Widow of Dr Cassel Burned at Litchfield Tragedy
A fatal gasoline explosion in Litchfield last Sunday afternoon killed Julia Augusta Cassel, widow of Dr Henry E Cassel. She was burned severely while starting a stove after cleaning with gasoline, died approx 48 hours later at Robertson hospital. She was born Aug 1 1878 in Cassel town and is survived by her mother, five brothers and one sister. Annual meeting of Ladies Society of Synod church reported a successful year. new officers elected and a $75 gift presented to Rev J N Andersen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Julia A. Cassel
Henry E. Cassel
S. B. Magnuson
Litchfield Independent
Gilman
Np Sburs
Robertson Hospital
Julia Augusta Carlson
Cassel Town
Andrew Carlson
Ed. Langren
Aa City
Ladies’ Society
Ladies’ Society of the
Synod Church
P. Dalen
Mans Engelstad
P. O. Rannestad
O. A. Kiland
Willmar State Hospital for Inebriates to Open in Ten Days
The state hospital at Willmar will be ready to receive patients within ten days as the state board of control returns from a visit. A daily fee of 1 is set for voluntary patients while those committed by probate courts will be treated free. Dr H A Tomlinson, former St Peter superintendent, oversees opening plans to remove alcohol from patients without drugs, per the St Paul Dispatch. A separate notice invites a Swedish Lutheran church bazaar in New London on Dec 12–13 hosted by Willing Workers and Soroois societies with programs, an auction, and baked goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hospital For
Willmar
State Board of Control
H. A. Tomlinson
State Hospital For Insane
St. Peter
St. Paul Dispatch
New London
Walters
Tripolis
Norwegian Authors Discussed at Y P S Talk
Next Monday night Hon L C Thorpe will speak in English before the Lutheran Synod church Young People's society on Norwegian author Ludvig Holberg. This is the second talk in a series on Norwegian authors at the Y P S meetings. Last month Prof A C Pedersen spoke on Henrik Wergeland. The series will continue through the winter. Peter Heimdahl spent one day last week in the twin cities on business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Thorpe
Lutheran Synod Church Young People’s Society
Ludvig Holberg
Y. P
A.C. Pedersen
Henrik Wergeland
Peter Heimdahl
Twin Cities
Former Pastor Dr L G Almen Dies in Carthage
Last Friday many old friends and former parishioners in this county learned of the unexpected death of Dr L G Almen at Carthage on Thursday Dec 7. He formerly led Swedish Lutheran churches at New London and Maureland and was well known countywide. Despite five years of diabetes he recently felt well and preached the previous Sunday. He was a man of strong personality and firm character who stood for the right and influenced public affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Almen
Carthage
Almen
New London
Maureland
Pioneer Lutheran Minister Lars Almen Biography
The obituary chronicles Rev Lars Gustaf Almen a pioneer temperance advocate in Kandiyoli County. Born March 30 1846 in Dalsland Sweden he immigrated in 1870 to the United States and pursued ministry, serving multiple churches and conducting missionary work across Minnesota South Dakota and beyond. The union with Elise Christine Johnson produced ten children and he later focused on fundraising for Gustavus Adolphus College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kandiyoli
Lars Gustaf Almen
Tisai Parish
Dalsland
Sweden
Per Peterson
Mary (Anderson) Almen
America
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Almen
Augustana College and Seminary
Paxton
Rock Island
St. Luth
Augustana Synod
Jamestown
N.Y
Lee
Beaver
Elise Christine Johnson
August C
Louise Johnson
Graceville
Min
Sacred Heart
Renville
Chipnewa
Yellow Medicine
Lac Qui Parle
New London
Minn
Thie
Balaton
Lyon County
St. Peter
Gustavus Adolphus College
Carthage
Clara
South Dakota
Al'men
Joseph Benson
Crooks
G. Hi. Towley
St. Peter, Minn
Theodore
Thief River Falls
E. J. Vickner
Seattle
Wash
Ansgar
Carl
Death and obituaries mark East Lake Lillian notes
Lake Lillian correspondent reports the death of August Bitzen after eight months illness from bone tuberculosis. Born in Ostergird Vestra Bitterna parish Sweden, he immigrated in the seventies and settled in 1884. He served in local offices and left a wife and four children plus siblings in Minneapolis and Sweden. Funeral held yesterday at Fairview cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Bitzen
Lake Lillian
East Lake Lillian
Mr. Bitzen
Ostergird
Vestra Bitterna
Skaraborgslin
Sweden
America
Kandiyohi County
Many People Visit and Travel Through Raymond Area
A flood of visitors and travelers stop in or pass through Raymond over a period of days. Miss Marie Hanson, Mrs. Olaf Brogren, Miss Ruth Carlson, Mrs. Ludvig Rykken, and many others are noted at homes in Kandiyohi New London and nearby towns. Religious events, hospital trips, piano purchases, and a Christmas Eve store closing drive community activity.
