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Newspaper
Norfolk Weekly News Journal
Location
Norfolk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
5
A New Orleans style venture has organized the Norfolk based Columbia Life and New Home Insurance companies. Directors include prominent local bankers and attorneys. The group aims to solicit applicants and secure capital for the venture, with Mason as president and Creethon as treasurer.
A jumble of Norfolk area items details visits, engagements, and local happenings. Notes include Miss Jenn Weteel home from a visit, Mr and Mrs Waener returning from a short trip, and various residents traveling or moving. Reports cover a clerk’s meeting, a planned wedding, births, a train dispatcher's marriage, and a water main break affecting the southwest district.
The Northwestern timetable shows faster service on the Norfolk to Deadwood line starting Sunday. Travel from Norfolk to Long Pine gains ten minutes with improved schedules, Chadron and Dretot Woolf stops are updated, and overall trip times through the Hills are shortened while keeping other changes minimal.
Unclear fragments report local notes from Wiat Point Nebraska dated June 2. Mentions Miss Bertha Qleson Miss Barnet Miss Travia Miss Meyer and teaching posts in Weer Point and Phittsmouth area with health notes and vacation plans.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Bennett of Palton welcomed their eighteenth child this week. Bennett, a 48 year old stone cutter, supports the large family on 2.25 a day. The parents married twenty four years ago. oldest child is 23. Two daughters are twins and several siblings remain at home.
The Chou Grounds School Board votes to purchase a sixty six foot plot east of the high school for 1400 dollars and elect Miss Thibwhnna Dade as the new teacher. Census duties assigned to Widaman and Miss O’Conner to Lincoln, with vacancies and committee appointments noted.
Ensemble numbers and violin solos provided variety in a Norfolk recital directed by Mrs. Cora Asse of the Norfolk interstate branch of the Western Conservatory of Music. Two sextets, a piano duet, and multiple solo numbers featured students from the conservatory and nearby towns.
A gunman fired from a passing car as a river outing ended, injuring 5 year old Catherine Kopl in the breast. Her mother, in terror, carried her toward Bellevue Hospital as police and ambulance crews assisted. The child remained conscious and clung to her mother while doctors searched for the bullet. No arrests yet.
Neighbors in the Heights held a farewell banquet for Mr. and Mrs. FE O Mount as they prepare to move to Fremont where Mount is reassigned as trainmaster with the Northwestern. A reception at the Mintington home featured an informal program with Mrs Mount performing as pianist and solos by Mrs Snyder and J B Maylard.
The readable lines mention a person and a group with unclear actions and dates suggesting a local notice or meeting item. Names like Jone Nin and references to a liter and week imply a community or club context. Further specifics are not present in the fragment.
Norfolk fans praised the team after a rough opening loss to Plainview. The Norfolk squad struggled early, trailing by a wide margin, with Plainview dominant in the first half and sealing the win before the ninth inning.
Rainfall in northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota extends over a week with totals near three inches. Skies show clearing by Tuesday morning as farmers await sunnier days. The wet spell has hindered early harvests yet improved ground for summer planting amid widespread rain.
Special to The News from West Port Nebraska reports ongoing rains for ten days with lower temperatures. Ground remains saturated and weeds are spreading in corn fields making cultivation difficult. Farmers face inconvenience though no flooded fields are yet observed and drought danger is minimal.
Local report details extensive crop loss from a last Thursday rainstorm. Gornfields near Beemer Nebr suffered heavy damage with many fields requiring replanting and additional cleanup needed after flooding and wind.
A moistened spell following Holvieek last night raises alarms as farmers worry about the unusually wet season. Officials note the moisture may affect early fruit and crop conditions, with planting schedules already unsettled.
Brown County reports soaking rainfall of 2.23 inches over the past week. Special to The News from Annaworth, Neb says moisture totals reached two and a third inches in the county.
Freddie Kane son of Martin Kane was rushed to an Omaha hospital after being shot in the eye by an air rifle. Surgeons performed an operation to save the eye while teachers, fellow students, and staff watched, as the pupil and cornea were damaged and the prognosis depended on immediate care and follow up.
Representative Ellerman plans marriage to Miss Malrfax. The couple will wed in Aberdeen after a long courtship. The ceremony is set to take place at the home of a prominent local family with guests from multiple cities including Denver and Minneapolis.
Audience enjoyed a local Valentine production at Chatel's opera house featuring a choir society pageant with a seven role cast. Miss Alice McLeith crowned Queen while Nellie Ensley sang the reelise. costumes and woodwind stage effects drew praise from attendees.
Decoration ay observed for old soldiers as W. O R C graves were adorned. An afternoon program in the Auditorium featured Am. Theres, Ainsworth band, solos by Mrs Saidlie A. Smith and Miss Meila Rising, Lincoln Gettysburg oration by Ro. Osbert, and benediction by Rev Joseph A. Johnson. The Ainsworth military band, large and loyal, performs unpaid on such days and offers free concerts May through September when weather allows.
Government surveyors arrive in Wakefield Nebraska to run a line and straighten Logan Creek. The crew includes Lawrence Britt P M Fugate from Washington and M E Chappel from Des Moines. Work began today.
Pleasant Valley won both ends of a Sunday doubleheader on their diamond. They defeated Madison 6 to 3 and Meridian Creek 12 to 6. Players listed include Purdy Miller Lark Wakter May Alloway Mullane Lane and Bimcolton.
In Keya Paha County the school bond proposal draws mixed support. Ainsworth favors the measure while Wile Long Pine and Johnstown oppose it as voters decide on the county high school funding and future pupil enrollment.
The Boemer High class celebrates five graduates Rudelpt Wiepert Mona Kerk Glen Ro Ruins Lilian Gauraith and Lenera Wilties who will pursue college and work. Prof Ay EL Bisher and Mise Lucy Hellstreet are praised for guiding the year. Fisher will lead Neligh schools next year.
At Randolph Nebraska J M Huey reports a horse theft from his stable. A reward of 125 is offered for return and for arrest and conviction of the thief. Stolen mare is six years old hay color with white face left hind leg white stocking and a dark neck collar.
In Neligh on June 2 over 200 guests attended a reception for Mrs J Anderson. Mr NM Swottger officiated as dancing and cordial praise featured the night. Lairson's choir provided excellent music. An elaborate order's display was revived in the Unguet room.
Ainsworth Nebraska reports the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs June Lambles on June 2 as part of North Nebraska Births.
A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs FE C Evans Bunday at their home. The notice records the birth and family names, reflecting a period obituary-friendly birth notice.
Voters across Beal County cast the largest total ballot in memory as Beat County High School supporters defeated the proposition. Some precincts reported strong opposition while others showed solid backing for the measure as results continued to filter in. Local observers noted high turnout and broad interest in the election across the district.
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A dramatic plea appears in the Imperial Gazette of Portugal seeking aid for the starving young king and his royal household. The article notes debts to bakers and butchers, the queen dowager, and the ducal household as evidence of the royal family’s financial distress.
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