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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

A want ad campaign will get you
acquainted with lot OF people who
want to buy homes-and the home you
want 10 sell would surely suit some OF
them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

All the New York garbage collectors
have struck except the yellow news
papers.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Land spectators are still trying TO
locate the Garden of Eden to be SOLD
on the installment plan.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

The Atlantic Deep Waterways CON
yention is discussing the most eitec-
tive way of tapping the pork barrel
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

That Wyoming ranchman believed
in taking note" even if it had to be
with a rifle.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

A Ponca woman has arranged with
The News for a girl wanted" want
ad, by the year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17
AROUND TOWN.
Well, we're massacred-NOT YET.

But this ought to do it: We see
by the paper that China is about to
fall. Now isn't it a shame to break
up the dishes like that-and just be.
fore Christmas?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

DO welcomed by the sane parents of
the nation as the beginning OF a more
wholesome development of the boys
and girls along right lines.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

And speaking of passing, the time
for getting those paving petitions
signed, is on the way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

People never have as good time
on big day" as they expect.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

From this time forth the anti-over
coat brigade will lose loyal members
about as fast as the Manchus.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

We see by the want columns that
false teeth and is anxious for their
return. If we hadn't read it in The
News we'd almost believe it to be
false. We wouldn't blame a person
for making face, after losing 'em.
And this is one time when honesty
would be essential to the return of
the property by the finder. Well,
here's hoping they get back into
place.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

What's become of the old.fashioned
flatiron that we used to put at our
feet at night, this kind of weather?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Another surprising thing is the
manner in which popular young man
drops out of the social world when
he marries.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

This is the way your friend usually
treats you when controversy comes
up in which you are interested, he
gives you the worst of it, to show that
he is Square Man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Speaking of things falling, please
pass the sugar.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Every three years, a new play APP
pears based on little, meek husband,
and a big bossy wife.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

The longer a marriage is put off
the less probability that it will ever
occur.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

We see by the paper Norfolk man
on Saturday wrote a check dated al
I'LL" numbered lii and for 81.
Now If there were only a roulette
wheel running around here, what a
bunch that would be. It'd be almost
worth a trip to Monte c..
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

If you know what you are going
after, and go after it boldly, people
will get out of your way; but if you
are timid, everybody will show a dis
position to trip you.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Know why widows are so attrac.
tive? Life insurance.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

The neighbors are mad at a woman
about half the time because she does
not whip her children more.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

We wouldn't blame any woman for
falling in love with Thurlow Bergen.
Now that Florence has our approval,
Wen expect to hear the wedding bells
right soon.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

A man will usually promise any
favor that is not to be granted until
next year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

What's become OF the old.fashioned
eggs that tasted like eggs?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Have you turned off the waterworks
pipes leading outside the house?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

those OF the Tweedledee Tobacco
company.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

After a man has loafed four or five
years, he concludes he is entitled to
an office.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

The more worthless a man becomes
the more grievances he has.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

If a girl singer is pretty good, il
hurts her feelings if you praise Melba
in her presence.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

We don't know of any better way
for than Kansas tar-and-feather trial
to get real notoriety, than to circulate
a petition asking to have the news of
the case kept out of the paper. We're
going to print the news of that case
man to cover the story.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

We see by the paper that Albion
is about to become a Payneless town,
and feels sorry about it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Speaking of vital spots in which
to be wounded, we notice the Ewing
man who was "shot in front of the
opera house." is still alive. Some
dramatic recovery, take it from us.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

AS we shiver to press, we're de-
batting whether or not to take him
up.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Now right down in your heart-or,
let us say right down in your tummy
tum-isn't it a fact that you really
like goose better than turkey for
Thanksgiving? Here, too.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Would this be justifiable homicide?
A Norfolk man has twice within a
week been awakened at $3.50 a. m.
by the doorbell, only to find when he
had got his eyes open and shivered
down through a cold hall that hack
driver had got the wrong house. Per-
sonally, we believe the unwritten law
would release the slayer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Only one person out of twenty has
the gift of being a satisfactory guest;
the rest of us should remain at home
pretty steadily.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

little swimming party was last Sat.
urday.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

A headline in yesterdays News told
of Grace Darling of America" But
the story was inaccurate. The
Grace, darling Of America" lives in
Norfolk.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

