Fort Ripley Man Returns From Sweden Trip
John Larson of Fort Ripley, a former Hime resident, traveled to Sweden for two weeks with relatives before returning on the Stockholm. He reported rising prices and shortages in Sweden, farmers prospering, and general war anxieties. Americans aboard faced English searches but received good meals and careful escort through minefields en route to Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Larson
Fort Ripley
City
Willmar
Sweden
America
Latedon
Rinkaby
Scanti
Hig
Stockholm
Direktor le Merson
Larson
Timie
England
Germany
Kirkwall
London
Ireland
Mr. Larson
Atlantic
Fort [Pley
Little Falls
LOBECKS DATES CAMPAIGN VISIT TO KANDIVEHI COUNTY
Senator E. E. Lobeck candidate for Congress tours Kandivehi county this week meeting voters. He speaks at Willmar Thursday 7 30 p m downtown street meeting and to the Farmers Club at Svea. Friday he speaks Kandiyohi at 11 a m and at Thorpe Dist 81 schoolhouse. Saturday at Atwater 3 p m and Harrison 8 p m. Meeker county tour October 16 21. Eastern Star members attend Litchfield school of instruction and return by evening train. Presbyterian church musical by Christian Endeavor gains over 18 dollars. Instruction in piano ukulele and Hawaiian steel guitar listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kandivehi
E. E. Lobeck
Congress
Willmar
Farmers’ Club
Svea
Kandiyohi
Dist
Thorpe
Atwater
Harrison
Senator Lobeck
Meeker County
Litchfield
Order
Eastern Star
Mesdames
Drusilla Baldwin
J. H. Taylor
G. M. Win- N. Lewis
C. H. Carey
C. A. A . Minnie Larsen
W. H. Ball
C. E. Anderson
Ford Danielson
Fred Kemp
Henry Larsen
Anton Bakke
Jac. Brynilsen
Florence Powers
Mabel
Ida Sanderson
Grace Sperry
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor Society
E. W. Anderson
Capital
Minneapolis
A. W. Odell
Wahpeton
N. C
Joseph Dietz
Henry Stenson
St. Paul
Pach Nelss
Pach Nelss Mrs. Stenson
Anna Fridland
Etta Gabrielsor
Paynesville
George Swenson
Anna Moss
Caroline
Mesars
Selven Edwards
Arthur Craig
Owatonna
Minn
Mae Edwards
A. N. Baldwin
Kenneth
Florence Couling
Oakland
Baldwin
Friday Elfstrum
Lake Minnetonka
Here
Sandstone
Ladies’ Aid Society
First M. E. Church
Mra
Monesmith
Local notices mix of travels and meetings across region
Local residents report business trips to Chicago and Minneapolis, visits to relatives in Morris and Browns Valley, and letters from towns like Graceville and Chokie. Community members including Rev Johanson, Lars Pedersen, and J. F. Branton appear in local travel and court circles while election chatter centers on Lobeck with Volstead and Hughes drawing support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lobeck
Volstead
Morris
Browns Valley
Graceville
Chokie
Hughes
Wilson
Nelson Bros Buy Willmar Steam Laundry Property
Nelson Bros proprietors of the Willmar Steam Laundry have purchased the building and lot from J. S. Robbins for 33000 and plan improvements including a new front next spring. The lot spans 25 feet wide across the block from Benson to Pacific avenue and renovations are underway as business grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Bros
Willmar
J. S. Robbins
Benson
Pacific Avenue
Jurphy Carberry and Peter Murphy Wed at St Marys
Miss Mary Carberry became bride of Peter Joseph Murphy of Huron 8 D in a nine o clock ceremony at St Marys church conducted by Rev Father McDevitt. Attendants Miss Nellie McMonagle and Arthur Mullen. guests and a bountiful dinner followed at the Parish house. The couple plan to reside in Iroquois South Dakota after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jurphy Carberry
St. Mary’s Church
Mary Carberry
Peter Joseph Murphy
Huron
Father McDevitt
Nellie McMonagle
St. Paul
Arthur Mullen
Shower Honors Mary Carberry Bride-to-Be in St Marys
The St Marys congregation hosted a silver shower for Miss Mary Carberry after noon last Saturday at Mrs J F Barretts Sixth Street home. Grace O’Neill led as bride and Louis Nichols as groom with a playful bridal party. gifts were presented as the wedding march played and a luncheon followed. Mary Carberry later wed Peter J Murphy of Huron SD at nine this morning. Mrs Samuel Nelson is convalescent after Bethesda hospital surgery, recovering well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard
Jonah
Morris
Miss A
Miss Lange
Renville
Marion Blessingham
Breckenridge
Supt
Foster
Miss Niel
Youngquist
Macalester
U. S
Athletic Association
Walter W. Erickson
