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Change in Firm.
A business change is announced
this week, when Hildar N. Hoaglund
buys the interest of N. W. Nelson in
the firm of Nelson & Diffendorf. The
new firm will be styled Hoaglund &
Diffendorf Mr Hoaglund is a Will
mar boy who has been a successful
clothing salesman with a wide circle
of friends in the city and surrounding
communities Mr. Diffendorf is well
pleased with the business his house
has done at Willmar since it opened
last fall. The new firm will no doubt
do well and receive its full share of
patronage in the clothing lines.
Birthday Party.
Mrs J. R. Ward delightfully enter
tained at a birthday party last Thurs
day evening in honor of her niece,
Miss Meda McElhone The evening
was spent in a social way after which
a delicious lunch was served. Place
cards with a poem on and a small
pink basket filled with nuts marked
the places of each guest. A birthday
cake, sent by Miss McElhone's moth
er of Superior, Wis, and a vase of
pink roses formed the centerpiece
Covers were laid for nine.
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Majestic Theatre
WHERE EVERYBODY GOES
FRIDAY, JAM. 29
St. Elmo
6 wonderful roots, picturing Au
gusta Evan's famous novel
1 9 4 Goigeou Scenes
MATINEE 4:00 P. M.
First Show 7:15 Second 9
Chas Chapin will be with
us Saturday in a two reel
Keystone Comedy Nuff
said.
Monday, Feb. 1
I9th EPISODE OF THE PERILS OF
PAULINE. One of the best
numbers yet. Don't miss this
one.
Friday, Feb. 5
America's favorite MARY
PICKFORD in
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O A A N E 8 0 N A
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-^The Swedish Literary Society had
an enjoyable session last Friday eve
ning.
—John Hildahl returned Monday
from a week's business trip to the
cities.
—Miss Eleanor Abrahamson spent
Sunday visiting with relatives at Ash
by, Minn.
—C. A. Bergman of Pennock trans
acted business in this city last week
Thursday.
—Burdick Bjornberg returned from
a short trip to the twin cities last
Thursday.
—County Attorney Charles Johnson
was in the cities on business the last
of the week.
—Hal Haskins returned Sunday
from a week's visit with friends »t
Gerretson, S. D.
—A. Lindberg returned to Willmar
last Saturday after spending a few
days at Pennock.
—Mrs. Geo. E. Tyler is hostess to
the Book Club this afternoon, at her
home on Sixth St.
—Geo. W. Johnson spent a couple
of days the first of the week visiting
relatives in this city.
—Mr. and Mrs. Henry Samson re
turned last Wednesday from a couple
of days' stay at Osseo.
—A marriage license was issued on
January 20th to Joseph F. Stepanek
and Miss Ella Johnson.
—Misses Helen and Lydia Swenson
of Norway Lake visited with rela
tives in this city last week.
—Mrs Geo. H. Otterness and Mrs.
G. M. Robbins spent the week-end,
the guests of friends in the cities.
—Miss Laura Jorgenson, who is
studying music in Minneapolis, spent
Sunday at her home in this city.
—The annual banquet of the Will
mar Commercial Club will be held
on Wednesday evening, Feb. 10th.
—Miss Anne Elfatrum, who teach
es near Pennock, spent the week-end
visiting at her home in this city.
—Miss Christine Hjort, who teach
es near Atwater, spent Saturday and
Sunday visiting at her home in this
city.
—Mrs. G. O. Kambestad of New
London arrived last Saturday for a
few days' visit with friends in this
city.
—The program given by the Osseo
Society at the Seminary last evening
was well attended and a neat sum
realized.
—Mrs- John Madison left last Fri
day for a visit at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. John Malloy at Fort
Dodge, la.
—Miss Sofia Tallakson returned to
her school the first of the week af
ter spending Sunday at her home near
this city.
—Miss Laura Abrahamson of Min
neapolis spent Monday visiting with
her sister, Miss Eleanor abrahamson,
in this city.
—Mr. and Mrs. A. Anderson enter
tained at 6 o'clock dinner on Monday
evening of this week. Covers were
laid for twelve
—A meeting of the Public Health
Association will be held Tuesday, Feb.
2, at three o'clock p. m., at the Com
mercial Club rooms.
—Mrs. Andrew Bjorsell entertained
a number of her lady friends Monday
afternoon in honor of Mrs. P. Rasmus
sen of Cut Bank, Mont.
