Personal Visitors Move Through Willmar Area
A string of social visits anchors Willmar notes with Dr Harold Porter in Sioux City Miss Olive Landing Glenwood visiting Willmar friends and many others from Morris Minneapolis St Paul and Maynard guests at homes and cottages across the region over the past week including A G Egnell Howard Lake and the Ruble residence move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Porter
Sioux City
Iowa
Olive Landing
Glenwood
Willmar Friends
R. B. Oman
Michael Peterson
Irving
Mildred Hedin
Minneapolis
Frances Hedin
W. Larson
Minis
Egnell
Howard Lake
M. Linman
Fabian
F. Z. Zell
Clara Otos
J. H. Olson
Vivian
Mis. Olson
A. BR. Theen
Edward Haig
Anna Donovan
J. E. Lawler
Clontarf
Leonora Boyd
Ida M Jer
Hillsboro
N. C
Miller
Fergus Falls
St. Peter
Christine Bothen
Nellie
Pennock
E. L. Thorpe
Laila Peterson
Benson
Mildred
Amy Severinson
P. Peterson
Eagle Lake
Robert Snyder
Evelyn
Winona
Cyrus Sullivan
Snyder
Sullivan
John Greulich
New York City
Carl Wallace
Wallace
Kimball Piano Contest Begins This Week
The Street Fair contest for the county’s most popular young lady opens with three ballot boxes at Willmar drugstores. Votes cost one cent each. ballots and ballots boxes are public, with weekly tallies posted. The piano, a mahogany finish model valued at 375 dollars, will be exhibited at Andrew Peterson’s store before the fair and later in the Fine Arts Exhibit building. Existing ballots show Annie Nicholson 175, Rose Lawler Kandiyohi 100, Juliet Stephens 895, Annie Larnon 50, Inga M. Johnson 25, Alphia Otterness 25. Also noted are Flower Show plans, admission prices, a Chicago fortune teller, and local injuries details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Street Fair Association
Willmar
Andrew Peterson
Annie Nicholson
Rose Lawler
Kandiyohi
Juliet Stephens
Annie Larnon
Inga M. Johnson
Alphia Otterness
Northwestern Will Not Sell Willmar Telephone Plant
Willmar Minnesota August 23 1909 committee reports Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co will not sell its Willmar plant. Company states it will not sell to city or others and favors meeting at Minneapolis office with records available. Committee urges municipal exchange plan and underground wiring for business district. notes potential joint operation with electric plant and bids for certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmar
Minn
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Northwestern Telephone
Northwestern Exchange Company
Office of
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co
McFarland
Northwestern
Christian Johnson
Victor E. Lawson
Peter Freeberg
C. E. Hornbeck
Mysterious disappearance of Mamre thresherman
Carl J. Stanghelle of Mamre vanished after attending to a new Advance thresher purchase in Willmar on Thursday night. Police and relatives seek him, with tickets story suggesting he may have headed west. His farm and family near Fessenden, North Dakota, await news as the machine he owned remains idle and the case unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl J. Stanghelle
Mamre
Advance Thresher Company
Stanghelle
Willmar
Pennock
Benson
Mr. Stanghelle
Fessenden
N. D
Left Hand Loss At Willmar Sash Factory
Hugo Hoglund son of Peter Hoglund of 1182 Fifth Street suffered the loss of all four fingers on his left hand while grooving base blocks at the Willmar Sash and Door factory. He was hospitalized and reports say he may pursue either architecture or bookkeeping after recovery. The accident timing and cause remain unclear. The church social and upcoming events at the English M E church are noted along with Prof. N B Swalin's itineraries through northern Minnesota and the Dakotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmar Sash and Door
Hugo Hoglund
Peter Hoglund
Fifth St
Hugo
M. E. Church
McIntire
Litchfield Avenue
N. B. Swalin
St. Cloud
Sauk Rapids
Little Falls
Brainerd
Duluth
Willmar
Dakotas
Street Fair Fund Drive Starts in 1909 Appeals
The canvass for funds for the 1909 Street Fair has begun with the first installment of contributions listed. Local business figures and residents, including Peterson & Wellin and many others, are named among donors. The total amount is tallied as payments range from 5.00 to 25.00, highlighting community support and urging others to contribute to ensure a successful fair.
