Bandits Foiled In Jail Escape Plot By Prisoner Murphy
Patrick Morphiy and duisoph Schweikert, jailed awaiting grand jury action, attempted to break out by hiding a knife and a six inch sai. Murphy led the plan, crafting a wooden tool to enlarge a barred opening and exploiting a cell cage by using a drilled hole and improvised tunnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Morphiy
Duisoph Schweikert
Whiel
Maryly
Schweikert
Pakora
Raymond
Usth
Murphy
Meir
Jim
Grand Jury
Incredible Jail Escape Plot Recounted In Aged Chronicle
A detailed jail break tale describes Michael Murphy and accomplices drilling, sawing, and tunneling from a cell. Murphy used a bed post to enlarge a doorway, a floor mop to conceal the gap, and planned to tunnel under the south wall with a brace turned crowbar. Escaped guards, threats against a co conspirator, and a near capture preceded the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Sehweikert
Hardanger banquet an elaborate affair in Willmar
Hardangerlaget held a banquet after a village pageant featuring a mock wedding from Hardanger. Sam Rasmussen and May impersonated the couple while K H Skaar played old country violin aboard boats circling the point. Nearly five hundred guests enjoyed old coun try dishes as Normaendenes and the Citizens Band performed and memories of Hardanger were renewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brudeferden i Hardanger
Hardanger
Hardanger Laget
Sam Rasmussen
John Skoolheim
Thorpe’s Landing
K. H. Skaar
Stoughton
Wis
Norway
Gudmund Kurnand
Mr. Skaar
Willmar
Tveit
Hardangerlaget
Normaendenes Glee
Hardanger-laget
Obituary Rose Halbom Gabrielson
Rose Gabrielson wife of Carl A Gabrielson died last Monday from complications after childbirth leaving husband and five children the oldest seven the youngest a newborn She was the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Halbom of Diamond Lake Born November 7 1883 Willmar township She married Oct 7 1907 and lived on the Kirby place in Green Lake Town The funeral is at Swedish Baptist church Willmar with Rev Hallin and interment at Fairview The family and community extend deep sympathy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Halbom Gabrielson
Rose Gabrielson
Carl A. Gabrielson
Peter Halbom
Diamond Lake
Willmar Township
O Rose
Kirby Place
Sec
Green Lake
Irene
Lillie
Harlan
Alice
Swedish Baptist Church
Willmar
Hallin
Fairview
Traffic Rules Notice For Willmar Drivers
Public safety notice from Mayor C Wellin warns auto drivers and motor cyclists to follow city traffic ordinances. It cites left-side driving, corner cutting, muffler tampering, blind curves, curb parking, nighttime speeding over 15 mph, and slow crossing approach. Police enforce these rules to protect residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willmar
C. Wellin
Way Down East presented by Home Talent at Opera House
Local Amateurs will stage the rural comedy Way Down East at the Opera House Tuesday evening October 19 under Cosmos Club auspices. Harry and Mary Choate direct with four acts, tickets 50 cents downstairs, 85 cents boxes, 25 cents balcony up, and Carlsons Drug Store will exchange tickets the day before. Cast includes Anna Moore Florence Kuntz Kate Brewster Edith Nelson Squire Bartlett Henry Albrecht Daye Bartlett Lennox Sanderson Arthur Ives Professor Sterling Holler Albert Nordstrom plus musical interludes by Moore's four piece orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocal
Opera House
Cosmos Club
Carlson Bros
Anna Moore
Mary R. Choate
Bartlett
Florence Kuntz
Kate Brewster
Genevieve McKinley
Martha Perkins
Village
Edith Nelson
Squire Bartlett
Harry Choate
Seth
Constable
Henry Albrecht Daye Bartlett
Cossrry
Homer Chase
Lennox Sanderson
Arthur Ives
Professor Sterling
Arthur Limperich
HI Holler
District Court Opens For Fall Term In Willmar
District Court meets next Monday in Willmar with no criminal cases on the calendar. Civil dockets list six cases including Alfred Bergeson vs Hans Halvorson and The Atwater Union Elevator Co vs Chas Hanson. Plaintiffs include Olsen, Swenson and Crane listed as counsel for several actions. The Gazette notes the calendar shows only excuses and references to pleadings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Alfred Bergeson
Hans Halvorson
T. O. Gilbert
O'Brien
Young & Stone
R. B. Brower
Atwater Union Elevator Cove
Chas. H. Hanson
Et. al
Chas A. Swenson
W. B. Douglas
Daly & Barnard
Frank T. Davis
John Lund
Jay W. Crane
Chas. A. Swenson
Charles Johnson
William F. Keakeys
Arnold van Serkom
Geo. H. Oterness
W. M. Anderson
Mary Anderson
St Cloud Presbytery to Meet in Willmar Next Week
Public invited to hear Dr W B Harahan lecture on the Home Mission Problem. The Presbytery of St Cloud will meet at First Presbyterian church in Willmar on Tue and Wed Oct 5 and 6 with a popular meeting Tuesday evening where Rev W B Harshaw will speak on the home mission problem of Minnesota. Roselian news notes local threshing conditions and visits from area residents with multiple mentions of Blomquist Erickson and Johnson families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Harahan
Presbytery of
St. Cloud
First Presbyterian Church
W. B. Harshaw
D. D
Minnesota
Ortonville Exposition Opens With Prime Corn Prizes
West Central Minnesota prepares for the Corn and Alfalfa Exposition in Ortonville October 18 14 and 15 1915. Department A awards $781 in corn prizes across multiple single ear and 10 ear 30 ear and 120 ear classes plus special flint early and late sweet corn. First prizes range from $10 to $25 with additional cash and minor prizes and a $200 sweepstakes for the top 10 ears. Department B rewards county best exhibitors by boys prizes from $5 down to $1 and a state fair trip as sweepstakes. Departments C D and E cover alfalfa grains special premiums and exhibits with multiple cash prizes and an essay prize a band contest and space for farm garden and orchard displays. Entries due October 1 6 and 11 deadlines to secretary Arthur Woodman Ortonville Minn. Other items note a Swedish Mission church social program and various local notices.