—Miss Loretta Bomboy of Fair
mont, Minn, arrived the latter part
of last week and is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. W. M. Chase.
—Douglas Hawkland of Maynard
was the guest of his sister and broth
er-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sul
livan the last of the week.
—Mrs. E. H. Leir left for Minnea
polis last Friday, after having visit
ed for some time with Mr. and Mrs
Chas. Dahlheim, in this city.
—Miss Etta Odell spent the week
end visiting with her sister, Miss
Ella, who teaches in the public
schools at Wahpeton, N. D.
—John and Burt Ray returned Mon
day morning from Peterson, la., to
which place they had been called
by the serious illness of their sister.
—Mr. and Mrs. O. Nickelson and
Andrew Thorson were at Norway
Lake yesterday in attendance at the
funeral of the late O. B. Railson.
—William Helmer and daughter
Ella of Pennock arrived last Satur
for a visit with his son and daughter
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Helmer,
in his city.
—F. W. Lindblad returned to his
home at Coteau, N. D., Monday, after
a visit with his brother-in-law, Otto
Trulson and other relatives and
friends here.
—The Eastern Star hold their ban
quet tonight at 6 o'clock followed by
the installation of officers. A number
of the state officers are present to as
sist in the installation.
—Mrs. August Hoglund entertained
a number of ladies last Saturday af
ternoon in honor of Mrs. Peter Ras
mussen. The rooms were very pretti
ly decorated in yellow. At five o'
clock supper was served. Covers were
laiu for sixteen.
—Mrs. P. A. Nelson and daughter,
Minnie, the latter after a visit to her
home here, left Saturday for St. Paul.
Miss Minnie is employed by Strong
& Warner, wholesale milliners. Mrs.
Nelson will visit her two sons there
before returning.
Spoon Social.
A spoon social will be given in Un
ionville school, Dist- No. 63N, Friday
evening. Jan. 29. Ladies please bring
spoons and lunch for two.
Nime Johnson, Teacher.
ST. OLAP COLLEGE
BAND MONDAY
Collegians to Appear at the Willmar
Opera House Monday Evening,
February 1st.
Monday evening next, February 1,
the St. Olaf College Band will give a
concert at the opera house in this
city. The band this year is about the
same as in previous years, and it has
a very good reputation, in musical cir
cles. Carsten Woll, tenor soloist with
the band has a great reputation as a
soloist, and the Music News of Chi
cago, has the following to say of him:
"Mr. Carsten Woll, a Norwegian
tenor but recently arrived in America,
sang several songs, two of them in
his native tongue. He displayed a
voice of great beauty and sympathet
ic quality as well as interpretative
ability."
The program to be given next Mon
day evening is as follows:
1. March Militaire Francaise
Saint Saens
2. Andante Cantabile.. Tschaikowsky
3. Flute Duet. Concertante No. 1
Dancla
4. Vocal, (a) Norrona Kvadet. .Grieg
(b) Serenade Schubert
5. Czardas Braham
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INTERMISSION.
6. Gioconda, Ballet Penchielli
7. "Walther's Traumlied".. .Wagner
8. Reverie Schumann
9. Vocal (a) Aria from "Lohen
grin" Wagner
(b) "My Heart And My
Lute" Kjerulf
10. Largo from "From the New
World" Dvorak
11. Pomp and Circumstance March
Elgar
The tickets will be 50c, 75c, $1.00.
About Marriage Licenses.
Hereafter anyone performing a mar
riage ceremony must attach a ten
cent revenue stamp to each of the
certificates returned to the contract
ing parties. The certificate returned
to the Clerk of District Court needs
no revenue stamp. To cancel the?
stamp, the clergyman must mark his
initials and date of ceremony on the
stamp.
Swedish Mission Ladies' Aid.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Sw.
Mission church will meet in the
church basement Friday afternoon of
this week. Refreshments will be serv
ed by Mesdames Nels Anderson, J.
P. Bredberg and Broberg. A cordial
welcome to all.
NEW CHURCH BUILDING
FOR PENNOCK
Mamrelund Swedish Lutheran Con
gregation Decide on New
Building.
At their last annual business meet
ing the members of the Mamrelund
Swedish Lutheran congregation de
cideuito erect a church building in
Pennock. The work was placed in
the hands of a building committee,
consisting of eleven members The
first fneeting of this committee was
held last Saturday, January 23rd. Rev.
Swenaon was elected chairman, J. F.
