Big annual county fair attractions face changes this year
The county fair opens with vaudeville shows and band concerts but weathered acts suffer mishaps. A trick bicycle rider is hospitalized, an air act canceled, and a balloon wreck ends aerial displays. Fireworks will be used instead and an aeroplane exhibit is impracticable. Soldiers Day Friday offers free admission for veterans in uniform. Andrew Johnson of Minneapolis arrived for a visit.
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Johnson
Iim
Wilbtuar Bund
Iair
Atwater
Raymond Band
Little Giant Amusement Company
Willmar
Henry G. Young
Sinclair to Build Willmar Oil Plant Explained
A Sinclair Refining Company officer visited Willmar to survey right of way sites for a new oil and gasoline distribution plant to serve nearby towns. The Minneapolis office will affiliate with Willmar operation, with construction expected within a month. The business aims to handle refined oil products from the Sinclair company headquartered in Chicago.
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Sinclair Refining Company
Willmar
A. H. Holm
Minneapolis
Sinclaire Co
Sinclair Company
Chicago
Neslund to Erect New Furniture Block on Litchfield Avenue
Clarence O Neslund plans a 70 by 110 foot front on Litchfield Avenue adjoining the Federal Building for a furniture store and undertaker rooms with second floor apartments. J C Olson will partner, the project aims for December occupancy, and the lot cost was 6000 dollars paid to Paul M Peterson. Neslund will move from Slater Iowa to manage the business.
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Clarence O. Neslund
Litchfield Avenue
Federal Building
Postoffice
Neslund
J. C. Olson
Olson
Rodlun
Palace
Paul M. Peterson
Slater
Iowa
Willmar Day Observed at County Fair
Friday willmar day at the county fair prompts city stores and offices to close in the afternoon so employees may attend. Authorities and leading business firms approve the plan and residents are urged to shop early to complete business before closures.
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Fair Board
World War Boys Organize Local American Legion Post
About 25 World War servicemen met at the World War Veterans Club rooms at 435 Pacific Avenue to plan establishing a local American Legion post. A nine member committee led by Herbert Hengstler was appointed to arrange the September 24 meeting at 8 p.m. at the courthouse. Charter membership runs until November 11 with dues of one dollar.
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World War Veterans Club
Pacific Avenue
Court House
American Legion
Herbert Hengstler
Norman Tallakson
Robert Johnson
Ed. Stenson
Thorwald Thorson
A. A.C
Willmar
Pen‘nock
Kandiyohi
Svea
Raymond
Atwater
Spicer
New London
Farmers Store Co delays new building to spring
The Farmers Store Co plans a new building but expects completion may slip to next spring. Basement work is planned for this fall. M. F. Lundquist, owner of the Ole Nelson lot, also delays construction until spring.
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Farmers Store Co
M. F. Lundquist
Ole Nelson
New London Times
Airplanes sighted over city and farm landing noted
An aeroplane came over the city last Monday evening and alighted on the David Zimmerman farm until the next morning. Another aeroplane passed over the city last Saturday afternoon.
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David Zimmerman
Denial of Milk Below Test by Willmar Dairyman
A Willmar dairyman, replying to a Willmar Tribune item of September 3, asserts he has never sold milk below grade and that his milk met the test. He states he has sold milk in Willmar for eighteen years and notes a price increase in August 1918 from about 25 to 28 cents per gallon for ice cream mix.
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Tribune
Willmar Tribune
Willmar
Mit
Onugust
County Fair Exhibits Highlight 1919 Show
The county fair opens with fine weather and a strong exhibits lineup. Expect top corn and bunker lot entries, thriving poultry displays, Holstein and jersey cattle, notable horses, and robust farm machinery booths from Green Lake, Svea, Sunnyside, and local clubs. Jurors for October term listed include J Olson, Brix, Hamilton, Anderson, Williams, and more.
