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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1905)
THE NORFOLK COLLEGE STARTS YOUNG PEOPLE RIGHT. FITS THEM FOR A LIFE'S WORK Almost Every-Pupil Who Has Taken a Full Course Now Holds a Profit able Pos'Ulon ' at Congenial Employ ment A Fine School Room. The young man and young woman of Norfolk and north Nebraska have convenient to them an institution of learning that is prepared to and will elevate them from drudgery to conge nial nnd proiltablo employment and that institution is the Norfolk busi ness collcgo occupying the third lloor of the Cotton block and presided over by Mr. C. H. Brake ns principal and Mrs. Brake ns assistant. It has prov en its capability in this direction and will continue to bo of advantage to ambitious young people as long ns it endures. Many young people not aware of its advantages are neglect ing the golden opportunity for prepar ing themselves for a life work of clean and high character. During its brief existence the Nor folk business college has established an enviable reputation in the accom plishments of its pupils. Behind bank counters , in counting rooms in rail road ofllces , largo manufacturing plants , business houses and other in dustries are found the pupils of the Norfolk college , receiving excellent salaries at agreeable work. Of the pupils who have finished the course it IB not an exaggeration to say that ninoty-flvo per cent nnd better are now well employed at good wages and In steady situations. Thirty per cent of the pupils who have taken instruc tion at the school are employed , but the best results are shown by these who have completed the course. Six pupils hold positions in banking hous es , two are employed in St. Paul , Minn. , one in Denver and one in Oma ha and soon there will be scattered over the country in all lines of Im portant achievement men and women who were fitted for their duties in the Norfolk school. Flattering reports como from the pupils now out Their work averages with the best of them and better then most of other clerks and employes in similar lines of en deavor. The achievements of the school are as good as of any business college In the state. Some offer more and make greater bluster , but the Nor folk college is fitting its pupils for their chosen work while others are talking of what they can do , but fail in the proof. Professor Brake is a thoroughly competent instructor as is also Mrs. Brake. They have had years of ex perience in public school work and fe- also In the special branches that they now teach and are fully qualified to reach the needs of the ambitious young man and woman. Mr. Brake says it is astonishing what a fifteen-months' business course will accomplish to ward brightening up and fitting for business pupils who have attended the public schools . In the Norfolk college individual attention is devot ed to the pupils in a much larger de gree than in some of the large schools of a similar character. Each one Is instructed according to his individual requirements Instead of being placed in large classes where he must catch on the fly what instruction is given out to the entire student body. Then , too , the work is made conge nial. There are pleasant rooms and Interesting companionships. The first three weeks is said to mean hard work and earnest concentration of thought but after that the work Is easy and it is a flattering comment on the Norfolk school that the pupils who get well started in the work usually stick and enjoy every moment that they are in the school room. In other schools and other towns the pupils pay more for board , greater tuition and larger incidental expenses and got half the attention that is giv en In the Norfolk college. Board is very reasonable In Nor folk , the railroads make it a conve nient point for the attendance of young men and women from all over north Nebraska and it is hoped that in a few years the attendance at the Norfolk business college will include everyone seeking the instruction that is there given in the entire territory contingent to the city. There Is op portunlty awaiting the young men and young women who can take this In struction and there is no better or less expensive place to secure the learn ing than in the Norfolk business col lege. Everything required in a business life is taught , the following studies being pursued in the regular business course : Book-keeping , rapid mathematical calculations , business practice , ofllce drill , commercial arithmetic , banking , business correspondence , corporation and Toucher accounting , penmanship , commercial law , practical grammar , spelling. In the shorthand and typewriting course the following studies nro taught : Gregg shorthand , touch typewriting , business correspondence , grammar , practical offlco work , manifolding letter - ter copying , epolllng , legal forms , plain penmanship. WAS TEACHINGJIM MANNERS Den Deemer Tells What Led to His Attack on Paul Dryant. Hen Bccmor tiikoa exceptions to The News' nccount of the gallery disturb * mco In tlio Auditorium the otlicr light at the piny "The Heart of Chicago cage , " and it IB conceded tlint per haps lie was not the chief offender in the net not on the program after the facts have been related. Mr. Beemcr md his wlfo at the performance and directly back of her sat Paul Dryant. "Dryant placed bis feet on the back of the seat In which my wife sat , " said Mr. Dcomor , "and Bhe having on i neatly laundered waist naturally re sented the familiarity. I told the young man man to take his feet down. IIo replied , 'I don't have to , ' and 1 proceeded to demonstrate the fact that ho did have to by hitting him. " Mr. Ucomor feels that ho was Justi fied In the action and would do it over igaln If occasion offered and undoubt- cdluy popular sentiment would uphold him In it even If the law did not ap prove. Dattle Creek. Joseph Brozok shipped a carload of liogs Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kooster were Norfolk visitors Friday. Win. Dustcod of Madison visited hero Tuesday with E. P. Hans. Fred Fuorst , r. , and his boys har vested Ice last week for their private use. use.W. W. F. Hcavis was shelling his im mense corn crop on the O'Neill place last week. Howard Miller commenced Monday to fill his largo ice house on the bank of the creek. Mayor C. S. Smith and Monroe Smith were hero from Madison on business Monday. Some of the sidewalks have been in very bad shape on account of the snowfall for about a week past. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Werner , Jr. , arc rejoicing over the arrival of a little - tlo daughter at their home Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Luehrson with their son and daughter departed Mon day for their homo at Logansport , Wis. They have been visiting here for about five weeks with Mrs. Luehr- sen's sister , Mrs. Chas. Flores , and her brothers , Herman , Charles and Gustav Werner. Chas. T. Richardson , assessor in Highland precinct , has moved to Bat tle Creek and is making his home with Landlord Best. There was no service at the Luth eran church Sunday night because of the fact that Rev. J. Hoffman is still suffering from sore throat. Although it was pretty cold last Fri day , two of the Battle Creek boys be came so hot that Marshal Flood was compelled to cool them off by locking them in the city refrigerator. A very attractive entertainment was given by home talent at the opera house before a large audience Satur day night. It was a benefit for the improvement of the Union cemetery. Joseph Severa , proprietor of the Farmers' cash store , has had his en tire stock of general merchandise closed out by a Chicago firm this week. After matters are settled Mr. Severa will lay in an entirely new stock of goods. The members of the Battle Creek Driving Park association held a meet ing and have set the dates for the races for the coining season on August 30 , 31 and September 1. Financially the association is in very good shape. Geo. W. Losoy is president ; Thos. Morris secretary and T. D. Preece su perintendent. R , E , THIEM JHJYS OUT KARO Karo Meat Market Changes Hands. Fred Karo to Deal in Live Stock. Rudolph B. Theim , who has had charge of the meat market department of the Fair store for a number of years , yesterday purchased the Karo meat market on Norfolk avenue and will take possession on February 1. Fred Karo , who has been in business for a score of years in Norfolk , will engage in the livestock business. Mr. Thlem is known as one of the best men in his line who has ever been in Norfolk. With a pleasing skill , cleanliness as a hobby nnd an expert Judgment in selecting high grade meats