Norwegian American Line aims new direct 14 day Atlantic route
A movement proposes a Norwegian American Line with fast ships for mail passengers and freight, touching Bergen and Trondhjem and connecting with Bergens banen and Merakerbanen. Plans include direct US arrival via New York or Montauk, with Norwegian capital of 10 million crowns and shares at 200 crowns. Senator Thorpe leads representation in New York for info.
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America
Norway
Bergen
Trondhjem
Ithus
Bergensbanen
Merakerbanen
Christiania
Stav
United Steam Ship Association
England
Germany
Thorpe
City seeks state expert on Willmar sewerage and dam authority
The Willmar city council on Monday asked the state board of health to send Prof. H. T. Bass to review local sewerage systems. A misunderstanding over who can order Foot Lake damming is clarified by recent law changes. The council also boosted the library budget by 500 dollars for a new tilted roof with a cupola, enhancing the building’s appearance.
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State Board of Health
H. T. Bass
Willmar
Bass
Foot Lake
Dan Leary Slays Rattlesnake On Auto Tour
A clipping from the Lethbridge Herald Alberta reports Dan Leary formerly of Bin Vity killed a four foot rattlesnake during an auto tour for O W Kerr company. The story notes his sobriety and local Willmar friends celebrate the victory over the king of reptiles. Farmers urged to cut flax low for straw as market improves. McQuire Atwood Co Minneapolis seeks pressmen to buy bale and load flax straw statewide.
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Arrine
Lethbridge Herald
Alberta
Canada
Dan Leary
Binvity
O. W. Kerr
Dan
Herald
Willmar
McQuire-Atwood Co
Flour Exchange
Minneapolis
Minn
Great Northern magnates tour Willmar finds limited inspection
Willmar welcomed Great Northern officers J. W. Hill James J. Hill J. M. Gruber W. D. Scott and G. A. Bruce on a Friday visit en route to St. Paul. They found the freight depot space cramped and the passenger depot clean but offered no concrete plans for improvements citing dissatisfaction with current conditions. The party’s expressions hinted at possible depot upgrades, with speculation of renewed effort from Jim Hill to secure what he wants. A church program at Svea Church Saturday Aug 14 features Victor Knoteon speaking on The Lost Trinity with coffee and cake for ten cents. Other local items include dog bite injuries to a boy, social visits, and upcoming sermons and missions.
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Willmar
J. W. Hill
James J. Hill
J. M. Gruber
W. D. Scott
G. A. Bruce
St. Paul
Great Northern
Altho
John Anderson
Jim Hill
Svea
Svea Y. P
Lutheran Church
Victor Knoteon
Farmers register farm names in county record
Register of Deeds Olof Dale notes farmers in the county are filing farm names under a new law. J C Herning of New London first registered Pleasant Hill, with Amstrom of Spicer and Eklund nearby. A list of suggested names is provided, with a 50 cent filing fee.
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Olof Dale
J. C. Herning
New London
Pleasant Hill
John Amstrom
Spicer
P. A. Eklund
Cloverdale
Smiths-on-the-creek
Widow Jones
Sam
Smith
Clovevale
the Tribune
Oakdale
Ferndale
Sunnyside
Hillside
Donnybrook
Four Corners
Dreamwood
Oakwood
Four Mile Grove
Lakeview
Lakeside
Rogemound
Spring Creek
Grovelake
Castle Rock
Millersburg
Everdell
Brookfield
Oak Hill
Linden Hill
Lindenvale
Elmwood
Elmhurst
Oakhurst
Oak Glen
Glenwood
Poplar Grove
Maple Hill
Mapledale
Maplehurst
Highland
Meadowbrook
Cold Springs
Springvale
Springdale
Clearwater
Richfield
Rockdale
Sewer Bonds Ordinance Aims for City’s Septic System
An ordinance proposes bonds totaling 12000 for a proper sewerage system and purchase of property for septic tanks. Bonds will be in 1000 denominations with five percent interest payable semi annually. The council must approve the ordinance and then submit the question to city voters at a special election.
