Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-01-03

OF the Gay OF nlSuC. auVL1.
The Comfort Club girls gave
dance at the armory Saturday night,
which was we'll attended.
Mrs. James DeCamp has been quite
sick at her home on East 9TH street,
but she is somewhat improved.
Mrs. Frank Hayes and daughter
Leta went to Willmar last Saturday
where Leta had her tonsils removed.
Mrs. P. S. Jordan and two chill
dren have recovered from the inf1uen-
"a, but they were all quite sick for
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fels and
daughter Harriet spent the holidays
at the home of Mrs. Fels' mother in
Morris, Mrs. H. Inuppel.
Mrs. J. R. Kruger is rapidly i'm
proving from her recent sickness, but
it will be many weeks until she re-
gains her former strength
Miss Hulda Olson went to the Nor
ris General Hospital yesterday and
will undergo an operation for ap-
pendicitis today or tomorrow.
Senator F. L. Cliff was in Morris
on Tuesday comforting with Supt.
Miller as to the needs Of the West
Central School of Agriculture.
Herbert Hanson has been confined
to his home all week with a bad cold
which seems to have settled in his
neck. He is now able to be up and
is recovering rapidly.
Mrs. Eddy Thompson returned to
her home new Cyrus yesterday alter
four weeks spent at the Morris Gen
eral Hospital. She took home with
her fine baby girl who was born
at the hospital.
The annual meeting of the Stevens
County Fair Association will be held
in Morris sometime next week, the
date not being set yet. At this meet
ing the annual reports will be given
and officers elected.
S. Hunter went to St. Paul Sun-
day to visit with relatives, returning
to Morris Monday. Mrs Hunter and
son Dick, who had been visiting with
Mrs. Hunters parents in st. Paul,
returned home with him.
The Red Cross Headquarters will
be open Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock, Jan. 10, and also Tuesday
afternoon, Jan. IA, to receive the
compelled work of knitted articles.
Those having articles partly finished
should get them finished by these
dates and hand them in.
w. NJ. Jerome, one Of the leading
attorneys of Minneapolis, died last
week from uenza-pneumonia. Mr.
! Jerome was superintendent of the
Herman Public Schools about ten
years ago and was still welI-known
in this vicinity 1t was under his
supervision that the state high
school at Herman was organized.
The Victory Boys and Girls of the
county pledged themselves to raise
$1,000 for the United War Work
Campaign and they are now at work
raising their share. The Morris Pub
lie Schools will raise $3.50, and the
Agricultural School has pledged
5000. The pupils of the st. Mary's
School will also contribute toward
this fund.
DR.. G. L. Powell preached his first
sermon in the Methodist church last
Sunday morning since arriving in the
city nearly three months ago. Due
to the influenza epidemic, the
churches were closed during that
time. Large crowds we're present at
ming and good services we're held.
At the morning service Mr.. Powell
spoke on "The By-Products Of the
War;" and said that war would
change things in religious lines con-
siderably He said, Denominations
count for nothing with the soldiers in
the camps. Jesus Christ is every
thing in these men and when they
return they will look for a deeper
spiritual life than they ever did be-
FORE" He also said that the day
was past when churches we're fight
ing each other, but rather they
would henceforth work more har-
moniously. He predicted that it