The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-21

on New Years night at the \. o. L. w
hall. Music by Lamm's full orchestra.
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J. l.. Lobben and wife of St James
are i'll the city today.
w. j. Buttschau left last evening Oh
a trip to South Dakota.
Rudy" Ibach, who represents Rosen-
berger & Currier iii South Dakota. re-
turned to spend his holiday vacation at
home.
! Rev. b. V. Black, l. n Griffith and
John b. Richards attended the funeral
of Mrs. Ed Scott The interment was
made in the Tivoli cemetery where the
husband and child of the deceased are
| buried.
| Miss Lidia Marti' who is visiting at
| the home of b. Bangerter ST., returned
! to her home at Morgan, MINI.
Dr. Schmitt's daughter. Miss Marga
ret, spent yesterday and Saturday III
Minneapolis visiting her aunt, Miss Lii
| liam Schmitt, who is attending the uni
versity.
DIR. and Mrs. j. NJ Edwards have re-
turned from their honeymoon trip to
Omaha and Chicago. They have gone to
housekeeping at 10 Parsons street.
Mr. and Mrs. Hal b. Willard have
been heard from at Spokane, Wash,
where they will remain indefinitely.
w. S. Garner of the International
Harvester company is enjoying an ex-
tended visit with his father, w. W. Gar
her. of Kansas City.
Mr.. George f. Brett returned Friday
evening from trip through the Gulf
coast country of Texas, including the
cities of San Antonio, Corpus Christi
and Brownsville. In speaking of that
country Mr.. Brett seemed to have been
very favorably impressed. While the
country is irrigated more or less in the
settled portions, the flowing wells which
can be had at nominal depth make
it very cheap form of irrigation. Near
ly every form of fruit and vegetables
grow very abundantly and seemingly
at good profit. Cotton is the king of
crops and alfalfa is being grown in
abundance also While we were shovel
ing coal into stoves in Minnesota Mr..
Brett was enjoying climate with a
temperature registering from seventy
five to eighty,five degrees in the shade.
f. r. Brett of Chicago, a brother. ac-
companied him throughout the trip.
Miss Grace Blomberg of st. Peter Wis
tied friends in town yesterday.
John Heintze of st. Peter was in
town yesterday
II. c. Pickle, the popular inventor of
Nixon & Sickle's store. was ice boating
OH Eagle Lake yesterday. He reports
the sport very popular, there being many
ice boats in commission.
.Jorgen Nelson leaves tomorrow on a
trip to Esbjerg, Denmark.
Frank .Janda leaves in the morning for
Budweis, Bohemia, where he has rela-
tives
DR.. George II. Davis is i'll in a Min
neapolis hospital. Mrs. Davis. who was
here to attend the Jubilee this evening.
was called to Minneapolis this morning
DR.. Tanner arrived from Faribault to-
day. He will attend the Episcopal ll-
bllee at the OlesOn home this evening.
E. Ii. Kammerer of Minneapolis has
accepted a position as engineer with the
Mankato Gas & Electric Light company
Mrs. I. G. Ritter of st. Paul, Mrs
B. +. Loilis and daughter of Superior
and Mrs. William Fisher and dalleter of
Minneapolis were called home because
! OF the critical condition of their mother
Mrs. Roway.
! a. r. Pau ST. returned from Milwau-
kee today.
a. Il. Pau Jr.. returned today from
,, Milwaukee with Mrs Pfau and their son
John who was taken there to consult
an oculst. Mr. Pau. who was at West
+! Baden. recuperating. was called to Mil
! waukee after spending two days at the
health resort. 1t is feared that the lit
tie fellow will be compelled to undergo
an operation in order to save further
| complications.
Andrew c. Dunn. attorney of Win
ncbago, was a visitor i'll town today.
G. a. Lewis departed for Chicago Sat