The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-09-20
From Mondays Daily.

mother, who was eighty-seven years
old yesterday. She is enjoying fine
health.
l. \. Griffith was given a surprise
Friday evening at his home on South
Front street by twenty members of
the Equitable Fraternal Union. Mrs.
carefully to guard the secret from her
husband, illustrating that it is posi-
bic for woman to keep secret.
Nice refreshments were served, and MIR.
Griffith was presented with token
of esteem.
Mrs. A. A. Hammer of ST. Paul ar
rived Saturday night to visit her pa
rents. Mr.. and Mrs. James Wilson, for
a week She has been visiting at
Lake Benton for couple of weeks,
and is on her way home
John f. Diamond of Minneapolis
spent the day in the city.
A. Deike. who has been visiting in
the east for some time, started for
home today.
c. L. Busian and Charles j. Swanson
of Marshall were guests in the city
Saturday night.
c. E. Lockerby of Minneapolis was
in Mankato over Sunday.
G. A. Mccarthy and Miss Margaret
Mccarthy paid Mankato friends a visit
Saturday evening.
A. f. Quimby and wife of Vernon
Center were in the city Saturday even
ing.
w. B. Davies and J. S. Davies were
at Lake Francis day or so ago and
caught twenty black bass and seven
or eight pickerel. 1t is thought that
there will be good bass fishing there
all the fall.
]. A. Donahue of Lake Benton was
in Mankato yesterday.
George NJ. Cooper of Mapleton paid
his friends visit yesterday.
c. R. Brown of Vernon Center was
i'm Mankato Saturday night.
w. r. LETTERS and wife of Window
spent Sunday in the city.
F. S. Brown of Tracy was an ar
rival in the city yesterday morning.
DR.. and Mrs. Paul Barney have re-
turned to the city.
Mr. and Mrs. S. NJ. Grover of
Sterling Center were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. William Ellis over Sunday.
They also visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Knapp and Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Benedict today.
Cyrus Williams of Sterling Center
was visitor to the fair on Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mead of Ster-
ling attended the fair on Saturday.
They expressed themselves as well
pleased with the attractions and races.
Al. Brush and family of Amboy
were in the city on Saturday and at
tended the fair.
NJ. B. Mandell, Sterling Center's
hustling merchant, is in the city to-
day.
w. r. Barnes of Center street ar.
rived home from Colorado last week,
where he has been since early spring.
J. G. Fowler was at the Blue Earth
CITY fair last week in charge of the
states pure food exhibit. The fair
was well attended and the entries
were many and varied.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C.. Famous of Min
Mrs. L. E. King
Coroner E. r. Kennedy returned Sat
urday night from his six weeks visit
to his old home at Milton, Vermont,
and at Burlington and st. Adams, Vt.
He visited thirty-five nephews and
nieces, and found all to be i'll pros
porous circumstances and standing high
in their communities. He had fine
time. and states that he never saw
Vermont looking so prosperous before,
or better crops The western part of
the state is filled with tourists from
all over the country.
Miss Marion Hunt returned to Ham
line college today, to begin the work
of her third year there.
Miss Lora l.. Brown of Washington,
Iowa. visited in Mankato today.
G. " Hills and a party from st.
Peter dined in the city yesterday.
H. Slider of GAINESVILLE paid the city
visit yesterday.
Z. A. Hotchkiss of Pomona, Cal, was
in the city last evening.
Henry Kruse and wife went to Long
Prairie today to visit the latters sis
ter for few days.
J. w. Tidland returned Saturday
from Seattle, Wash, after an absence
of four months.
Geoge NJ Palmer left today on a
business trip to Aitken county.
Mrs. Anna NJ. Willard has gone to
Minneapolis for visit of week or
two.
H. A. Peterson and party, while
at Bismarck, n. d., bagged 1873 prairie
chickens and eighteen ducks.
DIR. Seeley of ~Elysian was in Man
kato today with patient for I'm
anuel hospital. He was accompanied
by his father, DIR. Seeley of Faribault
Misses Frieda and Marian Brendler
left today for Winona, Lacrosse, Madi-