Willmar Auto Boom Has 67000 Invested In Cars
Willmar now shows 45 automobiles valued at about 67000 marking a net gain of 13 cars from last year. Gasoline costs about 460 monthly and oil and repairs bring total monthly auto expenses to roughly 1360, while 12 Buicks lead the fleet with Ford and other makes following. The town lists owners and prices for dozens of vehicles as Rev Berg plans to move the Monongalia steamer to Foot Lake and ministers prepare for a regional summer school.
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Willmar
First National Bank
Buick
Ford
Theara
K. E. Berg
Green Lake
Foot Lake
Ella Avenue
Smith
Berg
Wedding and town notes from Arctander and area
The Rustad Otterness wedding at Arctander with Rev Soten dahl performing the ceremony. Oline Otterness and Carl L Rustad wed at Norway Lake, guests praised the couple, dinner and supper followed, then they left for Green Lake. George Stone bid farewell with a bachelor party and gift bundle. Willmar hearing on district split drew Archander and Lake Andrew residents. annual meeting elected local officials.
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Norway Lake
Misa Hanna Stone
Fargo
S. A. Syvernon
Willmar
George Stone
Bowman County
N. D
Rustad-Otterness
Arctander
Sotendahl
High Hoor
Green Lake
L. A. Vik
Oline Otterness
B. C. Otterness
Carl L. Rustad
C. J. Rustad
Archander
Lake Andrew
G. Stone
C. A. Syverson
M. L. Rustad
A. Syverson
Board of Equalization
Planning Boys Cadet Corps for Willmar Street Fair
Willmar plans a September street fair feature with two companies of boys aged 12 to 15 in drill parades. They will train under University Corps instructors, wear uniforms, and use dummy guns. Enlistment is first come, first served, with meetings at Bondy Hall next Monday at 8 PM. Parents encouraged to attend.
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University Corps of Cadeta
Minneapolis
Journal Zouaves
Bonde Hall
Weeds Must Be Cut At Once On Cat the Weeds Lots
Notices urge owners to cut weeds immediately to prevent seeding and boost property appearance. Local residents update on weekend visits from Alfred H. Jenkins and family, plans to move Campbell family to Three Forks Montana for business, and Tallman selling stock farm stock to state fair.
Regular Soldiers Here Friday To Fort Snelling Return
A battalion of about 300 regulars from the 28th U. S. infantry is due in Willmar next Friday afternoon. They march from Watertown South Dakota to Fort Snelling, will be supplied here, and camp on the ball park grounds until Saturday morning. large turnout expected to greet the soldiers. Ladies Play Ball Wednesday Willmar hosts Hopkins Bros. Champion Lady Base Ball club for two games next Wednesday afternoon and evening with field lighting and a 1400 foot canvas fence. Admission 25 cents grand stand extra. Yosuo 2suikawa, Minnesota University graduate and Harvard philosophy scholar, to visit Willmar today for a few days with A. N. Gilbertson and other students. He may return to Tokyo to teach after Harvard. Bean Guessing Contest at the show theater, jar of beans in window. closest guess wins a dress pattern order. Contest closes August 21.
