Local Brevities Highlight Town Notables and Visits
A Willmar brief lists sparse society notes: furnishing a room for rent, visits by Mia Mary Haley and Misses Frost in Benson, Olof Olson's brief St Paul trip, Miss Jorgenson home from abroad, and various Willmar residents visiting relatives or attending events. Also notes on post office, real estate, school board meetings, and local business moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia Mary Haley
Benson
Missen Frost
J. G. Jones
Clites
Olof Olson
St. Paul
Misaes Jesele
Lillis Korthe
Frank West
Storm Lake
Iowa
Iowa. ‘Mies Sophie Fritz
St. Cloud
Gost
Willmar
Chas. H. German
Minneapolia
Harvest Home Festival proposed in Willmar hall meeting
A Willmar mass meeting at Odd Fellows hall last Thursday discussed a grand harvest festival planned for late September. About twenty business representatives backed the festival with plans for prizes, exhibits, street performances, and races. A committee of eight was formed to lead the effort, with further meetings set to report progress and fund-raising success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmar
Odd Fellows' Hall
A. F. Nordin
G.E. Johnson
C. Wellin
Lewis Moline
Chas. H. Johnson
Chas
H. Johnson
Albert C. Johnson
John B. Boyd
J. G. Jones
Ithen
Odd Fellows Hall
Messrs. Wellin
A. C. Johnson
Mass Meeting Discusses Harvest Carnival in Willmar
A committee formed at Thursday’s meeting calls for a second mass meeting of Willmar citizens to decide on a harvest festival and street carnival. The session will be at Odd Fellows hall banquet room Thursday evening at eight. A report on progress since the first meeting will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charter Commission
Trent Avenue
Said Avenue
Sperry
Trott Avenue
Fourth
Fifth
Willmar
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Mamre and Roseland Harvest Update From Aug 12
Stacking and shock threshing are in full motion in Mamre with about a dozen threshing rigs active. Wheat yields range 10 to 18 bushels per acre while oats and barley reach 25 to 40. Local visits, new buildings, and threshing crews from Minneapolis and Seattle are noted along with baseball results in Roseland where Roseland defeats Svea 17 to 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamre
Olof Hoglund
Minneapolis
Aug. Holmgren Sr
C. Holmgren
Anders Lindberg
D. J. Ostlund
J. W. Erickson
Mamne
Alfred Hoglund
Aug Holmgren Sr
Seattle
Washington
Gilad
Alfred
George
Fred Clark
Philippines
Charley Norman
Ferdinand Johnson
Kittson County
Minn
Annie Hoglund
Eddie Nygren
North Dakota
Emanuel
Magnus Magnuson
South Dakota
Newsway
Harvest and farming activity shifts in Ringville
Aug 12 Ringville notes harvest done, farmers switch to baying. Belgrade buyers Linderholm and Larson active. Lindgales & Linderholm add cattle work. Several locals return from training schools. Wheat yields 4 to 6 bushels No 3. corn poor. oats good. potatoes poor. Iverson threshing buys cell feeder. Nyberg sells farm to Iowa buyers. Community updates include visits, absences, and local business ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iverson Threshing Company
Oscar Nyberg
Iowa
Hannah Hendrickson
Lina Stenbakken
Josie Zwicky
Sam Reiquam
Amnetum
Charley Moen
Choklo
Elina Johnson
Belgrade
Priam Briefs From Priam Aug 6 Stacking nearly done and threshing begun
Aug 6 Priam notes stacking nearly finished as threshing starts with Barbknecht Bros. J C Boyland creamerist works bundles, Mudhens vs picked nine game played last Sunday with unclear winner. Postmaster Charles Dittes traveled to Raymond. Mrs Dittes improving. Herman Walleen had a runaway. Mia Gorman Pott from Raymond passed through. J A Kepner residence is being worked on. Eaaue Eyn mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priam
Barbknecht Bros
J. C. Boyland
Chas. Dittes
Raymond
Herman Walleen
Herman
Mia
Gorman Pott
J. A. Kepner
Eaaue Eyn
Local notes from Prinsburg and New London Aug 8 Times
Prinsburg reports vacationing George Knott helping with harvest and growing farm projects. Local misfortune includes a lost horse and a broken bronco incident injuring Peter Henderson. New London notes Mr. J L Wright moves to Bagley Minnesota with family, plus community reflections on staff changes at the Times and sick sister Christine Oleon. Crop yields from Burbank and Kerkhoven districts are discouraging while Norway Lake wheat looks good and oats are strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prinsburg
George Knott
Wheaton College
J. Bosch
C. Noteboom
Plougman
Will Knott
Raymond
Huisinga
New London
J. .L. Wright
Bagley
Minn
Christine Oleon
Lake Florida
John Lungstrom
Lungstrom
Peter Hakanson