Marriage of D. C. Frederick and Miss Bessie Mattson
The marriage was quietly solemnized at the Episcopal church last Thursday afternoon with Horatio Gates officiating. The groom, formerly of Kerkhoven, is now secretary and manager of Sunny Belt Grain & Elevator Company in Calgary, Alberta. The Tribune extends best wishes for a long and happy married life.
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D. C. Frederickson
Bessie Mattson
Kerkhoven
Episcopal Church
Horatio Gates
Fredrickson
Sunny Belt Grain & Elevator Company
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
the Tribune
Street Fair prepares charity meals and visiting dignitaries visit
The Tribune reports a list of subscribers aiding the telephone committee during the past two weeks led by P. P. Hanzon and others. The Bethel church Ladies Society plans a lunch and dinner service from 11 30 until evening on Thursday September 23 during the Street Fair. E G Bloomfield former Willmar resident now in St Paul visits the city. Miss E Dolores Dahlheim travels to Green Lake for a visit with Mrs Emma Miller.
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The
Tribune
P. P. Hanzon
A. L. Boom
S. A. Patten
and. Lindquist
Emma Johnson
John Chunstedt
Botnen
Joseph Berg
Nordloef Broe
Ole K. Rykken
Emil Carlson
Julius Holtz
Elmer Peterson
C. T. Starlund
John Damhoff
Alma Johnson
B. Overson
Halvor Espelien
Eric Paulson
Ladies Society of the Bethel Church
Blooomfield
Willmar
St. Paul
E. Dolores Dahlheim
Green Lake
Emma Miller
Christian Volunteers plan home for unfortunates at Zumbrota
Christian Volunteers from Minneapolis led by Staff Captain J H Dyke visited Willmar and raised funds to establish a Home for Unfortunates in Zumbrota in a former hospital building valued at 12500 dollars. They must cover a 2800 mortgage and fund repairs while running a Christian run facility with 25 rooms and three acres.
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J. H. Dyke
Christian Volunteers of
Minneapolia
Willmar
Zumbrota
Christian Volunteers
Lindgren farm sale nets Hans H. Brix property north of New London
A 263 acre Lindgren farm north of New London changes hands this week with Hans H. Brix paying for the property, trading in his First Street dwelling as part payment. Brix, foreman on the A. P. Adams stock farm, resides about three miles southwest of Willmar. The farm previously belonged to N. C. Nelson and S. L. Benton. Arrest reports include Andy H. Bomsta and Lillian, charged with third degree assault. Sheriff Bonde detained them with trial postponed two weeks due to county attorney’s absence and harvest season.
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A. PB. Adams
S O
Benton
Hans H. Brix
New London
Lindgren
Mr. Brix
Willmar
A. P. Adams
N. C. Nelson
S. L. Benton
Ansault
Andy H. Bomsta
East Lake
Lillian
Bonde
Muller
Progress of Common Schools of County Sees Exam Uptick
Ninety four persons sat the state examinations for tearhera last week, likely a county high. The count notes 12 applying for 1st grade, 27 for complete second, and districts now expanding staff as 105 districts exist with 40 supplied by teachers. Building activity rises with No 11 Burbank to spend 1500, No 23 Arctander at 1800, No 85 Holland at 1200, and several districts planning additions.
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Tearhera
Lulu
Stella Ellingson
Reat
Brooten
Hans Cates
Engelstad
Frederickson
Burbank
Arctander
Holland
Whitefield
Green Lake
Irving
W C T U to Meet at Mrs Hanson’s Home
The local W C T U will meet at Mrs Ellen Hanson’s residence 627 Nelson avenue on Tuesday afternoon August 17. Mrs Frida Newburg and children returned to Alexandria today after a month’s visit with friends and relatives here.
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Ellen Hanson
Nelson Avenue
Frida Newburg
Alexandria
Popularity Contest at Willmar Street Fair Names Mahogany Kimball Piano Prize
The Willmar Street Fair Association starts a countywide popularity contest to find the most popular young lady in Kandiyohi county. The winner receives a $3875 Kimball piano, with a sewing machine as second prize and a third household prize. Nominations open soon, voting costs a cent per vote at Carlson Bros. & Frost Drug Store, with the piano displayed at Andrew Peterson’s furniture store and later in the fine arts building on Benson Avenue during the fair.
