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VOLUME 13.
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Emil Monson at Asbury, Minn.,
April 29.
A dance will be given by the ball
players on the evening of Decora
tion day.
The Anderson Land Co. has pur
chased a new .C. Smith & Bros,
typewriter.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Staples on Third
street Monday.
Chas. Monson was in the city
last Saturday en route for St. Paul,
where he will visit his brother
Otto.
Jos. Broberg returned last Friday
after a two days' lay-off from his
work in a gravel pit crew at Doon,
Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Fauchald and
Miss Verna Monson departed Satur
day for a visit with relatives at
Asbury.
Miss Emma Olson departed for
Fort Abercrombie, N. D., last
Monday after visiting with relatives
in Dovre for two weeks.
G. P. Karwand went to Minnea
polis last Thursday He expected
to take in the 17th of May celebra
tion at which W. J. Bryan spoke.
Leslie Mathews, the genial cash
ier of the Security State Bank of
Benson, was a caller at Willmar
Friday while enroute for Granite
Falls.
Prof. Struxness of the Willmar
Seminary has been passing the
cigars around. A baby girl came
last Thursday to gladden their
home.
Thos. Thompson, who is spending
the summer at New London, with
his brother and other relatives, vis
ited in Willmar last Friday and
Saturday.
Frank E. Holmberg has taken
charge of the wood and coal depart
ment of the Duluth Elevator Co. at
this point, in place of Herman
Rigg, resigned.
Knute Johnson of the Willmar
Marble Works went out to Tripolis
last Friday and set up monuments
upon the John and Alfred Blom
quist family grave lots.
Invitations for the wedding of
Franee 5sear Newstrom of Lake
Andrew to Miss Ellen Caroline
Josephine Hultquist of Watertown,
Minn., have been issued.
Mrs. Ingeborg Evenson and grand
son, of Morris, are visiting rela
tives at Priam. They were accom
panied to that place last Monday
by Miss Edythe Peterson.
Miss Magda Rasmusson came up
from Minneapolis last Saturday and
in company with her brother, S. A.
Rasmusson, and wife, of this city,
visited in Benson over Sunday.
Doughty Bros., aerial painters of
Durand, Wis., are painting the
water tank at the city plant.
Some of the churches have also en
gaged them to paint the steeples.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Johnson of
Benson were in the city Saturday.
They were en route for New Lon
don to visit with Mrs. Johnson's
father, P. A. Brogren, and family.
Hans and Erick Polman of New
London were in town yesterday en
route for Church's Ferry, N. D.,
where they will work this summer.
They were accompanied by Edward
Johnson of Wheaton.
Ole O. Kelly, a wellknown farmer
in Greenleaf township, Meeker
county, committed suicide last Sun
day morning at 10 o'clock. He
shot himself with a shotgun upstairs
in his house. Poor health is the
only reason that can be found for
the rash act.
The interior of the handsome edi
fice of the Norwegian Free church
will be frescoed in oil, the work to
commence this week, the scaffold
ing for the workmen already being
placed. George Hogan of Morris
has the contract. The contract
price is $600.
Members of the Alumni Associa
tion of the Willmar Seminary have
received announcements of the Fifth
Annual meeting which will be held
at the Seminary hall on Monday
evening, June 3. A reception and
banp^uafef, will follow the business
of the association.
The Hfgh school baseball club
Afield last Saturday and
in a game with the
th school boys by a
The Willmar boys
in hand by a score of
ighth inning, when
ps pounded out four
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The East End ball nine went to
Atwater last Saturday and defeated
the Atwater Juniors by a score of
22 to 7. C. E. Hornbeck accom
panied the youngsters from here.
The batteries were—for Willmar,
W. Johnson, Nels Berg and Ralph
Hornbeck for Atwater, Hendrick
son, Malmberg, Feig and H. Ander
son.
News of the death of Mrs. Hilda
(Sandbo) Risch of Duluth was re
ceived by Willmar relatives last
Saturday. She had been sick about
a year. She was a sister of Edward
and Ole T. Sandbo of this city.