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Dan T. Carlson
Poultry Association
Kandiyohi
Roy Bingham
Diamond Lake
C. O. Bergquist
C. A. Syverson
John S. Anderson
Tennessee
Harrison
Col
Nelson
Green Lake
Svea
Sunnyside
Axel T. Johnson
Episcopal
Red Cross
Willmar
J. Olson
Irving Hans Brix
New London
FR. Hamilton
Sam Anderson
Spicer
John Williams
City of Willmar
T. O. Sletten
Olstad
St. Johns
K. Olson
George Warren
Pennock
John Feig
Henry Beese
Harrison C. C. Reed
Holland
T. Stob
Syvert Christianson
Lake Andrew
Gilbert Sorenson
Mamre
G. J. Bjorberg
John Hedler
Andrew Johnson
Whitefield
John Hassett
Mara Odin Olson
J. L. Engen
Village of
Elling Ellingson
Archander
Carl E. Johnson
Eckholm Barn Fire Knocks Out Sixty Phones
Fire at Gorton Avenue and Eighth Street North destroyed an 18 by 24 foot barn rented by O. EB Eckholm. Firefighter efforts saved the adjacent garage. two tons of coal and various tools perished. Loss runs to several hundred dollars. The cable carrying fifty telephone pairs was melted, leaving about sixty phones out of service until repairs.
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Gorton Avenue
Eighth Street
O. EB. Eckholm
David Erlandson
North Dakota
Bartles-Scott Oil buys corner site for future filling station
The Bartles-Scott Oil Company purchased the residence at the corner of Second Street West and Litchfield Avenue from Anton Rudbeck for 5000 dollars through Lewis Johnson Land Company. Rudbeck had bought the property two years earlier for 3000 dollars. The oil company has no immediate plans to build but may erect a station in the future.
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John Erlandson
Norwegian Lutheran Church
E. M. Hanson
Vestre Gausdahl
Gudsbrandalen
Norway
America
Wisconsin
Kandiyohi
Marie Iverson
Burbank
Ingeberg Johnson
Stearns Co
Ingeborg Erlandson
John Amundson
Onlyone
Henry Johnson
Rena
Bartles-Scott Oil Company
Second Street
Litchfield Avenue
Anton Rudbeck
Lewis Johnson Land Company
Rudbeck
Terminal Packing Man Spoke at Court House Meeting
Edmonds secretary treasurer of the Farmers Terminal Packing plant spoke in the court room this afternoon on plant interests and cooperation. R C Sletten chaired the meeting and Ed monds addressed the audience. Ed Johnson returned from Philadelphia last Wednesday having attended the National Mel Carriers Convention.
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Ed. Johnson
Philadelphia
Indian Summer Picnic at Mount Tom Colfax
A Sunday gathering is planned on Mount Tom's side in Colfax for September 28 with open air services talks and music. Special invitations have been sent to local officials and dignitaries. the Monongalia Club meets September 24 to arrange logistics. water and coffee will be provided. a trail may be opened to the lake showing the land for a future park.
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Uniqu
P & Grove
Mount Tom
Colfax
Monongalia Game Protective Cin
Carlos Avery
Board of Couty Commissioners
Kandiyohi County
P. A. Gandrud
Wicklund
Minnes
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Arthur Peterson
Kandiyohi Lake
Ernest Olson
Sam Warner
Olivia
Muller
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C. W. Odell
Roseville
Alice Bondy
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Lois Sanden
Willmar Hospital
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Edgar Bondy
Delano
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Tom Moore
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Fatty Arbuckle
Davison Hospital
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P. C. Davison
C. M
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Clarence O. I
Earl William Hendrickson
Earl Hendrickson
Farmers State Bank
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First National Bank of
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Elmer E
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A. F. Grinde
Archer
Montana
Nellie Nelson
I. S. Porter
Fred Stromberg
M. E. Church
Elmar Broberg
Union Cemetery
Thomas Estrem
Kari Covell
Clarence Peterson
Lawrence Eckman
Frank Covell
Elmer Broberg
Kandiyohi County Fair
World War Boys
Lasses
O. A. Anderson Anderson Bros. & Go
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Harry Carey
Lyons
Moran Gomedy
Jake Burnt Cork
Buck
Alice Joyce
Dreamland
Jake
Shorty Hamilton
Arbuckle
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Charley Johnson
Anton Kongalie
Fred Boettcher
R. Rasmussen
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Kandiyoht
Harry Molin
Gennessee
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Kandiyoh
Harry Holm
R. Bruns
Holland C. Stod
Roseland
Alfred Haroldson
Eaward Amodt
Fred Carlson
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O. A. Orred
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Arthur Russell
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Dovre
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Eckholm
MT. Tok
Ee la Sibley State Park
Hartz-Moldenhaur
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Mabel Alice Moldenhaur
F. H. Rudolph
T. F. Downs
Portland
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Federal Reserve Bank
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Becker Avenue
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