The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-27
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

son yesterday AFTERNOON 10 ocSuP. ohe
of the Hotel Coponaning cottages for
a couple of weeks.
Mrs f. Foster and trimmer, Miss
Maud Fox, returned last evening from
three weeks trip to New York
City, where they have been buying a
fall stock of millinery.
Miss Helen Meighan, Il sister of Mrs.
Volk, left last week for Reno, Nevada,
where she has accepted position as
teacher of physical culture for young
ladies at the state university.
Mrs. w. j. Merchant and Miss Vio-
let Atchison are both entertaining
house parties this week at Lake Wash
ington. All of the guests attended the
dance at Cliff Inn last night.
Mrs. +. r. Kennedy and Mrs. H. 5.
Holman returned last night from their
western trip, after an absence of five
weeks. They visited relatives at Seat
tie and Tacoma, Wash, and at Butte
and Glendive, Mont.
Avon Whited and family moved to-
day to Waseca, where he will take
the Shafer company. He has been clerk
and steward at the Sanlpaugh for over
five years, and has many friends who
will regret his departure. He will be
succeeded as steward by j. H. Hamil-
ton, one of the new lessees of the
hotel.
The work of grading the tracks OF
the Chicago and Northwestern road
on this division has been completed
and the large steam shovel has been
sent to the Galena division of the
road where the crew will be engaged
in track elevating work. The gravel
used in the work here was taken from
the gravel pit, short distance west
of Winona. Over 5000 cars OF gravel
was used in the work and the road Is
now in fine condition.
Four mounted bandits robbed the
state bank of Crandall Thursday OF
over 81 900 and escaped over the
prairie. The charge of dynamite with
which they blew open the safe wreck
ed the building and aroused nearby
residents A sheriff's posse was sent
out in pursuit. The bank was insur
ed against loss by the National Surety
company. Elmer Mo, eldest son of the
well known Sleepy Eye banker, Hans
| f. Mo. is cashier of the above bank.
Waseca Radical: Mrs. Margaret Bon-
cher has resigned the position she has
held for several years as night oper-
ator at the telephone office in order
that she might move to Mankato with
her family. She planned to make this
change some time ago and has, house
rented near the schools in Mankato
which two of her daughters will at
] tend. Miss Anna Boucher will teach
school at Wells and Arthur expects
to attend College at Omaha, Nebr
The family is held in high esteem in
this city and it is with regret we note
their intention to move from our
midst next week Mrs. Boucher has
rented her residence on Lake avenue
to Mrs. Hartley and Miss Nellie Win
| tiers.
Waterville Advances There was a
meeting of the Commercial club at
the city hall on Wednesday evening
to take up the matter of the McCabe
Incubator company. 1t was decided
to circulate petition asking the
school board to call a special election
to vote on the proposition of offer
ing the old school house as a bonus
to secure the factory. The petition
was drawn up the following morning
and generally signed. If Watervile
can secure this factory is will be a
good thing, not only for the city, but
for the surrounding country as we'll
If the factory comes here it will nc
doubt bring chicken farm, thus
stimulating the raising, not only OF
chickens for the market but blood
ed chicks and high priced eggs for
hacthing as well. 1t will naturally
develope a cold storage industry for
which we are admirably situated, and
other enterprises that naturally fol-
low an industry of this kind.
/ Few American citizens of the day
hold a higher place in public favor, re-
gard and esteem than does Buffalo
Bill (Col. w. +. Cody.) His superb
and effective work in the days when
the alst of the Indian warfares were
being waged against the most savage
and relentless foes the United States
troops ever were called on to meet
alone entitle him to the greatest meas
ure of praise and credit He has
supplemented that with over thirty
years of educational work, presenting
to the people of this country and
| Europe types of the finest physical
specimens of various and different
races until his presentation of them
little known to the world at large
The closing years of his career are
being devoted to giving the general
public the opportunity of seeing and
studying more different races, tribes
| and kindred than ever were gathered
| together until the advent of Buffalo