The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28

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All the visitors have expressed them
selves rs highly pleased with Mankato.
+. n. Merrill, ESD, the wide-awake
Superintendent of the Mankato Cement
Works, returned this morning from II
two weeks business trip. Helmet with
unrNpcctrd success in the sale of cement
and placed orders that 1t will take weeks
Ia ill. Mr.. Merrill is Il rushcr. and
don't let it slip your mind.
Geo. \. Clarke sold last week lot
>. in Morcland. Buck and Frrcman's
addition Ia VIM. \. Hoy for 800, and
( lot :. block %, on Broad street, To Mrs.
ID. W. Wriscr, for 81. 100
! -McsSrs. w. W. p. Mcconnell IL Co.
have secured the exclusive sale for this
city Of llcnning's improved health pre-
serving corset. This corset has soft
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have use 1t. Is pronounced the best IN
Use, and prevents the dangers that fol-
low from tight licing.
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nave pe'h h''''e long ago.
We clip the following IN regard to
the oil mill now being constructed IN
Sioux City 10y X ID. Hubbard " Co..
from the Dbtlg J0urndt:
The stone foundation beng pnt IN
LOT tlie new OH mi'i' corner ."ur, '''''
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Mankaso is now coming in as rapidly ms
,'i' i'l'c VI '"Tn's NV ~, ''"'p ,.i 'I"
foundation 70 the smnkcst,c< i com
pleted 10 a level with the first floor.
where the brick work on the stack and
puiialhS begins.
The Cement works Will soon be in
operation. Workmen are now engaged
in filling the kilns which Will require
about week S time, amt then the hrrh-
ing process Will begin. The machinery
Is all placed and everything IN readi-
ness to operate as soon as the stone Is
burned. Mr.. Cummings Is having the
grounds about The works cleared of I'M
del brush and intends to make nice
park sometime IN the near future.
Hltching posts have been provided, and
parties visiting the place will confer a
favor upon the company by ticing their
horses thereto instead of mtchlng to
trees
In order To induce many old sub
scrihcr To pay up arrears and date their
substitution one wear in advance, and
also to extend our circulation more
| widely in Blue Earth and adjoining
counties, we will furnish with THE FREE
PRESS and a monthly magazine publish
eel ut Baltimore, Md, for the low price
of 81 - per year. Think of il, reader A
weekly paper and monthly literary
magazine for 81. 10, The monthly pub
LEGATION is worth the price alone. 1t is
beautifully illustrated; is printed on
fine book paper and in clear type. This
is the most liberal offer ever made 10y
any weekly newspaper, and every
reader of THE FREE Press should
avail himself of It, Remember. also,
that this offer is limited i'm time, there
fore Won should call at once. SAMPLE
copies may be seen at this office.
NIL H. LONG rr,rrnod Nondov
,f,orpocn from Cb;c,oo whore bo wc,,
in the interests OF the pork packing es-
Establishment soon 10 he started in this
city. Mr.. Frank +. Smiley, of Chi,
ca9O, has been engaged to take charge
of the Strengthening department. and
being young man thoroughly vcrscd
in all the details Of the business, there
will lie no apprehension felt at the
complete success of the duties dcvolv-
inr upon him. He is now here and
ready for business. For the packing de-
partment, the services of Il gentleman
from Indiana who has had years of ex-
periencc in some of the largest concerns
in the East, has been secured, and he is
expected to arrive here within few
days. The firm expect to he able to
operate within the next ten days
and with the establishment of this i'm
portant industry in Mankato, another
long step forward toward IL metropolis
will have been made.
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