A. C. Stansberry
Willmar
Pete
Peter Henderson
Spicer
Henderson
Newman
Burbank
John Dalken
Thompson
Kerkhoven
Norway Lake
New London ‘Times
Local notes from Atwater area record family visits and small events
Atwater area residents report Chas Dittes visiting New Paynesville and assisting at home, with relatives and neighbors delivering help in farming tasks. J C Boylan plans to move to Marshall to take a creamery post, while other locals engage in stack work, construction, and daily errands. A German-born resident, Christian Wendt, dies at 72, with a Presbyterian funeral in Harrison. A quiet wedding unites F W Torrance and Mrs. K C McDonald in Willmar. Ads seek land sales in Chippens and surrounding counties, with local trades and real estate inquiries ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwater
Christian Wends
Harrison
Presbyterian Church of
S. E. P. White
Germany
St. Paul
August
Albert
Henry
Kandiyohi
John
Dakota
William
Idaho
Witte
Willmar
Minnie Wendt
Mary Morin
Republican
Atwater Republican Press
Kerkhoven Local Notes And Business Moves
Bank transactions in Willmar and staff changes fill Kerkhoven Banner notes. Julen Jacobson leaves West Lake creamery for Cargill Elevator Co. at Murdock. his cousin Alf assists. Gas well explosion on Patrick Jones farm injures Roy Tibbitts and a helper. both burned but continuing work after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdock
Alf Jacobson
Will
Kerkhoven Banner
New Paynesy Nelson Plans Willmar Headquarters
New Paynesy Ole Nelson now lives at Willmar and travels for Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co. He intends to make this place his headquarters this season and will move his family here. L. E. Hearn of Willmar bought Rudolf Schwartz blacksmith and wagon repair shop and arrived with his family to take over the business. The desk between Schwartz and Hearn closed Tuesday and the new proprietor is ready to begin. Hearn has long worked in the trade and comes with strong local recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K. Severenson
Glenwood
A. N. Lewis
Buffalo
P. L. Peterson
Seventh Street
Ethel Rains
Appn Flynn
Litchfield
Rameett
Harold
East Grand Forks
Smith
Minneapolis
H. J. Albrecht
Willmar
Hans Sconberg
Granite
Chris. Anderson
Mina Rosina Anderson
Mount Horeb
Wis
O. L. Lien
Lambrechts
Monte
Granite Falls
Mies May Lester
Atwater
St. Cloud
Waining School
W. H. Browne
Litclefield
Browne
Kandiyohi
Rose Mahlow
Duluth
Crescent Beach
Grean Lake
J. P. Rodenburg
Browns Valley
Breckenridge
Hia
Bia Rua
Reve
White
Wagner
Joel Peterson
Peterson
Carleton College
Sioux Falla
Long Lake
Swedish Lutheran Church
Fink
New London
L. M
Deerling Machine Company
James
Charles Wright
Ramsett
Bagley
Minn
A. C. Howard
Spicer
Maud
Aliee
Lillie Johnson
Olive Simnsberry
Aberdeen
Pointe
Sioux Falls
Hollis MacDonald
Bride
Green Lake
Mr. MacDonald
John Lindblad
Grove
Roseland
Whitefield
Marie Balloon
Albert Lea
Muate
Guntal Sandberg
Albert
Steam Isundry
Pou
G. O. Sand
Souris
W. D
Boutineau
Great Northern
Willie Baste
Geo. A. Norman
Halloway
Swift County
Tateratata Grain Co
Swalin Bros
Dovre
Huber
Wss
A. J. Ekander
Pontal
Willmar Steam Laundry
C. H. Johnson
Johnson
Hamm
Hans
Ida Ives
Celia Rodlin
Miss Campbell
Crosby
Bartha Hanscom
Lora Erickson
Lake Lillian
Red Wing
Fargo
Carl
Also Mentioned on This Page
O. T. Olson
Gueet
Willmar Friends
Annie Peterson
St. Louis
F. F. Nelson
Esther Sorenson
Johnson’s Bakery
Robinson
Ww. Spellisey
Larimore
N. D
E. K. Wennerlund
Little Son
Oelwein
Tows
Mr. Wennerlund
Finder
Tribune Office
Nels Larson
Execu
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Laura Jorgenson
Arifeia
W. F. Hoffman
Anna Erring
Inez Saturn @ey
Geo. Pletach
Howard Lake
Solomon Porter
Minnespolln
Porter
O. Selin
Graceville
Mosday
P. H. O'Hars
F. J. Cairns
Mies Kennedy
Winnipeg
Gust. Swenson
Sox
E. C. Boyer
Sioux City
Veo Velkooberg
Boyer
Anus Peterson
Ming Garlin
Paul Satay
Litchfield Avenue
E. Ohaberg
M. E
C. Bradford
Harry Nelson
B.S. Front
Harry Ko
Central Park
Chris Espenson
Geo. W. Champlin
A. C. Skoog
Bella
Sersniders
Louis Moberg
County News
Axel Bornstedt
Holland
Julia Tornquist
Bornstedt
A. Johnson
Svea
Johnson's
Annie Lindquist
Blomquist
Ole Blomquist
Willie Larson
Husky Roseland
Mies
Annie Warner
Pat
Patrick
A. F. Maptor
I. C. Olson
Dittes
New Paynesville
Aiting
Ditters
Swan Nelson
Erick Borg
J.C. Boylan
Ole Nelson
Martin Pederson
Kepner
Nele Blomgren
Chas. Ivancuo
J. C. Boylan
Marshall
Thompson Creamery Company
John Isaacoom
Kleberg
Misa Hilda
Tanacson
Mise Swanson
Ator
St Chas. Isaacson
Iaat
John Londquist
de- Willmar Hardware
Deaser
Kneet
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