08 May 1912
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Newspaper
Willmar Tribune
Location
Willmar, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1912
Page
1
A compact note notes favorable pricing for a buyer and seller, highlighting mutual benefit and easy transaction terms. The message emphasizes fair costs and a simple agreement, suggesting a quick, satisfactory exchange.
Judge Gorham Powers sustained the viewers report on establishing and maintaining Fool Lake at a fixed height. The decision confirms the 1911 assessment and allows the county to proceed with a dam at Foot Lake outlet, backing water to an unprecedented level, with a 20 day stay for objectors and a May 28 meeting to finalize the project. The report notes Foot Lake as a meandered navigable lake wholly in Kandiyohi county. Willmar girls defeated Benson 6 to 0 in a muddy, after school basketball game, Grace Peterson scoring two baskets and Pearl Peterson shining for Benson. Substitutions noted and a postgame reception held for the teams.
Willmar High School meets Atwater High School next Thursday in the first home game of the season. The rivals have already beaten Willmar this year, promising a merry start to finish. Admission is 25 cents for adults and 15 for students. no games were played last week due to wet field conditions affecting Litchfield and Seminary Benson matchups.
James Kelly of Willmar a senior partner at Kelly and Sanderson died last Thursday at 413 Third Street after illness and operations. Born November 5 1874 in Elgin Illinois he was 37 years 5 months 27 days old. He moved to Minnesota in 1889 and Willmar twelve years ago working on the Great Northern and with Downs Bros then forming a livery barn partnership with Ed Sanderson. He married Lucile Downs October 18 1905 and leaves a wife two children Phyllis and Francis, parents four brothers and four sisters. Funeral was at St Marys church with burial at Kandiyohi St Patricks cemetery. Pallbearers included local men from Kandiyohi Willmar and Spicer. Out-of-town mourners joined the service.
Sunday marks Mothers Day with next Sunday May 12 proclaimed to honor mothers. The observance grows globally as a day to show love and gratitude. A white carnation will honor deceased mothers while colored carnations represent living mothers' memory.
First M. E. Gudmund Karnand returns from Hot Springs Ark to report on floods below Cairo Ills region. Rov Dr Jordan to preach in morning hour and at 8 p m Mothers Day celebration. Souvenir issued. Railroads rely on steamboats for long distances due to water spanning millions of acres.
Excavation advances despite wet weather for a 60 by 75 foot brick and concrete wholesale grocery building at the corner of Eighth Street and Pacific Avenue on the railroad right of way. The structure will have a high basement two stories, a loading platform, corrugated iron roof, and a main entrance on Pacific. Manager JH Mooney oversees the project from a temporary office in the old Swillins building opposite the site.
Frederickson lists district by district graduations in Kandiyohi County. Svea District 55 eighth graders Mildred Westerberg William Olson Lawrence Johnson Ida Lindberg Florence Olson. teacher Miss Thilda C. Johnson. District 27 Diamond Lake School graduates Rose Magnuson Edla Miller Ethel Miller. teacher Anne Elfstram. Prairie Star School District 88 graduate Opal Greenfield. teacher Miss Mabel McKinzie. Clover Dale District 51 May 10 graduate Mary Williamson. teacher Dora Ruff. Also notes Lutheran services and Bethania society meetings. Rainstorm hits Willmar with lightning striking multiple locations. damage limited to telephone lines. Two barbers plan homesteads in Montana. Rasmusson shop left to John Lynn and Mr. Wold.
Benson Times reports Prof Hilleboe resigns as superintendent of Bengon schools after being offered and accepting the head of the preparatory department at Luther College Decorah. A meeting was held last evening to consider his successor.
A busy political week unfolds in Willmar and Kaadiyahi county with primaries next Saturday to choose delegates for county conventions and presidential preference. Monday at 1 30 p m the county convention will elect thirteen delegates to the congressional convention and thirteen to the Republican state convention. Wednesday May 16 the Seventh District congressional convention meets at the Willmar opera house to select two delegates and two alternates for the national convention in Chicago. Gubernatorial candidates Lee and Gordon canvass the county with Gordon aided by supporters from Wheat, St Paul and St Cloud and Lee visiting towns in the week, voicing a fight between people and a political machine tied to brewery interests.
Marriages in the area include Miss Cora A. Johnson of Minneapolis set to wed artist 8. E. Johnson tomorrow at St John English Lutheran Church with Rev. Elmquist officiating. The couple plans a Pacific coast honeymoon then home to Minneapolis. Also, town team planning updates from the Commercial Club, a May party hosted by Siloam Chapter O E S, wedding of N. J. Myers to Alta Rogers in Windom, and local reports on carpentry work in International Falls.
The Willmar Commercial Club approved 50 for cash prizes to reward best kept residences over June to September with monthly district block prizes. A move to plant trees on boulevards under the Street Department was endorsed. Roads committee reported securing about forty cars of gravel for state road improvements. Delegates to the District Republican convention will be hosted with an auto tour and social in Willmar.
Geo Haima of Marshallix and various locals visit Willmar this week while others travel to Spicer Kandiyohi and Granite Falls. Guests include Miss Barbara Williams hosting the Hooligans and Miss Evelyn Olson leaving for Stillwater after visiting J H Olson.
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