The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-01-08
PROSPEROUS MANKATO.
A Bright Outlook For The Future,
Some Questions and Answers.

What is Mankato? 1t is the Me-
tropoliS of Southern Minnesota.
Why? Because she is the only city
in Southern Minnesota that has the
prospects of being large city. First,
on account of the natural location
and second, because nature has pro-
vided her with all imaginable natural
resources, such as stone, cement, lime,
clay of different kinds, wood and the
purest quality of water. These alone
together will make her, in time, a large
city. How long time will it take to
make Mankato large city?
She is approaching it now, steadily
and surely, and people who know a
good thing when they see it, will find
Mankato the place in which to make
investments.
What will help to induce invest
ments? BY showing everybody our
stone quarrieS, cement works, brick
yards, lime-kilns, our paying manu-
factories, such as our OilWOrkS, Fibre
works Flour-mills, Manufacturing Co.,
Candy and Tub factories, our new
Packing House, our wholesale houses,
our stores, our excellent Schools and
splendid Churches Of all denomina-
tions.
Mankato has excellent railroad ia
cilities. We have the Omaha, with
her branches, the Northwestern, the
Chicago, Milwaukee, ST. Paul, and the
st. Louis, and bright prospects of sew
eral more lines in the near future,
and outsiders, who study the advan-
tages of the city, are compelled to de-
eide that we have grand OppOrtuni-
ty to make MankatO a great city, we
have the best surrounding agriculture
al country that can be found in the
State of Minnesota. A great many
cities have been doomed in an unnat-
ural way, Mankato never, and no place
Of her size with 10000 inhabitants
offer real estate as cheap, and on this
account real estate here is sure to
prove profitable investment.
Now. please allow me to say at the
beginning of our new year, 1892, that
nO,C is the time to make preparations
for the coming season so as to be able
to commence early next spring, and
by so doing save time and money.
Farmers, who, after successful
years OF hard work wish to enjoy d
pleasant home and give their children
a practical education in good schools
and also an opportunity to attend eX-
cellent churches, should now take
notice of Mankato. Building lots can
be secured and comfortable homes
built thereon at very reasonable fig
ures and to those paying rents, allow
me to say stop paying rents, as you are
able to purchase lots cheap and on your
own terms, annually, monthly. &C
cording to your income and that the
Mankato Mutual Building & Loan
Association is always ready to assist
anybody toward securing home and
which can be paid for in small month
ly amounts. a great many, for
various reasons, are compelled to rent,
and parties with capital should take
notice thatMankatO is heplace to build
dwellings to rent, if built in city
style, with modern Improvements and
in good localities and those who make
such an undertaking will prove it a
paying Investment.
To investors generally, allow me to
mention, examine our great state of
M1D0oSOUd, III WHICH MduhdUO 10 tuc
metropolis of the southern parts and
you viii at once realize that or city
is the only place with future TO
become large inland city
and that n0,o is the time to establish
different kinds OF factOriess The real
eatate men, OF which the undersigned
is one, will beglad to prove what's said
above is true in every respect. To real
ize in real estate is not to hold but to
sell, so purchasers may find it profit
able to invest and by so doing increase
the valuation of Mankato realty.
For this reason | offer real estate
in the city and additions, at prices
that are sure to prove profitable for
business and dwellings. TO large in
vestors / am ready to sell large
tracts. What | sag | mean that |
will sell at loac figures and terms salts
factory and ask all to call at my of
fee or favor me with letter and [
shall be glad to explain or give any
information in my power.
ID GrID