which has not been surpassed in this city , ho has made for himself an enviable reputation in Norfolk , and on that account his friends feel as sured that ho will be eminently suc cessful in the managership of a mar ket of his own. Mr. Karo has been in business in Norfolk since the early days and has been ono of the most substantial of business men. Ho has made a great success nnd built up a trade which as sures future success in the market which bears the Karo name today. The Karo building is one of the finest meat markets in the stato. Farmers are Retiring. C. F. Haaso had a public sole of his farm and household effects yesterday at his farm north of the city and will move to town soon. Ho eipects to build on Tenth street Frank Dodorman , who had a public sale at his farm north of town expects to move to Norfolk soon to moke bis future homo. Try a Nowa wunt ad. WILLIAM ZORGE STOLE OVER * COAT , MITTENS AND GLOVES. DIDN'T KNOW HE TOOK THEM Wandered Into Norfolk With the Ap propriated Property on His Back and His Hands Elbrldgc Cox Was Victim Doth Worked on Ranch. Thirty days In the country Jull was the sentence pronounced upon William Xorgo for stealing n wardrobe , pretty nearly , yesterday. An overcoat , a pair of mittens and a pair of glovns consti tuted the articles with which Xorge was charged with having appropriat ed to his own use. IIo was employed at the ranch of W. II. IJuttorllold & Son , north of the city , and Klbrldtfo Cox , another employe- , was victim of the theft. Zorge wandered Into Norfolk with the stolen overcoat on bin back. Cox pursued and RIIVO the pollco a hunch Without a very long Interval between , Chief of Pollco Lnrkln had the follow behind the burn. This morning ho was brought heforo Pollco .ludgo Hayes and found guilty. IIo was tak en to Madison today to servo tlmo. Ofllcer Pllger took the prisoner over to the county seat on the afternoon freight train. Zorgo had a grip at , the ranch which delayed the game of transferring him to Madison. He said ho didn't know that ho took the things. O'Neill National Bank. O'Neill , Neb. , Jan. 12. Special to The News : The stockholders of the O'Neill National bank mot in annual meeting and re-elected an president M. Dowllng ; as vice president , H. IJ. Dowling ; as cashier , James F. O'Don- nel. This bank was organized In May , 1901 , with paid up capital of $25,000. The bank has prospered from the start and at this meeting the capital stock was raised to $50,000 with a $5,000 surplus. WANTED YOUNG MAN from Madison county to prepare for desir able position in Govt. Mail service. Salary $800. Rapid promotion to $1500. Splendid opportunity. Ad- Address Box One , Cedar Rapids , la. THURSDAY TIDINGS. J. "Waceke was in the city from Fre mont. Tom McCoy was a visitor yesterday from Inman. Ed. O'Shea was in town yesterday from Madison. C. II. Case was in Norfolk yesterday from Wood Lake. C. R. Pettlgrew was in town yester day from Valentine. Fr. Thielen was in the city from Fremont yesterday. J. H. Nichols of Foster had business in the city yesterday. Peter Keenan was in the city yes terday from Wayne. Rev. S. F. Sharpless left last night for O'Neill , on business. Lou Houseworth of Osmond was a city visitor yesterday. Miss Lena Lund of Bega was shop ping in Norfolk yesterday. Carl Lorenz was in the city yester day from Tonic , Holt county. Miss Anna Lovelace was a city visit or yesterday from Battle Creek. B. II. Charrow and Ernest Charrow of Palmer were Norfolk visitors. Misses Anna and Bertha Miller of Tonic , Holt county , were in the city yesterday. H. E. Truesdell , I. A. Truesdell and D. F. Truesdell of NIobrara were in the city yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Prlngle of Pierce are visiting at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Blakeman. Mrs. Hitchcock of Pierce , who has been visiting Mrs. Sessions since Fri day , returned to her homo yesterday. Rev. Edw. S. Muenich of St. Paul , Minn. , arrived in Atkinson Monday to attend the Douglas-Campbell wedding. Ho returned to his homo by way of Omaha. Ho was pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church for many years but gave up the work here last fall to ac cept a professorship in the St. Paul seminary. George Stalcop has commenced the annual harvest of ice but ho does not expect to push the work actively and extensively