Willmar tribune., 1908-10-28

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
P. R. Sletten Of St. Johns township
on Tuesday, October 2Oth.
| Tickets for the lecture by Mr..
Lindner on Friday evening at the
Presbyterian church are for sale at
the Campbell Furniture Co. S store.
The Mission Circle Of the Swedish
Baptist church will meet next
Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 4, at
the home Of E. A. Erickson at 415
First street. All are welcome.
Mrs. Dan Nee and son went to
Minneapolis on Tuesday of last
week, after a visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Alderman. From Min
neapolis Mrs. Nee will return to
her home at Tacoma, Wash.
A. H. Brown returned home Sat-
urday from Bowman county. N. D..
to which place he had taken party
of land seekers. As result of the
trip. Mr.. Brown has now closed a
number of sales with members of
the party.
The wel|known Prof. Carl Oscar
Larson will hold a musical at the
Swedish Baptist church, corner
Trott avenue and Third street, next
Saturday evening at 7:3O o'clock.
Come, and bring your friends to en-
JOY a pleasant evening.
Mr.. ard Mrs. George Wilson and
daughter Edith went to Spicer Sat-
urday for a visit. Mr.. Wilson re-
turned to Willmar Monday, but
Mrs. Wilson and daughter went to
Harrison to visit Mrs. Wilson's SIS
ter, Mrs. J. C. Hanson
John Peterson left yesterday for
Plllager, Mimi, for a visit with
his mother. He expects to return
to Wilmar in December, when he
will be accompanied by his mother,
and they will occupy the new resi-
dence Mr.. Peterson has erected in
Fourth ward.
The Willmar district of the Min
nesota conference of the Swedish Lu-
theran church met at Svea Monday,
holding meetings until this even
ing. Among the out of town pas
tors in attendance are Rev. Norsen
Of Benson, Rev. Berg of Beckville
and Revs. Hedin and Seastrand of
New London.
The Rev. Crawford Grays, the
new English M. E. minister, ar
rived in WilImar with his family
last Friday and they are now resid-
ing at 909 Fifth street. Rev. Grays
has taken charge Of the English M.
E. church of this city and the rev.
erend and his wife are receiving a
warm welcome here.
In stepping off a freight train at
Long Shore on the Watertown line
some days ago, Conductor w. K.
Nethaway in some way turned on
his left foot with the result that
the ankle was badly sprained. The
accident put him On the hospital
list for about a week, but now he
is again as busy and active as ever.
Foundations are being laid this
week for two residences to be built
by Andrew Bjorsell for Nels Lar
son, hostler at the roundhouse, and
Christ Hanson, salesman for the J.
IS. Robbins Lumber company.
Both will be located on Litchfeld
avenue, east of the S. B. Qvale resi-
dence. They will be modern in
every respect, and when completed,
will cost about $4,000 each.
i Geer & Larson are busy this week
putting a new foundation under
the English M. E. church. The
firm shipped 1000 cement blocks to
Willmar last week from their fac
tory at Spicer. Next week they
will move the old historic NARROW
house from it's present location to
some place in the east part of the
city, where it will be fixed up for
two small residences.
The acquaintance social given
last Friday by the C. E. society was
:, largely attended. A number of in
teresting diversions were indulged
in, the assignment of husbands
and wives by shadow proving es-
pecially amusing. After everybody
> had tried to pronounce everybody
else's name, light refreshments
were served, after which all the
husbands" took their "wives'
home.
In MAS New Hu ;band," which
comes to the Opera House next
Tuesday, playgoers are promised a
farcical musical treat of the mer-
riest kind. 1t has scored heavily
a in other cities in which it has been
played and from all accounts has
e proved a vogue for all who crave
entertainment of a light, clean,
snappy and lively type. No less
than 18 musical numbers, every one
of them new, are on the program.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole j. Nicholson
and Mrs. ThrOnd Alvio rotnrnod