Morris tribune., 1919-04-25
Local News Items

BE photographed this year on your
birthday. If.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Stever have
rented the Burpee residence for the
summer.
Miss Adah DeCamp left Monday
for Wflmar, where she has accepted
a position as nurse in the Willmar
hospital.
E. c. Gilbert went to New Prairie
Monday to attend the funeral of the
baby boy of Mr.. and Mrs. John Kjera.
Mr.. Kjera is a brother of Mrs Gil
pert.
One marriage license was issued
this week by Clerk of Court Gilbert,
that being to Herman j. Diers and
Martha E. PAIL, both living near to
Chokio.
Mr.. Bragg, formerly editor of the
Chokio Review, arrived in Morris
Tuesday and has accepted a position
as linotype operator and printer at
the Sun Office. He will bring his
family to Morris as soon as he can
find suitable living quarters.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. e.
church will hold fancy goods and
apron sale in connection with food
sale, tomorrow, Saturday, at Krueg-
er's Drug Store. Finished articles
should be left with Mrs. Witwer or
Mrs. hobbs.
Mrs. Ed. w. Peck of Donnelly,
died at her home on Monday, after
being sick for five days with in
| f1uenza. She was As years and 6
months of age and was the wife of
Mr.. Peck, one of the hardware deal
ers of Donnelly. Her body was tax
en- to Adams, Mimi, for burial.
Miss Josephine Eddy and Miss Cora
Bye, who are working in Washing
ton, D. c., have sent to the Stevens
County War Records Commission
fine framed picture of the capitol of
Washington taken at midnight on
April 5, 1917, on the eve of the de-
claration of war. 4
A special train carrying 1875 bust
ness men of Minneapolis will visit
Morris sometime between the. a. End
and the 7th of June. This will be
the first trade tour undertaken since
1916 by wholesalers, jobbers and
bankers of Minneapolis for the pur-
pose of the further development of
trade relations. ~ -
ME-. and Mrs. Chris ,Okeson, living,
ON East 9Th street, are rejoicing over
the arrival of a baby boy, born Mon
day of this week. Both Mrs. Okeson
and the baby are getting along fine,
which will be good news to the
friends of the family, as the family
has been confined for two weeks with
small pox and we're only released last
Sunday.
Mrs. Mary McDermid, who lived in
Stevens county about ten years ago,
died at her home in Bemidji last
week and her body was brought to
Morris Saturday and the funeral was
held Monday from the Catholic
church. Her husband died about 13
years ago, while they lived here.
The McDermid family we're some Of
the early residents Of this county.
The Comfort Club girls will give
dance at the armory on Wednesday
evening, April 80. Music by the Big
Four orchestra. This dance is given
for the purpose of clearing the clubs
Indebtedness in providing comfort
kits for the Stevens county soldiers,
and the club hopes that the patron
age will be sufficiently liberal to en-
able them to balance their accounts.
Tickets, $500.
AL. Hetwer, who has been employed
on the Morris Sun for the past six
months, has resigned his position and
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Cloud, where he will make his future
home. On account of poor health he
is giving up the printing trade and
will work at some job which will
keep him out of doors. He took his
family to -Freeport last week, where
they are visiting with Mrs. Hetwer's
parents for a few days. ~.,.... ~.
The Morris Literary Club are pre-
senting a French War Lecture at the
Orpheum Tuesday evening, April
10Th. The lecture is by Mile. JAG
qualine Bertillon, neice of the great
criminologist and is along the lines
of women's work in the war and is
beautifully illustrated by movie films
and lantern slides. This lecture is
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