Willmar items note trades and events at Seminary
Willmar area notices list window glass sales and bank offers on farm security, piano sales and eye examinations by Anderson Bros. Regional names appear including Fred Segerstrom, P F E Peterson, C B Carlson, G Paul Smith, and Rev Henry Solum. Local society meetings, theater programs, illness notes, and wedding travels are mentioned alongside photos and amateur photography ad hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Minn
Henry Solum
Renville
Hilleboe
G. Paul Smith
Moders Proteus
Anderson Bros
C. H. Johnson
New London
Harold Swenson
Fred W. Segerstrom
Alf
Ladies Aid Society
Swedish Lutheran Church
C. B. Carlson
Rocky Mountain Tea
A. E. Moosberg
Willmar
Meeker Co
Magnuson Bros
Railroad Notes Reflect Staff Changes and Local Incident
Railroad notes report several crew changes with firemen and conductors laid off or reassigned to other runs on Brown's Valley Watertown Huron and Sioux Falls lines. An accident on Brown's Valley line left a passenger with minor scratches. A letter from local readers defends soldiers from mutiny rumors and condemns mob action while praising sermon guest Miss Inga Hough who spoke on North Carolina missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Gilbertann
LaClair
Brown's Valley
Wm. Hackett
Ed Baldwin
Pireman August Swenson
Yankton
Sioux Falls
Harry L. Nelson
St. Paul
Lewis Ward
M. A. German
Watertown
Huron
Chariie Jones
Willmar
Inga Hough
Presbyterian Church
North Carolina
South
Miss Hough
United States
Nellie's New Shoes and the No License Dilemma
A Berkshire village faces its first no license election on the eve of a winter night. Merchant Dean wrestles with voting for license versus prohibition as Nellie Broderick’s grave injury from her drunk father fuels village concern. Tom McMahon’s saloon looms large while ministers urge restraint, and Dean contemplates abstaining to keep peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Fellner
Ram's Horn
Nellie
Berkshire
Dean
Tom McMahon
Mr. Dean
Tom
Asthe
Minater
Nellie Broderick
Broderick
McMahon
Meenie
McMahon's Saloon
Prohibition Push Changes Berkeleire Village Life
A dramatic village tale follows Mr. Dean torn between sale and temperance. He witnesses Nellie’s shoes dilemma, vows to end the rum trade, and with a minister’s aid campaigns the town to vote for prohibition. The mass effort yields peace, prosperity, and a transformed community. An auction list and local notices follow, with a Green's August Flower endorsement in a later ad segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie
Berkehire
Dr Ward’s Vegetable Anodyne Liniment sales pitch
A local advertisement promotes Dr Ward’s Vegetable Anodyne Liniment and related products from J R Watkins Medical Co made in Winona. It urges buyers to verify the bottle stamp and trade mark and notes General Agent A H Pike’s residence near the Post Office. Also offered are real estate, loans, and insurance by Solomon Porter at 1620 Wither.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Houton
Carlton Bros. & Frost
Ta Wlehyitt
Cuwatriey
DeCamp
Pickle
Post Office
A. H. Pike
Dr. Ward
Winona
J. R. Watkins Medical Company
Solomon Forter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wenherland’s
Carlson Bros. & Frost's
Bank of Willmar
P. FE. Peterson
Spicer
Lars Halvorson
Grove City
Willmar Gasoline Works
Chas. Johnson
Kerkhoven
Wiggina Co
John Parsons Beach
Ella H. Mantor
A. O. U. W. Lodge
William Nelson
Henning
Wheelock’s
Ang. Ahlstrom
Great Northern
Crookston
J. H. Wiggins Company
Morricon
Minneapolis Times
Regina Nolvoo
Carrie Slinden
Atwater
Camp Mckenzie
Tribune
The
Gazette
Foley
Co. F
Augusta
Hadley
Geo. A. Smith
Beckford
H. E. McLanchuin
Olsen
Karoline
Peterson
H. J
Fometecwrie
Temperance
Breen Bay
OT. U. of Wittman
DEFEC
Rodlun & Tornson 'S
Rodlun & Johnson
Willmar, Minn
Fablan
Owens
H. Halverson
J. G. Monson
Kodaks
KODAK
J.H. Wiggins CO
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