Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-12-01

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John Henjum moved in on Tuesday |
Of last week from Colfax to the for
mer Emil Johnson residence which !
he recently purchased.
Cecil Ogren came home on Wednes- |
day to spend Thanksgiving.
Floyd Dilley broke thru the ice
while skating near the hospital on
Monday and was rescued with diff
Guilty. The ice on the river is GER
tainly not safe after the last few
warm days.
The receipts from the sale of fan
cy articles at the Norwegian church
Thursday evening were about $4,000.
Rev. Bjorkland of Minneapolis spoke
in the interests of the Augsburg Sem
mary at Nordland church Thursday
! afternoon and again at New London
Thursday evening.
| Foley Bros. closed the gravel pit
last week and all hands were laid off
on Saturday. Mr. Granger the mana
ger is leaving for the cities today
| (Tuesday.)
The Fredericks Concert Company
the second number on our lyceum
course will appear at the town hall
on Thursday Dec. 9th. They will give
a varied program including instru-
mental numbers. Don't forget the
date.
The direction of the freight trains
running thru New London tri-weekly
has been changed. Instead of CON-
ing from Willmar they are now run
ming from St. Cloud. No other chan
ges either in hours or days have
been made to inconvenience the pub
lic
The Hawick creamery was burned
to the ground on Tuesday a. m. of
last week when a fire started there
! from an overheated stove pipe. A new
churn and large amount of butter
were the only things that could be
saved. The insurance carried, ST.
500, will not nearly cover the loss.
! The John Amundson family moved
on Wednesday from the H. Swenson
! farm into the splendid little house
just east of Rev. Hanson's, which Mr..
Amundson has erected for himself.
Carston Amundson of Willmar who
has been here recently putting in the
electric fixtures was here on Wednes-
udy " ueIp Luen move.
The Misses Matilda Bergeson,
Laura Fossum, Ellen Olander and
Stella Anderson who are attending
the St. Cloud Normal, spent the
Thanksgiving vacation at their res
pective homes in New London and
vicinity. A friend, Miss Lillian Hol-
ton, also attending the Normal was
guest of Stella Anderson during the
time.
To the surprise of dozen or so of
observation-disclosures girls they were
invited by Mr.. and Mrs.. G. X. Lund
on Tuesday to a six o'clock dinner,
all arranged especially for them. The
Lunds must like the young people as
we'll as the young people like them
for nobody before had done quite as
much for just bunch Of school. girls.
The merry party voted the hospital
ity of the Lund's the "best ever"
The stock of goods lately owned by
Messrs Anderson and Peterson was
sold to ]. M. Bolstad of Svea, Iowa,
last week. Mr.. Bolstad intends to
continue the business in the Broberg
building and will bring his family
here where the community is pleased
to welcome them
en- by members of the Aurora Liter.
airy Society at the schoolhouse next
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock:
Roll Call, Quotations:
Talk on Athletics -. Mr.. McNiven
1mpromptu.
Piano duet .....:..:--..
.Gervaise Covell and Adelaide Eek
man
Impromptu &
Reading ........ Emma Christensen
Elen0r Olson and Caster SEVERED
Impromptu.
Current Events 49,. Elvira Skavdahl
Impromptu.
Am. History Contest ......
......-..-- Mr. Amble in charge
| TlduO UueC
Margaret Nyberg, Bertha Polman
The annual December sale of Xmas
health seals in our village will soon
be on. Let every person among us
do his part to help the health assO-
citation win the slow but sure fight
against tuberculosis. Do you know
that 100000 people of the U. S. A.
die each year victims of the Great
White Plague, and that in Minnesota
alone the average toll Of deaths from
this dread disease is $500 per year?
Since the Public Health Associations
began their work the death rate de-
creases very materially each year
thus proving the efficiency of their
curative work in establishing Sana.
toria and preventative work in health
crusades, free lectures and free elm.
les in the schools. This noble work,
National, State and County, depends