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Kandiyohi County
Willmar Street Fair Association
Seca
Myrtle Elwyn
Lillian Russell
Emma Eames
Hans Gunderson
Street Fair Association
Carlson Bros. & Frost
Andrew Peterson
Fine Arts
Benson Avenue
Real Estate Trade In Willmar Changes Local Blocks
George W. Johnson trades most Willmar real estate to T. G. Berge of Kerkhoven. Property includes the post office block Ninth and Becker lots, Eighth and Becker lots, a residence, a Green Lake cottage, in exchange for a 400 acre farm north of Kerkhoven and a 160 acre farm between Owatonna and Ellendale. Berge plans to move to Willmar and build on Ninth and Becker. Berge’s farm remains rented and will continue to be farmed. Roy Samuelson sustained a broken collarbone and dislocated shoulder after a 15 foot fall from a stair at the Hub hotel. he is walking with his arm in a sling. Roiter H. Rearick of the Griggs County Sentinel toured Willmar with family en route to Atwater, visiting Irving township roots. The Tribune notes a fraternal call. J H Olsen of Willmar has cement crew building most of the Koefod block foundation, with six workers delivering rapid progress. Mrs Rollefson and daughters arrived from Montevideo to visit Dr and Mrs J S Peterson.
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Thorn and
Mayme
Lars Peterson
St. Paul
Edith
Ralph Forsberg
Raymond
F. A. Spaeth
Annie Nyquist
Stambaugh, Mich
C. L. Collin
Kerkhoven
John Westberg
John Doria
Willmar
Whitefish
Montana
Ellen
Emma Syse
Murdock
Abercrombie
N. C
Brooten
Minneapolis
F. H. McNees
Blanche
Junior
la Valle
Wis
J. H. Olson
A. C. Johnson
Stillwater
S. B. Chapin
Jeasie
J.E. Leslie
T. C. Leslie
Pennock
Hannah Peterson
Elvina Sorengen
Paynesville
Lake Koronis
Estella
Beatrice Armstrong
Fourth Street
Alma M. Larson
Olaf Larson
Maddock
N. D
Se Iting
John Georgeson
West Lake
C. Wellin
Margaret
Lorenzo Wellin
Alexandria
Marshall
Long Lake
Nela Feleen
George Lillegaard
Louise Lillegaard
Bode
Iowa
J. B. Boyd
Eagle Lake
M. Johnson
Norway Lake
George W. Johnson
T. G. Berge
Ninth and
Becker
Eighth and
Green Lake
Johnson
Owatonna
Roy
K. Samuelson
Hub
Sby
Roiter H
Rearick
Griggs County Sentinel
Cooperstown
Atwater
Irving
Tribune
Fifth Annual Flower Show by Housekeepers Club
The Fifth Annual Flower Show will be held in the Library on Thursday and Friday, Aug 26 27. Committees include Decorating chaired by Mrs Rodenburg with Knox Kent Tanning Olson Branton Barrett Baldwin Curran Bennett Berg. Lunch on day one chaired by Mrs Smith with J Noren Botnen Hackett Dugan. day two chaired by Mrs Stansberry with J Sanerson Stanford Spencer Lercnturn. Receiving flowers chaired by Mrs A F P Hanscom with L C Thorpe J R Peterson Rogers. Program chaired by Mrs Hornbeck with Stewart Birch G Johnson. Fortune telling booth by Mrs A Larson. Prizes awarded for Ladies gladiolas asters children nasturtiums phlox best bouquet home-grown flowers and greatest variety.