Her father, Ole Sandbo, is also a
resident of Willmar. He left on
Monday to attend the funeral. Mr.
Ed Sandbo and Mrs. M. T. Sandbo
visited with the deceased sister a
short time ago.
The linemen of the telephone ex
change were occasioned no little
trouble one day last week by the
fact that someone had shot thru one
of the cables belonging to the com
pany on Benson avenue, near the
Gasoline Engine Works. It is thot
that perhaps the deed was done un
intentionally by someone who was
carelessly shooting at some birds
sitting on the cable. It is danger
ous sport, however, and might cause
the perpetrator some trouble if his
identity were known.
Mrs. Anna Anderson, well know
in the northern part of the county,
having lived at Ringo Lake and
Burbank for several years, died at
Minneapolis last Monday morning
at the age of 64 years. She was
born at Skofde, Vestergotland, Swe
den, and came to this country eigh
teen yeais ago. Carl H. Anderson
of Lake Andrew is a son, and left
yesterday at noon to attend the fu
neral, which occurs today. The
deceased was a sister of Mrs. A. P.
Almquist of Burbank. Mr. Almquist
and wife are also attending the fun
eral.
Nels Feleen is quite a taxiderm
ist. He has just finished a job of
mounting two specimens of white
pelican which were both killed with
one shot north of Long lake in
town of Dovre about a month ago.
These birds are some of the finest
specimens of white pelican ever
seen here. They measure nine feet
between the tips of the wings.
The pouch of one of them when ex
tended would hold fully* fa gallon.
The birds wert delivered this week
to the huntsman, who is a young
man in the employ of Jalmar Lar
son.
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
The Annual Memorial Service of
the local G. A. R. post will be held
in the Presbyterian church at 10:30
next Sunday morning. There will
be special music for the occasion by
the church choir and men's quar
tette. A sermon, appropriate for
tjhe occasion, will be preached by
the pastor, Rev. H. C. Buell, on
the subject: "Memorial Stones,"
A cordial invitation is extended to
the public to attend this service.
LUTHERAN FREE CHURCH.
Midweek services Thursday even
ing at 7:45 Mrs. S. Govig will
entertain the Zilo children's society
next Saturday afternoon in the
church basement Services next
Sunday at 10:30 a. m. and 7:45 p.
m. Sunday school and Bible class
at 12:15 m. The morning service
^will be in memory of the late Prof.
G. Sverdrup. You are cordially in
vited.
LUTHERAN SYNOD CHURCH.
Next Sunday services in Norwe
gian at 10:30 a. m. Sunday school
at 12:15 English evening ser
vice at 7:30, when Rev. Anderson
will deliver the Baccalaureate ser
mon for the graduating class of the
Willmar Seminary The East
Vinje Ladies' society meets with
Mrs. Martin Madson on Wednesday,
May 29 The annual meeting of
the Vikor congregation will be held
May 30 at 10:30 a. m.
MAMRELUND CHURCH.
Confirmation services were held
last Sunday morning. Those con
firmed were—Anna Larson, Elsie
Larson, Emily Berglund, Beda Uh
rus and Werner Berglund. The
first named was omitted from the
list given last week, by mistake....
Communion services will be held
next Sunday at 3:30 p-. m., when
there also will be reception of new
members.
SW. LUTH. BETHEL CHUCRH.
There will be communion services
next Sunday morning. Regular
midweek meeting Thursday even
ing, after which the council will
meet for considering applications
for new members.
The new Swedish Lutheran church
at Murdock will be dedicated next
Wednesday by Rev. J. A. Krantz,
president of the Minnesota Confer
ence, of Duluth. A mission meet
ing will begin in that pastorate at
the Bethesda church, four miles
north of Murdock, next Monday
evening, with the pastors of, the
Willmar district in attendance.
Jtev. Q. Peterson^jyitt preach the
mission serm||
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The jury in the Anton Brogren
case disagreed, standing eleven to
one in favor of acquittal. It now
seems that the unfortunate boy may
escape conviction altogether, seeing
that the twelfth juror changed his
mind after the jury was dismissed
and has signed a petition to the
prosecution to allow the boy to go.
