The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11

The Rue Washing Machine company
will remove to Mapleton. The follow
ing Mapleton men have taken stock IN
the enterprise: II. Nj. Quinn, V. }.
Greiner, H. c. Hotaling B. F. McGregor
and H. S. Lewis. The works have been
located in Amboy.
The Mapleton Milling company has
increased its capital stock to 100000.
The officers of the concern are II. S.
Lewis, president and general manager;
Everett, secretary and treasurer.
Rev. F. l.. Won Lubken, pastor of the
Congregational church at Mapleton, was
married at Fredericksburg, Iowa, on
Thursday.
Frank and John Krause have rented
the Albert Krengel building opposite
the depot and as soon as the same can
be put in shape will open a first class
lunch counter and confectionery store.
Mr. Krause has had considerable eX
perience in the hotel business as clerk
at the Stahl house, Mankato, and those
in search of something in short order
will no doubt give him a call.-Maple
ton Enterprise.
August Nienow has had his threshing
rig out a few days, but in most places
just a few loads have been threshed and
results cannot be given per acre. At
Charles Paegels ninety-one bushels of
barley was secured from three acres
Mapleton Enterprise.
The funeral of the late Deacon Smith
was held at the Baptist church at Car
den City Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock Deceased died at the home of
his daughter near Spokane, Wash, on
Saturday, July 22nd, after an illness of
about three days caused by an attack
of acute appendicitis. Before this sud
good health and about a year ago he
had visited his daughters Mrs Nettie
Sadie Fleming here. Mrs. Dyer with
her son accompanied the body of her
father from Spokane. Mrs Ella Cur
rier and Mrs. Mira Wilson, daughters
of Mr.. Smith live near Spokane. where
he made his home. Deceased was eigh
ty-one years old, and was an old and
very highly respected resident of Gar
den City where he had many friends
Mrs. Smith died several years ago Rev.
Shafer preached the funeral sermon af-
ter which the body was taken to the
cemetery here and laid to rest. Mr.
Charles Smith and Miss Sarah Smith
of ST. Charles attended the funeral of
their brother.
The latest Improvement for Good
Thunder comes by suggestion that a
stock company be formed for conveying
some of the surplus water power at
Rapidan Mills to this place by means
of an electric cable This will require
according to estimate, three per cent
of the immense power at the Mills, and
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mill, light the village and furnish pow
er for The Herald plant. The promoters
have our consent to get busy at once,
for their organization and get things
to booming.-Good Thunder Herald.
The S. Y. HYDE Elevator company
have disposed of their entire line of ele-
vators, the principal buyer being the
McGregor Elevator company of Min
neapolis who now own the elevator here
and retain Charles F. Kellogg as To-
cal manager The house at Rapidan
viii be operated by w. A. Just.-Good
Thunder Herald.
Charles Peterson, while assisting one
of his neighbors and driving the har-
vester met with quite painful acct
dent. The team becaming frightened
started to run throwing Mr.. Peterson
to the ground. In the mix-up that fol-
lowed the flesh on one leg was cut to
the bone, but he is doing nicely.-Good
Thunder Herald