A certain doctor jumped into in
slant popularity. People wondered
how he did it, and finally they found
out; he tells women patients that the
smell of cooking makes them i'll; that
they should keep out of the kitchen
and out of the dining room, except at
meal times.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

We can't make up our mind which
to read first in the paper every night
the story about Mrs. Vermilya or
the one about Mrs. Quinn. So we
read neither.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Talk about some men being poor al
relating an anecdote; did you ever
hear woman try it?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

The lure of the city is not confined
to the United States. Even in our
young and growing neighbor of Cana
da the same thing holds true and stat
istics show that the people are crowd
ing the centers of population. Here
is Nova Scotia that lost 2,273 inhabi-
tants between 1901 and 1911, yet Hall
fax in that same time gained 1000,
Sydney $500 and Glace Bay 1900.
During that same time the province
of Quebec increased in population a
little over 100000 but of this number
Montreal alone gained nearly 100000.
In Ontario the showing for the cities
is even more marked. The total
gain made by that province was 1885,
955. OF this four cities make this in
crease: Toronto $4,000, Ottawa 3d.
412, Hamilton 29,345, and Fort Will
liam 21,S65. In word, the cites alb
sorbed about 70 percent of the gain
made by the whole province. Winni-
peg in the last decade gained $4,000
which is nearly half of the growth of
the province of Manitoba for the
same length of time. British Column
bias gain was 1874 ,109, but of this
the increase in Vancouver and Vic
toria, it's two chief cities, was 100000.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Sol says the proper day for that
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Don't let the furnace fire go out.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Here's II place where one can feel
thankful to kind fate; TO find the
engine frozen up and not crack in
the radiator nor cylinders.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17


AS we shiver to press, we're de-
batting whether or not to take him
up.
What's become of the old.fashioned
flatiron that we used to put at our
feet at night, this kind of weather?
Have you turned off the waterworks
pipes leading outside the house?
Here's place where one can feel
thankful to kind fate: TO find the
engine frozen up and not crack in
the radiator nor cylinders.
And of course, just when you want
the storm window man, everybody
else wants him at the same moment.
If there's colder spot on this lit
tie old planet Earth than between the
deliver us from II.
That's a rotting state of affairs the
garbage cart drivers have kicked up
by their strike in New York.
We wish the Quaker doctors would
come back and dope up our furnace.
From the way you have to feed the
coal to it, it must be afflicted with
t.w.
=. S.-t.w. does not mean tight
wad.
And that reminds us: How about
those paving petitions?
For your information once again, If
you haven't discovered it: The Nor
folk public library is now open every
afternoon from till and every eve
ming from till .. excepting Sundays.
Now isn't it barbarous to have to
read a bunch of names like this
"Hai Fong Ting, Kulang Su, Soon
Tiow Liong, Chang Chow Flu, Foo
Chow" Well be Soon Battee if
those dispatches keep on.
We see by the paper Norfolk man
on Saturday wrote a check dated al
I'LL" numbered II Ill and for $11.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

We see by the paper that the
weather man closed the eyes of 800
potatoes at Albion Saturday night.
That's putting the lids on.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Most of the trouble in the world is
due to the fact that about half the
people are women, and the other half
men.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

At a wedding, the men look S
cross, and the women so happy.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

/ heard an old gentleman say:
When / was young | worked very
hard, and didn't take any care of my
self And now look at me-" And he
did look pretty tough, being bald,
toothless, and sick. But exposure dur
ing his youth never hurt him. hard
work, when young, never hurt him.
Nothing the matter with that man ex-
cept age.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Anyone who thinks the age OF 70.
mantle careers Is past should review
tor a moment what has transpired in
one year in the life of Francisco |.
Madero. Less than year ago he was
Il fugitive from arrest. United States
officers were seeking him with war
rant which charged him with plan
ming a military expedition against
Mexico. Not long before this he had
been declared "harmlessly insane"
and he was not taken seriously in
Mexico until his followers had de.
feated the regular army of Diaz.
Gaining so strong following that
Diaz was forced to resign, he then set
to work with others to restore order
and bring about needed reforms. He
suggested the appointment of Senior
de la Barra to act as president for
the remainder of Diaz's term of Of
flee and at the regular election was
elected to succeed him as chief eX-
ecutive. This election was probably
the first real election ever held, in
Mexico. The new president will take
the oath of office as chief executive
under more favorable conditions than
seemed possible a few months ago.
So sudden a reversal of fortunes
wheel is unusual even in America.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

That's a rotting state of affairs the
garbage cart drivers have kicked up
by their strike in New York.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17
LED" HOWE'S PHILOSOPHY.

