The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-14


Idaho, who has been visiting relatives
here since the death of her mother,
Mrs. c. Walz, went Saturday to Min
neapolis to spend a week. Mrs. Jost
will return to Mankato before leaving
for Idaho.
Messrs. T. NJ. Coughlan, Charles T,
Taylor, Martin Walser and John I'll.
Hohmann, and j. f. Hickey, state treas.
urer, are delegates from the local
council to the state meeting of tho
Knights of Columbus which will be held
in st. Paul beginning tomorrow.
Messrs. Jay Hubbard and E. NJ.
Richter returned last evening from
Owatonna, where they visited at the
home of the latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. w. Richter. Mrs. Richter and
son, who are spending few days in
Owatonna, will return the middle of
the week.
L. ]. Hennig today forwarded his
household goods to Huron, S. D., where
he plans to reside in the future. Mrs.
Hennig and children will leave for that
place the latter part of the week. Dur
ing his residence in Mankato, Mr.. Hen
mig was connected with the Standard
Brewing company.
Messrs. James Lynard and James
Clark returned last evening from Owa-
tonna where they spent Sunday with
relatives. The gentlemen are conduct
ing wholesale produce business in the
cold storage plant on South Front
street in connection with the produce
concern of j. Lynard with headquarters
at Owatonna.
| Mr. Rett Olmsted of Decoria, Iowa,
birds before the John Burroughs society
| which is the children's bird club of
Mankato. Mr.. Olmsted is one of the
greatest of authorities on birds. 1t is
| his plan to talk to the children and
then take them on a bird walk later
in the afternoon.
| Mrs. j. w. Kollmann of North Sec
ond street returned home yesterday
from Dubuque, Iowa, where she was
called on account of the illness of hel
son, Waldermar. Mrs. Kollmann has
been out of the city week and
brought her son back with her. He viii
remain here for few weeks until fully
recovered from his recent illness.
| Miss Tillie Foldesi has arrived from
st. Peter, where she graduated from
hospital, and will become a member OF
| the Nurses club of this city. Miss
Foldesi is sister of Miss Rosella
Foldesi. VINO has been a member oil
the nurses club for some time and has
many friends in Mankato and vicinity
Owatonna Journal: A. w. Benack
manager of the Mankato Maroons, one
of the fast professional baseball
teams of southern Minnesota was il
the city Friday looking up players. The
Maroon's list is practically complete
but Manager Benack is anxious to OBJ
tain another good twirler. The man
/ ager is the gentleman who made al
effort to establish a Southern Mime
sofa league this summer.
Charles J. Wright, one of the foul
representatives from Otter Tail county
in the legislature, is donating his sal
airy for the term to the school libraries
of the different villages of the county
Mr.. Wright has no wish to pose as a
second Carnegie but he has thus fan
donated $3.50 to Henning, $3.50 to Per
ham, $50 to Deer Creek, and various
sums to other villages. Mr.. Wright
was quiet member, but he is by fan
the wealthiest man in Otter Tail coun
ty, and with the exception of Chester
A. Congdon, of Duluth, was probably
the wealthiest in either the house OF
senate.