The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-02-07
From Tuesdays Daily.

| WESTERN. he DeHtH his uutPS Tiu'.
night.
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From Tuesdays Daily.
| The regular monthly meeting of the
! Woman's Foreign Missionary society
of the Methodist church will be held
with Mrs. Frank Hunt Wednesday
afternoon, Feb. s. Mrs. Hunt win be
assisted by Mrs. Nettleton and Mrs.
Kerfoot. Study period at three o'clock
followed by business meeting and
social hour. Gentlemen invited to tea
at five thirty.
Mrs. s. d. Works entertained a
party of friends last evening in honor
lof her husbands birthday. The even
F., ing was spent very pleasantly, and
nice refreshments were served.
| w. Fl. Pettis, VINO resides two miles
west of this city, was in Mankato to-
day and declares he never saw winter
weather equal TO this winter. During
his fifty three years residence he has
seen rs warm winter as this, but
instead of the pleasant warm days,
1--we had fogs and rains. In April 20,
1859 or 1860. Mr. Pettis says there
was three feet of snow, and wheat
seeding was not done until after this
had melted. The crops that year were
ahead of those Of recent years. Then
There was no blight nor rust, and the
yield was big.
Mrs. w. j. Jewett is confined to her
home with the grip.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Currier received
the pleasing news of the arrival of a
lnice baby boy, at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Fleming, at Wheaton,
MINI.
Miss Ruby Bathlan of Minneapolis
is visiting Mrs. Fred Prouse for a
day.
! Mr. Becker of Olson & Becker, of
st. Paul, general agents for Minnesota
for the 1900" self working washing
machine, is in the city for day OF
two.
Mrs. w. w. P. Mcconnell is re-
,cciving treatment in one of the local
Hospitals.
! Fl. E. Olson of Lake Crystal and
Samuel Hellickson of Butternut Val
ley are serving on the grand jury
They were pleasant callers on The
Free Press today. at
| Attorneys U. G. Argetsinger of Ma
pleton and Regard of Owatonna at
tended the opening of the district
Icourt today.
Lester Patterson, who with Mrs
Patterson, is pending the winter in
california, writes his son, H. A. Pat
terson of this city, that it has rained
there for seven days and seven inches
of water has fallen in this time. This
is unusual for that country. Mr.
and Mrs. Patterson are enjoying them
selves. They will return to Minnesota
about May j.
Captain C. F. Cook, secretary of the
Alliance Fire Insurance company OF
Austin, was in the city today on
business. He was formerly mayor OF
Austin.
Miss Mary Cheshire returned this
noon from Minneapolis, where she
spent few days visiting friends.
Mrs. George Hodson is on the sick
list
Misses Sophia A. Johnson of st
Peter and Edna Cole of Lake Crystal
visited friends in Mankato yesterday
land today.
r. p. Ward of Waseca was in Man,
kato today.
f. +. Miller, Charles A. Key an6
Frank Wagner of st. Peter were in
the city last night.
E. NJ. Tabott of Amboy was in the
, city over night.
John Keinscnmidt is back from 81!
Paul for visit
William Boswell of ST. Clair visited
lin the city over night.
/ A. Hanson of Lake Crystal was in
the city last night.
i NJ. Engesser of st. Peter had
business in -uanKato today.
4 Evan Olson of Amboy was in the
city over night.
John j. SCHNEIDER of Mountain Lake
dined in the city yesterday.
Philip Dick Jr of st. Peter at
tended the theatre last night.
! David Woolstencroft of Fulda had
business in Mankato today.
| r. A. Cox of Chicago, holding po-
sition with the Standard Oil company,
was in Mankato today. He was for
merly agent of the American Express
company at Sioux City, Iowa.
| Alfred Mayo of Washington, d. c..
who is in the theatrical business, was
a visitor in the city today.
From Thursdays Daily.