The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-06
ADDITIONAL PERSONAL.

- Sheriff Gerlich went to st. Paul this
morning.
John Eckhart left for the state fair
this afternoon.
G. W. Braden of st. Paul was in the
city over night.
Martin Wiltgen went to St. Paul
this morning to take in the fair.
R. F. Jones will go down to the
state fair tomorrow and remain until
Monday.
Mrs. H. S. lotion went to Mime
apolis this morning to be gone two or
three weeks
Fairmont Sentinel: Mrs. S. Hill
returned today from a visit with
friends at Mankato.
Anna B. Ross of Crow Agency,
Mont, was an arrival at the Saul
paugh this morning.
County Commissioner B. O. Killmer
and wife of Amboy went down to the
SGdL0 Idlr CnlS morning.
Henry Wiltgen is at Roch ester,
where he was to submit to an opera
ton on his lame leg today.
Rev. John Hughes of Liverpool, Eng
land, passed through the city yester-
day on his way from the east to Tracy.
Auditor Weaver and County Com
missioner Paddock were among those
who went to the state fair this morn
ing.
Miss Georgia Hough left today for
her home at Madison, Wis, after
two weeks visit with her aunt, Mrs.
Rodman.
Mrs Caldwell and daughter, Miss
Grace, went to Minneapolis this
morning to reside. Miss Caldwell will
attend the state university.
Joe Boetsch pleaded guilty in the
municipal court this morning to the
charge of using abusive language to-
ward James Thackery and paid $3.50
H. G. Howard, Lake Crystal, was
among those who registered at the
Minnesota building at the Pan-Ameri-
can exposition during the past few
days.
Mrs. G. w. Eichstaedt, Mrs. 81.
Binger and Miss Tilla Swami went to
the state fair today and will visit in
the twin cities, returning home in
about week.
Mr.. and Mrs Edwood G. DISCARD
went to the twin cities this morning
and will spend ten days there and at
the lakes before going to their North
Dakota home.
Ed. and Frank Brett, John o. Parry
and Joseph Waddell returned last
night from Lake Benton, where they
have been hunting with much success
for several days.
Mrs. Hugh Evans and daughter,
who have been spending the summer
in the city, returned home to st. Cloud
today. Mrs. D. A. Little accompanied
them as far as Minneapolis.
Geo. w. Achard left this afternoon
for the twin cities to obtain additional
cigar makers for the Mankato Cigar
Co. The concern now has eight people
! working but needs about as many
more.
j. E. Reynolds returned last evening
from Chicago, where his son passed
the examination for admittance to the
navy. The boy was one of the seven
or eight who passed, of forty who were
examined. He goes to Newport, R. 1.
Henry, Gotfred and Fred Kruse re-
turned Tuesday afternoon from a
chicken hunt between Clear and Mid
die lakes in Sibley county. They got
fifty, and could have gotten more had
their dogs not played out They
found the lakes almost dried up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bookwalter of
Kansas City, after visit of few
days in Mankato, guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. P. Hunt, left for Minneapolis
this afternoon. Mr.. Bookwalter was
formerly a resident of Blue Earth
county, and has many friends here
who were pleased to meet him.
Waterville Advance: The Mankato
| people want lake and want one
badly. One with wooded points and
fifteen or twenty feet of water, they
claim may be made by changing the
course of the LIE Sueur river and run
ming it into a slough. Nice project
for Manl-ato but perhaps the people
farther down stream might offer some
objections
The Redwood Falls Gazette says that
a lamp explosion at the home of J. R.
Lankard last week came near being a
disastrous affair. The explosion threw
the burning oil into Mr.. Lankard's
face and set fire to his hair. Mrs. L.
courageously smothered the flames
with her own clothing, at great per-
sonal risk, and Mr.. L. escaped with
slight burns and singed scalp.
Redwood Gazette: 81. Fl. Tompkins
and wife. who were visiting with the
family of Auditor Thompkins during
a portion of last week, are now visit
ing at Springfield. The Misses
Deem of Mankato came in from the
east on Tuesday afternoon of last week
and visited several DAYS with the