The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1912-01-12
TUESDAY TOPICS.

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TUESDAY TOPICS.
Mrs w. A. Kingsley returned from
Omaha
Miss Alice Hoskins returned from
Stanton.
DR.. A. b. Ayres went to Cody on
business.
Rev. Felix Gebauer of st. Paul, Neb
is here visiting with friends.
NJ. c. Hazen, Jack Koenigstein, Burt
Mapes and n. A. Rainbolt went to
Madison.
| Mr. and Mrs. w. B. Miller of Cas-
per, Wyo., were guests at the w. II.
Brakeman home.
p. NJ. Barrett and NJ. W. Spencer
went to Excelsior Springs today or
a few weeks vacation.
John Metz has returned from Sum.
ner, where he had been visiting his
cousin, Mrs. A. J. Thompson, whom he
had not seen for thirty-two years.
John Woerner is suffering from an
attack of the grip.
from an attack of the grip.
August Lundberg of Wakefield has
accepted position with the Norfolk
Shoe company.
I A special meeting of Mosaic lodge
No. 50 will be held tonight for work
in the F. C. degree
! Earl Shields, a popular travelling
salesman, was called to Hildreth,
Neb., where his father died Sunday
! According to reports in poultry as
ISOLATION and Commercial club cir
cles, next years corn show and poul-
try show may be held Jointly by both
| organizations.
The annual meeting of the A. l..
Killian company directors was held in
the Killian store this afternoon.
James Killian of Cedar Rapids was
present at the meeting.
II. Rogers, who was found guilty of
petty larceny by a jury in Judge Els
eley's court, was taken to the Madison
county Jail Monday to serve thirty
days, the sentence imposed on him by
, the court.
! The Norfolk Investment company,
with r. p Drake as manager, has
rented rooms on the second floor of
the Cotton block. The company will
open its offices here on Jan. 10.
w. X. Mcfarland, trustee of the
Peoples Department store, has issued
notice of trustees bankruptcy sale
of the stock of that store. The sale
will take place here at l o'clock on
Jan. 10.
The Union Pacific train due here
at 1920 Monday night arrived in the
city at 2 o'clock this morning, pre-
coded by snowplow. the crew of
which reported many bad snow drifts
all the way between Columbus and
Norfolk.
Herman Mas writes from Roch-
ester, Mimi, that his son Gottfried
Mas, underwent an operation by the
Mayo brothers. 1t is necessary, writes
Mr. Mas that his son undergo an
other operation before returning to
Norfolk.
Twenty-one men are .out of work
and three ice plows are almost sub
merged on the ice of the Northfork
river as the result of the water back
ing up from the dam Monday night
John Schelley, a local ice dealer who
has been harvesting ice on the river,
declares he will be delayed for several
days in his work.
At the annual meeting of the German
u nliaf cnciatv tho fnllpWino pffiparC
were elected for the ensuing year:
Carl Schmiedeberg, president; II. c.
Krahn, vice.president; August Stef-
fen, secretary; Fred Hellerman, as
sistant secretary; II. w. Winter, treas
urer, directors for three years, Henry
Klug, j. E. Haase, Fred Nordwig and
Fred Leu.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
near-blizzard of Monday was of short
duration, drivers for local stores, mail
carriers and physicians who found it
necessary to be out in the storm re-
port great difficulty in making any
progress in their efforts to travel. In
the open country the wind and snow
We're so binding that it was utterly
| Impossible to see or make any prog
ress whatever.
John Robinson, manager of the Nor.
folk Fur and Iron company, reports
that furs are becoming very scarce,
and probabilities are that higher
prices will be asked for furs next sea.
son. The heavy snow has been
great handicap to trappers, About
100 muskrat and skunk skins have