The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-10-07
SOME PREMIUMS.
Samples of What the Merchants
are Offering.
Indications Point to a Very Large At
tendance at the Street Fair
Next Week.

Everything is moving along nicely
nicely for the street fair next week.
and all accounts 60 to show 1hstD
there will be one of largest crowds
ever gathered in the city OF AAG1
each of the three days. General in
terest is being shown in the fair a9G
the people are coming to il from
everywhere. The secretary's offce Is
busy sending out advertising matter
in all directions.
The work of securing premiums to
be given oY the merchants for best
exhibits is considerably adyanaea-
Geo. G. Towne will complete this
work by calling on the merchants
who have not yet been seen. IL is
important that the premium lss be
completed at once, so that the far
mers and others may be getting their
exhibits ready,
To show what kind of premiums
are being offered, it may be weM To
note few, Mr.. Bierbauer offers a.
new lumber wagon or $40 in money to
the person bringing in the biggest
load of mailing barley, and will pur-
chase the barley at market prise.
Ed. Schumacher offers sulky plow
valued at S45, but has not yet decided
what to offer it on.
Mayer Bros offer an So clothes reel
to the person exhibiting the biggest
cabbage.
J. B. & d. Richards offer a finsr
wool double blanket for the best pair
of hand knit socks, a beautiful hall
lamp for the best jar Of dairy butter
and several other prizes.
Agent Moore has received D letter
from the Milwaukee road saying that,
it would make rate of one fare and
third for the street fair and voHl6
transport bands having membership
of ten of more at one cent per mile
per man.
We understand that some of the
committees have not yet done any
thing. Every committee ought to-
have held meeting before this, and
the chairmen of committees should
get move on themselves.
Secretary Curryer left for Omaha.
this afternoon. where he is booker
for an address at the annual meeting
OF the United States Farm ers' Instf-
tute Managers association, and wile
not return until Thursday. Assist
ant Secretary II. q. Burgess will have
charge of the office work during his
absence.
A general meeting of al OF the
committees will be held tonight, at
the city hall, and full representa-
tion should be present.
Fred Baumbach, f. L. Hansing and
A. D. Beach have been appointed a
committee to arrange for the dog
show. This can be made a highly
interesting feature Of the fair.
Agent Drake states that the express
companies will make reduced rates
lOl al w UC OAulUlUGu dG 4ueE
street fair.
1t is hoped that those who have
signed the subscription list win be-
ready to pay their subscriptions
promptly when the collectors call, or
they can leave the money with j. b.
Meagher at the National Citizens
bank.
1t is expected that citizens and
business men will decorate their
stores and houses without being solie-
tied to do so by the committee ON
decorations, which has other work to
do.
Everyone interested in the street
fair can help out by pure chasing badges
and giving them to friends or GUS
TONERS especially those from the
country. Five cents buys two, and
the money goes to the badge fund. TO
be used in defraYing expenses Of the
fair.