nine weeks, is i'm
proving. Mrs. Kingsbury is "a years
old.
Miles Howard has gone to Otis,
Colo, to take possession of his ranch
near that place. Mrs. Howard will
follow her husband to their new Colo
RADIO home as soon as the weather gets
warmer.
Alexander James, an experienced
colored butler recently arrived from
England. has accepted the position as
| porter of the Elk club rooms here. He
| arrived yesterday. James is lately
from Omaha, but has been in the Unit
ed States only very short time.
II. H. Tracy, assistant city engineer
of South Omaha, will be in the city
this evening to consult with the city
council with view of doing the city's
engineering work for a year. The
council will hold their regular meet
ing at the city hall this evening.
Norfolk friends of Mrs. Mary Hos
kins, sister of J. w. Ransom Of Nor
folk, will be pleased to know that her
health is much improved and her full
recovery is expected. Mrs. Hoskins,
who lives at Elizabeth, ILL.,, was re-
ported critically i'll few days ago.
]. B. Maynard returned from Aims
! worth, where he was transactlng bust
ness. He reports much building in
Ainsworth. Dr. Ramey, he says, has
sold out his drug business there and
now has private hospital and is de-
voting his entire time to his practice.
The doctor, says Mr.. Maynard, wishes
to be remembered to his Norfolk
friends.
Pierce County CAL: Tuesday after
noon Judge Kelley issued marriage
license to and married Frederick Mer-
ha of Norfolk to Miss Minnie NJ.
Merha, is well known in Pierce hav-
ing been a resident here with his par
ents some fifteen years ago. He then
moved to Norfolk where he has
since resided. Vic, as he was familiar
ly known here, was mere boy when
he left Pierce and very few recog-
nized him when he was here Tues
day. He is now employed in tailor
shop at Norfolk and lis doing nicely.
Norfolk ministers this morning held
conference In the studio Of Edwin
Booth, tr., with a view Of organizing
committee to look after the poor and
needy of the city. A member OF each
church Is to be member OF the COM
mittee which will look, In a business
like way, to the needs and relief Of
any poor families here. The work Of
these ministers Is to be done In sys-
tematic way and, while some relief
has been given the poor through the
medium of the church, a strenuous eff
/ fort will be made now to make this
work more effective. The collections
for the poor fund will be made at the
churches and those desiring to aid in
the work may contribute through the
pastor of any Norfolk church. A meet
ing of the ministers will be held with
in few days to elect permanent Of
ficers of this committee.
Tentative plans for the Norfolk Y.
NJ. c. A. building have been sent to
Omaha for criticism. Later they will
be taken to Lincoln by F. NJ. Hunter,
secretary of the Y. M. c. A. building
committee, for the same purpose. The
bids for the building which now stands
on the Y. NJ. C.. A. lot on Fourth and