Brogren will be admitted to bail,
the amount being fixed at $2500, to
make his appearance at the Novem
ber term of court. It is confidently
believed that the prosecution will
then move to dismiss the case. Bro
gren was defended by Anthony Grot
te, and his able handling of the case
has won for him as an attorney
cumh favorable comment. Public
sentiment in New London and Will
mar, where the family is well
known, is very strongly in the
boy's favor and in several ways the
public has come to assistance in
providing the means for employing
attorneys for the defense. The
New London Dramatic Club has
given benefit entertainments for
that purpose. At Willmar a sub
scription list has been circulated by
Landlord O. J. Nickelson and he
confidently expects to raise $50
here.
The Minneapolis Tribune of last
A N I O I May 21.—Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Erickson were in
Willmar last Friday.
J. T. Isaacson made a business
trip to John S. Anderson's place in
Gennessee one day last week.
Miss Martha Berg of Gennessee
was around here last Saturday.
Your real estate taxes can be
paid at the State Bank. Tax lists
for the townships of Kandiyohi and
Green LaTce and for Kandiyohi vil
lage are now on hand at the bank.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Nap of Pipe
stone aie visiting with relatives
here and north of town.
Mrs. John Carlin and daughter
Grace went to Willmar last Satur
day, where the latter sought medi
cal aid.
John Ostlund, the harnessmaker,
went to New London last Saturday
for a visit.
W. Stoner went to Benson last
week to attend to some business
matters.
Cards are out annuoncing the
marriage of Mary Agatha Cody to
Daniel V. Downs of this place.
The wedding will take place today
(Tuesday) at the Catholic church at
ten o'clock, Rev. Father Malloy of
Willmar officiating. A reception
will be given in the Woodmen hall
after the ceremony. We join the
many friends of the young couple
in wishing them a happy married
life.
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Sorenson
were in Willmar on Saturday.
Quite a number from here at
tended the dime social given at the
home of Peter Olson in Gennessee
last Thursday.
August Lundquist of Willmar
was here on business Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sanderson
of Willmar were visitors here on
Tuesday. They were given a fare
well reception in the evening by
s,!&T*«i.
ANTON BROGREN MAY BE SET FREE
Jur Stoo 1
1 to 1 for Acquittal and Twelft
Juror Petitions for Boy' Release.
Friday contained the following re
port of the trial:
"After being out for twenty-six
hours, members of the jury in the
case of Anton Brogren, charged
with the murder of John Hart Eng
strom, saloonkeeper at 124 Second
street south, being unable to agrees
were discharged in district court
late yesterday afternoon.
While the jury was not polled,
it is understood that eleven of the
jurors stood for acquittal and one
for conviction. The one juror held
out for twenty-six hours, refusing
to listen to a compromise.
During the trial the defense did
not attempt to deny that Brogren
had shot and killed Engstrom. Bro
gren insisted that he had been drug
ged in Engstrom's saloon and that
as a result of the drug he was not
responsible when he did the shoot
ing. Bartenders in the drinking
place testified that Brogren did not
have a drink in the place. They
said that he was staggering drunk
when he entered and they put him
out twice. The third time an at
tempt was made to oust him, he
drew a revolver and shot Engstrom.
Brogren was seized and held until
the police arrived.
When the jury announced its ina
bility to agree yesterday, Brogren
displayed no sign of disappoint
ment. After hearing the news he
was led back to jail to await a sec
ond trial. When this will be held
.is unknown."
the Woodmen and Royal Neighbors
of this place.
Mrs. Nels Peterson and Mrs. A
O. Narverud and daughter Agnes,
of Gennessee, visited at the home
of N. C. Sorenson last Thursday.
Peter Bogle, of the Atwater Mil
ling Co., was here on business last
Monday. MIKE.
FREE FARE O DULUTH
From Any Point in Minnesota. Dr. A.
Graham, Chiropractor, Fqrmerly
ofWillmar, Makes This Offer.
To all who are suffering in any
way physically, I promise to pay
their fare to Duluth, provided they
desire CHIROPRACTIC TREAT
MENTS, and will place themselves
under my*care for three weeks, the
price per week being $10.00.
