War bride seeks release in city
A Belgian in the United States tells of her wartime journey with an American major, from New York to Tacoma, and discusses a plan to return to Belgium. She faces a Tacoma theft charge for a suitcase, fur coat, and money, with no official action yet and a possible habeas corpus hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherif
Loeb
Peter Bonde
Willmar
Tacoma
Wash
Great Northern
G. E. Quale
Belgium
Alstera
America
Army of Occupation
Germany
Hbon
Ameren
Dlajor
New York
Pannent
Metropolis
Panama
Altho
Woman Traced to Willmar After Major Notified Authorities
The major quickly informed authorities and the young woman was traced to Willmar where she was arrested. Mrs Loeb is described as accomplished and having lived here four months she speaks English well and can speak multiple languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmar
Willmar Municipal Band Plans Winter Concert Series
The Willmar Municipal Band aims to hold at least six concerts this winter with the first possibly in mid October. Proceeds are expected to defray band expenses and may fund a new bassoon, a double reed instrument for the orchestra. Rehearsals run weekly in Anderson Land Company basement with about thirty musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmar Municipal Band
Willmar
Anderson Land Company
Death of Willmar Bible school student Gotfried Land
Gotfried Land 20, son of Rev. and Mrs. B J Land of Northwood North Dakota and a Willmar Bible School student, died recently at his Northwood home. His passing stunned faculty and friends in the city where he was active and eager, planning to return to complete a second year of study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotfried Land
Mra. B. J. Land
Northwood
N. D
Willmar Bible School
Th School
White Way Over A Mile In Length
Street lighting was approved by a 6 to 2 vote to extend the White Way from Third Street West to Sixth Street East and from Sixth Street West to Tenth Street West. Old poles will be remodeled for single lights, fixtures reused in residences, with new poles and Westinghouse lanterns for downtown. The council split four to four on pole arrangement, the mayor casting the deciding vote for the zig zag system. Underground conduits and manholes will be done in a week or ten days, cables in a month, with work likely starting late October and contract completion in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfermen P. C. Peterson
C. J. Freeberg
Third St
Sixth St
Tenth Street
Westinghouse
Busy Willmar Paving Contractor Secures Cement Amid Shortage
Contractor John C. McKusick handles three more paving jobs besides Willmar as coal shortages force plant closings. Less than nine blocks remain. nine days of work remain to finish the Willmar project. He will lay the city part of the sidetrack on Pacific avenue to Block Twenty with city authorities and engineers overseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. McKusick
Willmar
Pacific Avenue
W. E. King
Toltz, King and Day Co
Johnston
Thomas
Spelling Contest at Kandiyohi County Fair
State stewards met at Willmar on Friday morning September 22 for the county spelling bee. Pupils from district winners will compete in the auditorium at the fairgrounds with district numbers pinned to their clothing for audience recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kandiyohi
Fair Grounds
C. O. Ulgin
Litchfield Willmar Golf Matches Set at Green Lake
Litchfield and Willmar golfers clash next Sunday at Green Lake Country Club for the second and last series of the season. Willmar aims to avenge a prior defeat on Litchfield’s home links as ten Litchfield players travel by motor. Matches start at two with eight eighteen hole contests and a supper to follow at the Club House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Willmar
Green Lake Country Club
Willmer
Free Church V. P. Program Preview for Sept 20
The Wednesday program features songs, readings, prayers and remarks. Participants include Key, Nilsen for piano, Dagny Jacobson, Viking Chorus, Pearl Benson, Rev. Nilsen, Leonard Nelson and others with piano duets by Eleanore Ostund and Helen Ohsberg. Refreshments follow.
