04 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Willmar Tribune
Location
Willmar, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1907
Page
1
The Y P S of Bethel Lutheran church will hold a September social in the church basement on Wednesday evening next week. A literary and musical program is planned with refreshments by L G Lundvall and W E Lawson. All are invited to support the society.
B F Jenness, longtime Willmar resident and public official, died at his home August 2 after a long illness. Born in Dover New Hampshire August 30 1888 he taught in Dodge and other Minnesota districts before settling in Willmar in 1873. He held roles from village attorney to county surveyor and served in the Presbyterian church, with a large funeral held Sunday at his residence and burial in Fairview Cemetery.
The Leading Store, operated by Peterson and Wellin, relocates to Fifth Street and Benson Avenue. The remodeled building offers 18,100 square feet of floor space and an elevated office, signaling continued business growth and faster transactions.
Willmar Seminary will open a telegraphy course next school year with a railroad station practice track. A 60 day program aims to qualify students for station duties, backed by a contract with Great Northern Railway to place qualified graduates. J W Hays of Osakis leads the new department. Rev E Vaaler acts as principal during the term. Fall term begins Oct 1, with rolling admissions for eager youths seeking railway work opportunities.
County Superintendent Albert Struxness reports sixty two percent of applicants passed the recent teachers exams. Twelve first grade and twenty six second grade certificates were issued to teachers including Amy Anderson Atwater Ella Erickson Raymond Dena Larson Spicer Hilda Ledell Willmar Pearl Malmberg Atwater Emma V Nelson Raymond Walter Olson Atwater and others. Second grade winners include Anna Berg Willmar Angelica DeFoe Kandiyohi Florence Daugherty Kandiyohi Eunice Dobson Atwater Anna Fridlund Willmar and more.
A fragmentary list shows individuals including Morgan New London Laura Peterson Kandiyohi Hannah Peterson Spicer Gunhild Peterson Atwater Emma Peterson Balaton Alma Swenson Spicer Bertha Ramsett Willmar Olive Zulauf. The readable items indicate a regional names register or community note across multiple communities.
In Gennessee Sept 2 John Englund of Prentice Wis works for J. Anderson. Alma Bloom returns home from a two week visit. Friends and relatives gathered at Diamond Lake for fishing and a farewell for Selma Russell. Willmar set for a fall Street Fair as farmers rest after harvest. The Lee Johnson threshers began work at the Heining farm, with several locals visiting and many planning for winter moves.
Verna Cecelia Rannestad, daughter of Peter and Lovisa Rannestad, died Friday at their North Seventh Street home from dysentery she was born October 26, 1905 and was less than two years old funeral services were held at their house and Synod church with Rev. J N Anderson officiating interment in Synod cemetery east of the city the family receives public sympathy in their bereavement.
Sunshine and shadow marked a week at the Hensum home with birth and death of an infant. Emma Kambestad begins a five month teaching term in Milan. Threshers form a union of sorts to raise pay, while farmers ponder a resisting trust. Bjorn Knutson lies ill with cholera morbus. Mrs Jacobson of Kerkhoven visited.
The Lutheran Free church Young People's society holds a Friday evening gathering in the church basement on September 6 at eight o'clock. Program includes hymn, scripture reading, prayers, solos by J T Otos and Karen Hanson, piano duet by Hazel Peterson and Bernice Severinson, recitation by Hazel Peterson, and an address by Rev. Gustaf Peterson followed by refreshments. About three hundred tickets to Minneapolis sold since Sunday. attendance to State Fair diminished by farm work. Monson returns after illness.
John Anderson visited Atwater and John Wicklund travels to St Paul and Duluth as Swedish M E church delegate. J T Isaacson hosts relatives from Atwater. Mrs O Benson visits her mother here after moving from Lundquist. Farmers Elevator Co builds a coal shed. Berg visits Morris to check on cousin Martin Carlson injured at Moose Island.
A memorial note reports Erick Olson aged about 63 died at 3 a.m. after a year-long dropsical illness. Born in Kongsvinger Norway December 21 1840 he came to the US in 1862 and settled near Eagle Lake in Green Lake township. He leaves wife Lina Erickson and fifteen children with several grandchildren. Funeral plans pending with services expected at the Eagle Lake church.
News of Marcus Danielson death at his son in law Harold Swenson’s home in New London after a brief illness. He was 87, an old settler in the county.
Rev S A Lintholm read his resignation as pastor of the Swedish Lutheran Tripolis church last Sunday. He has several calls but has not yet decided which to accept. He has served twelve and a half years, arriving from Moorhead in May 1895. He will stay until autumn. His family and he are deeply regretted by many friends.
Peter Asp of this city appeared in Willmar municipal court last Monday charged with drunkenness. He allegedly struck patrolman Christen von, fell on the curb, and received a fine and costs totaling 18.50 dollars. The liquor found with him was purchased in Litchfield, raising questions about local saloon control.
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