before the first of next week , when ho will have a full force of men at work. Yesterday ono of the beer vaults was filled. Mrs. L. Sessions was thrown from a sleigh and quite severely , though not seriously injured. The horse did not become frightened and did not run away. Mrs. Sessions became alarmed when the sleigh began to tip , Jumped out and struck upon her shoulder. Three merry tramps were all that the pollco docket in Norfolk today con tained. They were arrested during the night and early morning today. Two of them were white and the third was colored. There seemed to bo lit tle difference in the hunger of them black or white. They were turned loose and driven out of town. Mr. and Mrs. John Krantz enter tained a number of friends and neigh- bora at their homo Tuesday night , flinch and panic being the principal amusements of the evening. Tbo party - ty was a follower of a bob-sleigh rldo to the homo of Mr. and Mra. Chaa. Young , north of the city on Saturday CONSUL GENERAL TO AUSTRALIA ALSO Ex-LiouliMiaiil U n i I cd Slalcs Navy and Kx- LiMiMian ( ( ( { . ronlVdcr- alc Navy I'scsand IN'c- onimciids IV-i'ii-na. IV-rii-iiii Is a SalV uanl Against Ihu Ills luci- dcnl to 1 nc 1 ein1111 * W SfT is : * * \ = L J _ = $ k' . gi vVtw j > mmr Hon. James Morgan. JAMKS M. MOJUJAN , 17T ! ! HON Street , Wilnirtnn , I ) , r , Kx-Uoutcnnnt U , S. NHV.V , Kx- [ iiouti'iiant Confederate Navy , nnd Ki- C'Jiiul ( ii-neriil to AuMriillu , write * : Pcrunn Medicine Co. , Columbus , Ohio : Gentlemen- - Thc use of your Pcrunn us a remedy or cure for catarrh by many of my friends who have been b-ncfitcd by the same , as well as my own ex- nrrlcncc as to ifs efficacy and good tonic prop- tr//-s causes me tr > rccotitncntl it to all persons , - ' ' ' - ' ' ' this endorsement and photograph vn-i / / / / / i r i' my ' ' -.lames Al. Mowm. night. Both parties were greatly en joyed by the guests. The force of men on ihe now Union Pacific round house are rapidly com pleting their work and the building will soon bo finished. The work of laying the roof is now engaging their attention , and when this is finished the building will be practically com plete. It has been painted a deep red. Engines are already being cared for under its cover. A door has been cut through the west wall of the Davenport cold stor age plant for the convenience of plac ing ice in the vault above the storage rooms. Hitherto the Ice has been put In through a door in the east wall , but owing to the railroad tracks on that side of the building the work lias been done very Inconveniently. The door was originally placed there with the belief that during some seasons the Ice would have to bo shipped In , but there has not been a failure of the crop since the building was erected. Two cars of ice were shipped in atone ono time from Sioux City , but that was compelled by nn exceedingly long sum mer , when the Ice supply ran short hero. Slnco that time an auxiliary vault has been built In the rear of the storage plant which Is now filled each season. Klerstead-Clark. Judge Hayes performed a marriage ceremony last night at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. George Clark , South Eleventh street , when their daughter , Miss Caroline Clark , became the bride of George A. Klerstead. A bountiful supper nnd merry music followed the wedding. Mr. Klerstead resides in Norfolk. Business College Notes. Those who have access to the rolls of the Norfolk business college notice a fact that is flattering to Mr. nnd Mrs. Brake nnd their instruction. It Is that after a pupil has entered for ono term ho almost invariably returns for another , whether it bo the consec utive terra or a year in the future. Ho falls in with the work and finding it agreeable and useful ho usuallly has the ambition to complete the course. Arthur Weathorholt of Norfolk who has attended the college for a term has re-enrolled for another at the school. Otto Pltzko of Norfolk , having at tended the business school for two terms has placed his name on the rolls for another. William Bocho of this city Is a now pupil at the Norfolk business college. Mies Lillian Theim of Omaha baa entered the Norfolk business college for a term of instruction. Oiitarili of Ihr I lend -Vlilr.li AMrctcd Hearing Cured by I'c ru > M. Mr. .1. 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