Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-12-01
it the formers mother, Mrs. G. Gustaf-

it the formers mother, Mrs. C. Gustaf
son.
John Henjum moved in on Tuesday
Of last week from Colfax to the for
mer Emil Johnson residence which
lie 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 COM
ing from Willmar they are now run
ming from St. Cloud. No other chan
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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
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
has been here recently putting in the
electric fixtures was here on Wednes-
day to help them move.
II,
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
a guest of Stella Anderson during the
time.
If
Freshman-Sophomore girls they were
invited by Mr.. and Mrs. c. K. Lund
on Tuesday to 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.
The following program will be Civ
en- by members of the Aurora Liter
airy Society at the schOOlhOuse next
Thursday evening at o'clock:
Roll Call, Quotations.
Talk on Athletics -. Mr.. McNiven
1mpromptu.
Piano duet
.Gervaise Covell and Adelaide Eek.
man
1mpromptu
Reading .. Emma Christensen
H. S. Fun and Fact .......-......
Elenor Olson and Caster SEVERED
Impromptu.
Current Events 800. Elyira Skavdah]
oelectlOns EDISON
1mpromptu.
RecltatiOn .......... Mia Stauffe1
Am. History Contest ............
......--..-- Mr.. Amble in charge
Piano duet NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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
on our charity, for it is carried on en-.
tirely by the proceeds of the annual
sale of seals. Of the total amount OF
funds raised in any community $50
remains right at home In the treas