The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-12-11
COUNTY, PRESS STORIES.

Aapleton Enterprise: DIR. Whitcomb, |
the field veterinarian of the state, APP
praised four head of cattle for VIM.
| Borchert which were recently condemn
I, ed as suffering from tuberculosis. The !
animals will be taken to Mankato for
| slaughter where they will be killed un
der the supervision of the federal vet !
| erinarian.
Mapleton Enterprise: Considerable
anxiety was caused in the Ingebrtson
| home and among their neighbors Fri
day evening, by the mysterious disap
pearance of Agnes Anderson, a do
| mestid in the family. The girl who
is about seventeen years of age and a
niece of Mr.. Ingebritson, left the home
about eight o'ldock Friday evening
without hat OF wrap As she did not
| return that night it was thought per-
haps she had gone to some of the
neighbors but in the morning an in
vestigation was made and no trace
of her could be found. The search
was kept up long into the night, Sat
urday, with no results Sunday morning
Mr.. Ingebritson and Marshall Osteboe
went out to the barn which they had
previously searched twice, having even
pitched over the hay, and there found
her in the hay loft with her apron
pulled up over her head She had
apparently. not been there long but
as to where she had been she gave
no satisfactory report. She evidently
had not had anything to eat during
her absence as she ate when taken into
| the house like one who was fam
| ishing. II looks as if the girls mind
was slightly affected.
Good Thunder Herald: On account of
rough roads p ID. Sperra and George
Schram mail carriers, made their TWEEN
ty-five mile trip by foot OH Tuesday.
| Starting out on cold, clustering |
day with about fifty pounds of mail
matter is quite an undertaking and
shows ready willingness to do
their duty in serving Uncle Sam.
Weather or roads do not prevent
any of our carriers from making their
daily trip.
Good Thunder Herald: Blue Earth
county has too many newspapers, yet
each and all have distinct and sep
arate field and the dispensing OF,
single one would be keenly missed
in its own community. With the one
man country weekly it is an uphill
proposition. Take the city dailies with
their better facilities, the necessary
help, their contest and schemes for OBJ
| the whole county with local scribes,
all have tendency to detract from
the small local paper, yet they still
continue to exist. Brother Caller of
The Vernon Center News has deputized
his wife to run the paper and mind the
babies and will devote his whole time
to preaching the gospel. As far as
pay goes the e;'itor and pastor go hand
in hand, as neither are paid according
70 his worth. s. -. r8t
| Delavan people are still talking about
an assault which took place OH the !
streets there two weeks ago. 1t seems
haired man about sixty years of age,
was quietly sitting in one of the
| towns public building some time ago,
| talking ''tiling'' with friend 'Big
Tom entered the building, and APP
parently without provocation walked up
to Mr.. Burnam and hit him full
swing in the face, iniurng and mark
ing him quite badly. This big Tom"
has been thing around the country for
the past year or two and while being
an unusually large man, claims to have
trained as "A prize fighter, and brags
of his personal fistic encounters in one
at least of which he alone defeated
four able bodied men. Mr.. Burnam's
two sons, backed by two brothers
inlaw took up their fathers cause,
and meeting Mr.. Burnam's assailant
on the street a few nights later, pro-
ceeded without delay, to give him a
fair dose of his own medicine and
then ordered him to leave town. He
left within few days and it is I'M
derstood now is making his home in
Winnebago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Proehl re-
turned home from wedding trip Sat
urday evening and were warmly re-
ceived by their many friends, says The
Mapleton Enterprise. A two wheeled
coach in the form of baggage cart /
which the boys found somewhere con-
veyed them to the home of Henry
Wick. The band boys afterwards
went down and gave them serenade
after which the tin can brigade gave |.
them concert. Mr.. Proehl will
certainly have many things to re-
member his wedding day by. While in
Minneapolis he was arrested for pass-
ing counterfeit dollar. The bogus
coin was given him in change and not
noticing it he paid it out at de-
partinent store. 1t was detected before
he left the establishment, he was spot
ted by couple of detectives and Civ
en- sweating. He at first supposed
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