Willmar Club Invites Norwegian Divisions to 1915 Meetings
Willmar Commercial Club votes to invite Stavanger laget and Hardangerlaget Norwegian-American divisions to hold their 1915 annual meetings in Willmar. Also invites Minnesota Swine Breeders Association for June. A home garden contest grants $25 for prizes. A flagpole will be erected on the Fourth Street stump for Decoration Day. Entertainment by International Harvester Company planned for April 21. W. F. Scott and D. W. McLaughlin elected club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmar
Fourth Street
International Harvester Company
Willmar Commercial Club
Willmar Opera House
W. F. Scott
D. W. McLaughlin
Handy-Lewis Garage Expands in Benson Addition
Handy-Lewis Motor Company announces a 50 by 50 foot two story addition to the Benson avenue Sixth street garage. John Skooiheim won the contract to erect the pressed brick structure that will extend from Litchfield to Benson and provide modern flats on the second floor. The new building will replace the current bottling works and is seen as a big improvement to Benson avenue as the busy garage business outgrew the old facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Skooiheim
Handy- Lewis Motor Company
Benson Avenue
Sixth Street
Bethel Church Easter Services Impress Parishioners
Easter Sunday services at Beth el Lutheran church drew large crowds with 43 new members confirmed and 32 communicants. The church now lists about 310 paying communicants as offerings supported janitor relief and church extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Lutheran Church
Lydia A
Maria K. Brandson
Emma S. Ostlund
Eleanor Ingeborg
Edith Rollin
Lewis Norgren
Betty
Hilda
Esther Weberg
Victor
Nels M
Emil Weberg
Magnus S. Weberg
C. A. Lindberg
Lilly Evelyn
Agnes
Ellen M. Amy
Ida Lindberg
Ida Sanderson
Arthur Endersbe
Hans Hansen
Ada
Anna Fridlund
Christina Siderling
Ruby Séderling
Terrific explosion kills firemen in Minnesota town
Two firemen were killed and others injured when a fire and explosion destroyed four buildings in Dawson Minnesota on a Sunday morning. The blast, heard miles away, lifted roofs and shattered plate glass, with total losses estimated above sixty thousand dollars. Fire Chief Thompson and Herbert Farmen died. Marvin E. Jacobson and Arthur Kreisel were injured, others escaped. Investigators suspect a nitroglycerine or guncotton device used by yeggmen. A gospel meeting and local building news follow in the same notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qul Park
Dawson
Minn
Wimer Thompson
Herbert Farmen
Marvin E. Jacobs
Holton
Thompson
Matt Wire
J. E. Lund Hardware
Citizens’ State Bank
Jackson & Emerson
Mersees
Minneapolis Tribune
Bonde for Senator would boost district support
The editor urges Peter Bonde to file for the Senate, praising his law enforcement background and reform zeal. It argues his experience makes him the strongest candidate and urges citizens to write to encourage his candidacy, noting a successor could benefit from Bonde’s advice.
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Peter Bonde
Hae
Bonde
Senate
Fi Enforcement
Minnesota
Crooke
Auch
Easter Sunday at First Presbyterian Church
Easter services at the First Presbyterian Church drew the largest attendance in its history with chairs in aisles and the lecture room used. Thirty seven new members were welcomed, including thirty one on confession and six by letter, as Rev. Gade leads a growing congregation amid Easter music and Holy Communion.
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First Presbyterian Church
Focal
Gade
Osmun dson Garage to Have Large Addition
Contract let for a two story brick extensionfronting Litchfield Avenue filling 22 by 56 feet between Tallman office and the garage on Fifth street. The second story will house work and paint shop and rooms for night men. An all night service is planned with an entrance on Litchfield connecting to the main garage for car movement between streets.
