The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-12-27
LOCAL ITEMS,

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window is as natural as life, and
forms an attractive feature of the dis
play.
The board of public works Mon
day afternoon confirmed the assess
ment of. the curling and guttering of
North Front street, there being no
objection offered.
The Saulpaugh is doing very
light business, as the commercial
travellers have generally gone home
for the holidays.
Philip Dauk, of Madison Lake and
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Schwartz, of
Willow Creek, were in town Tuesday
to consult DR.. Brandenburg.
Sport is the name of a paper just
started in Sioux City, Iowa, and
which Capt. Jack Messerly will repre-
sent in this city. 1t is bright and in
teresting and deserves to succeed.
Past Grand Master Strauss will be
in the city next Monday and will adj
dress Mankato lodge No. Is, l. o. o.
F., in it's hall. He is one of the Oldest
members of the order in Minnesota.
The three monkeys iu Pond &
Jorgensen's display window are at
tracing crowd. There is nothing
like cage of monkeys to attract the
people.
Judge Shissler Tuesday afternoon
decided the replevin suit of Faddous
Kouri VS.. Chief Yates favorably to
the plaintiff, who paid the 1910 costs,
and then presented the goods,
amounting to about $40 worth of
novelties, ETC., to Mr.. Yates.
Tin horns and other internal ma
chimes intended to make the hearts
of young America bubble over with
love and adulation for Santa Claus,
were good deal in evidence yester-
day.
-Mankato Commentary No. 4,
Knights Templar, yesterday cele-
brated Christmas by offering a toast
to the health of the Eminent Grand
Master of the United States of
America, at it's asylum.
Jordan & Hayes, who have leased
fifteen acres of fine stone quarry from
Fowler & Pay, have a dozen men at
work getting out stone to fill some
orders that are already in. This firm
ought to prove strong one, as both
members are experienced.
Mr.. W. A. Funk, sattorney at law,
with office over the Mankato Nation
al bank, has business card in this
issue of the FREE PRESS. Mr.. Funk
is genial gentleman, a successful
lawyer and will make Mankato val
liable citizen. -
Mr.. Kneutson, the insurance man,
has arranged to open an Office in Min
neapolis, and will do so the first of
the year. For the present, his family
will remain in Mankato. Mr.. K. has
arranged to handle the agency bust
ness of several large fire insurance
companies, and in this connection he
will push the detail work Of the new
association recently formed in Mime
apolis.
The editor of the FREE PRESS &C
knowledges with thanks a nice box of
wafer crackers from Prof Riley, of
the Mankato Cracker and Candy Com
pany. Such Christmas remem-
branceslas these does the heart of a
newspaper man good. While gold
headed canes and diamond rings are
pretty things to look upon, there is
nothing that can take the place of
such palatable crackers as our Ger
man friend and fellow citizen of the
company above referred to deals out.
We received a short time ago a
number of specialties from the well
known firm of Raphael Tuck & Sons,
New York, fine art and book pub
fishers, and they are among the finest
things we have seen this year There
is probably no firm in this country
which has as high and wide a repu-
tation for executing all the novelties
which take so well with the public as
has the above firm. All their designs
are OF the latest and highest order,
and on the whole are perfect gems of
art, and each season has it's special
design. And while their cards, book
lets, ETC., ARE of the most eXQuisite,the
prices therefor are very moderate,
making them within the reach of all.
When you want something nice in
the way OF a card, booklet, or art
novelty of any kind, ask for some of