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Housekeepers Club
Rodenbur
Mesdames Knox
Kent
Tanning
Olson
Branton
Barrett
Baldwin
Curran
Bennett
Berg
Smith
Mesdames J. Noren
Botnen
Hackett
Dugan
Stansberry
Obituary of Frederick Syvertson Ostensoe in Dovre
Frederick Syvertson Ostensoe a longtime Dovre settler and church figure died at home in Dovre from chronic Brights disease after over a year of illness He was born November 1833 in Hardanger Norway and was 75 years nine months old at death He homesteaded in section 30 Dovre filing August 31 1889 The Syvertson family have lived there since Mrs Syvertson died about a year ago Six children were born to the couple two survive He was a charter member of the Lutheran Free Church served by Rev Michaelson during his funeral last Sunday afternoon
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Fredrick Syvertson
Frederick Syvertson Ostensoe
Dovre
Bright
Rev
Michaelson
Lutheran Free Church
Frederick Syvertson
Hardanger
Norway
Syvertson
Obituary notices and local wedding reported
Dorothea Johnson died at 18 after years of heart trouble. funeral planned with services by Rev. Theo Paulson at the home and Swedish Mission church, interment at Fairview cemetery. Also reports death of Mrs Julia Olander from acute stomach trouble and a quiet wedding of Sadie Johnson and Ivan Rasmussen at Kandiyohi. News notes on social visits and a brewing company storage move to Trott avenue.
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Dorothea
John A. Johnson
St. Lt. So
Theo Paulson
Swedish Mission Church
Fairview Cemetery
Julia Olander
Henning Olander
New London Township
John Gund Brewing Company
Trott Avenue
Anthony Street
Andrew H. Manson
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Hilma Enghind
Walter Crosby
Walker
Andrew O. Sather
Granite Falls
Hans Grovett
O. J. Westgaard
Geo. W. Johnson
Gusraf Johnson
Esther Swenson
Grove City
Florence Blomgren
Clara Johnson
Anna
Menda Peterson
Myrtle Dugan
Minot
N.D
Mabel Dugan
O. F. Landberg
Austin
John Rodenbur
Benson
Misa Elizabeth Weling
Jamestown, N. D
Oscar Larson
Mini
Orilla Curry
T. O. Christian
Elliott Georgeson
Mr. Georgeson
Columbia Restaurant
Amehip Line
Carnegie Library
den Leary
Milissa
Boxcekovel
G. N
Kenneth
al Baldwin
Anton Ronning
D .Elmquist
Arthur Elmquist
Aitkin
Signe Lindquist
Litchfield
Minnie Elmquist
Emms Youngstrom
N. A. Larnon
Synod Church
Willmar Church
Solomon Lake Church
St. Luke's Church
J. C. Kelsey
Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co
Chicago
Ben Woodbury
Minnesota
Lingren
Street Fair
Collar Bose
J. H. Olsen
Glenwood Gopher F Press
Rollefson
Sarah
Nora
Montevideo
J. 8. Peterson
Pirth
Dorothea Johnson
Andrew Larson
Fred Larson
Towner
Larson
C. Ae Nelson
Lewis Johnson
Tacoma
Seattle
J. F. Wein
Renville
Andrew Hedin
C. A. Hedin
Nels Benson
Louis Halvorson
Cottonwood
Ethel and
Ada Woolley
Lamberton
W. E. Somerville
I. Nordstrom
Resub
Misa Amanda Ekwall
J. C. Bjorn- Mins
Nettie Michaelson
St. Peter
H. G. Benton
Janet
Tethe
Haines
C. W. Nelson
Emma
Payneaville
P. Johnson
P. Rasmuseen
Dassel
Esther Sorenson
P. B. Greenfield
Sisseton
S. D
Sam Going
M. Hanson
Misvea Agnes
Serena Bakken
C. C. Birkeland
A. Strom
Elmer
K. E. Berg
Martha Michaelson
Albin Osterholm
Willmar Mission Church
Superior
J. L. Hjort
Reeder
A. Granguard
R. W. Edwards
Tracy
F. J. Bigham
Edwards
Twin Cities
J.T. Cramer
Per Theological Seminary
Lawther Hall
Hamline
Nicolai Larson
L. O. Thorpe
Chr. Pederson
C. M. Peterson
Elias Rachie
Cyrus
E. H. Lidberg
Red Wing
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