The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-03-06
REALIZED A NICE SNUG SUM
School Entertainment In Pleasant
Mound Was Successful.

NOUNS was Successful.
Mrs. Brown Reeder has been quit
sick with the grip.
visiting friends and relatives at Am
boy.
Ray Salisbury has purchased thu
Fuller automobile.
DIR. Holbrook of Mankato was Gale,
last week to attend Miss Agnes Baum
gartner who is quite seriously sick.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Chris
tan church met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. +. j. Salsbery last Thurs
day
Mrs. Roy Fisk of Cheyenne Wells
Col, was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene Day last week.
Mr.. Meyer and family of Coco
Thunder visited with friends and rela
tives in this locality last week.
William Sharp of Good Thunder at
tended the box social at the Pleasant
View school house Saturday night.
John Buckmister and family OF
Highwood, Mont, are visiting friends
and relatives in this locality.
J. V. Reeder is husking corn fol-
Charley Buckmister, 50 states the Am
boy Herald.
j. w. Crook left for Chicago Sat
urday night with carload of cattle
DR.. McMichael of Vernon made a
professional visit in this locality the
last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Lee Look were
guests of Mr. Henry Case of Mankato
last week. s ,s a
Frank Briggs entertained the wood
saving bee last Monday.
Will Griggs is recovering from a
recent attack of the grip.
Miss Eva Briggs visited with Miss
Laura Day last Sunday.
Mr.. Ike Linley spent very pleas
ant week visiting with old friends and
neighbors in the vicinity of Antrim
and Westford. 4a.
The Christian women's board of mis-
sions met at the home OF Mrs. Frank
Briggs last Tuesday night with Mrs.
f. p. Wilder of Amboy as leader. y.
The Bible training class met at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Huffman
last Wednesday night. Three new
members were secured, making a total
of twenty three. The next meeting
will be held at the home of MIR. and
Mrs. John Crook next Tuesday night.
Will Weeks of North Dakota is
here visiting old friends and relatives.
Mrs. LYDIA Gjuul and Miss Eva Lat
tin left for Albert Lea Friday, where
they will spend a few days visiting
Miss Jessie Wilkinson and Arthur
BrOwnlee of,Westford were recent Wis
itors at the; home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Van Brundt.lriG.. ii ~. ~ r
Mr.. Bert Sampson of Illinois is Wis
iting his brother, A. j. Sampson. ,,s.
The auction held at A. j. Simpsons
last Thursday brought out large
attendance of buyers, and before. four
O'Clock everything was sold to high
est bidders. One brood mare sold for
1910, which was considered a very
fair price. as asu ~ f.y..-ol,
While crossing the river with load
of wood last Thursday, one of the
teams belonging to the Fox Bros.
broke through the ice,' but as the
water was not very deep, no particular
damage was done. sHisau aq
Mr.. and Mrs +. j. Salsbery and
daughter Florence spent Sunday at
the home of Mrs. Salsbery at AM
boy.
The school entertainment and box
supper, under the management of Miss
May Abels, was held at the Pleasant
View school house last Saturday night,
and proved to be grand success both
socially and financially. Despite the
bad weather, people gathered at an
early hour and by eight o'clock all the
seats were filled and chairs from the
neishboring houses were secured to ac-
commodate the audience. The schol-
ars rendered very pleasing program,
and each number was vigorously APP
plauded. Special mention should be
made of the violin solo by Miss
Mayme Louer, and the vocal solo and
character sketch by Miss Beatrice
Allen. AT the conclusion of the pro-
gram the boxes, numbering forty five,
were sold at auction by Silas Allen.
The receipts. amounting to $40, will
be expended for IA school library.
Young people from Good Thunder,
Sterling and Amboy were in attend
ance. sAGN