The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-02-24

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high school building at 8 o'clock TO.
night His subject will be- Concern.
ing Dental Inspection In schools"
Thursdays rain did not bring amy
ducks to Norfolk aud vicinity Al.
though a number of 0ocks passed over
the city and brought the hunters to
the shooting grounds. they all return.
ed empty handed Among these
sportsmon was ED llaus, who reports
duck and rabbit hunting very poor
f. II. Becls received telegram Fri.
day from his divorced wife in Omaha
stating that their baby was dead. Mr.
Boels is trying to arrange matters,
the Bccls family lot in Norfolk His
first intimation that the child was sick
was received in a telegram earlier in
the day
Mr. and Mrs Martin Brubakor left
Norfolk Friday for their new home in
Salem. Orc They have lived In the
vicinity of Norfolk for many years
and have II great number of friends
here who regret their departure. Ac-
companying them are Mr. and Mrs
George Lcdcrcr. Mr. l.rdCrcr IS "a
nephew of Mr.. Brubaker
If sales of automobiles are as plcn-
tirul as the talk ON the automobile
question i'm Norfolk at the present
time, there is no doubt that automo-
bile men will sell more machines this
year than in any other previous sea
son. Many men whose thoughts were
,he lurthcst from the auto purchase
last year are the foremost i'm discuss.
ing cars now.
Two Lincoln business men We're in
the city Thursday looking over Nor.
folk to locate a permanent iron, metal,
| fur and hide business. The two gen.
| tlcmcn, before leaving. declared they
| had decided to come here and have re-
turned to Lincoln to bring back their
! families. This business will probably
be run in competition to the Norfolk
Iron and Metal company
William Goebler has not been heard
from, according to Charles Spiering
| who is starting a suit against the for
! mer to recover $197 salary due him
Mr.. Spering declares the report circu
| lated Thursday that Goebler had tele
phoned his wife is not true. He him
self had gone to Stanton in search OF
Goebler, but though he found trace Of
him, Goebler had already left for parts
unknown.
A story has reached this city from
HosEins, where a farmers wife was
made a victim of hired mans false
hoods. The farmland, who was dis
charged, made report to the Hos
kins authorities that his former EN-
ployer was guilty of stealing stool
and that he was willing to go on the
witness stand and testify against him
one official called at the farm Will,
the husband was away and the fright
ened woman in the house was com
pletely overcome from the effects o
the scare. In the meantime the farm
hand disappeared and it has devel
oped that the farmer, a wel-tO-dO anC
respected man, is innocent.
HOpelessly drunk and with a stream
of blood down his face from tive
wounds, Plainvicw man at noon Fri
day presented a very bad sight on NoI
loik avenue. The wounds were tn,
result of Il drunken fall against tn
sharp corners of a Norfolk avenue
building. The man was taken in TOW
at this time by a former Norfolk cit,
emplOyc, who endeavOred to lead hin
into the dry" saloon. The guardian
Of the intoxicated man became the vic
tim of a decidedly good lecture on tn
part of prominent saloon man VIII
declared such scenes on Norfolk aN
enue were caused by such men as tn
looms. The guardian seemed to resen
this lecture and proceeded to hur
abuse at the saloon man. who walkot
away declaring both should be al
rested
| Notwithstanding the unfavorabl
weather conditions a fair sized Grove
attended the first public meeting o
the Owls, held in the Sons of Her
mann hall Thursday evening. c. A
Pray, organizer gave an interestins
lecture, outlining the first organiZa
ton of the Owls at South Bend. Ind,
SIX years ago. There are now Over
10000 names on the membership roll
over twenty-five Norfolk men joined
the order Thursday night. and boil
Mr.. Pray and Mr.. Heilig are hopeful
OF large membership here. Public
meetings are to be held each week by
the organizers until enough signers
have been secured. Then the installa
ton of officers will take place. The
lodge will not be organized unless
there are over fifty signers, which
number Mr. iIeilig declares he already
has pledged.