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Free Church V. P. 3
Key
Nilsen
Dagny Jacobson
Viking Chorus
Pearl Benson
Rev
Leonard Nelson
Eleanore Ostund
Helen Ohsberg
Winifred Peterson
Myrte E. Johnson
Cora Osmundson
Walter Rykken
New English course prepared by state education committee
A special committee under the state department of Education prepared a new English course. The High school has received a copy and classes are being reorganized accordingly. It is regretted the course was not ready before the school opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
Accident injures Benson dentist and daughter near town
Dr. Rice a Benson dentist collided with a telephone pole early Sunday while entering town from the west after steering gear broke. His daughter suffered facial lacerations and was taken to Willmar Clinic for treatment. the front of the car was badly damaged and a replacement vehicle was needed to proceed to Northfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Benson
Willmar
Northfield
Long Lake Luther League Set Meeting Sunday Evening
The Long Lake Luther League will meet in the church Sunday evening September 17 at 8 p m. A program will be rendered and lunch will be served. Everybody welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Lake Luther League
Willmar Lutheran Bible School Opens Oct 24
Willmar Lutheran Bible school will open for its second year on Tuesday October 24. Prof B P Farness reports strong interest and expects enrollment to double last term. Dean M C Dixon will arrive later in the week from Denmark to assist with the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmar Lutheran Bible School
B. P. Parness
M. C. Dixon
Denmark
Bible School
Returned from Vacation Visit Fragments and Local Notes
Mr and Mrs Elmer Berquist returned by car from a week long southern state trip visiting Rochester Austin Albert Lea and Forest City Ia They witnessed the wreckage of a Minneapolis and St Paul train wreck on Superior boulevard near Minneapolis where one person died and several were injured Ida Tallakson of Minneapolis underwent successful tumor surgery at Rochester Mayo Hospital Garfield Parent Teachers Association set a 3 pm meeting next Friday with lunch served and mothers urged to attend for important business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Berquist
Berquist
Obsberg-Berquist Hardware Store
Rochester
Austin
Albert Lea
Forest City
Superior Boulevard
Minneapolis
Minneapolis and
St. Paul
Ida Tallakson
Rochester Mayor Hospital
Garfield Parent Teachers
Garfield Parent Teachers Association
Music work begun in junior and senior high schools
The music program in junior and senior high schools has been organized under Miss Hattie Penrose. Glee clubs and perhaps an orchestra may be started later. Music work in the grades began last week.
Large Sunburg band picnic draws huge crowd at grove
The seventh annual Sunburg Band picnic at the grove near Sunburg drew an unusually large crowd. Atty Charles Johnson of Willmar and Ray E Weeks of Kerkhoven spoke, with Senator P A Gandrud presiding. Music by the Sunburg Band and the Brooten Band followed by games and sports. Attendance estimated from 3500 to 1000 people.
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Sunburg Band
Burg
Brooten
Atty
Charles Johnson
Willmar
Ray
E. R. Weeks
Kerkhoven
P. A. Gandrud
Sunburg
Hunting Party Heads for Kandiyohi Lake Season Opening
A Willmar party plans a Friday car trip to Big Kandiyohi Lake to prepare for the 1922 hunting season. The group, including Atty R W Stanford and Dr P C Davison, has used a cottage near the lake for five years and will return to the hunting shack on the eve of opening day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilimar Nimrods
Kandiyobi
Big Kandiyohi
Willmar
Willmar Aimrods
Atty
R. W. Stanford
P. C. Davison
Jack Leach
W. E. Scott
Ben Benson
Russell Spicer
Br. C
Garretson
B. J. Branton
Herbert Lief
Glencoe
3. O. Dillendort
Stirring address by Rev. B. Clover at Swedish Mission
The Swedish Mission church in the city hosted Rev. B. Clover for a stirring Sunday evening address on conditions in Bridesses. The hour long lecture highlighted poverty in England, Scotland and Ireland due to war, unemployment, and factory closures. It noted rising religious fervor and revival interest among distressed populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Clover
Clover
England
Scotland
Ireland
Land of Plenty
Luther League to Begin Active Work at Bethel Church
The Luther League of Bethel Lutheran Church will hold a meeting next Sunday at 7:30 PM for all young people and League members. The purpose is to start active work and discuss common problems, with biblical study and open discussion planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League of the Bethel Lutheran Church
League
Lis
Wahlstrand Leaves for Gustavus Adolphus College
Misa Verna Wahlstrand daughter of Mr and Mrs John Wahlstrand leaves Saturday noon for St Peter to enter the sophomore class at Gustavus Adolphus College. This is her second year at Gustavus and she is a Willmar High School graduate from the class of 1921.
