The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-09-01
SATURDAY SETTINGS.

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Mrs. James Maloney of Omaha is in
the city visiting with her daughter,
Mrs. o. s. ONeil.
Miss Carrie Thompson has gone to
Newman Grove where she will teach
in the high school this year.
Miss Edith Bechel Of Fairfax, who
is on her way to Wayne normal, stop
ped for visit at the home Of l.. o.
LiZer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kinney and
Mrs. Joseph PLANT went to Omaha in
an automobile to spend few days
visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bittner and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. Cadet Christian
sen were here visiting with Mr., and
Mrs. c. p. Christensen.
Misses Eliza Filter and Martha
Brummund have gone to Creighton
and Bazile Mills to spend week or
ten days visiting with relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Otis LeRoque of Omaha, who
has been here visiting with her sister,
Mrs. William Altman, has returned to
her home. She leaves in a few days
for an extended visit on the western
coast.
Miss Ricka Gettinger has resigned
her position as bookkeeper in the Fair
store.
EX-Capt Glissman of the Norfolk
ball team was on second base for the
Norfolk team at Winside Friday after
mono.
]. S. Jackson, formerly of Norfolk
but now of Kansas City, is expected in
the city in about two weeks for a visit
with friends.
The 3-weeks.old infant of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Horst, farmers living on
the Ernest Zutz farm north of this
city, died Friday morning.
Jay Hight, who last week sustained
fractured arm as the result of falling
from a horse, is now able to be up
and enjoy visits to the city.
Catcher Hoffman of the Norfolk
team went to Creighton to play in an
outfield position with the Creighton
team in Saturday afternoons game.
High school football players are al
ready initiating the pigskin with the
aid of automobile pumps and getting
ready for the foot ball season which
will open in this city next month.
The ball game Sunday afternoon be-
tween Norfolk and Atkinson on the
driving park diamond will be fast
one. Atkinson is said to have plug
ged up somewhat and are coming to
win.
The rope bell signal, used to bring
the horses from their stalls at the
fire station has been cast away and
an automatic bell connecting with the
signal in the station office has been
installed.
A. B. Dillon, deputy grand master
Workman of the A. o. U. W., in Ne
braska, has decided to move to Nor
folk from Ainsworth. Mr.. Dillon has
rented w. r. Beswick house on
South Eleventh street.
A number of Norfolk auto drivers
may enter the county fair races at
Madison. Frank Massick is consider
ing it. The first prize will be 500,
second prize $25. The race is to be
five miles long. There are no limita-
tions on cars.
N. A. Rainbolt, who is enjoying a
fishing trip at Lake Andes, S. D.,
writes home that the fishing is better
than he ever dreamed fishing could be.
He tells of catching more than fifty
, bass in one day, all of them more than
! four pounds in weight.
Louis, the 5-year-old son of Mr.. and
, Mrs. John Klug, is suffering from a
| large cut on his leg as the result of
being run down by a small wagon
: pulled by some playmates. Two
, stitches were taken in the wound and
the youngster is getting along well.
| The 6-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. c. Chamberlain succeeded in
| swallowing a large button last even
/ ing. A physician has not yet been
able to remove it. The button, says
the physician, is larger than a twenty
five cent piece and two and a hall
, times as thick. He is at a loss to ex
plain how the child was able to swal
low it.
1t is barely possible that Chick
Evans, the noted golf player of Chi
cago, who recently made a mark ir
European tournaments, may come tc
Norfolk this summer for a few days
He has written Lloyd Pasewalk, his
college fraternity brother, that he
would like TO come out here to res
up, as ne has been i'll since cominl
home from England.
| Looking forward to the time wher
an alfalfa mill will be established il
Norfolk, Ernest Raasch put in eight!
acres of alfalfa on his farm west o
this city. This is the largest field o
alfalfa in the county. Mr.. Raasch re
ports that he has received many let
ters from Iowa parties who want t
buy alfalfa by the carload. "There Il
a great demand for alfalfa" he says.
Pitcher Kingdom, who twirled 70
Tilden against Norfolk on the driving
park diamond some time ago and late
for Norfolk against Pierce, is gettin
into the limelight. Kingdom was pick
ed nm nv the Fremont state Iaagu