The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

! ular trip to the coast, covering "a cou
| pie of months.
II. r. Case of Fulton street re-
turned home yesterday from a short
business trip at Amboy.
| Miss May Bennett left this morning
| for Frederick, Wis, to visit he sister
for a couple of months.
DR.. NJ. b. Wood left yesterday for
several points in Wisconsin, on stock
business, and will return Thursday.
Charles DehrinG, Minnesota Lake
saloon keeper, was in the city today
to have an operation performed on his
nose.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Z. Cross of Am
boy were guests in the city over Sun
day of their cousin, Mrs. c.. II. John
son and family
Mrs. c. s. Thurston of Judson went
to Rochester yesterday to be with her
brother, Dir. r. X. Keene, until the lat
ter has had his operation for stomach
trouble.
Mrs. c. S. Schmitt of BLUE Earth
is visiting in the city, and her hus-
band will arrive tonight and assist
his brother, DR.. A. +. Schmitt, in an
operation tomorrow.
DR.. F. L. Durgin of Winnebago was
in the city yesterday, with woman
patient, whom he placed in st. Jo-
sephs hospital, where she was oper-
ated upon for gall stones.
Aldred Hewitt of Winnebago passed
through the city Saturday with a new
forty-fve horse power Rambler tour
ing car, which he had just purchased
in Minneapolis. He drove the car
home.
Earl Anslem left yesterday after
noon for Seattle and Spokane, Wash.
A. E. Quimby,. the Easton banker,
was in Mankato today. He brought
his touring car to have magnetic
fitted in it by Schwender Bros.
Miss Myrtle d. Francis, teacher of
cooking at the high school, has decided
not to return next year, but will ac-
cept position in Sinner academy, Mt
Carroll, Ill. She has made success
with her work, and introduced and pop
ularized it, and it is regretted that
she is not to continue with the work
| in Mankato.
| The weather cleared this afternoon
in way that made people feel cheer
full again.
Mrs Olaf Lundberg today purchased
a five passenger Buick car from C. H.
Saulpaugh.
A marriage license was issued today
to Reinhart Richard Dittberner of
Nicollet county and Clara Augusta
Seppmann of Blue Earth.
The health of f. f. Lane proprietor
of The Sherburn Advance, is not as
wish. He is suffering from a nervous
collapse
| w. G.. Harvey, division engineer for
the Chicago Great Western, with head
quarters at Redwing, has been promot-
ed to the chief engineering department
at st. Paul
Lieutenant Governor A. O. Eberhart
will act as POSTMASTER at the alumni
banquet of Gustavus Adolphus college
at st. Peter on Thursday evening. The
commencement exercises will be held
on that evening also, and ninety stud
ents will be graduated.
A committee of the county board and
County Surveyor Brooks went to Lake
Crystal this forenoon and inspected
the work on ditch No. 20. C. S.
Erickson is the contractor, and has
| just commenced work, and was found
to be doing it satisfactorily so far.
Professor G. Z. Pettleton will speak
in the Methodist Episcopal church at
LIE Sueur on Sunday, May 30 and on
June Is on account of the absence of
the pastor Professor Nettleton will
spend next week at his farm near
| Alexandra and will speak in Alexan-
dria on the laymen's missionary move
ment
Mrs. Kowalsky and son Frank of
Milwaukee, Wis. with Miss Rose Wal
ser of this city leave today for Seattle,
| WASH to be present at the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition and also to
attend the graduation of Mrs. Kowal-
| sky's son Alex from the law depart
ment of the Washington university. On
their return they will visit Portland,
Salt Lake City, Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pixies Peak, and Kansas City,
being away from the city in all about
six weeks. Miss Waser is deserving
of this trip as reward for the good
management of her fathers store dur.
ino his rpcont trim tn F,,rone