Myrtle Norine
William ‘Gratz
Richard Taylor
Rooter King
Congregation of
St. Mary's Church
Mary Carberry
Peter J. Murphy
Huron
S. D
J. F. Barrett
Sixth St. E
Little Grace O'Niell
Louis Nichols
Eudes Hollinger
Lester Nichols
Phyllis Haley
P. J. Haley
Miss Carberry
Methodist Episcopal Conference Ends With Few District Changes
The Northern Minnesota Methodist Episcopal annual conference closed in Wadena with Bishop Mitchell reading the coming year’s appointments. In the Litchfield District, Rev Barr and Rev Adams exchange pulpits. Geer moves to Princeton, Service to Little Falls, Watson to Ortonville, Haggana with Hart, Briggs to Clear Lake, Kishpaugh to Raymond, while others stay. Rev Rice is returned to Willmar for another year. A May District Conference will meet in Willmar with about forty pastors. The dedication of the new $500,000 Hennepin Avenue church in Minneapolis on the 22nd is highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Rice
Willmar
Minnesota
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wadena
Mitchell
Litchfield
Barr
Buffalo
Adams
Beardsley
Jas. A. Geer
Ortonville
Princeton
Service
Little Falls
Watson
Ortonvill
Haggana
Delano Exchan
Hart
Becker
Briggs
Raymond
Clear Lake
Kishpaugh
Paynesville
Rice
Hennepin Avenue
Minneapola
Board of Bishops
Ford Service Station Changes Hands On Fourth Street
Garage formerly run by Esping and Holland is now owned by G A Stark Ed Peterson and Charles V Johnson and managed by Charles W Johnson. The Ford Service Station will offer car accessories gasoline and oils with emphasis on Ford work. Social at Bethel Church and Ladies Aid Society meet Oct 19 with refreshments by local organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Street
Messrs. G. A. Stark
Ed. Peterson
Charles V. Johnson
Esping and Holland
Fourth St
Charles W. Johnson
Ford
Bethel Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
District Court Mill Grinding Appeals Case Trial Update
Fall term of District court continues with verdicts and road appeal cases. William Peterson versus Dr. B J Branton yielded 4600 dollars for alleged arm neglect from an October 1914 accident. Attorneys Fosness Otterness Gilbert for plaintiffs. Haupt for Branton. witnesses from Minneapolis Benson Litchfield. County defense led by county attorney and Gilbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
William Peterson
B. J. Branton
C. A. Fosness
Montevideo
T. O. Gilbert
Dr. Branton
Don Haupt
St. Paul
Drs. Geist
Minneapolis
Scofield
Benson
Danielson
Litchfield
Lake Lillian
G. H. Otterness
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Peter Larson
Ware Brynilsen
Dreamland
Anita Stewart
Mrs. Drew
Metro Travelog
John Barrymore
Mexico
Bray
Mutt and
Jeff
Robert Edeson
Frank Daniels
Paramount
Marguerite Clark
Star of All Stars
Gretna Green
Amita Stewart
B. J. Branton, M. D
H. E. Canfield
M. D
Willmar Hospital
Oeders
Becker Ave
Lewis E. Coss
D. C
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Blooms
Loney Brook
5Th St
G. Blomgren
O. A. Norman
W. E. Pearson
John Nelson
J. A. Johnson
John Freed
Nels P. Carlson
Nels Olson
A. Jepson
John Bergquist
Lars Moline
C. J. Sjoquiat
Pioneers
Minnesskrift
Bethel Church of
E. C. Wellin
Chicago
W. D. Mazon
Sioux City
Oscar Melander
Asbury, Minn
J. F. Branton
W. A. Carswell
Mae
Twin Cities
Barbara E. Williams
Leah Stewart
Alice Hoglund
Herbert
Chester Nelson
Allen Wallin
G. E. Thomas
Winzie Calleen
Franklin V. Hanson
Elmer A. Peterson
Alma Grue
Emery Parnell
Lakeview
Ohio
Lyceum
W. Bryn Jones
Thomas Scotten
H. C. Ward
Synod of Minnesota
B. R. Wahlstrand
J. E. Seagren
Aldrich A. Blomquist
J. S. Lee
A. L. Nelson
I. H. Styles
Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Ben Benson
Clara City
Maynard
Minneola
Jens Olsen
Stillwater
Tom Thompson
John Thunstedt
C. F. Akerson
J. H. Olsen
Paul Hedin
Casvel
Hedin and Erickson
Imp
Henry Osmundson
F. E. Ackerman
Ady
O. J. Nickelson
A. Sandberg
Rosenthal
Ethel
C. A. Olander
Sioux Falls
Anna Nickelson
San Francisco
August Moglund
Samuel Nelson
Bethesda Hospital
BE. A. Benjamin
Davison
Nelson
Ford Service
District Court Mill Grinding Appeals
Peterson Grven
Majestic Theatre
Richard Carle
Mary
William Thompson
Petrova
Edith Storeyvearl Williams
Charley Chaplin
Robert Warwick
E. H. Frost
DRS. Frost & Jacobs
General Medicine
Willmar, Minn
Tel
Ofice
Luckisid Ave
Iver S. Benson
Miss Sotomile Saneved
Clee
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