Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-04-13
LOCAL BREVlI1ES

went to Litchfeld yesterday for a
few days visit.
Mrs. Robert TAFT returned to
Diamond Lake yesterday after a
visit with Mrs. Dan Haley.
A license to wed was issued last
Friday to John William Weber
dink and Johanna Buikema.
Miss Ruth. Putmun of Granite
Falls was the guest of Miss Esther
Sorenson yesterday and today.
The old council will meet for the
last time tomorrow, Thursday even
ing, and the new council will meet
to qualify.
Mrs. S. E. Stansberry entertained
number of ladies Wednesday af-
ternoon in honor of her mother
Mrs. J. D. Richardson.
Mesdames Erick Ohsberg and
Aug. Hoglund will serve coffee in
the Swedish church basement on
Thursday afternoon, April 21st.
The Ladies' Aid of the First M.
E.. Church will be entertained by
Mrs. Mcintyre Wednesday D. m.
April goth. All are welcome.
Geo. A. Ralph, the State Drain
age Engineer, of st. Paul, was up
last week to look over the Kandiyo-
hi-Meeker County judicial Ditch
No. /.
Mrs. c. C. Birkeland went to
Kerkhoven yesterday for visit.
She was accompanied by Miss Es-
ther Swenson, who has been making
her home with the Birkeland fami-
ly the past year.
Ed Connor left last Thursday on
an extended trip thru British COL
umbia. Mrs. Connor accompanied
him as tar as Minneapolis where
she was a guest at the home OF her
brother, J. W. Haley.
The Y. P. S. of the Synod Church
will meet next Monday evening at
the church basement and will be
entertained by Nora and Lillian
Boyd and lnga and Oswald Gran
gard. A cordial invitation is. ex-
tended to all.
Miss Rena Berg will give a
shadow social in her school in Dist.
48, two miles northwest of Willmar,
on Saturday evening, the 10th. A
good program will be given and an:
invitation is extended to all.
Ole Ringness, a: prosperous far
mer of Norway Lake, has invested
in an automobile and hereafter will
not spend SO much time in going to
town and other places as with the
horse and buggy. This is the third
farmer in the county whom we
know of to join the increasing
number of joy riders.
Henry Thompson of Superior,
Wis. was here last week. and rented
the rooms over the Paulson millinery
store. He has purchased forty
acres near Green Lake, and with
his family will live in this village
until he has erected a suitable
dwelling on his newly acquired
land. New London Times.
This week sale was made by
A. P. Adams & S. L. Benton, where
by Mrs. A. J. Hyer, sold her farm
near Pennock, to Mr.. P. C. Green
field. As Mr.. Greenfield already
owns a nice farm at Pennock, he
must feel that Kandiyohi Co. farm
land is good to own. and hence is
adding to his real estate holdings.
The Ladies' Missionary Society
of the Synod church will serve a
supper in the church basement
Thursday, April 18th, beginning at
5 o'clock. The menu will consist
of ham. escalloped potatoes, fruit
salad, sandwiches, jelly, cake and
coffee. Twenty-Five cents will be
charged. There will also be candy
and apron sale. A cordial invita-
tion is. extended to all.
The annual meeting of the Pres
byterian church was held last even
ing. G. H. Sherwood was re-elect-
ed trustee for three years, and L.
A. Vik and F. G. Handy were re-
elected elders. Reports were read
showing that every organization
connected with the church is in
most prosperous condition; and for
the first time in its history the
church is entirely free from debt,
with money in the treasury.
Alfred Olson, a son of Mrs. HER
tina Olson of Irving. and a nephew
of Mrs. Andrew 0. Sather, was in
the city seeking medical aid last
Wednesday. The doctor diagnosed
his case quick consumption. Mr..
Olson returned home about a week
ago from Saskatchewan, Canada,
where he had been staying on his
homestead since last fall. About
month ago he caught severe cold,
and later it turned into the dread
disease mentioned above. ",s
William Shrump, retired real
estate dealer from Larimore, N. D,
has purchased the w. H. Netheway
residence. Alb 10th st. NJ. and he