The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-12-17
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Rev. Quigley and Rey. Saterlee ex-
shanged pulplts Sunday.
Silas and Minnie Cornish attended
the wedding of their uncle, Eli Pratt,
at FajrmOnG Thursday.
c.. Force sold Mr.. Stewart,
timber lot the past week.
Mrs. Joseph Morrison has had re-
lapse, the last report is that she is on
the gain.
The revival meetings in the Bap-
list church will continue this week.
The attendance is good.
Mrs. Grant Ward, of Garden City,
made business trip here Saturday.
Mrs. Una CrandaIl Coomes died
Sunday after long illness of con-
sumption. The funeral service Was
from the family residence Monday,
Rev. Flfeld officiating,
Lyman Babcock and family, have
moved in the family residence, &C.
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Babcock, Mr..
Babcock senior intends building
residence in the spring in a more
quiet part of town.
Christmas eve will be duly observed
Christmas tree in the M. K. church,
interesting exercises in the Baptist
church. 1t was thought best to have
separate entertainments this year as
ene church will not hold all the peO-
pie that wish to attend.
The entertainment Saturday eve
ming under the the control Of Prof.
Berry was very entertaining. TIE
exercises began by quartet, sung by
Force and Jessie Cornish, followed by
recitations, by Blanche Wyman and
Margie Lowell, then a solo by Grace
Cornish, followed by an address by
Prof. Thompson, of Amboy, subject
''Then and Now" The subject Was
ably handled, the Prof doing himself
credit. The quartet then furnished
another selection followed by con-
test between Lee BabcOck, John
Lowell, Albert Halverson, aud Re bert
Thew. They a | spoke at once, their
gestures rather interfering with each
other, Prof. Berry said he believed
Albert Halverson did the best, Albert
then recited his piece alone, which
proved to be cOmical one. The
exercises closed bv solo by DR..
Wareham.
Helen Grannis visited at Rapidan
over Sunday.
Rev. Bronson will devote Saturday
evening, Dec Is, to temperance. The
subject Of his address will be "Shu-
snan's Perplexity." 1t will be the
close of the revival meetings in this
place. Every one invited to attend.
Miss Mahoney, of Mankato, is en-
gagged as book keeper at the pcstoffice
She began work Tuesday.
Chas. Kelly, is building a new resi-
dence on his fathers farm.
.JUDsoN
There was donation held at John
Lloyd's for the benefit of JnO. f.
Jones on the afternoon and evening
of the 18th inst.
Mrs, Ellen Morgan and daughter,
from Ottawa, LeSueur county. are
up visiting relatives and friends.
Walter Wolfenden went to Manko-
to last week and remained over
Sunday.
There are quite a number of the
young folks from here contemplate
attending the G. E. convention to be
held at Minneapolis the last of this
month.
GARDEN CITY
Miss May Beebe, of Lake Crystal,
spent few days visiting friends here
last week.
julius Fallback and Miss Anna
-Loring were In Lake Crystal last
week Wednesday.
Wallace Friend went to Mankato
last Friday morning.
Miss Myrtle Saunders went to Lake
Crystal last week to care for her sick
sister, Mrs. Cookson.
Joe Tyson started last Monday for
the west. He expects to 60 to Wash
ingtOn.
There was quite a large society
met at Mrs. e. w. Gates last Thurs
day. There was between five and six
dollars raised.
Mrs. Frank Warren went to Fair
mont last Saturday to spend a few
weeks with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Church visited
in town Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Clara Loring was at home over
Sunday.
DR.. Murphy's died Wednesday
afternoon. 1t has not been well for
long time.
Last Saturday while V. A. Buckles
was helping John Ogood cut the tops
of some trees, very bad accident
occurred. The rope which was at
tached to the tree broke, sending Mr..
Buckles six feet or more into the air.
He struck the frozen pround on his
head and arm, breaking one of the
bones in his right arm below the