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Ortonville
Minnesota
E. B. Clark Seed Co
E. B. C. Crosby
Arthur Woodman
Minn
Mr. Woodman
Kandiyohi Farm Sells for 280 Acres at 109 Per Acre
Bergquist brothers Victor and Thelander sold their Kandiyohi County farm of 280 acres near Kandiyohi Station to J. A. Doltack of Spencer Iowa at $109 per acre. The deal includes previous parcels bought at 85 and 74 per acre, with improvements such as a large cement silo. Dolbeck to take possession next March. Lundgren to run the farm next season. Willmar broker A. H. Brown arranged the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergquist Brothers
Kandiyohi
Victor
Thelander
Bergquist
J. A. Doltack
Spencer
Towa
Nord
W. Loan
A. H. Brown
Willmar
Dolbeck
Lundgren
New Pipe Organ to Be Dedicated at Norwegian Lutheran Free Church
A newly installed pipe organ at the Norwegian Lutheran Free church will be dedicated Thursday evening with a concert. Prof F Meling Christiansen, Miss Cora Osmundson, Rev J R Michaelson, and Miss Helga Petterson will perform. Admission is 50 cents. program includes organ and vocal solos and selections by Grieg and MacDowell. The Little Helpers' Society of the Swedish Baptist church also meets Friday evening in the church basement.
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First Presbyterian Church
Will
W. Brynes
Jacol i
P C. Peterson
A.f. Millecs
J. A. Curran
W. Zhage
J. H. Martin
A. Foster
Josephine Jenness
Messrs
M. Parnell
H. G. Albrecht
Rey
Jones
Emery Parnell
Norwegian Lutheran Free Church
F. Meling Christiansen
St. Olaf College
Cora Osmundson
J. R. Michaelson
Minnespotis
Helga Petterson
Christiansen
MacDowell
Aasesenero Grieg
F. Meline Christiansen
thison-Hansen -Lemmens
Te T. John
Little Hérodurs’ Society
Little Helpers’ Society of the Swedish Baptist Church
Mesdames Harry
H. Eedahl
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J. Branton
E. Canfield
Benson
M. D
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The
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Freese-Evenson
Norway Lake
Synod
J. N. Andersen
Bernard Freese
Torkel Freese
Gina Evenson
John Evenson
A. A. Anderson
M. C. Thorpe
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Molnar
Viola Afien
H. Anderson
Anderson Bros. && Go
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Mill of Justice
Roselillian
Fred Berglund
Albert Johnson
Eddie Johnson
Florence Rodelius
Ellen Lundquist
Whitefield
Minneapolis
Richard Julius
Aspans Brothers
Eastlund
Sadie Bluhm
W. T. Ericson
Ole Blomquist
Willie Blomquist
Fahlun
Peter Erickson
Hanson Bros
William
Henry
Julius Blomquist
Hilma
Minnie Blomquist
Lillian Erickson
Baptist Church
Redwood Falls
Melvin Root
O. E. Erieckson
Fred Johnson
Lake Lillian
A. H. Erickson
Henry Lobnitz
Rhode Peterson
Reuben Lamberg
Andrew Larson
P. B. Hong
State Bank
L. C. Thorpe
U.N. J
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Swedish Mission Church
Esther Larson
Gladys Peterson
Eae Ee Nicholson
Adeline Sun- Swan
Nelson Minnie Fridland
Teweees
Einar Brogren
David Hoglund
eEeey
Lewis Norgren
John Wieland
St. Bonifacius
Lake Minnetonka
Norgren
Ladies of St
Washburn
Lyon & Healy
Geo. Sanderson
Tel
Public Health Ass'n
Public Health Association
Willmar Tribune
Johnson Bros
Henry and
C. L. Johnson
A. F. Hanscom
Palace
Willmar Co-operative Mercantile Co
Tri-Mu
TriMu
Lutheran Free Church
Ohsberg
Solvig
Drs. Frost, Jacobs, Sogge
Davison
Willmar, Minn
Lewis E. Coss, D. CG
Doctor of Chiropractic
Palmer School of Chiropractic
MC. A
Bloome
Loney Bisek
6Th St
Residence
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