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Marie Hanson
Raymond
Olaf Brogren
New London
Ostlund Marries Larson in Minneapolis Home Ceremony
Ostlund formerly of Pennock Minn now of Minneapolis wed Hilda M Larson on November 30 at the bridegroom's sister’s home. Rev G Anderson officiated with maid of honor Hilda Bergman and best man Andrew Danielson. Out of town guests included Lars Ostlund and several Bergstrom and Sather family members. The couple will reside at 3439 Garfield Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ostlund-Larson
Minneapolis Journal
Julius Ostlund
Pennock
Minn
Hilda M. Larson
C. P. Sather
Eliot Avenne
Rev. G. Anderson
Gethsemane
Hilda Bergman
Andrew W. Danielson
Helen Sather
Willmar
Mr. Sather
Lars Ostlund
A. G. Vanstrum
M. A. Sandeberg
A. W. Danielson
Lee Anderson
Miss Sather
Ida Bergstrom
Florence Bergstrom
Emma Ostlund
Eleanor
Helen
Fracas at St. Joe Ends With Stabbing Fight
A Thanksgiving spree at St Joseph ended in a stabbing when laborer Axel Nordstrom, working on a new building, was cut by Tony Steppe a fellow laborer. Steppe says the other man had tormented him and he defended himself with a knife. The injured man recovered by morning Steppe is jailed.
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St. Joseph
Axel Nordstrom
Tony Steppe
Steppe
St. Cloud Journal Press
Special Meetings at Lutheran Free Church This Week
Special meetings are held this week at the Lutheran Free church with Rev. O. H. Sletten from Minneapolis Rev. J. S. Strand from Benson Rev. E. O. Larson from Eagle Lake Rev. M. Hanson of New London and the loyal pastor Rev. M. B. Michaelson. Attendance is lower due to cold weather. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Hawkinson of Spring Brook North Dakota visited Grove City then Cambridge while in town guests at Mrs. Anna Nyquist's home. The Hawkinson family has long been known in the area, six years ago living near Willmar.
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Helen Campbell of
Spicer
Hugh Campbell
C. D. Swanson
Montana
Mission Church
George Otterness
Silent Club
Eleventh Street
Anna Carlson
Maynard
Alfred Bergeson
J. P. Madison
Herbert Grant
Minneapolis
Ed. R. Rasmusson
Wetaskiwin
Alberta
Canada
Willmar
Svea
Johnson
Bessie Johnson
Atwater
J. H. Taylor
M. H. Curry
Little Son
Ed. Lewis
Merriam Park
A. N. Lewis
Clara Holtberg
Rochester
St. Mary's Hospital
IL Hermanson
M. H. Hermanson
Madison
N. D
Tioga
Livingstone
Rev
Peterson
Belgrade
L.G. Edgren
Oak Park M. E
Lutheran Free Church
H. Sletten
J. S. Strand
Benson
Hans Hawkinson
Spring Brook
Grove City
Cambridge
Hawkinson
Anna Nyquist
Conductor Patnode Dies In Caboose Crash
Albert E Patnode freight conductor between Willmar and St Paul was burned to death when his caboose was struck by an incoming freight engine at Lexington Avenue. Carol Lansing a Willmar brakeman was thrown through a split side and only slightly injured. Both engines damaged and yards blocked all night.
