The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-11-15

sister, Mrs. Thomas Hughes.
d. w. Radicle of Lake Crystal was
in the city this afternoon.
From Saturdays Daily.
Company H gave the second of its
!, series of dancing parties at its armory
, last evening and it was very en-
joyable affair. The attendance was
good, and Lamm's orchestra furnished
1.-THE music.
The fourth division of the ladies'
society of the Baptist church will en-
terrain at the home of Mrs Paul
Iverson, State street, Tuesday evening,
Nov IL. fine program will be given
and refreshments served. All are invit-
ed. A charge of Is cents will be made
Superior Lodge No. 5, Degree of
Honor, held a very interesting meet
ing on Wednesday last. Mrs. NJ l..
Lang and Mrs. L. B. Davies declined
to accept their elections as captains
of the membership contest, voted on
at the meeting before. Miss Rose
Harkee and Miss Matte Girvin were
selected as the captains, and these
drew the names of the members for
each side respectively. The side Sc
curing the least number of applica tions
at the close of the contest will ban
quet the winning side. Nomination of
officers was had but was left open
until the election. Mr. and Mrs. ID.
P. Hayes of Butte, Mont, and the
Misses Emma and Alice Throdahl, who
came recently from North Dakota,
were present and made remarks which
were much enjoyed by those present.
About $50 was the net proceeds of
their fair.
The A. O. U. w. of Mankato will
celebrate the thirty ninth anniversary
of the founding of the order on We'd
nesday, Noy. l3. The grand lodge Of
ficers of the jurisdiction of Minnesota
will be present and some of the SUI
preme lodge officers also will be pres
ent to take part in the exercises of
the evening The local lodge will re-
ceive their superior officers with a
class of fifty candidates. After the
initiation and other exercises have tax
en- place the meeting will close with
| speaking and an elegant banquet. A
very enjoyable time is expected. The
grand lodge of Minnesota has paid to
| its deceased members since it's organi-
cation $5,742 ,433.73, and $4,000 of said
beneficiary funds have been dis
| tributed to the deceased members of
Blue Earth Lodge No. 80 of this city.
The local lodge distributes from $l,400
to 81 600 annually to its members in
sickness and distress, thus many homes
have been preserved and the wolf of
misery driven from many deserving
brother at the time when he most
needed friends. May the good work
continue.
Mesdames Warwick, Comstock, Hol-
man and Currier entertained the L. L.
d. club at luncheon Thursday aft
, ernoon at the home of Mrs. Currier.
The musicale at the home of Mrs.
lJ. w. Andrews last evening, was a
rare treat and the delighted audience
pronounced it one of the best enter
tainments of its kind ever presented to
the people of Mankato. Every num-
Der was a gem and received an en-
core.
Those taking part were Nellie Nitz-
kowski, piano solo; Louise Johnson,
violin solo; Mrs. Fred Manderfeld,
vocal solo; the Mandolin club, Mr..
May, leader, two numbers; Miss
Whiting, piano solo; Ruby Phelps, vo-
cal solo: Kathleen Hart, vocal solo;
reading from Little Citizens, Elise
beth Dodds; vocal solo, two numbers,
Mrs. Clayton. The piano accompanies
were: Miss Whiting Miss Wasgatt,
Miss Lulsdorf, Miss Mead.
County Commissioners Madigan and
Hanson are at Fergus Falls, repre-
senting the county board at the con-
ference of charities and corrections and
convention of county commissioners,
which began today and will continue
for four days.
Mrs. C. f. Whitcomb of Grand Forks
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
u.s. w. Burgess.
Miss Myrtle Morawetz of Minneapo- /
lis is visiting her uncle, w. j. Nor
Iawetz.
Architect Pass was able to go to