CHIROPRACTIC is so well known,
it is not necessary for me to explain
my theory of treating diseases, as
my former patients are my best
friends.
Inview of the fact that there are
at this time of the year many peo
ple who contemplate going some
where for the benefit of their
health, it is well to call their at
tention to Duluth as an ideal place
for invalids. The lake breezes, the
beautiful parks, and the many his
toric and beautiful spots in
san4
around Ihe Head of the Lakes,, to
gether with my treatments* would
have good effect on the invalid.
Cheap board and good rbqms can be
secured near my office.
Before going to Hot Springs,
think this matter over, as it has
been demonstrated many times that
Chiropractic treatments have cured
patients, where Hot Springs and
Specialists first tried and failed to
cure. If a sufferer from any dis
ease, you owe it to yourself to ac
cept this offer and try CHIRO
PRACTIC. This offer holds goo.d
until June 15.
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WILLMAR, MINNESOTA, I^EDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1907.
Died in North Dakota.
L. J. Boline, one of the citizens
of the township of Fahhm*-died.r
last Thursday, May lfr, at Bow-L^T
bells, N. D. very unexpectedly- He
left his home about April 1 and went
to Moose Jaw, Can., in quest of a
homestead. He wat taken sick
there and lay in a hospital at Moose
Jaw for eight days. He became
better, however, and left for BoW
bells, where he had soine relatives.
At this writing his folks have no
particulars of his death, except a
brief telegram. He was at the
home of Erick Erickson, his rela
tive, the day before his death and
the family have received a letter
from him in his own handwriting,
dated the very day of his death.
The remains were taken here for
burial and the funeral occurred
yesterday (Tuesday) at two o'clock.
The remains arrived at Willmar
Monday morning and were taken
directly frpm Peterson's undertak
ing rooms to the Tripolis churqh,
where the funeral services were
held. Rev. S. A. Lindholm offi
ciated. Lars Johan Boline was born
in Falkoping, Sweden, June 18,
1849. He came to this country in
1883, first to Minneapolis and later
to Olivia. On Oct. 17, 1905, he
was united in mariiage to Mrs.
Carrie Sjarstrom and made his
home on the Sjarstrom homestead
since that time. Besides the wid
ow he leaves to mourn his death
five children by a former marriage
—Sophia, Mary, Lizzie, Henry and
Erick, and a number of stepchil
dren.
Duluth hasfinechurches and,pub
lic buildings, and isto be the Pitts
burg of the Northwest the? com
ing of the great steel pUwnV My
offices are located on the, corner of
Tbjrd avenue west" and Superior
street, 300 Burrows Building.
Yours truly,
Death of Mrs. Emil Sjoden.
The sad news of the death of Mrs.
Katrina (Jonson) Sjbden, wife of
Emil Sjodeia, was received here
last Saturday. She died at the old
Tiome in Section 4, town of Dovre,
last Saturday afternoon at one
o'clock, after an illness of eight
days. The cause of death was
Bright's disease.
Deceased was born in Ransater,
Vermland, Sweden, Aug. 21, 1833.
She was married to Mr. Sjoden at
Karlstad, Sweden, in 1868. They
came to America in 1871, arriving
In Kandiyohi county May 4 of that
year, when they settled on their
Jiomestead. Mrs. Sjoden is mourned
her griefstricken husband and
four children—Mrs. Anton Sund
berg of Willmar, Mrs. Nels Rod
tun of Damascus, Ore., Ernest P.
Schedeen, who is running the home
farm, and Mrs. K. H. Nelson She
also leaves a number of grandchil
dren and other relatives. The fu
neral occurs today. The cortege
will leave the home at 1:30 for the
Lake Florida 'church. Interment
will take place in the churchyard
near by and Rev. Nels Frykman
will officiate.
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Young People's society
the church on Sunday,
inst.
Rev. Midthun delivered his fare
well sermon at Gausdahl church last
Sunday, and the new minister, Rev.
Norberg, held his first services
there last Monday.
George Johnson made a business
trip to Willmar last week.