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Albert E. Patuode
Willmar
St. Paul
Carol Lansing
Midway Yards
Minneapolis Tribune
Albert E. Patnode
Great Northern Railroad
Lexington Avenue
Patnode
Blair Street
Minn
Third’ Street
Illness News and Local Notices from December City Pages
Serious illness strikes Mary Larson daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Larson of this city with bronchial pneumonia and heart tissue inflammation. Mr Larson travels to Minneapolis for family support as Mary remains under care. Bethany society plans a December 13 fundraiser with fancy articles, home made candies, program, and 10 cent refreshments at 7:30 pm. Trinket social set for Dist 69 schoolhouse on December 14 with public welcome. SELMA J Henjum teacher notes a December 8 birth of a son to Mr and Mrs H E Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Larson
Fred Larson
Larson
Minneapolis
Bethany Society of the Lutheran Free Church
Dist
Selma J. Henjum
Swedish Craft Movement Lifts Nation Through Arts
The Swedish craft revival boosts rural economies with home made basketry and tacemaking profits, improving farm life and reducing emigration. Swedes find renewed youth in national dress and communal crafts, while Sweden’s arts and crafts push spurs factory innovation and healthier workers. The Swedish Society election results and plans for a January banquet are reported, with committees formed for library catalogs and a new question box at meetings. Community notices include a card of thanks for bereavement and an upcoming chicken pie supper at Carlson's hall with invitations to attend.
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Chicago Art Institute
Sweden
America
Dalecarlia
Mockfjord
Vermland
Zorn
Mora
Dalecarna
Minneapolis Journal
The
Swedish Society
Carlson’s Hall
August O. Forsberg
Chas. Johnson
Lewis Johnson
N. S. Swenson
C. W. Lonn
Erick Ohsberg
Alf, Bergeson
Andrew Bjorsell
Willmar
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Cassel
Kandiyohl County
L. G Almen
Pauline Nelson
Sw. M. E
Theo. Livingstone
Ruth Carlson
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Salvation Army
Fairview Cemetery
Degree of Honor Lodge
H. J. Ramsett
N. L. Samson
Wm. Hackett
F. E. Collier
C. F. Spencer
Nora Elfstrum
A. Adams
A. O. U.W. Lodge
John Williams
M. W
T. O. Gilbert
C. Birkeland
Hans Gunderson
C. W
P. L. Johnson
Grand Lodge
A. F. Hanscom
Lars Urdahl
Miss Ageland
Johnnie Kallevig
Miss Johnson
Hannah Kallevig
Eddie Kalleviz
Rev. Michaelson
Ally Te
M. W. A. Lodge
A. C. Forsberg
W. E. Klingenberg
C. C. Selvig
N. B. Carlson
Carl Reese
C. Johnson
J. C. Jacobs
B. J. Branton
International Falls
American Suburbs Company
Fourth Street
Wodohaeon
Bill
Andrew ‘Anderson
Kandiyohi
Ludvig Rykken
F. , Thornton
E. H. Frost
Martin Mohberg
Louriston
Ida
Jennie Mohberg
Geo
W. Anderson
H. Ruddy
Rd. Peterson
Gilbert Thulin
Hazel
Edith Nelson
Henry Winblad
A. EF. Danielson
Lake Andrew
L. H. Wetherby
William Wetherby
Adrian, Minn
Dagmar Hartwick
Granite Falls
E. Magnuson
Fred Haines
Towner
Norine Hawkland
Mabel Lundin
Tett
Young People's Society
B. Y. McNairy
Elizabeth
Jane
C. E. Oberg
Chicago
Oberg Isone
the Theological Seminary
Lee Alexander
Baby
Ilynd, Minn
Lawrence Barnes
Kerkhoven
Albin Beck
Edward Nordahl
Charles V. Johnson
Edward Lundberg
Whitefield
E. W. Lewis
Marion
New Haven
Conn
Asbury, Minn
Sioux City
Herbert C. Feig
Feig
Jeashier
New National Bank
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Sw. M. BE. Church
St. Joe
Lansing
St. Paut
H. E. Campbell
Swedich Craftsmer
Erncst Nelson
Peter Olaon
Peter Olgon
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
First M. E. Church
Carlson's Hall
William Bennon of
Murdock
A. P. Brandt
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