Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
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Nels Guam went to Minneapolis
Saturday.
Peter Hong visited his folks over
Sunday.
M. Hallberg has been on the sick
list lately.
81. P. Lofgren made a trip to Will
mar Thursday.
Louis Bear is planning another trip
East.
Hannah Olson from Waverly is TAX
ing music lessons at John Johnson's.
Charles Lindberg is going to Ward
Co., N. Oak. to take homestead.
Rev. Frykman is attending mission
convention in Minneapolis. ::
A. G. Nord has built house on his
land in Sec. 33.
l.: J. Jarrett is back from Silver
Lake, where he has been pressing.hay.
Willie Erickson did business in
Willmar Friday.
|. Oscar Frykman was home for visit
with his folks 'last week.
L. Larson conducted religious SER
vices at G. Gustafson's last Sunday.
Say, August, where is that carload
OF girls that you were going to bring
with you?
County Surveyor Jenness came up
Monday to make the preliminary sur
vey regarding the proposed ditch.
Nels Wall lost a valuable horse last
week. The horse seems to have be-
come entangled in the halter strap and
was strangled.
Chris. Aasen, of Spokane, WASH,
but late of this town, left lately with
30 head of horses for Alaska.
Magnus Lofven did not like the eli
mate in Minneapolis. He returned
iooo'S Oil hOIue oWeeG Home. -
P. G. Greenfield has opened a res
taurant and confectionery in the va
cant Strand store in Pennock. We
bespeak for him a successful business.
BY the time this is published the
town election will have been held. We
understand there was to have been a
hard fight regarding the offices in
Road. Dist. No. 3.
Henry Nelson had the misfortune of
losing colt few days ago. A COW
hooked the colt and he fell into a we'll
breaking his back.
The Lake Lillian correspondent for
a local paper said that Joe Magnuson
had the "Gold fever'' and was going
to leave the country. We have it from
a reliable source that Joe intends to
stay.
Peter Johnson has sold his farm
consisting of $50 acres, to B. Swan.
son. of Minneapolis. The considera-
ton was $2,40O. Mr.. Johnson will
still cultivate the farm in the capacity
of a renter.
Mamre has shown signs of another
Indian outbreak, according to com
mon rumor. But upon close investi-
cation it turned out to be Albert Lind
berg on his Indian pony, Columbia.
Axel Magnuson is going to Grand
Forks, N. Oak. soon. There will be
lots of building in that city and he ex-
poets to do carpenter work.
Reuben Guam is taking some excel
lent pictures with his new kodak. Rube
has his own developing and printing
outfit, so his pictures represent home
industry.
We heard the other day that several
Mamre girls are selling "War Crys''
in Minneapolis, and that one of them
has attained to the rank of Captain.
Our genial butter-maker, John Ost-
lund, has just returned from the ma
tional butter-maker's convention at
Topeka, Kan. John is we'll pleased
that Minnesota carried off first hon
Ors.
The people of section 70 and vicinity
are making efforts to get public
ditch through their lands. It is very
good move and from present indica-
tions it will go through. The farmers
realize they can dig here to just as
good advantage as in the Klondike.
John Hallsten is going to sell his
farm here in order to get more time
to superintend his stock farm in Pope
county. Mr.. Hallsten went up there
during the early part of this year,
staying two weeks.
A new invention for our coast de-
fence is being made in neighboring
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