Sofie Olson of Glenwood is work
ing for Peter Quistberg at George
ville.
Hans Hagen opened a term of
parochial school in Dist 11. last
Wednesday.
The Ladies' Aid society met with
Mrs. Newgord last Thursday.
Jack and Annie Schroeder visited
at Roepet's home last Sunday.
Edw. Sonstegard is moving his
household goods to Mr. Sheet's
place, which he is going to occupy
j^b .coming summer.
Peterson- *cmd Jacob C-
thristenson of New London visited
on Sloughside last Sunday.
Mandy and Ole Sonstegard and
Martin Torgerson took in the "Ole
Olson" play at New London last
Saturday evening.
A little baby girl came to bright
en the home of Mr. and Mrs. Aug.
Sonstegard last Thursday night.
Julia Reistad started to work at
Halvorson's home this week.
Rev. Tolo conducted services at
Georgeville last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Haakon, who live
south of New London, visited at
Sonstegards' place last Sunday af
ternoon.
(Intended for last week.)
Pete Olson of Aitkin county vis
ited with George Johnson over Sat
urday and Sunday.
George Olson completed a job of
paperhanging at Pete Johnson's
place last week.
Julia and Klara Johnson visited
with Dina Pederson in New London
last week.
A concert was given at Crow
River church on Sunday, May 12,
after services, by Mr. and Mrs. Sol
berg of Christiania, Norway. They
were greeted by a very large audi
ence.
Mary Olson, who has been stay
ing with Mr. and Mrs. George
Johnson the past year, while pre
paring for confirmation, returned
to her home in Aitkin county May
13.
Nettie Leitte has been dressmak
ing at Quams' place the last week.
Carl Graverson spent last Sunday
at the Christopherson home.
Oscar Hendrickson and Edwin
Thpmpson visited on Sloughside
avenue last Sunday evening.
MYSELF.
"The Fair" Is Growing.
A business change was made last
Monday evening, when S. E. Mag
nuson purchased the stock of gro
ceries, feed and seeds of Erickson
& Co. on Third street, and will add
it to the business of "The Fair" in
his new location on Benson avenue.
Mr. Arnold Eritksonhas engaged
with him and will have charge of
the grocery and feed department.
We are confident that this is a good
mqve on the part of "The Fair"
and will add to the popularity of
this growing institution. Mr. P.
O. Anderson, who was associated
with Erickson in the old firm, will
open a confectionery and ice cream
paTrior in the old location on Third
Street.
"Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Saugmyhr of
Gennessee were Willmar visitors
yesterday. They expect to leave
for Canada in a short time to make
their future home. On account of
beiiig unable to procure ears their
Hinwing has been much delayed,
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ENGINEER REPORTS
Extract from Report of Mr.Ralph
in Regard to the Lake Lillian
Cosmos Ditch.
State Engineer Ralph has filed
his report of his survey of the Lake
Lillian-Cosmos ditch, and accom
panying his report he sends a letter
regarding the ditch, of which the
following is an extract. This will
doubtless be a matter of consider
able interest to those whose lands
will be affected by the ditch:
"The total yardage of the main
ditch and branches as laid out is
517,821.8 and the estimated cost of
excavating the same is $43,282.66,
and the total cost of the ditch is
$45,002.66. If we were to get a
bid of the work proportionately as
low as the bid given on the big
ditch in Freeborn county a short
time ago we could reduce this esti
mated cost at least 10 percent, but
I doubt very much if we will be
able to get a bid for much less than
my estimate. I would estimate
that the viewers would be able to
find at least 20,000 acres of swamp
or wet land which will be benefitted
by the construction of the main
ditch and the branches. If this is
correct the average cost for the
ditch to the lands benefitted will
be $2.00 per acre. When you
take off the $5,000 to be paid by
the state it will leave the amount
to be assessed about $40,000. As
a matter of fact, the swamp and
wet lands along the ditch will be
benefitted from $5.00 to $15.00 per
acre. Now, if the viewers do their
work well, the range of assessments
against the lands benefitted should
run from 25 cents to $6.00 or $7.00
per acre, possibly not so high. If
it isn't worth at east $15.00 per acre
to drain the greater part of the
land found along the line of this
ditch, which in its present condi
tion is not only worthless for agri
cultural purposes but a menace to
public health and a great incon
venience to the people living in
this locality, then it is not worth
anything and should not be put in.