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P. L. Benton
Edwin Sletten
Great Northern
Emma Haines
Atwater
P. L. Johnson
Crescent Beach
G. E. Quale
A. E. Rice
Andrew Alison
Lake Andrew
I. R. Griffen and Son
Montevideo
John Appelgren
J. W. Johnson
Superior
Wis
Gladys Birch
Carrie Bowers
Benson
Mara O'Neil
Anna Dickey
H. G. Meyer
Lake Koronis
C. A. Birch
Minneapolis
Anoka
Neuberger
West
Emma Benson
Spicer
James Wilson
Almeda Stoquist
Galestady
Johanna Haug
Duluth
Martha Erickson
Millie Rasmuson
St. Cloud
D. O. Townsend
Litchfield
W. A. Whitaker
M. T. Sandbo
Orton
Alice Hegg
Granite Falls
Gladys Sanderson
Trott Avenue
Anna Schollin
Green Lake
Birdie Somerville
Pennock
Emma Somerville
Kandiyohi
Patrick Lawler
Ruth Edgerton
Yankton
S. C
Peterson
W. E. Lawson
Geo
W. Tyler
Tyler Cottage
Tyler
Elk River
Willmarites
Grace
Stella Hilleboe
Buxton
N. D
Hilleboe
Homewood Park
Brick Yard
Robbins Peninsula
Willmar
Sons of the Road
U. S. Infantry
Fort Snelling
Watertown
South Dakota National Guard
Ball Park
Hopkins Bros. Champion
Yosuo 2Suikawa
Minnesota University
Harvard
A. N. Gilbertson
Tanikawa
Tokio
Japan
Bijou
Farewell Social Held for Capt. Morris
A farewell social last evening honored Capt. Morris who has led the Salvation Army work in the city since May 1908. Rev. Oberg Buell and Sullivan participated, with music by the Baptist choir and a Presbyterian quartet. Proceeds totaled about $20 as Morris departs next Wednesday for new duties. successor not announced.
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Capt. Morris
Oberg
Buell
Sullivan
Baptist Choir
Presbyterian Church
Morris
Salvation Army
Army
Real estate deal lands 120 acre farm near Willmar
A. N. Brown cites a 120 acre farm near Willmar for A. R. Wilson of Stanbury Missouri. Wilson toured several places on his journey, found the county favorable, and after a week’s trip decided to invest land near the city. He plans to move up here next spring.
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A. N. Brown
Willmar
A. R. Wilson
Stanbury
Wilson
Willmar Willmar annual school meeting reelects N O Nelson and Sand
At the Willmar district annual meeting last Saturday evening N O Nelson was re elected to the board without opposition and Gilbert C Sand to fill Crawford's seat. There were nineteen votes. Treasurer reports a cash balance of 6052.22. Receipts total 29114.47 and include state aid and tax settlements. Disbursements total 29114.47 including wages, piano fund, heating plant, and other expenses. Dreamland program listed for Thursday and Friday with titles such as A Wartime Sweetheart and Bohemian Girl.
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Willmar
N. O. Nelson
Board of Education
Gilbert C. Sand
Crawford
New Swedish Baptist Church Cornerstone Laid
Weather drew a large crowd Sunday for the cornerstone laying of the new Swedish Baptist church. Speakers included Rev. Frank Peterson and Rev. Anton Nelson with others from the Salvation Army and Baptist missions. The ceremony inserted many religious and organizational artifacts into the cornerstone. Construction advances rapidly with completion hoped for by October.
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New Swedish Baptist Church
Frank Peterson
Minneapolis
Baptist Missionary Union
Anton Nelson
Lake Elizabeth
Captain Morris
Salvation Army
H.C. Buell
Gerda Paulson
Japan
Nya Vecko Posten
Baneret
Tribune
Baptist Standard
B. Y. P. U. Service
Ungdomsstijernan
fForsamlingen Och Hemmet
Firsamlingsklockan
Baptist Annual
Sweden
Mrs Scovell to Lecture on Temperance Hygiene
Mrs. Bessie Laythe Scovell will lecture on Temperance Hygiene at the High School auditorium tomorrow Thursday afternoon at three o'clock, instead of the evening time previously announced. It is hoped that many will attend. Scovell is a recognized authority and presents the subject in an able and engaging manner.
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Scovell
Bessie Laythe Scovell
Willmar
Swedish Bethel Ladies Society Social Tomorrow
The Ladies Society of the Swedish Lutheran Bethel church will meet Thursday afternoon in the church basement. Mesdames A. P. Bergeson and D. Elmquist will entertain. Coffee and lunch will be served throughout the afternoon.
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Ladies Society of
The
Swedish Lutheran Bethel Church
Mesdames
A. P. Bergeson
D. Elmquist
Local BREVITIES of visits and travels across towns
Miss Alice Hegg visits Mrs. M. I. Sandbo in town while Olive Landing of Glenwood visits Willmar friends. Numerous locals return to St Paul, Minneapolis, or other cities after short visits. guests include Miss Florence Benson in Litchfield, Miss Blanche Higgenbotham from Houston, and Miss Inga Wiggen from Minneapolis. Several couples host visitors at Green Lake, Crescent Beach, or the Fauchald home. Soderholm visits O. Soderholm. teachers courses start for Sisters of St Joseph. Supt Knebel in Sioux City severely injured but improving slowly with limited access to visitors.
