The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-06-09

Tor the past month WISHING WIN MISS
c. u. Ocumpaugh, have returned to
their home at Portland, Ore.
G. l.. Carlson has just returned from
business and inspection trip through
the states of Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas.
Adolph Moldenhauer, who has been
suffsring much pain from an infected
hand is better today. The wound was
lanced yesterday.
There will be initiation at the reg
uar meeting of the Rebekah lodge
this evening After lodge refresh
ments will be served.
A son of Rudolph Dreeson is suffer.
ing from an infected hand. The young
man had been suffering from an in.
jury on the hand before the infection
set in.
The household goods OF DR.. II. T.
Holden were shipped to Omaha today.
DR.. and Mrs. Holden and family leave
the city for their future home at Oma-
ha this evening.
o. NJ Mayfield OF Petersburg, Neb.,
is in the city and has decided to open
up job printing shop here. Mr.. May
field is shipping his household goods
here from Petersburg.
County Clerk S. r. Mcfarland pass
ed through the city on his way to Hot
Springs, S. d., where he hopes to elm
mate a large amount of surplus rheu
matism from his system.
Secretary Truelock of the local car
penters' union, requests the presence
of every Norfolk carpenter at tonights
meeting of the carpenters union in
the G. A. r. hall. The state organizer
is here to talk to the local carpenters.
A surprise party was perpetrated on
Fire Driver Truelock Thursday night.
A large number of firemen and friends
of the new driver took the fire station
by storm. A quartet furnished music.
The visitors took refreshments with
them.
After being in bed for a week as the
result of being run over by an automo-
bile, William Berner, ir., 3-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Berner, is again
| able to be out of the house and enjoy
playing with his companions. The lit
| tie fellow has almost completely re-
| covered.
A petition is being circulated asking
the council to limit the number of sa-
looms to the present number. The pc
| tition asks that the ordinance which
passed the first reading of the council,
letting in one more saloon, be rejected.
Members of the w. c. T. U. are circu-
lating the petition.
| Dan Craven has printed an adver-
tisement containing pictures of his
seven children, labeled, Seven rea.
sons why / take in washing for a liv-
ing" Now he has five reasons why
he ought to be proud of those reasons
for taking in washing. He has five
children in school and not one of them
had to take single examination in
order to pass.
Norfolk will not celebrate on July 4
The celebrating of the Fourth does
not meet favor among local business
men, who look more favorably upon a
fall festival From reports received
by Secretary Hulac of the baseball
team, very few towns in this vicinity
will celebrate. At a meeting of the
AID club Thursday night, it was declar
ed that Norfolk people should attend
Fourth of July celebrations given by
other towns.
Directors of the Commercial clut
were busy today in conference will
G. l.. Carlson on the proposed new
Carlson building in which the Com
mercial club will have rooms.
change in the plans of the CONNER
cial club business office is being made
and hot water heating system is t.
substitute the proposed stove heatin,
plan. Mr.. Carlson will probably hav'
the plans ready to hand to the con
tractor within a few days.
Additional games have been booke,
by Secretary Hulac of the baseball
team. The feature of these, says tn
] secretary, will be Sundays game witt
Creighton. Elgin comes here mex
Wednesday, and on Sunday, June II
Roy Bovee will pitch for Pierce, who's
r team comes here to endeavor to wres
victory from Norfolk. On Tuesday
June 10, the champion amateur tear
of Whiting, Ia, is scheduled to com
, here.
Seven workmen of the Wester
. Bridge Construction company arrive
in the city Thursday and immediatel
:. after their arrival began setting up tn
pile driving machine, which will driv
/ the piles into the bottom of the Nortl
fork river for the new steel bridg
which will span the mill dam on Mort
, First street. Two more men will b
added to the list in few days. Count
Commissioner Taft was visitor {
the dam, inspecting the preparation
work.
:. Travelling men arriving from variou
/. towns in this territory have reporte
n to Secretary A. w. Hawkins of tn
Commercial club that they are recei
k ing requests for Norfolk booster bu
tons from business men of many sma
s towns. Mr.. Hawkins has 10000 {
these buttons on hand and is ready
e make distributions. In distributir
these buttons, Mr.. Hawkins reques
n that they be worn in public as muC
r as possible. Mr. Hawkins leaves fl
Lincoln to meet with the state railwa
d commission next Monday.
Seven laborers of the Craig Co
N struction company, at work resurfa