Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-07-31
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Blur had the misfortune Of havin,
his watch stolen several weeks ago
He hired man who was a strange,
to him, and while Axel was out a.
work in the hay meadow the mar
suddenly disappeared taking AxePs
watch. We pity this man on judg.
ment day when he will be told to give
Axel his watch back, and then have
to 60 way back and sit down.
Harvest is here. Most of the bar.
ley and oats are cut and the wheat
is ripening fast. On account of the
wet weather a number of the farm
ers will have to finish haying after
harvest. There was quite a lot of
hay spoiled in this community by the
heavy rains.
Louis Norlne, manager of the far
mers' store at Kandiyohi, wife and
baby were out here Sunday in their
Ford auto.
Geo. Engval and Minnie Freeman
OF Kandiyohi were visiting friends in
this town some time ago. On their
way home in the evening the wind in
some peculiar manner took possess
sion of Georges hat. He was unable
to find it in the dark, so he drove up
to Carlson's and aroused Charlie,
who was slumbering deep, dreaming
of his wedding day. A lantern was
procured and after hunting for some
time for the hat, the search was CIV
en- up. Charlie then tried to fit him
out with a hat but could not find one
large enough. They finally found an
elastic cap that fitted tight and up
on which the wind had no effect. The
hat was afterward found unchanged.
A SON was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
William Johnson in the northeast
corner of our town last Wednesday.
A set Of dinner dishes was ratified
at the Engstrom home Saturday eve
ming, which was won by Mr.. Spur.
Ice cream was served to the crowd.
This rafting Of dishes seems to be
popular around here. It is what we
call progressive scheme. A Chi
cago house sends out tickets from
number l to IS, which are to be sold
at from l to 55 cents. The seller
gets half of the set of dishes and the
holder Of the lucky number gets half
a set. The winner then of course
wants a full set of dishes, so they
start to sell tickets to get the other
half set, and so ON, to make the peo-
pie bite real we'll. All numbers con-
tanning 5 are free. Something like
eight sets have been ratified in this
community already.
We were too busy to write items
last week, so those who looked for
the Lake Elizabeth items last week
were disappointed.
Roy Bowman and Ed. Holmgren
have the toughest necks of any per-
sons between So. St. Paul and Svea.
If they hadn't their necks would be
all crumbs. They were riding on the
formers cycle the other night about
10 o'clock. The lights were going out
and they were in a hurry to get
home. They were speeding along at
a Dam Patch rate when suddenly they
went into a wheel track. They both
thought the world was coming to an
end, but after they had broken Chas.
Holmgren's fence for some distance
they got up and rode again. Roy got
some bad scratches in his face,
where We doubt if his whiskers will
ever grow again. They can certainly
consider themselves lucky that they
escaped so fortunately.
M. E. jackson went to Atwater
Saturday and purchased second
hand separator, which he will hitch
to his old Giant engine and will soon
be threshing feed for the farmers.
The Epworth League of the Ros-
endale M. E. church gave an ice
cream and coffee social at Mud Lake
Saturday evening. A number from
here attended and report a most en-
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