The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1912-03-29
MONDAY MENTIONS.


farm at Battle Creek was here trans |
acting business.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mel.
cher, a daughter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dick,
this morning n son.
An adjourned meeting of the city
council is scheduled for tonight
Mrs. Knebel, mother OF William
Knebel 75 years old is reported ser
iously i'll.
Herman Buettow is able to be out
of doors after weeks attack of the
grip and tonsilitis.
The Ladies Home Mission society
of the Methodist church will meet
with Mrs OMAN Tuesday afternoon
at . o'clock
The last of the state university stu
dents who spent weeks vacation
here with relatives returned to Lin
coin at noon.
Twenty.three students of the Christ
Lutheran school were examined Sun.
day morning. The confirmation is to
be held next Sunday.
The postponed missionary tea of
the Baptist mission circle will be held
Tuesday night at the home of Mrs.
Beebe, III Madison avenue
The Wocdmen ratification meeting
held in Norfolk was a meeting of the
Modern Woodmen of America and not
of the Woodmen of the World. The
Woodmen of the World have not rails
ed their rates.
Walter Compton. formerly engaged
in the meat market business here, has
decided to try farming. Mr.. Compton
has rented the Tannehill farm south
| of town.
One more Sleeper" spent Saturday
night in the city Jail, enroute west.
| Chief Marquardt declared this sleep
| err" was a nice" young man and de-
served assistance.
Roland G. Parvin, formerly connect
| ed with the sugar factory in this city
was recently reelected president of
the Athletic club of Denver, in which
city he now resides.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Schwede turned the Schwede home
into some excitement Saturday after
| noon by drinking quantity of coal
oil. The baby will recover.
The first victim of SNOWFALL throw
ing is the son of Mr.. and Mrs George
| n Mather whose eye was badly in
iured by an icy SNOWFALL thrown by
another boy on Norfolk avenue. The
skin beneath the eye was lacerated.
Sheriff Leroy Little of Trip coun-
ty was in Norfolk Saturday from Win
ner. Mr.. Little came to Norfolk to
be initiated into the Elks lodge Sat
urday night. Attorney f.. c. O'Haller-
Ell of Winner, e. Crook Of Winner
and j. w. Harris of Neigh were also
present.
NJ. ] Sanders, district commercial
manager OF the Nebraska Telephone
company returned from a weeks con
vention of district telephone CONNER
Cial managers held at Minneapolis
The convention was well attended
Mr. Sanders reports the session q
very busy one.
| The executive committee of the y
NJ. c. A. received letter from Mrs
John p. Maxfield of Omaha, formerly
of this city. in which was enclosed {
pledge for $50 which Mrs. MaxfielC
| specified should go toward furnishing
} room of the Norfolk Y. NJ. c. A
building. 81 am always ready to hell
, such work. says the letter
Worth Adams returned from Genoa
after seasons work with a tele
phone construction outfit, Mr.. Adams
. reports much hardships on the part O.
the linemen who worked outdoors dur
: ing the 40,below-zero weather. Many
of the linemen had been laid off be
! cause Of lack of work but severa
| gangs are to leave Norfolk very soon
Because of the extremely bad road
) condition farmers are unable to brire
. corn to the city, demand for this
; grain being quite heavy. About 3,0OC
, sacks of corn were sent to Belle
FOurche, S. D., last week by a loca
grain firm and sold for SLAB per 100
pounds. About million pounds o.
sacked corn is sold to Belle Fourche
from this city each year.
The funeral of Sadie Dubois. one
of Norfolk's pioneer colored residents
was held Saturday afternoon. Rev. J
+. POucher of the Methodist church
of Stanton came to Norfolk and Of
ficiated at the services which were
> held in the home at ia Braasch ave
nue.. Many floral offerings were
brought to the Dubois home durin.
the day, The pallbearers We're: Dicl
Washington, Edward Ellis, Bud King
Percy Young, Allen Gaines Car
Lewis.
Drunk and arrested again" wa
the greeting given to men at the pc
= lice station by w. H. Woodland, a
y expert sewing machine repairer VIII
last Friday surprised the police b
his strenuous work on the streets
which was to pay off for his fin,
+ Woodluud stayed off the water wal
: on about three hours after he was r,
l. leased by order of the court becaus
= of his good work. "Ill never do
again." was his greeting TO frienC
q after his first release. "Whiskey
bad, very bad" Jaw, come on, let
), have drink" said one OK his friend
u Say you're all right; let's" al