When you shake hands with a lit
tie man, he nearly always gives you
a very hard grip, to show that while
he is small, he has great physical
strength.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

p. S.-t,w. does not mean tight
wad
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

Sometimes a woman who has been
wronged, Furnishes the man who has
wronged her to such an extent that
he becomes the injured party.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

We wish the Quaker doctors would
come back and dope up our furnace.
From the way you have to feed the
coal to it, it must be afflicted with
4 w
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

And of course, just when you want
the storm window man, everybody
else wants him at the same moment
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

And that reminds us: How abou
those paving petitions?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

If there's colder spot on this lit.
tie old planet Earth than between the
railroad tracks on Norfolk avenue
deliver us from II.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-11-17

For your information once again il
you haven't discovered it: The Nor
folk public library is now open every
afternoon from till and every eve
ming from till .. excepting Sundays
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-16
M'HsNRY NOTES

MeHenry. Va. starch IS.
Hey. c. T.. sanders niiea his reg
alar appointment al Mine Road
"aptist church sunday morning. His
siLOJtct Was Home Missions. A col
'eclon Sds ,ahen Tor ia. benefit Of
me -'ew S~p.is1 church 70 Orange
20 "nich the members contributed
AOeT-.ly. After church Z. meeting
Was neid ~ eiec, oua..y .-cnoo. Oh
h'a.s Tor the ensuing year. The
sunday school was organized. with
NJ. .. Waite as superiatcndent: Jno.
rendition assistant; Julian Lewis
sscretaOry; j.. 81. Prltohett. libra
rian. The Sunday school will open
The lst sunday in April ~ = a. IN.
We were glad 10 have our former
superintendent. Nj Waite. with US
again. He makes an excellent Of
hce. and Is 50 enlhused with the
great work. Let Us be co-wOrkers
win him. Come out to our church.
attend our sunday School. Hold I'D
our faithful servants hand and
thus make our school Il success. Be
cduse We are not children is no rea-
son We should not attend Sunday
School. Don't sit "a home or visit
our neighbOr and possibly keep him
from Sunday School, but come your
sell and bring all the others you
can 1t is our duty; let rs not
shirk. "Oh. where are the reap
ers?' Bring them in,
Saw-milling seems in full sway
now. ". H. Dickinson has finished
saving at MIR. J. r. Pendleton's and
the mill is now at G.. W Mastin's.
near BrOkenburg. Mr.. Dickinson
has three mills cutting in
this section. They will have about
live million feet of lumber 10 cut.
Mr. Rufus Wheeler has moved his
mill on the large tract OF timber
owned by DR.. j. W Massey. Mr..
Wakeman is busy running his mill.
saving for Messrs Waite and Fin
ney.
Some OF the free schools have
been extended for two weeks, posi-
bly, all that have not previously clos
ed before the surplus was discover
e1- In the treasury. Y.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-16
TO AID AMERICANS
Mexican President Asked
TO Free Two Men.
MAY INVOLVE BOUNDARY
State Departments Request of Mex
lean Government is Significant in
View of Decision to Shoot
Captives.