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Alice Hegg
M.I. Sandbo
Olive Landing
Glenwood
Willmar
H. Anderson
St Paul
Geo. S. Stewart
Andrew Nordlocf
Sioux Falls S. C
Twin Cities
Winnie
Leda Dahleen
Maynard
Esther
Alvira Swenson
Blanche Higgenbotham
Houston
Texas
Russell Spicer
Inga Wiggen
Minneapolis
C. A. Nelson
A. O. Sather
Hang Gunderson
Granite Falls
Granville
N. D
David Skoog
St. Paul
Crescent Beach
Henry Hanscom
Agnes Houkens
Sigrid Stoquist
H. W
Zelch
Yelch
George Cole
Canby
Geo. Hedtke
Fred Hedtke
Venturia
Henderson
Fred Larson
Towner
Andrew Larson
Tallman
Green Lake
Peter Olson
Rhinelander
Wis
T. W. Hart
Helen
Maude
Mankato
Josie
Hannah
W. H. Ferris
Katherine
William
Cherry
Ill
Ferris
John Soderholm
O. Soderholm
Dovre
Soderholm
John Nygren Printing Company
Sisters of
St. Joseph
Marshall, Minn
Academy
Jennie Carlson
J. P. Carlson
Fred Olson
Carlson
W. J. Miller
la Valle
F. H. MacNees
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Harold Frost Holsman
Chris. Johnson Holeman
Lars Halvorson
Frank Ingart
A. A. Anderson Maxwell
Herman Halvorson
S. B .Qvale
G. E. Qvale
Wm. Kemp
Dr. Branton
C. W. Odell
Sam Oemundson
J.P. Dale
Chas. Wallin
Russell Spicer Franklin
Geo. Otterness
C. N. Johnson
Queen
J. F. Millard
P. C. Peterson
Gunder Hegness
O. R. Berkness
Ben Benson Mitchell
F. G. Handy
Ford Tho
Erick Holt
A. H, Brown
Stewart
A. O. Bryant
Ben Benson
Maxwell
Nordloef
F. F. Nelson
J. H. Wiggins
Pope-Tribune
Berg Jackson
Geo. Robbins Rambler
J. R. Petersen
G. EB
Thomas Ford
Foot
M. B. Michaelson
Red Wing
Rev. Michaelson
Lutheran Free
Hauge Synod
Lucile Sanderson
Dreamland
Lucile
Loraine Ackerman
John Skoolheim
Banday
Jens Olson
Chas. Akerson
Mr. Skoolheim
Lutheran Synod Church
Nellie Pearson
Ids and
Betty Pearson
Arctander Town
Grist
Otterness- Rustad
Planning Boys Cadet Corps
Street Fair Association
Gustavus Johnson
Johnson School of Music
A. L. Nelson
Nelson Music Store
Irthday Party
Myrtle Miller
Harold Ramsett
Borghild Sand
Miller
Marion Carlson
the Tribune
W. H. Williams
John Stoquist
Hannah Johnson
Henry Sletten
Lewis Ekdahl
E. R. Swenson
K. T., Otos
R. F. Sonstegard
Syver Iverson
A. E. Grorud
Iver Lind
Quiat
Alfred H. Jenkins
Jenkins
Ray
Colfax
John P. Carlson
A. D. Campbell
Donald Jerome
Campbell
Breckenridge
Campbells
Three Forks
Montana
Mrs. R. S. Roberts
Fred Baum
Chas, Holzinger
D. N. Tallman
Mr. Tallman
Vademtio Zoe
Tommy
America
Gilbert C. Sand CO
ONE Price Clothiers
Young Men's Store
Florence Benson
A. Lagerberg
Mary Berg
Clara Peterson
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