Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-05-02
Local News Items

Be photographed this year on your
birthday. If.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. hobbs moved
this week into the fiat recently va
Gated by the Chas Lee family on
Atlantic avenue
Rev. S. A. Lumb of Browns Valley,
and Rev. and Mrs. w. J. Bahr of
Beardsley, visited Tuesday with Dr..
and Mrs. G. L. Powell.
P. Berghuis, manager of the Geib-
Carl Lumber yard at Morris, spent
all last week with his family at
Wheaton. They were all sick with
influenza.
The Ladies' Aid of the Lutheran
Free church will be entertained by
Mrs. A. Gilbertson at her home on
Park avenue West on Friday, May 8.
You are cordially invited.
Mrs. M. L. Ransom of Hancock
visited in Morris a few days last
week. She has recently returned
from Texas, where she spent the
winter with a sister.
Oscar Bengston left for Winnipeg,
Canada, Friday morning on the N. P.
road and from there he will journey
westward to Saskatchewan, where he
is interested in real estate and the
automobile business.
The Ladies' Aid Of the Norwegian
Lutheran church of America will
meet at the home of Mrs P. Peter
son, III E. 4th St., Thursday after
noon, May 9Th. Mrs. G. Paulson will
assist. A cordial invitation to all.
L. Loher of Alberta, last week had
ESQ acres of wheat seeded in so far
this spring, despite of the wet and
backward weather. The Bengston
brothers, Emil and Walter of Pepper
ton township have about IS acres of
wheat seeded.
The Woman's Home Missionary
Society will meet Wednesday after
noon May 7 at half past two at the
home of Mrs. Walker with Mrs.
Light, Mrs. Schroeder and Mrs. Bost
assisting as hostesses. You are cor
daily invited.
The Christian Mothers will hold a
food sale in the sample room of the
Merchants Hotel Saturday, May the
third, beginning at one o'clock. All
orders may be left with Mesdames
G. w. Nash, J. J. Hanrahan, and S.
w. Ludenia. Everyone is asked to
do their bit by patronizing these
ladies.
o. F. Tewksbury has taken charge
of his planning mill again and is very
busy doing wood work of all kinds.
For three years he leased his plan
ing mill to John Kriess and since he
left Morris it has been closed but Mr.
Tewksbury will be on hand at all
times in the future to wait upon his
customers.
Max Harris, foreman in The Tri-
bune Office, went to Sank Centre last
Saturday and packed his household
goods, which were shipped to Nor
ris Tuesday He and his family ar
rived Tuesday night and they have
been busy since getting settled in
the Grove residence on 9th street,
recently vacated by Mr.. and Mrs. E..
W. hobbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. G. Nelson of Pep
perton, left for Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, on Thursday morning. Mrs.
Nelson formerly Miss Gerda Beng
ston, daughter Of Jno. A. Bengston,
has been very busy nursing flu cases
all winter. She was married last
fall to Mr.. Nelson of Saskatchewan,
Canada. They will stop off at Maple
Plain, Minneapolis and st. Paul,
Denver, Colo, and Salt Lake City,
| Utah.
S. M. Arvig has started work on a
new addition to his store building.
He will add 20 feet to the rear of the
building with full basement under
the new part. The basement and
part of the first floor will be used
for warehouse and the balance of
the first floor will be fitted up for
a private garage. When the new
part is completed the balance Of the
lot will be cleaned up and beautif1ed
by planting flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Lee and family
drove to Montivedio last Sunday,
where Mrs. Lee and the children will
visit with her folks for a few weeks.
Mr.. Lee returned to Morris Monday