Paying Is Paramount in Norfolk Street Paving Debate
Mayor Sturgeon argues paying should be the priority and First Street paving pursued this year. Durland’s objections draw out traffic impacts, property values on East Norfolk Avenue questioned, and local residents weigh the public benefit against other street projects. The piece also notes community activities and local officials’ plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgeon
Norfolk
Nel
Kalstor News
A. Jd
Dur Fonds
First Street
Durland
Guy Jewson
Mod
Mirat
Tak Piwers
Pirat Street
Mourth Street
Piper Street
Mr. Durland
Fourth Street
Wishlin
East Norfolk
Oxnard
Durkind
East Norfolk Avenue
Norfolk Avenue
Monday mentions of local residents including travels and visits
Dr H T Holden visited Hoskins while Fred L Barclay came from Stuart for a Norfolk visit. Miss Marjorie Beeler left for Chicago. W W Fickling spent Sunday in Norfolk. Emma and Helen Wetzel visiting Omaha. Dr Simmons recovered from illness. Mrs James R Fain returned to Knoxville Tennessee. Mrs Henrietta Pasewalk home from Nadine Minnesota. J D Haskell of Wakefield through Norfolk en route to Gregory. W J Stadelman back from Plattsmouth business. Matilda Hermann home from Hadar school for summer. P F Caldwell of Ashland and F L Kantzmian of Lincoln in Norfolk overnight. Harold Lucas to Monticello New York to visit grandmother and aunt. Father Tevis visiting Norfolk before Europe trip. Arnold and Ella Born went to Platte county to fetch sister Tena Born. Mary OConnor left for Wood River for summer with parents. A G Kennedy resigns Norfolk High English post to lead German at Spearfish SD normal. leaves for Weeping Water next.
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H. T. Holden
Hoskins
Fred L. Barclay
Stuart
Marjorie Beeler
Chicago
W. W. Fickling
Creighton
Norfolk
Emma
Helen Wetzel
Omaha
Simmons
James R. Fain
Knoxville
Tenn
Henrietta Pasewalk
Nadine
Minn
J. D. Haskell
Wakefield
Gregory
W. J. Stadelman
Plattsmouth
Matilda Hermann
Hadar
PF. D. Caldwell
Ashland
F. L. Kantzmian
Lincoln
Harold Lucas
Monticello
N. Y
Tevis
Europe
Arnold
Ella Born
Platte County
Tena Born
Mary O'Connor
Wood River
A. G. Kennedy
Norfolk High School
Spearfish
State Normal School
Foley Kidney Remedy Ad Urges Immediate Action
A drugstore ad cautions that if a person suspects their child has kidney problems they should take Foley's Kidney Remedy immediately to avoid Bright's disease or diabetes and warns not to delay using Foley's other Remedy.
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Foley
Bright
Klesau Drug Co
Smith Brothers open range horse sale June 8
Smith Brothers will hold their first range horse sale on June 8 with no preliminary sale. The season opens with the big sale, then range sales will be held in Norfolk every two weeks. Three loads are already here, horses pastured north of Norfolk while new pens and an unloading chute are built. Duna of Weeping Water and Preece of Battle Creek return as auctioneers.
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Smith Brothers
Norfolk
Duna
Weeping Water
Preece
Battle Creek
Cold lingering cough remedy advertised by Kiesau Drug Co
Cold hangs on in spring depletes the system and weakens nerves. Foley's Honey and Tar quickly stops the cough and expels the cold. Safe and certain in results, Kiesau Drug Co.
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Foley
Kiesau Drug Co
Bryan a Dangerous Name in Atlantic City Jail Case
A man jailed for saying he was William J. Bryan faced thirty days in jail after insisting he was the famous leader. He later proved his name matched the "peerless leader" and returned home to Plymouth, Pennsylvania.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William J. Bryan
Post Office Tightens Rail Mail Rules Slower Schedules Rise
The post office department enforces technical provisions on the railway mail service with heavier fines for delays. Train schedules slow as crews aim for error free time cards, while recent strong winds topple a tent during a Campbell circus stop causing injuries. Campbell circus headquarters are in Fairbury Nebraska with prior incidents in Sioux City and a Norfolk run.
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Delig
Caid Flint
Post Office Department
Cael
Pardon Plea For Indian Frightened At Rosebud Agency
Petition signed by northeastern Nebraska elites asks Gov Sheldon to pardon Indian Frightened, jailed a year for a neck-yoke killing on the Omaha Reservation. Charge alleged to have occurred during drunken darkness. petitioner cites consumption and near-deaths, notes Frightened is Rosebud citizen.