But I desire to say that if there is
a man found anywhere along the
line of that ditch who will say that
to drain these stagnant marshe&and
o*d lake beds will notresult in ben^
efit of the amount I have stated or
any amount I would suggest that he
be examined for his sanity. I have
endeavored to prepare as good a
plan for the ditch as the conditions
in this locality would admit. It
must be borne in mind that the sur
face is very fiat and a ditch having
a low grade must be adopted, con
sequently it is necessary to make a
ditch of large sectional area to com
pensate for the loss of gradient
ompared with the gradient pos
sible in other places. The ditch as
I have planned it is not one inch too
large. It could not be made any
smaller and probably ought to be
made a little larger. I am con
vinced, however, that when this
land is once drained out this ditch
will have sufficient capacity to carry
off the waters that will reach it in
all ordinary floods."—Atwater Re
publican Press.
Christian Hanson of Lake An
drew was a caller at the Tribune
office last Friday.
Must be taken at once.
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TRIBUNE
Paid Canada a Visit.
County Treasurer W. L. Norin
returned last Wednesday morning
from a trip to Moose Jaw, Estevan
and other Canadian points. He
went up with his two sons, John
and Archie, to help them locate
homestead claims. The boys filed
on claims in the Willow Bunch
country, about 82 miles from Moose
Jaw, and intend to move up there
next spring. A Mr. Dahlman of
Mamre also accompanied them and
took a claim in the same township.
Altho it is at present quite far
from a railroad there are three
roads surveyed thru that country,
and at least two of them will prob
ably be built in a year or two.
Mr. Norin says he was very much
surprised at the development of
Moose Jaw, which is now a city of
about 15,000 inhabitants and thoro
ly metropolitan in appearance.
Among other interesting tales told
by Mr. Norin is one of the latest
things in using steam machinery
for doing a whole lot of work a
once. A farmer had a steam plow
ing oufit to which he also attached
drags and a drill, plowing, drag
ging and seeding at the same time
and going over about 35 acres a
day. While that portion of Can
ada had a lot of snow last winter,
most of it went in March and the
season at present is only about eight
or ten days behind what it is here.
DIEDONTHEWAY HOME
Strange Death of Charles Rhode,
a Chippewa County Farmer.
Charles Rhode, a farmer of Stone
ham township, Chippewa county,
died on the way home from Clara
City on Monday evening of last
week. One of his horses returned
home early Tuesday morning, and
search for Mr. Rhode was at once
commenced. He was found on a
dump on the road dead. One of
the horses was drowned in the ditch
by the side of the road. It was at
first thought that the man was also
drowned, as he was lying in some
water, but medical examination
showed that there was no water in
his lungs and that he had died from
heart disease. He had evidently
driven too close to the edge of the
dump in the dark and got his team
and rig in the ditch and the excite
ment or overwork in trying to rescue
the team was the cause of the fatal
spell. The horses had been
hitched before he died.
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Finstrom-Nelson.
On Wednesday of last week Miss
Marie Finstrom, well known in this
city, having been in the dressmak
ing business here for several years,
was married to Ludwig Nelson,
shoedealer at 1107 Franklin ave.,
Minneapolis. Several Kerkhoven
people attended the wedding. The
friends of the bride in this city
join with the Tribune in wishing
them much joy and prosperity.
The Willmar base ball club will
play a match game of ball at Will
mar with the Kerkhoven club on
the afternoon of Decoration Day.
Game will be called about three
o'clock. Admission, 25 cents. The
band will furnish music to enliven
the occasion.
FO SALE O TRADE
IMPROVED FARM
Will sell 160-acre improved farm in Red River Valley, four
miles from town, with good house, barn and granary and fine well,
or will trade for desirable Willmar property—residence or business.
J. EMIL NELSON.
COME WITH US TO COLORADO
EXCURSION, JUNE 4
Last opportunity to take advantage
of low railroad rates.
