The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-02

tue nictiouioe paisoilaSe Dy heN. IeUef
Glare. They are excellent young people,
with many friends who wish therl wei.
Wedding cards have been received
among her Mankato friends aanounc.
ing the marriage of Miss Edna Dean
Townsend to Mr.. Charles Andrew Lux
on November lst at the church of st.
Stephens in Minneapolis. 4
The sophamore class of the high
school was very enjoyably entertained
last evening by Miss Margaret Pond at
the home of her parents on Hickory
street. The evening was spent in play
ing games, and nice refreshments were
served.
George NJ. Palmer entertained the of
flee force of the big mill, eighteen in
all, at a dinner party last evening, at
his home on South Broad street. Mrs.
Palmer was assisted in serving by Mrs.
j NJ. Moore and Mrs. J. f. Hart. The
affair was greatly enjoyed by all pres
ent.
John Surratt of Elmore, Wash, is in
the city visiting his daughter.
Rev. L. T. Badger of this city will
preach in the Presbyterian church at
Lakefeld tomorrow morning and eve
ming.
ID. c. Cordy of GAINESVILLE left this
morning for Gladbrook, Iowa, where ne
will 60 into the general merchandise
business. He has an interest in the
business there established by H. F..
Troost of Mankato and he goes now to
take charge of it and expects to remain
there permanently.
DR.. Stevens of Heron Lake was in
Mankato today.
Fred Strong of Pacific Grove, Cal, is
the guest of his old friend, NJ. B.
Haynes, and will remain over Sunday.
He was a member of the original Ma
pleton colony, although he did not re-
main there long. With Mr.. Haynes,
he arrived in Mankato in May 1856,
on a steamer. He lived at Elysian and
ran the mill there, and also in Iowa
for many years.
Mrs. M. B. Haynes returned last
night from New York and Ohio, where
she visited relatives and friends for
nearly three months.
Mrs. w. N. Plymat went to A-mboy
today to spend Sunday with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. L. w. Wells.
w. A. Plymat went to Fariba ult to-
day to see the football game between
the Mankato and Shattuck school
teams.
w. R. Geddes took a trip to Lake
Crystal this noon.
Mrs. Louis Kruse is visiting her moth
er at Good Thunder for a few days.
w. d. Willard returned last night
from Austin, where he attended the an
nual meeting of the state library asso-
citation. Misses Van Bruen and Farr,
who also attended the meeting, return
ed today.
E. L. Buck of Hill City is in Man
kato, closing up the details connected
with the sale of the MinneOpa park
property to the state. Thomas Hughes
has got the title attended to, and Mr..
Buck will take the papers to st. Paul
and turn them over to the attorney
general.
II. l.. Schmitt has returned from Chi
cago, where he vent on business con-
nected with the Widell Finley company
failure. He found matters very much
mixed, and much litigation threatens.
Postmaster Benedict returned yes
terday from Swan lake with a nice
bunch of canvas backs.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Evans went I.
Lake Crystal today to visit for a few
days. The former has not yet decided
what he will engage in.
Ed. Austin left last night for Brain
erd with three horses and household
goods belonging to George A. Mckinley.
He expects to return in about a week..
A. A. Smell of Owatonna was in the
city last night.
S. J.. Martineau of Tracy was an ar
rival in the city last night.
A. E. Quimby, the Vernon Center
banker, was in Mankato over night.
Fred Crone of New Ulm arrived in
the city last evening. /
DR.. w. II. Barr of Wells was in
Mankato today.
w. Y. Sanborn of Madelia paid the
city a visit today.
Emil Kastner of st. James, Hiram
Daniels of Waterville, and K. L. Stew
ems of Heron Lake were in Mankato
over night.
Ned Spaulding, w. w. Taylor, W. h..
Dobie and Theodore Olson of Mapleton
were in the city last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Y. Sanborn were
in Mankato last evening. They will
90 soon to their new home at Okla
homa City. Mr.. Sanborn was formerly