Death mystery surrounds Willmar man found dead
H W Phiefer a stranger died at Willmar hospital on Sunday evening. Autopsy failed to reveal cause of death and relatives could not be located. Phiefer had come east, worked for Graham & Sons in Chicago, and was a railroad man with the Great Northern. Diary and papers found in Chicago aided investigators but no home address been found. He was 46 years old, formerly conductor and train master, with plans to move to Sioux City. Local officials and newspapers report on his abrupt death and the search for kin while noting possible foul play rumors that were unsubstantiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Phiefer
Willmar Hospital
I. C. Olson
Phiefer
Hub
Bank of Willmar
N. W. National Bank of Minneapolis
Rochester
Harry
Graham & Sons
Madison Street
Chicago
Ill
Minneapolis
Adams & Co
Glenwood
Soo Road
Minneapolia
N. Y
Great Northern
Sioux City
St. Paul
The
Tom
Winona
Peter Person
Willmar
Spokane
Wash
Tripolis M. E
Eriksorp
Matteréd Parish
Kristianstads Liin
Sweden
Afton
Theng
Ner
Fahlun
Person
J. Henry Parsons
Elmer Hedman
Ole E. Rogan
Sacred Heart
Peterson & Wellin
Johnson, Moline & Company
Emma Ackerland
Willmar Seminary
Twin Cities
Maynard
Misa Ackerland
Seattle
Culia
Erick Danielson
Roseland
Nelson
Baptist Church
Obituary of Thomas H Dodds Great Northern Conductor
Thomas H Dodds longtime Great Northern passenger conductor died at Willmar hospital after poliomyelitis. He arrived Thursday to visit wife and son then fell ill, died Saturday. Remains moved to St Paul for funeral. Dodds was born in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Dodds
Thos
H. Dodds
Great Northern
Willmar Hospital
E. D. Woodcock
St. Paul
Dodds
Lows
Local social notes from Willmar and vicinity
Milne residents and visitors fill the week with calls and visits. Notables include Miss Dagmar Hendrickson of Campbell staying with Miss Matilda Bonde and George Hanscom returning from Seattle. The St Johns Young People host an ice cream social at O P Vangsness's next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dagmar Hendrickson of
Campbell
Miss Matilda Bonde
St. Johns
Mission Circle
Baptist Church
Mesdames Galliford
W. Peterson
J. &. Peterson
Ellen
Granite Falls
L. A. Tjosvold
Norway Lake
Ema Paulson
Cottonwood
Central Life Assurance Society
Cora Borgstrom
Duluth
J. J. Ekander
Ella Ek‘ander
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Mary S. Booth
Green Lake
Harold Frost
Edith Frost
T. N. Soldahl
Thorvald
New London
Gunder Kambestad
Peter Soderlund
Elvira
Clarence
Kerkhoven
W.T. Wish
Hhebe
Max Friedland
Remington Typewriter Co
Hilma Englund
Walter
Elvin Englund
L. S. Dale
J. B. Boyd
Harry Byram
Anna Dickey
Osakis
Crawford Grays
Leslie
Ronald
Atwater
P. J. Dale
Minnie
West
C. L. Rigg
Colonel Dale
Renville
Ity
J. C. Dale
Sunny
C.F. Clark
Great Arrows
Kimball
Housekeepers Club
Committee On
P. L. Johnson
Dowinzon Cottage
Mye Veen
Register of Deeds
Oakdale
Henry Stone
Kristine Lund
Swan J. Fleckten
Lake View
Peter A. Ecklund
Grand Vi
W. F. Gratz
Kasota Lake View
John Wicklund
Marion Peterson
Soren Mikkelson
Riverside
Elmwood
Christopher Nelson
Eau Claire, Wis
C. A. Jacobson
C. P. Wainman
C. W. R. Wermine
Paul Schaeffer
Belgrade
Arthur Swenton
M. E
Wm. Thompson
Mamre Thresherman
Solomon Lake
J. D. Stanghelle
Carll
Land of the Living
Acton
Baker Cabin
Fund For
Gen. Moise
L.J. Crosby
Dreamland
Willmar Milling Co
Willmur Jobbing & Mig
Hifetrum & Co
New London Mining& Co
Berboess
Peterson & Co
W.e. Northwentern
Carloom Bron
Frost
A. E. Mossberg
W. M. Chase
Caah Stove
L . Dale
Grocery
Wilas Rachle
A. P. Hanscom
C. B. Gerreteon
T. O. Gilbert
Geo. Muller
Palace Grocery
N. C. Nelson, Co
Thor
Dr. J. R. Pete
Wintar Hardware Co
Ben Benson
C. Ccs
P. B
Strange
T. C. Gilbert
Hildah
John Lundquist
J. A. McEheleney
Minnie Anderson
Bijou
S. L. Anderson
Milne
Patie
George Hanscom
Belvidere
C. A. Green
Philip
C. A. Kroman
Addie Kimmons
Delano
Ed O'Brien
C. C. Clayton
Rosie Klot
Melrose
C. Ackerman
Bessie Woodcock
Alton Crosby
O. K. Severineun
John J. McGarry
Crookston
Flo Juan
Central
Barbara ‘ Williams
C. W. Lonn
South Dakota
Oo Farm
la Bolt
Mr. Lonn
W. L. Davis
Ramsey Pray
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