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Litchfield
Fifth
Samuel Osmundson
Litchfield Avenue
Tallman
Fifth Street
Algo
Osmundson
Obituary of Nicholas Gabrielson Pioneer of Fahlun Township
Nicholas Gabrielson a long respected Fahlun resident died at Big Kandiyah Lake on April 4 after four years of heart trouble. Born December 25 1836 in Tromsd Norway he emigrated with his wife Gunhild Sivertson and nine children to America in 1870 settling first in Chicago. He was a carpenter in Chicago then a farmer in Kandiyohi County retiring fourteen years ago to his lakeshore home. He served on town and school boards and remained active in politics. He leaves a wife ten children and many grandchildren. Funeral April 9 at the Norwegian M B Church with Rev J W Heard and Rev Haugland officiating.
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Nicholai M. Gabrielson
Fahlun Township
Big Kandlyoht Lake
Tromsd
Norway
America
Chicago
Gunhild Sivertson
Kandiyohi County
Big Kandiyah Lake
Gabriel
Elizabeth Olson
Elizabeth Closer
Excelsior
Minn
Ella Nelson
Willmar
Dagny Bomstead
Larimore
N. D
Lorenza Elmwood
Nome
Alaska
Eugenie McAllister
N. Yakima
Wash
William
Axel
Nicholas
Etta
Agnes
Mia. Elmwood
Political rally set for Friday night in Willmar
Hon William E Lee the antiadministration Republican governor hopeful speaks at Bonde Hall Willmar next Friday evening joined by Minneapolis Republican W I Nolan a well attended campaign event is promised Hazel Benson Ruth Sanderson depart for Han cock convention C A Norman welcomes Mrs C P Quist of Thief River Falls Miss Margaret Allen visits Raymond high school pupil Henry Stenson travels to St Paul Friday
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Wm. E Lee
Bonde Hall
Willmar
W. I. Nolan
Minneapolis
C. P. Quist
Thief River Falls
C. A. Norman
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Stavangerlaget
Hardangerlaget
Handy-Lewis
Benson
John Broberg
New London
Hillsboro
Adams and Bisbee, N. Dak
Henry Rice
St. Paul
0. P. Rice
John Styles
Bethel Church
Swedish Baptist Church
Harold Swenson
Oberg
Francis Hedin
Gladys McHughes
Trl
Classeas
Téoutaint Mable Nelson
Ella
Willmar High School
A. C. Pierson
Prin
Willmar Seminary
Blanche Coleman
M. H. Gullickson
L. L. Everly
First Methodist Church
C. J. Spratt
Norgren
Spratt
Ansgar Almen
Ruthton
Theodore
Hillsboro High School
Hilda Stenerson
Portland
N. Dak
Red Wing
Norway Lake
Stella Noriie
Salem
William E. Lee
W.W
Billy) Nolan
City of
John Barleycorn
NAVY
RAV
Wiscons
Glenway
Ernest Golberg
Montana
Ole Goldberg
Presbyterian Church
Madison
Lac Qui Parle
Independent Press
Lake Litjian
Alfred Johnson
North Dakota
Peter Blomgren
Lake Lillian
Chris Une
Myrtle Miller
Myrtle Cramar
Mildred Severinson
St. Cloud
Elmer Johnson
Kandiyohi
Harold Cederstrom
Axel Nelson
Aug. Johnson
Albert Enblom
Velamay
Mr. Enblom
Mra. Jos, Enblem
Gennessee
Edmund Ives
Clarence Cramer
N. W. Telephone Co
Renville
Nelson Music Co
O. A. Norman
Wat
Osmundson Garage
Roiler Co
U.S
United States
A. Halvorson
Rush City
Wis
Ole Sageng
Owatonna
Lee
Hammond
Eberhart
Ottertall County
Ole O. Sageng
Wallace Martin
Bruce
Julia Zanger
J. H. Martin
Margaret Martin
Holland
Gustaf Tunstead
Agricultural College
Clyde Hunter
William Goldharmer
Kerkhoven
Nicholas M. Gabrielson
Bethel Church Council
F. A. |Noland
Aug. Swenson
Angot Kiland
Dutisa
Tmcher
Nebooks
Hazel Benson
Ruth Sanderson
The
Christian Endeavor
Hancock
Margaret Allen
Kester
Raymond
Henry Stenson
St Paul
WM. E. Lee
Aeeistan’ Phaiias
Willmar Hospital
Cor
Becker-Ave
Aed Pwerth Oe
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