Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01
LOCAL BREVlI]ES

Rev. H. c. Buell. occupied the
pulpit of the Presbyterian church
in Litchfield Sunday, exchanging
with Rev. U. G. Lacy, who
preached here.
Mrs. J. R. Petersen enjoyed a Wis.,
it a couple of days last week from
Miss Josie Benson, who was on her
way from Appleton to Dickinson,
ND :, where she will teach school.
Misses Irma Luzius and Helen
Dow returned to Kerkhoven yester-
day after visit with Mrs. j. W.
Frye. T. B. Frye of Morris is
spending Is days. vacation at his
home here at present.
Tuesday of last week Brecken-
ridge voted $35, 900 bonds for a new
water system and SIS, 900 for a per-
manent improvement revolving
fund, and also voted to grant a
franchise for street railway.
Miss Thora Elkjer arrived here
Friday from st. Cloud. where she
had been attending the summer
school. She was the guest of Miss
Esther Peterson until the following
day. when she left for her home
in Mamre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gunder Hegness,
daughter Alice Marion, and sons
Oliver Russell and Ainsworth Gay
lord, went to Starbuck by auto FRI
day to spend couple of days at the
home of Mrs. Hegness' uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. liver Anderson.
The Barney Leary residences on
south Fifth street were sold last
week by their owner, Emil Broberg,
OF Superior, Wis.,, to F. G. Handy.
Mr.. Broberg took as part payment
200 acres of land in Mercer county,
North Dakota. The deal was made
thru A. H. Brown.
Misses Violet Barnes and Nina
Moore returned to Lynn yesterday
after visit here at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Barnes. They
were accompanied by Master
Everett Barnes, who will visit at
the home of his grandparents for
some time.
c. I. Almen, a former New Lon
don resident, but now of Thief
River Falls, was a Willmar visitor
Monday. MIR. Almen is now owner
and principal of the Thief River
Falls business college, growing
and enterprising institution of
learning.
There will be an ice cream social
at the home of Jalmar Larson III
town of Dovre next Saturday eve
ming, under the auspices of the
Long Lake Young Peoples society.
Prof. C. M. Melon of the state
university will be present and give
an address.
The Young Peoples society of
the Lutheran Free church will hold
its regular meeting next Friday
evening, Sept. 3. A good program
will be provided and refreshments
will be served by Mesdames Ben
Benson and O. K. Severinson. A
good attendance is desired. All
are welcome.
A. H. Brown and I. C. Iollefson
closed deal last Monday whereby
they sold Walter Rosene's farm,
known as the Tom Stanford farm,
one mile from Kandiyohi Station.
This is considered one of the best
farms in the county, consisting of
16O acres, and brought the price of
$40, 200. The buyer is P. C. Refer
son of Story county, Iowa. Mr..
Reierson expects to move on the
place in the spring.
Simon Christianson, the eleven
year old son of Even Christianson
of Norway Lake, was taken to his
home yesterday, after having spent
month at the Willmar hospital.
About the middle of June Simon
cut the sole of his left foot with a
piece of glass, blood poison set in,
and the bone became affected as far
as the knee, and about a month ago
the doctors found it necessary TO
amputate the limb just above the
knee. The unfortunate boy grad
ually recovered from the effects of
the operation, and yesterday he
was found to be we'll enough to be
removed to his home.