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Lincwein
Neb
Sheldon
Frightened
Omaha
Nebraska
Uim
Julian Reservation
Rosebudsgoney
Dakota
Rose Frightened
Eagle Elk
Daniel Eagle Hawk
Walking Crow
Young Tron Shell
Thomas Little Bull
Little Bull
Running Joseph
John Flying Walking
Chas
White Hat
William
J. J
J. Red Tomahawk
O. Esvle
Conrad
White Shield
George
A. Brave Bird
Horse
Eagle Man
Julia Tall Woman
Big Corn
Annie Shooting Cat
Anthes and Smith Sell Out Transfer to EB Luikart
The Anthes and Smith department store is sold to EB H. Luikart of Tilden. The transfer occurred at noon with Luikart in possession. William McDonald of Meadow Grove now manages the store. Anthes may relocate to Lincoln and Smith to Chicago, with Luikart considering potential removals.
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William McDonald
Anthes
Lincoln
Smith
Chicago
Anthes & Smith
EB. H. Luikart
Tilden
Mr. Luikart
Meadow Grove
Mrr. Lunkart
Norfolk
A. N. Anthes
R. C. Smith
Twenty-One New Books Added to Norfolk Public Library
The Norfolk public library reports 822 volumes in its collection after receiving twenty-one new titles. The library committee under the Woman's Club leadership oversees the library, which was started and maintained by that organization. New holdings include Churchill, Crewes Career, Vermilion Pencil, The Divine Fire, Every Child Should Know, Legends, Mary Queen of Scots, The Master of the Inn, In Korea With Marquise Ito, Life of Alice Freeman Palmer, and other works.
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Norfolk
Woman's Ehh
Churchhill
Mr. Crewes
Lew
Sinclair
Danby
Daulton
Fritzl
Mary Queen of
Scotts
Brown
Rose MacLeod
Day
King Spruce
DeMorgan
Adams
Pagan
Gardenshire
Parrish
Beach
Herrick
Ladd
Korea
Marquise Ito
Palmer
Alice Freeman Palmer
Crete to Build $20,000 YMCA Home
Crete Nebraska May 23 plans for a new YMCA home costing twenty thousand dollars were outlined by city directors and business leaders. The 44 by 116 foot, two story building will include a thirteen foot basement and modern facilities for recreation and association work. Over $9,900 in bona fide pledges has been subscribed with more conditional pledges promising support.
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Crete
Neb
Young Men's Christian Association
Luke
G. L. Meissner
Bailey
Meade
York
Wind Strikes Circus Tent In Wahpeton
Campbell Brothers show tent collapsed during a performance at Wahpeton North Carolina around 3 pm on Wednesday. Two men Otto Schultz and J M Powers were seriously injured while several spectators were knocked down. About 2000 people were present as rain fell.
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Campbell Brothers
Wahperon
Campbell Circus
Norfolk
Sioux City
Fairbury
Neb
Wayne
Wahpeton
N. C
Otto Schultz
J. M. Powers
Breckinridge
Wabash Plans Sunday Excursions and Omaha Industrial Promises
The Wabash announces Sunday excursions to Omaha for summer travel. Union Pacific pledges immediate resumption of industry at Omaha shops and new shop buildings are promised for next year. Cement rates from the south to be equalized June 1 with Burlington cutting Lincoln rate one and a half cents per hundred. The Billings line has seen long repairs with minimal disruption to fast schedules. Porters removed from Burlington trains shift work to car cleaners at terminals and train crews note no major rise in workload despite Weiss traffic.
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Wabash
Omaha
Union Pacific
Omaha Commercial Club
Burlington
Billings
North Coast
Wehr
Miniature Schoolhouse Built by Valentine Pupils
In Valentine Nebraska on May 25 a third and fourth grade class under Miss Driscoll built a complete four room miniature schoolhouse. The model stands about four and a half feet high and six feet square and is furnished entirely by the pupils except for the stove. The project earned strong praise for both teacher and students.
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Valentine, Neb
West Point Plans a Fourth of July Monster Celebration
West Point Nebraska announces a big Fourth of July celebration organized by the Volunteer Fire department in charge of arrangements for a town wide event.
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West Point
Neb
English investors eye Lander oil field expansion via Nebraska pipeline
English capitalists led by Rt. Hon. Early and Sir Arthur Paget move to secure options on Wyoming salt creek and Powder River oil. A 700 mile pipeline from Lander to Omaha aims to supply cheaper fuel, with Northwestern railroad backing, potentially sending Wyoming oil through Norfolk in ninety days. Northwestern leaders Hughitt and Gariler have visited the field amid talks of oil as railroad fuel.
