The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-15
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several precincts for the election OF
delegates to the county convention on
Thursday, June 21st at Mankato, the
voting precinct of Lake Crystal fur
nished two tickets at the caucus held at
the city hall at the appointed hour. r.
G. Roberts, chairman of the local Re-
publican committee called the meeting
to order. Upon motion Timothy
Reese was made chairman of the meet
ing and w. A Dredge. secretary. Two
tickets with eight different delegates
on each were in the field. one headed
cCleary-Van SAINT Delegation, and
the other "McCleary Delegates. 1.-THE re-
sult for each ticket is as follows: First
mentioned, 1877, second mentioned. SO.
No mention was made of Funk dele
CATION by anyone. Several country
precincts have been heard from and all
elected McCleary delegations.
Nearly a hundred little folks and
young people gathered at the home of
E. l.. Woodwork and wife to celebrate
their daughter Bellies birthday, Mon
day afternoon.
We were told that Bill Cole an
nounced on the street Monday that he
was Republican from this out.
Lake Crystal June 1.-THE drouth is
broken, good prospects for crops are as
sured and prosperity, peace and happi-
ness will follow.
At the Baptist church next Sunday,
will be held the annual memorial servi-
ces by Crystal Lodge No. SO, Knights
of Pythias. Rev. Compton will preach
the memorial sermon.
Quite number attended the Chris
tian Endeavor convention. held at Gar.
den City June Sth, 9th and 10th.
"When the green gets back in the trees,
An bees is a-comin' round agen,
In that sort of lazy go-as-you-please
Old way they bum round in
When the grounds all bald where the hay-rick
An the crick's riz, an the breeze
Coaxes the bloom from the old dogwood,
When the green get back in the trees"
Jas. Whitcomb Riley.
w. L Mclaughlin, superintendent of
water works construction on the new
Iowa and Minnesota division of the Q.
& N. w. railway, spent Sunday with
his family. who still reside here.
The sincere sympathy of large cir
Gle of friends and acquaintance goes
out to Mr.. and Mrs w. W. Mobiles, who
lost their infant son at two o'clock Sun
day morning.
VIM Richmond, depot agent at Yer
non Center, and Phillip Magaarden,
sheriff of Hennepin county, with their
wives, spent Sunday at the home of
their father-in- law, A P. Erickson
The exterior of the First M E. church
is receiving a coat of paint from the
brushes of D. J. Peterson and assistants.
Fred Tetzloff has caught the spirit of
improvement, and is using his spare
moments in painting and otherwise i'm
proving his residence near the inlet of
Crystal lake.
Sunday being clear, cool day, just
right for trip around the lake on the
naptha launch, Captain Conklin did
good business carrying passengers from
home and abroad.
Ed. Bills and Frank Howard, both of
Madelia, drove down to spend Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. 81 G. Howard.
In anticipation of large trade in the
various lines of hardware and ma
chinery handled by E c. Hamlin, he
has stocked his building full from cellar
to garrett with the best goods to be OBJ
tanned, and is offering them to his large
circle of customers at prices that show
none or slight advances from last year,
when the prices of material were from
so to 100 per cent lower than now.
D. H. Edwards, by Encouragement OF
his stock. and new supply in all de-
partments, still claims and properly so,
that he is 1.-THE Modern Grocer" of
Lake Crystal.
The old settlers and others, attention
is called to the annual meeting of the
Territorial Historical society to be held
at Sibley Park, Mankato, Friday. June
18th, at 1000 a. m. A basket lunch
will be served at noon.
On Sunday June Sd, Rev. M. R. Ny
ers officiated at the marriage of Henry
Gardner and Miss Bertha Peterson, of
Madelia. who were united at the resi-
dence of G. ] Dossett. Mrs. Dossett is
an aunt of Mrs. Gardner.
Among the graduating class who
completed their course at the state nor
NAL school at Mankato on Friday even
ing we notice names of Hiram John
Lloyd, of this place; Maud Rose Davis,
of Ceresco township; and Myrtle Mae
Taylor, of Garden City.
D. j. Price, census enumerator, has
been busy during the past week secur-
ing the names, etc., of our population.
Garner M. Cole, street commissioner,