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Gustavus
Misa
Verna Wahlstrand
John Wahlstrand
St. Peter
Gustavus Adolphus College
Miss Wahlstrand
Willmar High School
Dorothy Dittendorf
Carleton College
Northfield
S. C. Diffendorf
Willmar City Gridiron Team Starts Practice
The Willmar high school gym hosted the first practice of the Willmar City football squad last Thursday with about twenty players answering Coach Archie Carlson’s call. New manager Walter Erickson leads a nucleus including the Conways, E Nelson, and G Odell as they work on passes and line plunges at Athletic Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmar City
Archie Carlson
Walter Erickson
Athletic Park
Conways
Elmond Nelson
George Odell
W. Erickson
M. Hahn
E. Nelson
W. Conway
F. Conway
H.sandin
C. Holmberg
L. Wiggins
C.galliford
G. Odell
V. Peterson
Willmar
Carlson
Style Shop Opens New Home On Benson Avenue
Mrs Mary Volk proprietor of the Style Shop opened a new home on Benson avenue replacing quarters near Bresmland Theatre. The first floor now houses a two woman ready to wear store with living flats above and Mrs Volk moved her home furnishings from Litchfield avenue. Miss Inga Dalhaugh assists, while Dorothy Dittendorf prepares for Carleton College at Northfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Volk
Style Shop
Benson Avenue
Bresmland Theatre
Litchfield Avenue
Inga Dalhaugh
Volk
Marriage license issued to Wiggins and Mattson
The Minneapolis Tribune reports a marriage license granted in Willmar to Lawrence G. Wiggins and A Lorena Mattson in Tuesday’s morning edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis ‘Tribune
Lawrence G. Wiggins
A. Lorena Mattson
Willmar
Professor Dixen and family return to Willmar from Denmark
Prof and Mrs M C Dixen arrive in Willmar in the latter part of the week after spending the summer months in Denmark visiting his parental home. Prof Dixen serves as dean of the Willmar Bible School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Dixen
Willmar
Denmark
Prof. Dixen
Priam Community Club to Meet Friday Evening
The Priam Community Club will hold its regular meeting in the schoolhouse Friday evening September 15. A program will be rendered and lunch will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priam Community Club
County Fair Opens With Record Stock and Bright Skies
The 1922 Kandiyohi County Fair promises record crowds and top quality exhibits. Four days of entertainment start Wednesday with improvements to buildings, a refreshed race track, new roof, and ready premium lists sent to farmers. The program features Little Giant Shows vaudeville acts, M Picaro & Co, DeWaldo, Royal Yobiton, and Willmar Band with Friday and Saturday fireworks finishing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kandiyohi County Fair
Kandiyohi
Wm. O. Johnson
Tallman
M. Picaro & Co
DeWaldo DeWaldo
de Waldo
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Kandiyohi County
Mrs. Loeb
White Way
Sixth East
Tenth West
State Asylum
Anoka
Fergus Falls
Stillwater
Shakopee
Women’s Reformatory
Faribau T
Faribault
Charles Jehavos
Kandiyobi Lake
Rev. B. Clover
Mission Church
British Isles
City Gridiron
Oe Avenue
Lastaturday
Carleton
Orlean Christian
Hamline University
Park Rapids
Hamline
Oak Park M
Royal Yobiton
Japan
Martin
Dressler
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