The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-06-07
Social and Personal

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Cedar Rapids. Iowa. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Patterson of Los Angeles. Cal.
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ
Hamilton. Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Patter-
son. Mr. and Mrs. n. A. Patterson
General and Mrs. Baker. Judge and
Mrs. Cray, Mrs. r. d. Hubbard. Ed and
Frank Brett
Koch entertained a party of ladies in a
delightful manner at cards this after
noon.
Miss Gertrude Niehoff was pleasantly
surprised with parcel shower at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Almquist.
927 North Second. She is to be one of
the June brides. The rooms were very
prettily decorated with red hearts and
bells. Twenty friends We're in the par
.ty. Miss Bessie Paoel presided at the
piano and rendered several vocal selec-
tions also. Miss Julia Hubb favored
the company with several nice selections
on the violin. One of the pleasant
| features of the evening was the part
played by little Miss Margaret Niehoff,
| a niece of Gertrude Niehoff, who,
dressed as Cupid. came into the room
carrying basket filled with parcels and
presented them to her delighted aunt
Refreshments were served. Miss NeihOH
was formerly one of the popular clerks
at Fred Kron's store.
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| Miss Helen Hail was given surprise
Wednesday evening at the home OF Mrs.
H. A. Patterson, after the high school
graduating exercises, by twenty of her
friends. The affair had been arranged
by Mrs. Patterson and Mrs. j. NJ. Half
hill. and Miss Hall was presented with
a string of gold beads as memento of
the occasion. Nice refreshments were
served, and all had a very pleasant
| time.
| George A. Drake of st. Paul. of the
American Express company, spent yes
terday in the city, renewing acquain-
| tances.
Rev. w. s. Emery of North Mankato
boy Yesterday.
| II. j. Hanson of Winona has arrived
! i'm the city to accept the position OF
cashier i'm the local office of the Amer
| ran Express company. He commences
! his duties tomorrow.
Representative John T. Lewis is in
the city. He came up from Waseca to
| look over his farm and will visit in
| Lake Crystal before returning to Wa
| SEGA.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jud Powell and son
Kenneth of Minneapolis are visiting Mrs.
Charles Loucks.
+. w. Lossow, formerly of st. Clair,
is now comfortably settled in his new
home in North Mankato. Mr.. Lossow
| is pleased with North Mankato and is
of the opinion that he will enjoy living
there.
! Homer Daniels and family spent yes
terday at Madison Lake, and caught
| about eighty pounds of fish, including
pickerel croppies and several bass.
Drs. c. H. Nerbovig and G. A. Dahl
spent yesterday at Lake Elysian and
! caught nineteen black bass.
Drs. w. A. Beach and E. L. Halves
were among those that visited Lake
Francis yesterday and brought home
fourteen fish, including some black
! bass.
Harry Perrin, ID. E. Walker, George
Draper and f. A. Jacobson composed
party of fishermen who visited Lake
| Francis Yesterday and caught seventeen
| black bass.
! W. r. Hammett has been summoned
to serve on the petit jury in the United
States court at ST. Paul. during the
term beginning June A. and F. w. Force
has been summoned to serve on the
| grand jury.
Charles X. Otto and w. O. White
lspent yesterday at Lake Elysian and
caught twentyfour black bass. They
had the catch photographed today.
| George HOOK. who lives near Red
wOd Falls, came to the city yesterday
to have piece of steel removed from
one of his eyes. He was engaged in
sharpening breaking plow. when a lit
/ tie piece flew off from the hammer
| that he was using and struck him in the
eye, so close to the retina that the
physicians at Redwood advised that he
| come to Mankato to have it removed.
! Mrs. c. S. Christensen of Madelia
was an arrival in the city this noon.
| Miss Helen Hall left this afternoon
for Kent, Ohio, to spend the summer
vacation at her home
| Miss Esther Wolburton of Madison,
Mimi, has arrived in the city, having
been called by the serious illness of her
grandmother, Mrs. w. S. Taylor on
Clark street. Mrs., Taylor is not eX-
pected to survive the day.
c. H. Nelson and T.. L. GrOnland of
Tyler were in Mankato last evening.
J. E. Marum and wife and Miss Anna
Smith of st. Peter visited in Mankato
last evening.
H. S. Scales of Madelia was in the
city last evening.
J. j. Mclean of Fairmont was in
| Mankato over night.
F. P. Boyd of Redwood Falls spent
last night in the city.
Thomas Hughes took trip to Amboy
today.
/ Mrs. Evan Price of Cambria is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Hughes, for couple of days.
| Mrs. George NJ. Palmer took trip to
st. Paul this morning.
From Saturdays Daily.
The annual meeting of the high
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