Fire escapes for Willmar five buildings to comply
Willmar city requires five three story buildings to install metallic fire escapes under state and city law. Merchants and Central Hotels Glarum House Seminary boarding hall and Ruble Block face 30 day compliance with fines up to 100 dollars plus 50 dollar weekly penalties for nonconformance.
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Willmar
Ikea
Merchants
Glarum House
Seminary
Leswee
Armstrong
St. Paul
Hotel Fire Safety Echoes Armstrong Law
Officials notify hotel keepers to comply with the Armstrong law. Circulars urge enforcement by the department due to frequent hotel fires. Precautionary measures are deemed essential to protect guests in all hotels.
Death of Nora Abraham Birkeland 16 in Willmar area
Miss Nora Abraham Birkeland died after Brights disease on Sunday night at 10 30 age 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs Elief Birkeland long residents of Willmar four miles southwest of the city She leaves two brothers Abraham Ellef and two sisters Anna and Phins and both parents Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 pm Rev E E Gynild Lutheran Free church Willmar with interment in the church cemetery at the city potential community mourning this loss.
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Brights
Nora Abraham
Elief Birkeland
Willmar
Abraham
Ellef
Anna
Phins
E. E. Gynild
Lutheran Free Church
New Deal Offered For Star Petroleum Stockholders
Willmar investors in Star Petroleum face a new proposition after officers formerly sold out the firm to cover large claims. A broker offers to transfer stock for five cents a share to a California oil company amid a merger of several small outfits. Only three stockholders are known in this city, though there are more in other Minnesota towns.
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Willmar
Star Petroleum
Vomes
Tve
California
Star
Minnesota
Eastman Resists Drunk Passenger On Train Near New London
The St. Cloud Journal-Press reports Eastman, returning to St. Cloud from Willmar, encountered a drunken man causing a disturbance on a train near New London. Eastman restrained the attacker, twisting the assailant’s gun hand and disarming him. the man exited at St. Cloud with a damaged arm. Eastman has a history of such encounters and appears to relish them as he grows older.
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St. Cloud
Willmar
New London
Eastman
Thanksgiving Day Reception at Lutheran Free Church
The Lutheran Free church invites friends to an open house on Thanksgiving Day in the new church building. Refreshments will be served in the dining room for the first time. Services in the forenoon are expected to draw many visitors from the surrounding area. Dr. M. C. Wood-Allen will speak on Parity on December 1 and 2 at the Free Lutheran church and Seminary hall. Rev Gust Carlson will preach on The Soul and Its Immortality tomorrow evening.
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Lutheran Free Church
Altair
M. C. Wood-Allen
Free Lutheran Church
God
Seminary
Gust Carlson
Swedish Baptist Church
Skater Rescued After Breaking Through Ice on Four Lake
On Sunday afternoon Earl Hier and Fritz Lindner saved Walter Henderson, 12, after he broke through thin ice on Four Lake. The boy, pulled out by a nearby sled, suffered a cold bath but escaped serious harm. Earlier that day Paul Princell also fell in but escaped without a long soak. The report warns of frequent ice accidents as winter deepens.
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Earl Hier
Fritz Lindner
Four Lake
Walter Henderson
Peter Henderson
Hier
Lindner
Henderson
Paul Princell
Leg Injury in Cigar Factory Accident
Mr. J. L. Lindner suffered a severe leg break after a chair broke during a standing jump test at a cigar factory. He fell, the left leg snapped above the ankle, bone protruded briefly, Dr. Frost attended, and Lindner is progressing as well as possible given the busy cigar trade season.
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J. L. Lindner
Mr. Lindner
Mr. Witte
Death of George Colby Shocks Wiltmar Friends
Wiltmar mourns George Colby brother of Charles Colby a night ticket agent for the Great Northern who died suddenly at Hillal Minn Charles learned of the illness and left last Friday and word came that he passed away soon after The community notes the upcoming holiday trade and farmers threshing as winter supplies rush begins with merchants already stocked.
