The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-10-14
BALLOON FAILED TO WORK.
Garden City Boy Has Fall, Shoulder
Blade Broken--News Notes.
FROM Erida v's Dailv

Blade Broken--News Notes.
From Fridays Daily.
Mrs. Louis Stuart went to MankatO
Saturday returning the same day.
Harry Mcbride, while handling some
poison ivy, was badly poisoned but is
much better now.
Leo Smith of Winnebago is visiting
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Pettis, this week.
Rev. Glyck of this place is visiting in
Waseca this week. Union services were
held in the Christian church Sunday.
Harry Ward, the eldest child of Grant
Ward, broke his shoulder blade Monday
night while playing with some other
boys near the residence of f. p. Fair
child. Harry had got upon the peak of
the barn and was to come down in a
toy balloon which the boys had made
themselves out of piece of an old tent.
When he came down the balloon let him
drop striking on his shoulder. He is
in charge of DIR. McMichael of Vernon
Center. This will keep him out of
school for some time.
Bill Bailey's threshing machine and
crew broke through the railroad bridge
last week but there was not much dam
age done.
Fred Crane is moving onto the farm
owned by Frank Thurston.
Mrs. Barton of st. Paul is visiting her
brother, E. T. Champlin, of Vernon.
The threshing is about completed in
this vicinity.
Frank Thurston is building modern
cottage. The carpenters began work to-
day.
The Nelson Bros. are moving from the
c. B. Thurston place onto the Rock
wood place now owned by j. M. Chap
man of this village.
Henry Welcome and wife in company
with Mr. George Palmer and wife in
their automobile came to Garden City
Tuesday and called at his old home, now
owned by A. w. Bixby and took sever
al snap shot views of the surroundings.
Eli Waite and family will soon move
to Lake Crystal.
Earn E. Norton is troubled with neu-
ralgia in his eyes. He is now in DR..
T. C. Kelly's care.
Rollin Eager and family are moving
onto the Ray Judd farm southeast of
town.
Ted Hughes is clerking in John &
Thurston's store.
Cally Bixby is on the sick list.
Frank j. Busch and A. w. Bixby call
ed on F. T .Champlin Wednesday.
C. B. Thurston is back in town again.
Miss Blanche Bixby visited with her
uncle, Fl. W. Bixby over Sunday.
Mrs. George La Favor is very sick
and her daughter, Nora, has to stay out
of school.
A. E. Bixby and wife visited with the
family of S. NJ. Dickinson on Sunday.
Thomas Glynn was Lake Crystal
caller Friday.
L. Van Slycke of Elmore is in town
for few days.
George Goodall was a Mankato caller
Thursday.
Mrs. NIerrell and daughter, Mrs.
Smith, of Amboy visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. William King on Wednesday.
Mrs. Goodall was in Lake Crystal on
Wednesday.
c. b .Thurston will have an auction on
his place Tuesday, the 18th, two and a
half miles northeast of town.
H. w. Bixby went to Mankato Sat
urday on business.
Carol Parker is back to school again
after days absence.
S. NJ. Dickinson was in Lake Crystal
the first of the week
Mrs. Loring is back home again after
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Clara
Pew
Milton Hall, who has been away the
past week on business trip, has return
ed.
Theodore Rector of this place is put
ting a great many improvements on his
residence.