Floren, secretary, and Andrew Elm,
treasurer. A motion was made and
carried that the chairman be empow
ered to appoint three other members
to ac6 with himself, as an executive
committee. He appointed J. F. Flor
en, A. .Benson and A. J. Lindgren.
The ^trustees of the church were in
structed to secure as site for the
church, the four lots owned by Jon
as Johnson, on the corner of 9th St.
and Dakota Ave. It was also decided
that the building was to have a full
basement, and the main auditorium
should have a seating capacity of 200
The secretary was instructed to se
cure plans of different church build-
A Bunch of Playford Cement Stave Silos Known and Acknowledged as the
KING AMONG SILOS
ings, about this size, to be submitted
to the committee at its next meeting.
The meeting then adjourned to con
vene again on Monday afternoon, Feb
ruary 15th, at 1 o'clock at A. J. Lind
gren's.
Lutheran Free Y. P. S.
The Young People's Society of the
Lutheran Free church will have their
next meeting Thursday evening, Jan.
28th. The following program will be
rendered:
Song Choir
Reading Amy Strand
Piano Solo Gertrude Tallman
Vocal Solo Mrs. S. Lee
Reading Muriel Anderson
Vocal Duet
Kathryn Michaelson and Helen
Sand.
Piano Solo Harold Swenson
Vocal Solo Miss Patterson
Speech Prof. Nelson
Violin Solo Reuben Ekander
Reading Esther Peterson
Vocal Duet
....Thorwald and William Rykken
Song Choir
Refreshments will be served by
Thora Solberg and Emma Adams. Ev
erybody welcome.
H. B. Lidstone spent Sunday at his
home in this city.
The above cut shows how they Build Playford Cement Stave Silos in Texas. Each silo
400 tons capacity. This party now has 14 of these large silos. I you want a silo that
will keep the silage perfect, that is practically everlasting, that is acid, water and
FIRE PROOF, and that does not freeze any more if as much as any other make of
silo on the market Buy a Playford Cement Stave Silo.
For prices and other particulars see the undersigned or any of its representatives in Kandiyohi county.
KANDIYOH
I COUNT SILO COMPANY
2 1 4 4th S E E WILLlVf A IV IIMIM.
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PRICE 5 CENTS NUMBER 40
Agricultural Meetings Rural Districts.
The following program will be giv
en in country school houses under the
auspices of the Agricultural Depart
ment of the Willmar Associated
Schools:
Music.
Talk, "Value of an Ideal"—Supt.
G. A. Foster.
Dramatic Readings—Pupils of In
termediate grades of Willmar Schools.
Talk, "Farm Drainage"—C. E.
Wentsel.
Musical numbers will also be given
by residents of local districts.
Time and Places of Meetings.
Jan. 27—Wednesday evening, 8 o'
clock, District 45.
Jan. 28—Thursday evening, 8 o'
clock, District 18.
Feb. 4—Thursday evening, 8 o'clock
District 44.
The meeting in District 48 will be
announced later.
Ronken Lunch Club.
The Ronken Lunch Club met at the
Domestic Science dining room" Mon
day evening. Judge Gilbert discuss
ed the attitude of the State towards
dependent and neglected children and
juvenile court procedure. The next
meeting will be held Feb. 8, when Dr.
Jacobs will discuss the history and
status of Belgium.
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FAHLUN.
Fahlun, Jan. 26—There will be a
social at Oscar Lindblad's Friday. Ev
erybody welcome.
A. Lundin is expected back from
the cities today.
Milton Nelson was a pleasant caller
at V. Skoglund's Sunday, a week ago.
Ed. and Albert Freedholm of Min
neapolis are visiting at O. Lindblad's.
Miss Alvilda Lundin is at present
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Edner
Ericson of Lake Lillian.
Carl Wahlquist left for Redwing
last week where he will visit with his
sister.
Aug. Lindblad and daughter. Miss
Mabel returned from the cities one
day last week.
Herbert Lundin called on Lake
Lillian friends last Thursday.
Nels Young is assisting E. Ericson
with the farm work.
There is no school in District 68 on
account of Miss Nelson's illness.
Mr- Lundquist of Kandiyohi is busy
moving his property to the G. Lind
blad farm which he has rented.
Don't forget the auction sale at
Emil Person's Feb. 4.
—Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lundquist
and son, Harlow of New London were
guests of Prof, and Mrs. A- E. Net
son over Sunday.
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