Willmar tribune., 1898-06-14
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church next Friday evening.
Mrs. F. o. Peterson spent the past
week with Grove City relatives.
A son gladdened the home OF Con-
ductor w. E. Tew last Tuesday.
Hammocks- in the m,rket for
sale at Carlson Bros. & Frost's.
A. T. Bogart is among US again.
after an absence of several months in
the West.
Mrs. P. O. Hall, of Atwater, has
been visiting with her daughter, Mrs.
B. S. Covell.
Miss Amiee Ackerman OF the post
Office force is enjoying a weeks vaca-
tion at Barry and vicinity.
The Swedish Lutheran Aid Society
meets with Mrs. Gnstafson in the Third
ward next Friday afternoon.
Miss Hu]da Holmgren was down
from Kerkhoven last week to visit
with her sister, Miss Minnie.
Capt. Van SAINT, of Winona, who is
aspiring for the governorship of Min
nesota, called on Willmar people last
week.
Mrs. Ada Gates and Miss Grace
Monroe, of Minneapolis, have been
visiting with Willmar friends the past
week.
The first organ grinders of the sea-
son dispensed music on our streets
Saturday. The small boy was out in
full force.
Mrs. Peter Nelson went to Grove
City Tuesday of last week, where she
was called by the serious illness of
her father-in-law.
N. J. Walen, S. Nj. Sivertson, Pc
ter Larson and Martin Olson were
among the Atwaterites who transacted
business in Willmar last week.
Last Sunday was Children's Day,
which is usually observed at the Pres
byterian church. This year the GUS
tomary exercises we're dispensed with.
Mrs. J. G. Kulzer and family have
been spending the past week with rela-
tives at Albany, Stearns county. The
Kulzer family were former residents
of that county.
The Willmar lodge of Rebekahs
was represented at St. Paul last week
by Mrs. S. E. Stansberry, who went
as a delegate to the Grand Lodge in
session there.
Ford Pritchard, who had been at
tending the High School here the past
year, has gone to Silver City, Idaho,
to join brother, who we understand
is employed in the mines there.
"Geo. r. Tremaine's Illustrated
Lectures" opened at the opera house
Wednesday evening last. The series
of entertainments was we'll attended
and the views exhibited were fine.
Miner Boyd and Alfred Markhus
went to Decorah, Iowa, last week to
witness the graduating exercises at
Luther College. The formers bro
ther, E. A., was one of the graduates.
Misses Marthe and Nettie Moss left
for Minneapolis last Tuesday, to be
present at the annual convention of
the Norwegian Lutheran Free church,
and also to visit relatives in the city.
We omitted in our last issue an
item regarding the chain display in
Wennerlund's show window. It is in
the form of a wheel and makes an
attractive display of handsome watch
chains.
Mrs. W. Garner and son have gone
to New York state to spend the sum-
mer at their old home at Niagara
Falls and other places. They expect
to visit points in Canada before re-
turning home.
The Clara City Herald is evidently
prospering. Editor .Berghuis an
no ounced in his last issue that he had
begun the erection of an 1880 Office
building. May the good work go on,
Bro. Berghuis.
It is estimated that about ten thous-
and people attended the Woodmen
picnic at Lake Minnetonka on We'd
nesday last. Willmar sent a fair rep
resentation, although it was not as
large as was expected.
= Another victim of the green goods
game has recently come to light. 1t is
reported that a resident of Green
Lake township invested $500 and in
return received q tin box containing
81 in silver, and a quantity of tin foil:
The special train for Benson Satur-
day morning did not carry q large
crowd of Willmarites. However, the
crowd at Benson was swelled later in
the day on the arrival of the regular
trains, SO there was a fair representa-
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