Come now when land is cheap.
We own the land we sell
Come with us and see this land and save for yourself
agent's commission.
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MINNESOTA
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
NUMBER 14.
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SPICER, May 21.—Miss Mary
Ahlstrom of Willmar went home
last Thursday after Ja couple of
days' stay with her brother John of
Green Lake.
Andrew Skoglund, a young broth
er of John and Bertha Skoglund of
this place, arrived here Monday
from Sweden. He expects to stay
in America if he finds it to his lik
ing.
Miss Jane McRae returned to her
home in Harrison Thursday after a
few weeks' stay with Mrs. B. F.
Kucheman of Spicer.
Christine Peterson came home on
Tuesday from Willmar, where she
has been staying for some time
with her aunt, Mrs. Walquist.
Alma Johnson, Ida Harris, Al
bert Hanson and John Henderson
made up a party of young people
from Harrison who attended the
Sunday School Convention at Ray
mond last week.
Walter Henderson, who has been
sick for over a month with a com
plication of diseases, was operated
on by Dr. Jacobs, assisted by Dr.
Branton of Atwater, last Monday.
Walter seems to be doing quite
well under the circumstances, and
his permanent recovery is looked
forward to.
There will be confirmation ser
vices in the Swedish Lutheran
church next Sunday afternoon at
three o'clock, when the following
will be confirmed: Esther Boreen,
Mabel Jacobson, Albert Peterson,
Harold Carlson and Ernest Nor
deen.
The Young People's society of
the Green Lake church will meet
next Sunday afternoon. A good
program is in preparation for the
occasion.
The creamery was opened last
Monday and quite a lot of milk was
taken m. Everything seems to be
in good working order.
Dr. Jno. C. Jacobs and Ole Moe
enjoyed the fun of riding the lodge
goat into the mysteries of wood
craft one evening last week. After
the ceremony an oyster feast was
served at the Lake View House.
You are hereby invited to attend
the asocial on Thursday evening,
May 30t-ta be given by Mrs. Wm.
Peterson in the basement of the
Swedish Lutheran church. Quite a
number from here attended the con
firmation services at New London
last Sunday.
Hjalmar Wolfe, who has been
working in the pineries the past
winter, arrived here last Thursday.
He has hired out as a farm hand
on the Medayto stock farm for the
summer.
Wm. Parsons departed last week
for Everett, S. D., accompanied by
his son Sidney, and will be joined
by the rest of the family later.
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SVEA, May 20.— M. R. Swenson
made a trip to the cities last week,
seeking medical aid.
Miss Clara Blomgren came up
from Minneapolis last week for a
brief visit with relatives and
friends.
A child was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Lundberg last Thursday, but
the little one lived only a few
hours. The funeral took place last
Sunday and the remains were in
terred in the Svea cemetery.
Fred Strandberg returned from
North Dakota last week and is now
working for Henry Bjelkengren.
Don't forget the school meeting
next Friday evening in Dist. 55.
Elvira Rasmuson returned to
Willmar Sunday to resume her
studies at the Willmar Seminary.
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Called Home Early.
Clementine Rosey, the seven year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Johnson of Lake Elizabeth, died
last Saturday after a three weeks'
illness with pneumonia. The fu
neral was held on Tuesday at the
Methodist church in Atwater and
was largely attended. The ser
vices were conducted by Rev. Lind
strom, pastor* of the church, and
were mostly in the English lan
guage. The casket was beautifully
decked with floral tributes from
friends of the family.
The deceased was born Feb. 2,
1900, in Lake Elizabeth, where she
has lived all her life. Besides fath
er and mother she leaves one sister
and four brothers to mourn her
She was of a winning disposition
and a general favorite, and her
early death proves a sad blow to
the family. The sympathy of the
entire community will be extended
to them in their grief.
Among those from a distance who
attended the funeral were Albert
Johnson of Minneapolis, a brother
of C. E. Johnson, Mrs. Alfred
Bloom and sonvWensel of Chisago
City, and Mrs. J. O. Rosenquist of
Minneapolis.—Atwater Republican'
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