Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-11-03

taxed the capacity of the hall.
Walter Hallberg Of Benson and Pc
ter Leaf from near Sunburg visited
at the Emil Hallberg home on Sunday
Miss Myrtle Warness was off duty
from the telephone Office last week
because of the removal of her tonsils.
Mrs. ]. E. Martin returned to her
home at Eden Valley on Thursday af-
ter few days visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Anderson.
Miss Esperance Lawson went to St.
Cloud on Thursday for few days Wis
it at the home of her sister, Mrs. A.
D. Hall.
J. Peter Johnson and son Arnold
| drove up from Minneapolis on Sun
| day for a short visit with relatives.
Marie Hallberg and Edna Gustaf-
son gave Halloween party at the
| formers home on Friday evening to
few of their friends
| Ingvald Olson and Arthur Skoglund
purchased garage at KandiyOhi last
week. We understand that they will
| not assume the charge in person un-
| til spring.
The telephone situation here prom
Uses to be relieved soon by the ar
| rival of the lineman from St. Cloud
next week who will put our system
into at least temporary repair.
County Commissioner C. J. Sven
son and VIM. o. Johnson were in New
London on Thursday having been out
east of New London serving on a
road committee in connection with a
proposed road on the township line
| between New London and Irving.
| The Norman Nelson family moved
from Norway Lake on Saturday into
the first floor rooms Of the Ole Mel
son residence. They have sold their
stock and farm implements and in.
tend to be permanent residents here.
The Sorosis and Willing Workers
Societies of the Lebanon Lutheran
church will hold their annual sale of
| fancy work at the church on Thurs
day, Nov. 18th, at o'clock. The fol-
! lowing program will be rendered.:
Pipe organ solo.
| Song NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Audience
Scripture reading and prayer...:..
! Observation-Disclosures. Rev. Almer
Reading --........-- Marie BergesOn
Vocal solo, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nordlei
instrumental Trio, Harold Olson, Wal
ter Monson and Reuben Olander.
Reading ............ Edith Carlson
Piano duet, Ebba and Signe Almer
Vocal Solo ......--.. Sauna Carlson
Announcement and remarks.
| Song Audience
Refreshments will be served. All are
invited to attend.
The High School pupils will enjoy
a vacation from Tuesday until Mon
day this week while the High School
Faculty are at Minneapolis in at
tendance at the M. E. A.
The Misses Margaret Nyberg and
Mildred Johnson we're hostesses on
Saturday evening to a Halloween
faculty at Wayside Inn, Green Lake.
Halloween games and in telling ghost
stories. The variety and abundance
of refreshments served to the merry
party amounted to perfect feast.
The guests expressed themselves as
having been royalty entertained.
The high school voted by large
majority recently to purchase a new
Edison photograph and records for
the school and to pay for the same
by the proceeds of the Literary So
ciety which will now very soon be re-
organized for the school year. c. B.
Lund has had Pathe machine at the
Assembly Hall for the past week,
gratis entertainment for the while.
Mrs. Oliver Larson, Albert Win
blad, Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Van Worst
and Eunice Broberg drove over to
Ortonville Friday afternoon to at
tend the S. A. Paulson funeral. The
cause of the PaulsOn tragedy is as
yet unknown. Mr. Paulson had work
ed at the office of the store late as
usual and the family had not been
concerned over his late hour, but
they had themselves retired and did
not know until toward morning that
Mr.. Paulson had not come home at
all. Mrs. Paulson waking about four
A. NJ to find that her husband had
not yet come in, went down town and
| rousing friends they procured the
L keys and entered the store which was
lit up as it had been all thru the
night. In the basement of the build
&. ing they found the gruesome sight
+ With a shotgun Mr.. Paulson haC
+ blown his brains out, and met instant
i death. Many details point to the af
+ fair as having been carefully planned
4: and premeditated. The store collec
!; tions are known to have caused thu
+ manager much worry, but the officials
VI LuS Dl6 CO-OpcldI1'0 SIOIS VI "ulC1
< Mr.. Paulson was manager now de
+ clare the business never to have beer
in better shape. Paper relating t,
x personal affairs had also been care
fully arranged by the deceased.
Samuel A. Paulson was close to s.
X years of age and was born at Yves
Lake and educated there and at tn
Willmar Seminary. His first e4tl
X ance into the mercantile work wa
r exactly Is years ago with Swensol
+ and Broberg at New London, wher
\ he was employed for many years
? From here he went to Ledgewoot
+ NJ D., and thence to Ortonville wher
X the family have prospered. He wa
: married to Lydia Sundell of Mime
+ apolis and two children were born t
\ them, Kermit and Brunhild. The form
< er is attending the State Universit
= and the latter is student at Hig
+ School, The wife and children ar
X now preparing to move to Minneal
+ oils, where Mrs: Paulson has two si
+ tiers residing. Mr.. Paulson is su
X vived by an aged father, Erick Pau
= son, and two sisters, Mrs. Emm
+ Quamme and Mrs. Selma Speiss, an
+ two brothers, Lewis of Sunburg an
4 Peter of California. The last name
< had just arrived at Kerkhoven une
+ pectedly on a visit to the old hon
x the very day of the tragedy, only
x learn of the same. The two brother
& went to tho scene ut once. The 81