Washington, March 15.-An inves'
tigation having convinced the Ameri-
can government that Edwin Blatt' OF
Pittsburg. Pa, and Lawrence Con
verse. of Los Angeles, Cal, held as
prisoners at Jaurez, Mexico, had been
,aptured ON American soil. the state
department asked the Mexican govern
ment to release them. The request was
delivered TO the Mexican embassy at
Washington.
The reason for this request IS sig
ni6cant The Mexican government
has been informed that the young men
were arrested on American soil,
whereas the Diaz officials at the from
tier have maintained that the men
we're arrested at Tia Juana, town on
the northern frontier of the Mexican
state of Lower California, and ON the
Mexican side of the line only an
imaginary line defines the southern
boundary of California, and this has
never been thoroughly surveyed.
Whether the state departments &c
quest is made in the belief that the
point near Tia Juana at which Blatt
and Converse were arrested. accused
of being spies. is really American soil,
or whether il is cOntended that the
arrests took place farther north. IN
territory admittedly this countrys, de
spite the Mexican authorities state
ments. is not made certain.
II the government at Mexico City
releases the prisoners this will con-
slitute a rebuke for the Mexican Of
ncer in command. for he has insisted
that the men were caught on Mexican
soil.
The fact that the United States con-
sui at FL Paso at the time declared
that he could offer no argument why
Blatt and Converse should be released
points to the possibility that a bound
airy dispute may result.
Edwin NJ. Blatt. Of Pittsburg. and
Lawrence Converse. son OF a Glen
dora, Cal, lawyer, were arrested on
Feb. %. Accused Of carrying arms
against Mexico and of acting as spies
for the rebels. they were seized and
for a time it was feared had been shot.
They protested their innocence, but
have remained in prison two weeks.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-16
MASSAP0NAx LETTER

MassapOnax. Va, March IA
Mrs. G. w. Palmer has returned
from a weeks visit to her parents
at Bumpass.
Mrs. Sarah PriceTowles Is on ar
extended visit TO relatives and
friends in Illinois.
Mrs. T. A. Frazer entertained the
Friday Night c. and G.. Club az her
hospitable home, Coventry, last
Friday evening. One new member
was added and delightful refresh
ments served. The club meets this
week at Riverside, the home Of Mr.
+. L. Frazer.
Mrs Geo. Garrett, of Washington
who is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. 6. W. Clark, near Massaponax
is quite sick with grip.
Miss Julia Newman, Ivarene and
Kathryn Frazer were weekend
guests of the Frazers at COvington
Mr. Joe Gee, of Washington. is a
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs l.. r. Colbert
Little Miss Elizabeth Crop. who
has been quite sick with a cold, is
improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson, OF
Guiney's. have moved to the Salem
farm near here, purchased by them
of Mr.. L. r. Colbert.
Mr. Lloyd Green is preparing to
erect a new barn on the site of the
one that was burned ten days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson and Miss
Jessie Green were guests at Willow
Oaks Sunday.
Misses Newman and Kase were
visitors of Mrs A. H. Crismond at
c. II. Saturday.
Mrs Frazer and Miss New
man were recent visitors at Willow
Oaks
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-16
MAY HAVE BEEN SHOT
Fifteen Americans With Mexican
Rebels Captured In Battle.

Fifteen Americans With Mexican
Rebels Captured In Battle.
FL Paso. Tex, March 15.-That the
fifteen Americans taken prisoners by
the Mexican federal troops at the bat
tie Of Casas Grandes have been shot
Is the belief expressed in FL Paso.
All the efforts made to reach the
military authorities at Casas Grandes
have faile9.
Madero, under whom the men
fought, is still within few miles OF
the place, but according to his conf
Dental messages sent by courlers
here, he-ras been unable to 4earn the
fate Of his men.
Madero has been asked to send in a
roster of the mems names, but the
courier who took this message has not
yet returned.
Casas Grandes is $50 miles from Ell
Paso. and the messenger is travelling
on foot.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-16
WHY VIRGINIA Seeded

The Richmond Times-Dispatch,
commenting on the late Beverly
Munford's book, "Virginia's Att
tude Toward Secession and Slav, ry,
saws in the course Of an editorial
The work is confined to refuta-
ton of the view which has been sed-
ulously cultivated by unfriendly and
ill-informed writers that Virginia
was Influenced to secede from the
Union by two considerations-devO-
ton to slavery and hostility to the
Union-and to the refutatiOn CT this
misrepresentation of history Mr..
Munford directed his argument.
The crucial and determining factor
which impelled her secession was
1.-THE adoption by the Federal Gov
eminent Of the policy of coercion to-
wards the Cotton States.
Few persons in these days are ever
misled, unless they want to be. into
believing that Virginia left the Union
because Of love for slavery or hatred
of the Union. Such talk is made up
of a tissue of falsehoods. Virginia
left the Union because the rights Of
the States were sacred in her eyes.
No other reason could have driven
her to secede. Yet, as the Times
Dispatch says, it is well that Mr..
Munford wrote the book in question
and all of those who want to know
the real facts would do well to read