norman, cal
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- Cal Norman; Cal. Norman; Norman, Cal
- Record count
- 25
- Sources
- life_events,v2_names
- Places seen
- Avert; Campbell; Dexter; Dexter Junction
- First event date
- 1910-03-30
- Last event date
- 1931-11-20
Timeline — 22 events
- 1910-03-30 Dexter. A DOG-GONE ACCIDENT: Iron Mountain Railroad No. 66 through freight killed a bench-legged dog (about 13 inches in altitude, 3 feet in longitude) under the train passing the Dexter depot last Saturday (Mar 26, 1910); Cal Norman quips about a dog resurrection Co-mentioned: Iron Mountain Railroa…
- 1911-09-13 Dexter. Elected steward of the M. E. Church South for the next year at the Fourth Quarterly Conference held at the Commercial hotel Quote: "elected stewards for the next year for the M. E. Church here"
- 1913-06-25 Dexter. Cal. Norman has been gived the position of operator and ticket agent at the Cotton Belt Depot; he will assume the position as soon as one comes to take his frick at the Junction Quote: "Cal., Norman has been informed that he has been gived the position of operator and ticket agent at the Cot…
- 1914-06-10 Dexter. Cal Norman, a first-rate farmer and breeder of fine chickens, was here Saturday to hear Ralph Searle Co-mentioned: Ralph Searle. Quote: "Cal Norman, a first rate farmer and breeder of fine chickens, was here Saturday to hear Ralph Searle"
- 1914-06-10 Dexter. Cal Norman, a first rate farmer and breeder of fine chickens, was here Saturday; the item is cut off at the bottom of the shot
- 1914-06-24 Dexter. Cal Norman, chicken farmer and other kinds also, was in Dexter Saturday buying, selling and talking politics Quote: "Cal Norman, chicken farmer and other kinds also, was here Saturday buying, selling and talking politics."
- 1914-10-14 Dexter. Cal Norman is now operator at Avert (text as printed; may be cut) Quote: "Cal Norman is now operator at Avert."
- 1915-10-01 Avert. Cotton Belt agent at Avert, laid up at his home suffering of pleurisy Quote: "Cal Norman, Cotton Belt agent at Avert, is laid up at his home here suffering of pleurisy"
- 1915-10-08 Dexter. Cal Norman was checked in last Saturday as Cotton Belt Agent at this place; shippers and business men of Dexter had signed a petition for his appointment; 'our mutual friend' Cal Norman [date from clip_id] Quote: "our mutual friend Cal Norman"
- 1915-10-15 Dexter. Checked in as Cotton Belt agent at Dexter after local shippers and business men petitioned for his appointment Quote: "signed a petition for Mr. Norman's appointment"
- 1920-04-16 Dexter. When the Moss Brothers Shows unloaded a St. Bernard dog at the Missouri-Pacific station, two Dexter dogs 'tacked tail and smoked around the corner'; Cal Norman, Cotton Belt agent, said the pups said 'Hope we get behind this house before he sees us.' Quote: "Good night! Oh, mamma, look what's…
- 1920-04-16 Dexter. Cotton Belt agent; told the tale of two Dexter dogs fleeing the Moss Brothers Shows' giant St. Bernard at the Missouri-Pacific station Quote: "Cal Norman, Cotton Belt agent, saw it"
- 1920-04-16 Dexter. Tales About Town: Cotton Belt agent Cal Norman watched two ordinary Dexter dogs tuck tail and flee when the Moss Brothers Shows' St. Bernard came off the car at the Missouri-Pacific station Quote: "as Cal knows dog-latin by heart"
- 1922-03-24 Dexter. Cal Norman, a chicken cultivator from out on Route two, was in the burg Tuesday Quote: "Cal Norman, that wide-awake chicken cultivator from out on Route two, was in the burg, Tuesday."
- 1929-09-13 Dexter. Indoor baseball week at the Hippodrome bowl: Thursday night Dexter beat Malden 9 to 8 in one hour; Friday night the Bernie sports lit up the grounds; Monday night the Fats beat the Leans 13 to 11, pitchers' duel between Lurton and Proffer; Tuesday night the Outcasts and Soreheads (discards o…
- 1930-08-01 Campbell. Cotton Belt Railroad retrenchment shifted telegrapher Russell Day to Campbell for a week, but Day's 15 days seniority won him the Dexter place and Cal Norman was sent to Campbell Co-mentioned: Russell Day. Quote: "CAL NORMAN GOES TO CAMPBELL, MO."
- 1930-09-19 Campbell. Was up from Campbell Sunday; Mesdames C. Norman and J. L. Cox went for him Co-mentioned: Mrs. C. Norman; Mrs. J. L. Cox. Quote: "Cal Norman was up from Campbell Sunday. Mesdames C. Norman and J. L. Cox went for him autoback."
- 1930-12-26 Dexter. Cal Norman was home for the week's end from Campbell Quote: "Cal Norman was home for the week's end from Campbell."
- 1931-09-25 Campbell. Cal Norman, agent of the Cotton Belt at Campbell, now has Sundays off duty; he spent last Sunday here with his family Quote: "now has Sundays off duty as agent of the Cotton Belt at Campbell"
- 1931-11-13 Dexter Junction. Cal Norman has bidden in the position of operator at Dexter Junction, recently vacated by the death of Mr. Shy; as soon as the agency at Campbell is filled, Mr. Norman will return here and assume the stated position, making him again a citizen of Dexter Co-mentioned: Mr. Shy.
- 1931-11-20 Dexter. Cal Norman begins work at the junction here soon; he is now a full-fledged citizen of Dexter Quote: "He is now a full-fledged citizen of Dexter"
- (undated) Dexter. Cal Norman was in town Saturday off route 2; he was recovering from an overdose of Christmas turkey and took dinner that day with his sister, Mrs. Martha Montgomery Co-mentioned: Mrs. Martha Montgomery. Quote: "He was recovering from an overdose of Christmas turkey."
Dates and spellings are preserved as found in the source records; contradictions are kept, not smoothed over. See the methodology for how this archive handles uncertainty.