The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-11-28
PICKED FROM COUNTY PRESS.

sive journalism and has purchased a
Mergenthaler typesetting machine and
will throw out its Simplex The new
machine is an expensive one, but 1T
is more in keeping with what is nee
essary in an Office which desires to
handle all classes of work. When this
machine is installed The Free Press
will have the best equipped office in
the state, outside of the twin cities
ana Duluth. Mapleton Enterprise.
90
j. G. Hub. our local jeweler, has
watches to burn. About the first of
October he ordered handsome gold
watch sent from the factory to a party
at Mankato. Instead of shipping it as
ordered they enclosed 1T with other
goods shipped to Mapleton. In un-
packing the box Mr.. Hub took out the
goods expected, not thinking that the
watch would come here. Later he
carried the box and quantity of waste
paper out back of the store and burned
it The partysat .Mankatoss. failed to
seGure his watch. Correspondence en-
sued but no watch was found. In the
meantime badly burned watch was
brought into the store for repair. A
boy had found the time piece and sold
it to the gentleman who brought it in.
It resem bled the missing watch.
Mr.. Hub took the number and on
writing to the factory found that it
was indeed the los article and little
investigation broucht out the facts as
to how it had been lost Napoleon
Enterprise.
The Enterprise states that William
Pagenkopf has decided to call his new
hotel the ''Mapleton and suggests
that when the new house is opened
banquet be given by the citizens as
proper method of showing their
appreciation of Mr.. Pagenkopf's en-
terprise. 1t is expected the hotel will
be ready for occupancy by Christmas.
The six year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Gottlieb Hoeft while return
ing home from school on Monday in
crossing foot bridge across the Ma
pie river which is quite high at his
time fell in But with due presence of
mind caught hold of fallen tree and
managed to keep hold until some of
the other children came along and
helped to extricate her. 1t was a
lucky escape to what might have been
fatal accident Good Thunder
Herald.
According to The Good Tunder
Herald Will Graf has disposed of his
interest in the Mankato Implement
company and has gone to that place tc
live.
Miss Mary Schuette of Mankato has
been staying with her friend Miss
Martha Sperra for the past few days.
Miss Sperras mother is seriously ii
with pneumonia. Good Thundel
Herald.
Mr.. Kilmer has been confined to hi!
bed for the past week and at thii
writing be is reported as not improv
ing much. -Amboy Herald.
90
]. G.. Fowler an oldtim hustlin!
business man of Mankato has rented
the Cooper store building and ha
commenced to fill it with merchandise
Look out for connection. -Ambc.
Herald
The Amboy Herald says that Man
kato is to have a skating rink ant
suggests that Amboy have ole also.
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Mr.. and Mrs A s. Robinson re
turned Monday from quite an exter
siye visit which included relative
and friends in Wisconsin, Iowa, Hi
nois, and Indiana. They spent a wee
at Zion City and they acquired gres
deal of information about that wor
derful City that has sprung into sue
notoriety ! in so short "a time. II
place is growing at an unparalleie
pace, there being at the present tin
500 dwellings under construction
The lace factory is a sure thing al
is turning out large quantities, OF I'll
, goods. All who locate. there con
under ssthe rules and regulations
q Dowie, who is the whole thing. an N
! Robinson spoke more particular
g about the, material progress abeii
d made, than about the~Speculiar reli
; ious features of the association. Ar
# boy Herald.