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Wyoming
Norfolk
Northwestern
Lander
al Lander
Salt Creek
Powder River
Casper
United States
Omaha
Nebraska
Northwestern Railroad
Hughitt
Gariler
Hon. Early of
Kintore
Australia
Queen Victoria
House of Lords
E. Wallace Vincint
Charles Ponsonby
Reginald Paget
Arthur Paget
Lady Paget
Miss Stevens
New York
Real estate transfers for week ending May 22 2008
Madison County Abstract and Guarantee Company office with Mapes and Hazen lists transfers including Eliza W Ware and Irishband to Harrier Rees for 2100 dollars a parcel description NEM of SWAy 22-241 Emelle Blotch and husband to C W Lemont for 1100 dollars Lots 1 and 2 Block 2 Battle Creek Jenny BR Gifford and husband to Lawrence L Heckendorf for 1200 dollars Lot 2 and 4 Block 1 Edgewater Park Addition to Norfolk. August Schumacher and wife and Ernest Mittelstadt and wife to Burt
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Madison County Abstract & Guarantee Company
Mapes & Hazen
Eliza W. Ware
Irishband
Harrier Rees
W. D
NEM
Emelle Blotch
C. W. Lemont
Battle Creek
Jenny BR. Gifford
Lawrence L. Heckend
Randolph H S Wins Big at Northeast Nebraska Meet
A Norfolk man witnessed the Northeast Nebraska High School Athletic league field meet in Bloomfield and praised the event. Randolph High School won first honors, with prizes displayed for winners. Other league towns include Hartington Creighton Osmond and Bloomfield, and the Norfolk observer urged track athletics at his city high school and a team to the district contest next year.
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Norfolk
Bloomfield
Randolph High School
Hartington
Creighton
Osmond
Norfolk High School
New Catholic Church Dedicated in Gregory Nebraska Sioux Falls
A new Catholic church in Gregory, South Dakota, was dedicated with Rt Rev John Stariha of Lead and visiting priests from the northwest. The ceremonies were led by Bishop Stariha and several priests including Father Ogulin and Father Prendergast in attendance.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Gregory
Rosebud Indian Reservation
Gregory County
John Stariha
Lead
South Dakota
Northwest
Father Ogulin
St. Paul
Minn
M. Noessen
Deadwood
Dle
Father Prendergast
Honeateel
Father Kroupa
Spencer
Nebly
Father Stratton
Botte
Nel
Father Guessun
Lurke
Teeth with sneeze in Seattle stall mix up scene
In Seattle a man, Oscar Van Dyke, tried to test his teeth with a pepper sneeze. A sneeze blew his false teeth into a barrel of sauerkraut, while he watched from the stall, and the stallkeeper insisted he buy the whole barrel to retrieve them.
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Seattle
Wash
Oscar van Dyte
Dlow
van Dyke
Valentine Alumni Reception Welcomes Class of 1908
Valentine Nebraska May 25 special to The News the alumni of the Valentine high school held a reception at Churchs opera house to initiate the class of 08 into the order. Talks toasts and a charity luncheon followed. Fisher s orchestra provided music.
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Valentina
the Valentine High School
Church
Opera House
Fisher
Base Ball Bryan Day Promises Big Norfolk Friday
Norfolk opens baseball season with Bryan day address by Bryan after 1 pm at Driving Park. Staunton meets Norfolk in first game as crowds travel by Bryan special. Other local games and amateur matchups announced around the same period.
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Bryan
Norfolk
Stanton
Driving Park
Staunton
Arvean
Wegin
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A. J. Durland
Tincoln
Helle Thorngate
Inet
Onlin
North Loup
Tin
Miss Thornwate
Mra
Madsden
Pasewalk
Farmers and Traders Bank
Wakeheld
Bracking
Onow Titre Talking Machine
Ghond Opera Records
Carnie
Melba
Cantwell
Baptist Church
Manitou, Cole
Headbloom
Stromsburg
George Hix
A. H. Harding
Cfty
Madison
John
Wishowe
Tutecin
Norfolk Lines
W. B. Andrews
Benjamin Andrews
The
State University
Andrews
Washington
the Treasury
E. B. Andrews
W. E. Andrews
E. H. Luikart OF
Norfolk Public Library
Mabie
Y.M.C.A
Wind Strikes Circus
Cpt
Sands
Alain Anny
John Gund Brewing CO
la Crosse, Wis
C. H. Groesbeck
Norfolk, Nebr
Mline
English Syndicate
W. Millen
Hayes
Aithon
Martin G. Tavenport
Tishbant
Frank McWhorter
Wty
Swy
Inerid Johnson
Nels O. Pearson
W. DD
Tadlroud
New Than Grove
D.C. Warrison
Alfred M. Jones
Consideration
T. ED. Leonard
West Meadow Grove
Viretta Johens
B. Mason
Jon S
Lewis Widition
D C. Stitt
Pasewalks
Spellian Om
Phart Mapes
Miner
Hazen
Q. C
Norfolk Junction
Jacob Thompean
Denate M. Harned
Loti
Dorsey Place
Charley D. Tinney
John FF. Muller
William Melcher
Henry H. Miller
Daniel Scheer
W. E. Taylor
William Stork
McDuffee
Miasouri River
Leadfather Guessen
Gregory and
Hlantin
Theele
Tore Chan Bui Wy
Randolph H. S
Bryan Day
Norfolk and Stanton
Norfolk Nine
Eliafer
Mainview
Eagle
Benson Eagles
Ave
Plainview
Wallhill Indians
Star Bloomers
Eti Tative
Mapes
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