Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-21


The Woodmen enj >yed "smoken
social at their lodge rooms last
Wednesday evening"
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Tyler enter
tanned a company OF friends at whist
last Thursday evening.
Moses Bloom, travelling represen-
tative for the St. Paul Dispatch, call
ed on Willmar subscribers yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Estrem and
children, OF New London, were guests
at the L. 0. Thorpe home over Sun
day.
Miss Annie Railson left for Norway
Lake yesterday after a two weeks
visit with the family of Mr.. and Mrs.
C. S Neubcrger.
Two wolf bounties OF $40 each we're
paid by County Auditor Johnsou
Monday to Torkel Torkelson and
Oscar Wrolson, of Burbank.
The city schools close Friday for a
two weeks vacation. Nearly all Of
the departments are arranging for
Christmas entertai 1ments t. be given
Friday afh rnoon.
George W. Johnson, IF Minneapo-
lis,came here Monday to spend Christ
mas with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
I. Johnson, Of Whiteheld. Mr.. John
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the Twin City railway company.
Lafayette G. Nelson, the popular
Great Northern conductor, announces
the arrival, at his home last Friday,
of 10 pound baby boy, and in honor
ef this event be is entreating his
+ lends to have q real god smoke.
Miss Catherine Connolly returned
home Sunday evening after a short
stay at Minneapolis. Miss Connolly
arrived here from Rutte, Montana,
two weeks ago and expects to spend
the winter here.
We are in receipt of q letter from
y. B. Mallberg, Of Viking, Marshall
county, stating that the peoples party
Candidates for auditor and superin-
te dent Of schools were el cted and
tn 1t their Candidate for register Of
deeds was defeated by the narrow mar
gin OF II votes. From which Mr..
Mallberg concludes that the republi-
cans have not yet succeeded in clean
Ing out all the populsts in Marshall
county.
The three weeks old baby boy OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. n. Bitterness died
yesterday morning, death being due
to some bowel &C IMPLICATION. The
funeral occurred from the house this
afternoon, Rev. Buell. officiating. The
interment was in Fairview cemetery.
This is the second child Mr.. and Mrs.
Bitterness have lost and this fact
naturally makes the loss all the hard
er to bea~. Their many friends will
deeply sylnpathize with them in their
bereavement.
John Anderson has received letter
from Minneapolis stating that his son
Elmer, who for the past nine days
has been danger ously Ill with typhoid
fever and pneumonia, is now out of
danger and that there is apparently
no danger OF relapse. He will be re-
membered as the boy who registered
at the Glenwood hotel in Minneapolis
as George James and destroyed all
his letters in frantic effort to con-
ceal his identity.
Henry O. Grangaard, of the medical
department of the Minnesota u, ar
rived here Saturday evening to spend
his Xmas vacation with the family
Of his uncle, O A. GranRaard. Mr..
Grangaard is an enthusiastic base-
ball player, having been in the busi-
ness as catcher for several seasons.
The past season he played with the
we'll known Bottineau team of North
Dakota and ne xt spring he may be-
come q mem Der of the Minnesota U.
team, where he no doubt will sustain
himself with credit.
Ernest Leonard, the infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. O:car Sattergren, died
last Friday afternoon of brain fever,
aged one month and nineteen days.
Funeral services were held on Sunday
at o'clock p. m. and the little one
was inferred in Fairview cemetery be-
side his infant sister, who passed
away about two years ago after q
brief life. Rev. Osterholm of the
Swedish Mission church ofticiated.
The sympathy Of the community goes
out to the ereaved parents, who are
unfortunate in losing both of their
children at a tender age.
The F. Downs Company, Willmar
branch, opened their new meat mar
ket and grocery store for busir ess
this morning as announced by their
special advertising posters. Their
place of business in the Westberg
building on Fourth street is both neat
and inviting, and their stock Of goods
has evidently been selected with the
view of pleasing even the most par
ticular. The company has been To-
Gated in Minneapolis for the past
seven years, selling groceries di'ect
to consumers at Wholesale prices, and
this is . branch of the Minneapolis