The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-12-19


80 will have their Christmas exercises
Dec. Gath. The children are now hav-
ing rehearsals for the occasion.
The Literary club will not meet un-
til week from New Years day or
January 18th. The subject for the de-
bate will be Resolved, that marriage
Is Failure.
The previous meeting was we'll at
tended and the program was rendered
very well.
KERNS AND HEBRON.
William Wright of South Dakota,
brother of John Wright of Hebron, is
to be married to a Miss Jones of judi
son this week.
Will Clark will get out timber this
winter to build barn next spring.
He secured the services of John Belts
to assist him.
The Sunday school at Kerns will
have their Christmas tree and exer-
cises next Wednesday evening. A good
program will be given by the young
people.
Rev. heathcote preached an able
sermon last Sunday morning on
"Esaw Selling His Birthright for a
Morsel of Meat. - Heb 1915.
John Keene has hauled in the logs
to the saw mill and built sheds for his
fifty-four head of steer he is feeding
this winter.
George Peterson of Hebron moved
his engine last Saturday to CORTLAND
where he tas a saw mill. >
....Miss Amanda Drake will start for
Appleton next Friday to spend the
holidays with her sister, Mrs. futile.
Quite a nun Der of the farmers from
this section will take in the good
roads meeting at st. Peter next week,
the 23d, under the management of
the Nicollet County Creamery associa-
ton.
| G. P. Weller and family of Nicollet
Sundayed with J. A. Tidland's fam
lily.
Will Whitcomb, carrier for rural
route No. 6. has put new runners un-
der his mail wagon. He is giving
good service and has never missed q
trip since he started and is generally
on time.
We have heard a number of the
patrons on roural route No. 6 say il
making up their list of papers and
periodicals for the coming year they
will include The Daily Free Press and
they want the book "Wild Animals
Have Met" by F. Seymour, which Ii
furnished for less than cost.
| Arthur Sharp is attending the Com
mercial college this winter. His sis
ter, Miss Lena, will not attend this
winter as she is under the doctor
care.
All the students from the norma
will be home Friday or Saturday fol
a vacation and are pleased with the
long vacation given them.
\ Misses Una and Alice Hodson will
be home from their schools next Sat
urday.
The Christmas exercises with tree
will be given at Hebron church or
Wednesday, Christmas eve. A good
program is being prepared and a roya
good time anticipated. All are in
vited. Turn out and give the children
of both schools a hearty greeting.
i Rev. and Mrs. Allen are doing good
work in Hebron in drilling the chill,
dren and choir for Christmas.
Florence Hodson is visiting in Man
kato this week with her sisters.
/ GOOD THUNDER
| Sleighing has come to stay and ev'
erybody is enjoying the sleighing.
Ed. Zeiglar and Mr.. Richelt were
out enjoying a jack rabbit hunt to-
day.
Everybody is getting ready for the
holiday festivities, and the youngsters
are wondering what Santa will bring
them this year.
i Miss Annie Gradke, is away learn
ing the dressmRking trade at Good
Thunder this winter.
4 Mrs. Steven DoSy, who has beer
qnite i'll for several weeks. is AGAR
able to be about.
Chas. Guderian is visiting witt
friends and relatives at this place
He says that there are many I'M
threshed stacks of grain standing
around the vicinity of Alexandris
this state, where he resides.
Mrs. William Schroeder. who hal
been with her daughter. Mrs. Stever
Doty, the past few weeks. has return
ed to her home at Window.
| The trains. owing to the snow
storm, have been delayed, making
travelling by rail rather inconyenient
at present.
| Earle Alderman, accompanied BY
his two sisters, Misses Josie and Lois.
were pleasant callers at the Doty
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