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Wiltmar
Charles Colby
Great Northern
George Colby
Hilla
Minn
Charles
Drowned man mystery reaches Wisconsin inquiries
Mayor Qvale received telegrams from Drummond Wisconsin reporting the drowning of a man named John Hanka Hogan or Hagen who claimed Willmar as his residence. No local knowledge confirms the person, and lumber company dispatches suggest he worked in a Wisconsin lumber camp. Readers are asked to help identify any such individual.
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Qvale
Drummond
Wis
John Hanka
Hogan
Willmar
Particulara
Ruet Owen Lumber Co
Wisconsin
Hayward
John Hogan
Hagen
Haugen
Ree Hag
Pinerea
Ulm Skeptical Businessmen Question Minnesota Central Rail Plan
Journal of New Ulm reports Geo A Reed vice president and chief engineer of the Minnesota Central Rail Way says bonds offered to small towns are to aid eastern sales and not yet sold or likely this year. He cautions the road will not be built next year. Meanwhile L A Vik recovers at home after a Jum. bago attack and returns to Kendiyobi County Bank duties.
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Ulm
New Ulm
Journal
Geo. A. Vas Reed
Minnesota Central Railway
VanReed
Lambert
L. A. Vik
Kendiyobi
Merchants opposed postage cut plan and school chart scams
The report notes Martin Olson circulated a letter to Congressman Volstead urging passage of a bill reducing parcel post rates, potentially harming retailers, detailing proposed rates up to twenty five cents for eight pound parcels. It also reports state officials warning against deceptive sales of school charts by itinerant agents, urging buyers to rely on official statements and credible local dealers.
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Martin Olson
Volstead
Congress
Atwater Press
Displaced switch damages engines in railroad yards
A misplaced switch in the railroad yards last Sunday morning caused a collision with a rear end engine on a siding. Train No 10 was pulling out when it struck the engine, damaging the passenger locomotive and its pilot. No injuries were reported as trainmen and passengers were kept safe before the train continued to St Paul.
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Alao 4
St. Paul
Change in Train Service Announced for Great Northern
Several running time changes take effect before the month’s start. A new Winnipeg service begins November 22 with departures from St Paul at 7 55 PM and arrivals at 7 45 AM. Trains 9 and 10 move to Grand Forks via Breckenridge then Minot, keeping Nos 7 and 8 times between Breckenridge and Minot. A Duluth service is added. Trains 25 and 26 extend to Grand Forks Neche and Winnipeg, while Nos 77 and 78 Fargo Crookston St Vincent continue unchanged.
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Great Northern Ralna
Winnipeg
Emerson
Canadian Northern
St. Paul
Grand Forks
Breckenridge
Minot
Duluth
Crookston
Neche
Fargo
St. Vincent
Remembering Our Crestor to the Days of Our Youth
Rev Buell Inat delivered an interesting sermon to First Presbyterian boys and girls as part of a Sunday morning service. The current series draws unusually large crowds with two sermons left in the cycle. Marion Hanscom arrived from Northfield for Carleton College duties then returned home due to family illness. Co Supt Dobbyn completed a fall county school visit, reporting on about half the institutions and noting road conditions.
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Buell
First Presbyterian Church
Jesus Christ
God
Christ
Abe Firet
Marion Hanecom
Northfield
Abe
Carleton College
Hanscom
Mrs. Hanscom
Mr. Hanscom
Supt. Dobbyn
New London
Dobbyn
Train Left Tham Editor and Judge Visit Granite Falls
The Train Left Tham editor Putnam and Judge Bert Lee from Granite Falls traveled to the cities on Tuesday. They stopped for lunch at a local restaurant causing a delay as the train departed without them and their grip, later reaching Minneapolis without its owner. The visit brought a pleasant misadventure to the Granite Falls Tribune with remarks on the town and climate.
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Tham
Putnam
Granite Falls
Minneapolis
Tribune
Bible Study Class Organized at Presbyterian Church
A Bible study hour runs Tuesdays from 7 to 8 pm at the Presbyterian church led by Rev Buall using Foster's Story of the Bible. The Genesis study began last night and invites old and young to join.
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Presbyterian Church
Rev. Buall
Jo ‘Foster
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