The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-12-08
WEDNESDAY WRINKLES


Miss Agnes Clinch who has just re-
turned from Fremont, where she has
been attending Normal.
Mrs. G.. w. Evans returned from
North Platte, where she spent week
with her sister, Mrs. Garichs
DR.. c. A. McKim went to Bassett
Deputy Sheriff II. X. Johnson and
Joe Baker of Gregory, and Commits.
sioner W. w. Davidson of Herrick,
We're here enroute to Sioux Falls,
where they went to attend federal
court.
j. j. Adkins of Oldham, s. D., and
his son, b. H. Adkins, president of the
Farmers State bank of Carthage, s.
d., are in the city visiting with the
j. A. Brown family. Mr. Adkins came
here to join his wife and son and they
will leave soon to spend the winter in
California.
The Trinity guild will meet with
Mrs. Matrau Thursday afternoon
A special meeting of Mosaic Lodge
No. 50 will be held tonight for work
| in the +. A. degree.
The Westminster guild will meet at
| the home of Mrs. c. X. Jones on North
Eighth street tomorrow afternoon at
| 2 o'clock
The Norfolk Woman's club will give
| a reception for the teachers OF the
public schools at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Burt Mapes on Friday evening.
Mrs. C. S. Hayes is suffering from
a badly sprained hand as the result of
accidentally slipping on the floor of
her home. Mrs. Hayes fell on her
right hand.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
Congregational church will meet at the
home of Mrs. NJ. f. Pangle, with Mes
danes Viele, Roland and Linerode as
| sisting, Thursday afternoon at $3.50
! p. m.
Mrs. E. Routh of this city recently
attended the golden wedding celebra-
ton of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. ID.
King, at Hopkins, Mo. Mr.. Routh is
a prominent Norfolk travelling sales
| man.
While helping move the heavy cleo
trio light machinery at the plant of
the Norfolk electric light company
|
sustained badly injured foot. A
heavy plate accidentally fell on Ma
| loney's foot.
At the regular meeting of the hook
and ladder company which will be
held in the city hall this evening a
delegate will be elected to represent
that company at the next state con-
| &c cd
for the place.
Adolph Kruger was arrested for the
second time in two days on charges
of being drunk Tuesday night Kru-
ger refuses to tell the police where
he lives and declares that his home is
| here and there and everywhere"
The police declare he lives in this
vicinity.
The old Lincoln school building is
to be sold to the highest bidder. The
board of education is advertising for
bids for the sale of the old structure.
The board declares that the building
is not being used and that it is in
sanitary and it is impossible to make
it strictly modern school.
Willis E. Reed is reported i'll at
Madison as the result of an liberated
tooth Mr. Reed was scheduled to
speak before the hook and ladder
company of the Norfolk fire depart
ment but was unable to keep his ap-
pointment because of his illness. Mr..
Reed may talk at the farmers con-
gress, which convenes here soon.
At a meeting of high school athletes
last evening in the high school build
ing it was decided to organize a bas-
ketball team. Principal Thomas, who
was coach for the Lincoln high school
football team, will act as coach for
the Norfolk team. Final organization
will be made in a few days. Prac-
tice will start Immediately.
Mrs. S. NJ. Rosenthal is at Omaha
attending the wedding of her sister,
Miss Sarah Krasne, and Samuel Pep
per. The groom is manager of a
prominent creamery concern at Pu-
eblo, Colo, and the young couple
leave for their future home immedi-
ately after the wedding. Mrs. Rosen.
thai will spend several weeks with
Omaha relatives.
Robert Friday, the Carlisle Indian
school graduate who went broke" in
this city, has disappeared. Tuesday
he told friends that he was about to
leave for his Landers, Wyo., home,
where he declared that he would be
married. Friday has been working on
farm near Topeka, Kan, and went
broke" in Omaha. He walked with
another Indian from Fremont to Nor
, folk in a fierce storm.
F. Gill, farmland in the employ OF
, G.. r. Seller, came to grief Tuesday
/ afternoon after he had made an un
successful attempt to hide a pocket
book containing $40 he had stolen
, from William Jeffries, night manager
of Gus Cades' restaurant. Gill, who
| was engaged in hauling rubbish fol
| Seller entered the rear of the restau
rant and extracted the pocketbooR
J from Jeffries' trousers pocket. The
r trousers were lying in rear room
Jeffries, with the police, followed Gil
to the Seller farm, where the pocket
book was discovered in a can Of rub
1 bish.