The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-09-13


very pleasantly. Several musical
numbers were rendered. The rooms
We're decorated with flowers.
A very pleasant event occurred last
evening, when Mr.. and Mrs. r. W.
Hart entertained party of young
people at six o'clock dinner for their
daughter, Miss Kathleen. The rooms
were decorated in pink and white
| The dinner was delicious one, in
seven courses, and was served by
Misses Maude Hart and Marion Will
lard. Mrs. Hart was assisted by Mrs
Fox and Mrs. NJ. B. Wood. During
the evening progressive five hundred
was played, and the prize was won
| by Miss Cora Ennis. The out of town
guests were Miss Evelyn Fisher OF
Boston and Miss Maude Maloney OF
Butte, Mont. Other guests were
Misses Cora Under, Mildred Cough
! Ian, Flossie Macbeth, Marion Stand
ish, Eleanor Wood, Caroline Sundt
Mable Moore, Cora Ennis, Edith Rich
ards and Lucille Brandenburg.
| NJ. f. Chamberlain of Redwing, who
| is connected with the Great Western
road, was in Mankato last evening.
Rev. c. H. Moxie of Mazeppa, Mimi.
spent last night in Mankato.
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den City today.
+. O'Brien of Winona, assistant
division superintendent of the C. &
N. w. road, visited Mankato last
night.
J. M. Wiser has returned from the
state fair, where he spent most OF
| the week.
T. Blum has returned from the
east, where he spent two weeks pur.
chasing goods.
Mr.. Nolte, a business man of East,
on, spent yesterday in the city.
o. /. Johnson, the Omaha ticket
agent, went to the fair this morning
the auto races being the most attract
| i've feature for him.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Fitzloff have re.
turned from a visit to the state fair
Mrs. John c. Mcdonald, who has
been the guest of her daughter, Mrs
w. L. Hixon for the past two
months, left today for Duluth where
she will visit another daughter.
R. F. Jones has gone to Blue Earth
City to take an inventory of stock
of clothing and furnishing goods pur,
chased by land company of this
city.
Thomas Bowles and family of Yer.
non Center are visiting Officer CARRIER
ding and family and will remain over
Sunday.
Rev. E. Cody Of st. Paul was an
arrival in the city this noon.
Rev. Nordgaard took trip to St
Peter yesterday.
Contractor A. w. Schweppe of ST.
James was in Mankato yesterday.
Rev. Seltz and family of Truman
visited friends in Mankato yester.
day.
Rev. Graborewetz of Good Thunder
visited Mankato yesterday.
Rev. Z. H. Willisford and wife and
daughter have reached Mankato and
services will be conducted in the Bap'
fist church tomorrow morning.
Joseph Cummings left Pontus, S. D..
for Minneapolis. He visited the fair
and will come to Mankato in few
days to attend the normal. He has
been spending the summer with his
parents camping on the banks of the
Missouri river where the Northwestern
line is building a bridge.
The Free Press has just completed
another artistic job of printing the
proceedings of the twenty ninth
annual meeting of the Grand Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star. 1t is one
of the finest specimens of the art
preservative. The pamphlets will be
distributed among the lodges at once
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Hughes and two
children have arrived to visit rela-
tives in the city and county until
Tuesday. Mr.. Hughes is county at
torney of Wadena county, and a
brother of Thomas and Evan Hughes
Evan Hughes and Benjamin Taylor
were at Lake Crystal yesterday on
BUSINESS.
Miss Mary ]. Bowen and niece,
Alva Bowen, returned yesterday from
Colorado, where they spent the past
two or three months.
Aid. and Mrs. w. III. Gary returned
last night from the state fair, where
they spent the week. Mr.. Gary had
charge of the Texas exhibit, which at
tracted a good deal of attention. This
exhibit has been divided, and part OF
| it will arrive in Mankato tomorrow
and will be-exhibited at the fair next
week. while the other part will 60
to indianapolis to be shown at the
Indiana state fair.
Mrs. George Atchison and daughter
will return tonight from Excelsior
They have been attending the state
l. fair this week Aid. AtchisOn re-
turned last evening.
| F. E. Church and wife of Owatonna
were in Mankato over night.
Oscar Bierbauer left yesterday for