The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-17

bcdu OF Columbus are guests OF MrS,
j. Roy Carter
Miss Ruth Snyder returned from
Warnorvillc. whore she spent days
visit with friends
Jack Bruce and 4. Talnsck VI Verdi.
gre were in the city.
Travelling Auditor Slocum OF the
Northwestern road was In the city Tn.
II cute to Sioux city.
Mrs Leo Hight OF Interior, S. D.. il
in the city visiting with her sister, Mrs
NJ r. Green. and other relatives
Mrs. r. G.. Corycll returned from
Lincoln, where she spent u week with
her daughters, who are attending the
university.
Born, TO MIR and Mrs. Arthur II.
Bimson, a daughter.
G. A. Gray and Pat Crotty went
hunting yesterday and got twenty.sev-
N large ducks.
william Raasch is suffering from
badly injured thumb "a the result OF
,triking II with hammer
Harold Davey has gone TO Fremont.
where he has accepted position IA
musician in the Bijou theater.
4 horse valued at 5000, belonging TO
Emil Wschter of 207 North Seventh
street, died from hung fever last night.
Because OF the illness OF Organizer
| G. A. Pray OF the Owls at Hooper,
| there was no meeting of the local or.
| ganization this week. meeting Is
| scheduled for next Thursday.
Little Tom IIarter, son of Mr. and
| Mrs led Harter, underwent an opera.
| tion Friday and is reported as doing
very well.
Frank Brubaker, an Omaha travel
! ing salesman, passed through the city
| Saturday in an automobile in which he
is making his territory.
| The board of charities petitions are
becoming popular with the public and
many signeTs are attaching their
names for membership. The petitions
can be found in every bank of the city,
or those desiring to become members
can do so by calling on Secretary led
| lIarter.
! Rev. Edwin Booth, jr, has returned
| from Crete, where he went to attend
| a meeting of the board of trustees OF
| Doane college, of which he is men,
Der. He reports the college I'm good
shape and just closing mp a campaign
whereby II will add 100000 to its per-
manent endowment fund.
With the discussion among several
tiremen that an open air theater would
be a paying proposition in Norfolk,
comes the announcement from one
party that he is arranging the pur-
chase of large tent and oper air
. | - tn ho
will open in Norfolk during the sum-
mer.
Gosh, didn't know Norfolk was a
dry town." exclaimed a stranger com.
ing out of the dry saloon" on Norfolk
avenue early Saturday morning. to
Judge C. F. Eiseley, who was passing
: the place enroute to his Office in the
city hall. II guess the stranger went
into the wrong kind OF a saloon" said
Judge Eiseley later.
After planning for several weeks on
cumming" to Omaha, two Norfolk
! boys, one a former porter at the Pa.
cific hotel, accepted the hospitality OF
Ralph Sternberg of Omaha and accom-.
panied him to- Omaha in his automo-
: bile Saturday noon. The boys resign
ed their positions in this city a few
t days ago and, having but little money,
: planned to beat their way via freight
] trains
2 Funeral services over the remains
Of Thomas w. Shillington, the old time
' Omaha mail carrier, took place at the
: Masonic temple at Omaha Friday af-
g, ternoon. The remains were brought
/ to Stanton, where services were held
: Saturday afternoon. Interment took
< place at Stanton. Mrs. Joseph PLANT
s and Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Kingsley and
! family Of this city attended the funeral
e services.
d Emmett Truelock, who substitutes
d for e. S. Monroe at the fire station
l. next week, is busy building new lock
Z ers for the fremen's uniforms and
t books in the city hail. These lockers
have been badly needed for some time
and after the matter was brought to
o the attention Of Chairman f. f. Cole
r man Of the fire and police committee,
: orders were given to Mr.. Truelock to
s. build them.
b while ! haven't much OF kick
e against the dray wagons standing
| oobe -'oAhOih oNChuC, SA1 VIC uupl'
Il ness man, Il do object to their stand
g ing directly in front Of my store and
, handicapping farmers from coming in.
8 Saturday is an exceptionally busy day
d and farmers are compelled to stay in
o the middle Of the street to get out of
" the wagons into my store because of
e some dray wagon standing there for
z hours at a time"
II r. S. Monroe has received official
g notification from Washington which
a. makes him the permanent rural route
o carrier on route No. S. Warren Rouse
it who resigned this position. was sue.
n ceeded by George Wheeler a perma.
)" nent substitute, who in turn will be
" relieved next week by Mr.. Monroe
l. The contract for driving the fire
wagon which Mr.. Monroe signed does
not expire until June /, and under its
provisions he must keep a team and
man at the station all the time. Mr.
II Monroe says he can handle the night
trick at the station to good satisfac