The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-09
Coming and Going

Miss Florence Gage of Lakefield is
visiting in the city.
Senator Wolheter of Fairmont was
! in Mankato yesterday.
Miss Lena Nielsen of Sibley street
is sick with pleurisy.
Mrs. f. X. Meagher is spending a
few days in the cities.
The library board transacted only
routine business last night.
The annual Episcopal parish meeting
will occur Monday afternoon.
Walter Flachsenhar is home from
the university to spend the Easter
holidays.
Alderman elect George Pass left last
night for Orange City, Iowa, on bust
ness.
John Rovee of Redwing was in the
city today in the interest of his brick
mandatory.
Attorney Albert Hauser of Sleepy
Eve was in Mankato over night
Miss Rew's hair shop, shampoo, mas
sage, manicure, chiropody. Citizens
phone 459.
John Nyquist and Henry Spicer
went across the river today for a
wolf hunt.
Mr.. Lynge of Lynge Bros, merchants
of Westbrook, was in Mankato yes
terday on business.
Dr. W. w. Eberhart left yesterday
afternoon for Amarillo, Texas, with
n Marty of land seekers
Miss Catherine Brooks went to st
Peter today to visit friends the re-
mainder of the week.
Two national bank examiners are
in the city making periodic examina'
ton of the local national banks.
Paperhanging and painting, guaran
teed first class work. Call for ID. A
Simmonds, Citz. phone No TAG NJ.
Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Patterson re
turned yesterday on the Afternoon
train from an extended Mexico trip
George W. Scherer and others went
to ST. Clair today to assist in in
shutting new lodge of Odd Fellows
George A. Dickson of Minneapolis
was in the city today, and disposed
of his house on Baker avenue to Olo
Anderson.
S. w. Shannon was in the city
today looking after the interests Of
the George H. Paul company of Wash
ington, Iowa.
Mrs. William H. Hilton of st. Clair
underwent d serious operation at st
Josephs hospital yesterday morning
She is doing as well as could be ex
pected.
George Wilson and John Gacke OF
Manl,ato are in Minneapolis serving
lon the United States grand jury
Eliot Epson of Lake Crystal is fore
man of the jury
Mis- Larson, a teacher in the Lu
verne schools, is spending her vacation
i'm the city as the guest of the Misses
Parker, on Byron street.
Thomas Lukyn, the we'll know
dealer in imported horses. with head
quarters in Fargo, is in the city call
ing on friends. Mr.. Lukyn is a for
= mer resident of Mankato.
Misses Carrie NJ and Alice v Rob
bins are soon to leave for Europe
to be gone year, having been granite,
years leave of absence from tn
state normal school.
Rev. Father Meinhardt of Prairie dl
Chen, Wis, was in the city the pas
few days, and preached sermons il
English at st. Peter and Paul's Catho
! lie church Sunday, Monday and Tues
, day evenings.
Architect Schippel and J. B. Nelsel
went to Faribault yesterday to lool
over the new hospital building, whicl
is practically completed. They looke'
!. over the building with the hospita
: committee. and all were well please,
with it.
p. B. Crane, a farmer living nea
Long Lake, Mimi, claims he has solve,
I the quack grass problem. His farm
was badly overgrown with quack grass
o but he has succeeded in eradicating i
, from his farm. He has formulated
: mixture, he claims, which applied il
+ form of spray, twenty-four hours be
fore blowing, will so deaden the root
of quack grass that they will entirel
, decay within ten or twelve weeks
+ time, providing certain system o
cultivation follows the blowing. Hi
D method of fighting quack grass vii
/ be tested by number of farmer
in different parts of the state thi
summer, and the work will be followe
with keen interest by many souther
Minnesota farmers.
On Monday evening, a number o
Miss Elsie Kronfeld's friends surprise,
> her with linen shower, at the hom
of her friend, Miss Helen Schumann
Miss Kronfeld was presented will
come beautiful presents and the even
ing was spent i'll most enjoyable
: manner. A dainty supper was ais
served.
8 Miss Violet Atchison entertained OF
, Monday evening in honor of her guest
Miss Verna Smith of Austin MINI
o There were twenty young people pres
= ent and the rooms were prettily deco
: rated in Easter effects. Progressiv
games were greatly enjoyed, the hon
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