29 Nov 1911
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Newspaper
Willmar Tribune
Location
Willmar, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1911
Page
1
Personal mentions list numerous Willmar area residents traveling to cities for holidays, visiting relatives, or spending Thanksgiving with family. Names include Inga Grangaard, Bertha Pemble, Charlotte Christianson, Mabel Nelson, Elizabeth Nordstrom, Marie Rotnen, Hattie Holmdahl, Esther Anderson, Gertrude Nelson, Ida Goranson, Hilma Englund, and many others with movements to Kandiyohi, Willmar, Murdock, Rogers North Dakota, and nearby towns.
The remains of Engineer Isaac Lo Wright were laid to rest at Oak Hill cemetery New London following arrival from Minot. Funeral details include an Episcopal service at the Presbyterian church, floral tributes from railroad orders, and a procession through New London.
The obsequies of conductor James Alexander Pursley, killed at Breckenridge on Tuesday night of last week, were held Friday afternoon from the family residence at 602 Second Street.
A large concourse gathered for the funeral of Mrs Pursley with Rev D B Spencer of the Presbyterian church delivering the service. Mrs Cairney sang and a quartet performed. Pallbearers included James Carruthers and others. interment was in Fairview cemetery. Out of town mourners came from Annandale St Paul Hamline and Atwater.
A roundup of church notices lists First M. E. Church Oak Park services at 10 30 am and 7 30 pm with Sunday School at 11 45 am and Epworth League at 6 30 pm. Swedish Lutheran Bethel plans Willmar and Mamte Thanksgiving services with orphan home offerings. Salvation Army schedules nightly meetings, a Thanksgiving service, and a Friday King’s Messengers gathering. Norw Luth Synod outlines Thanksgiving and Sunday services with communion, Bible classes, ladies society meetings, and a special evening program featuring Rev O L Torkvik.
Elliot Vik returns home for Thanksgiving. County officials Feig and Norgaard travel on county ditch business. Ralph Nornbeck visits from Duluth. Ex Senator J W Wright and spouse arrive to spend days with locals. Students from the U arrive home for holiday. Swedish church group plans shadow social December 1 with refreshments. Local teachers and Normanists arrive home for break. Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis meets December 5 at 3 PM.
Plainspoken appeals in Willmar urge residents to avoid eternal loss by maintaining upright honest lives focused on God. Organizers frame negligence and lax morals as spiritual danger, urging daily discernment and communal accountability to secure salvation.
A group of High School girls surprised Alma Grimland on Saturday afternoon leaving a maroon penant as a memento The Literary program last Friday produced a unanimous negative result with judges Miss Lange Albert Odell and Borghild Sand present The Girls Athletic Association held a meeting in Room seven Monday evening Thelma Boyd was absent Friday afternoon RD plus GR equals D G R 2 and Amy shows growing interest in art Also a feather found red and small prompts a query of ownership Right this way was heard in a hallway exchange
Roseland notes gossip social events with Rev. Brummel visits and Thanksgiving church services. Grace Znidema stays with Jennie Christianson in Svea. The Buikema and Wieberdink households report cleaning, sales, and guests. The Roseland store changes hands Douma to De Vries. Horses sold, families move to farms, and visitors from Kansas seek potatoes.
A correction clarifies that Earl Harrell, son of A E Harrell, was injured at the Watertown round house when a large door swung open as he tried to close it. He suffered a broken left leg above the ankle and a dislocated knee cap, with a lengthy recovery expected. Miss Effie Sunde of Minneapolis is visiting the Jorgenson sisters.
I T Cramer returned home the latter part of the week from a three week deer hunt at Aitken county and brought home with him one fine specimen.
Local items recount visits and travel of Olson, Martinson, Peterson, Downs, and others. Auctions, stock shipments to South St Paul, and weekend visits to Willmar, Benson, Svea, and North Dakota are noted. Church services announced for Zion Lutheran and Saron, with social events and a few accidents.
The Willmar Society promotes Christmas Seals to aid the Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Proceeds support distress relief, with volunteers serving without pay. The year’s seal features a red cross design and aims to broaden holiday generosity beyond gifts.
The city offers Red Cross Christmas seals for letters and gift packages to spur season sales. Seals are sold at banks stores and druggists including Peterson & Wellin Berkness Peterson Co Willmar Co-operative Merc Gilbert O Land Carlson Bros A Mossberg Anderson Bros C Nelson jewellers and Tribune Printing. Outlying villages will also stock them with details to follow. Miss Mayme Peterson and Theodore Nelson wed at Lutheran Free church parsonage with Ida Olson Roy Peterson and Arthur Nelson in attendance. The groom from St Johns, son of Nils J Nelson, the bride daughter of Chris Peterson First Ward. They plan a farm home in St Johns and well wishes flow from friends.
Miss Anna Ohlson and Joseph Earl Pitcher were married yesterday at the M. B. church parsonage in Willmar by Rev. Parmeter. The couple, from Spicer, exchanged vows at 3 pm and will reside on the groom’s farm about three miles from Spicer.
A lean sect hosts a spoon social and entertainment on Friday evening December 8 at the south schoolhouse in Willmar Town Dist 63. Everyone is invited and ladies are asked to bring their spoons.
The Willmar area community page lists numerous social gatherings and visits. Entries include Miss Anna Ryd with the Sewing Club, many dinners and luncheons hosted by Mrs. Jens Olgan and Mrs. Gust Monson, Thanksgiving plans with relatives, sleigh rides to Svea, and students and workers returning from Minneapolis, Duluth, and Kandiyohi. Notable names include Anna Ryd, Charles Nelson, Jeng Anderson, Fern Magnuson, Arthur Magnuson, Roy Cramer, Melvin Olson, Nellie Rasmusson, Ella Swenson, Ida Goranson, and the Parnell family.
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