Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-08
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summer vacation. Miss Shelstrom
will also visit Colfax relatives before
returning to Willmar.
The pastors of the Pacific district
of the Swedish Lutheran church are
attending mission meetings at New
London and Tripolis. The meeting at
Tripolis begins this evening.
W. G.. Donaldson, an expert &C.
countant of Minneapolis, has been en-
gagged to check up the financial affairs
of the City of Willmar. Mr.. Donald
son was expected to arrive today to
begin his work.
The ladies of the Catholic church
will give an ice cream festival on Fri
day afternoon and evening OF this
week, on the lawn at the residence of
Mrs. James Leary, Litchfield Ave.
Everybody cordially invited.
Aslak O. Nasset, who has been
down here from Taylor, N. D., to re-
main over the Fourth with his family,
expects to return next Monday to at
tend to his real estate business there
Mrs. Nasset and youngest child will
accompany him.
J. J. Ekander departed on Monday
for Duluth, where he will remain for q
brief visit with relatives and friends.
From there he goes to Itasca county
to make some improvements on a
claim. he expects to be gone for
about two weeks.
Peter Skoglund, of Lake Andrew,
was in the city Monday on probate
business connected with the estate of
Peter Norm, whose death occurred in
that town the 18th. Mr.. Skoglund is
executor for the estate.
II. A. Foss, who is interested in the
grain business with the grain COM
mission house of McKindley & MIC
hollis at Duluth, was Willmar visitor
this week. MIR. Foss incidentally
called on the Rykken families in the
town of Dovre while here.
Miss Mabel Anderson, who had
been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. J.
Noren, left on Friday for Granite
Falls, where she will be member of
the summer school faculty. Miss An
derson has been teaching in the Cot
tonwood public schools the past year.
Miss Hattie Hardy, who is taking
training as nurse at the Leslie hos
pital in West Superior, Wis.,, is
spending couple OF weeks with rel
atives and friends in the county.
She Is at present the guest of her sis
ter, Mrs. Fred Olson, in the town of
Edwards.
Peter J. Dale is back from q two
months stay in North Dakota. He
visited the North Dakota Chautauqua
in session at DEVILS Lake while in
that state. He speaks in enthusiastic
terms of the latter institution, and
thinks it a great credit to the State of
North Dakota.
Miss Sophie Olson, stenographer in
the chief clerks Office of the Great
Northern, left on Monday for a visit
at Montevideo. Miss Olson has been
granted q couple of months vacation
and plans to spend part of it on the
Pacific coast. She leaves soon for
Seattle, Wash.
The oslo" society, composed Of
the little children of the Lutheran
Free church congregation, will give
an ice cream social at the parsonage
next Saturday. Ice cream will be
served during the entire afternoon,
and the little folks invite the patron
age of the public.
r A. J. Larson closed the deal last
Friday for the sale of the old Bertelson
residence property in the First ward
to Eric Rosen, of the town of Rose
land. Consideration, 81, $50. We I'M
derstand that Mr.. Rosen will move to
Willmar with his family and occupy
the recently acquired property.
The weather man at New London
measured over Eve inches of rainfall
In the showers that fell on Friday
afternoon and night Of last week.
No official measurements were taken
at Willmar, but most people are ready
to express az their opinion that even
more than the rainfall noted above
fell here.
Geer & Hillman, housemovers, are
at work moving the old Lutheran
Synod parsonage from Fifth street to
q new location north of the Minnesota
& Western Grain Elevator. The old
building will be remodeled and put
into good shape by it's present owner,
O. A. Sandven, who will let the
property. ~