The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-10

city sthe guest of Miss Marion
Hunt.
Mr.. Salisbury of Amboy was to go
to the state fair today, making the
trip with his car.
Miss Otilie Liedloff has gone to Min
neapolis to take up her work as teach
er in the schools again.
Mrs. William Masters, who has been
in the city as guest of Mrs. c. NJ. Mas
tiers, left today for visit in the cities.
Henry, Gotfried and Fred w. Kruse
spent yesterday hunting towards Ma
peton. They got few prairie chick
ems.
Chief Pond returned today from a
hunting trip to Swan lake. His son
lis spending the week at the state
fair.
Walter Girvin and wife of Good
Thunder were in the city yesterday,
on their return from a trip to Seattle,
Wash.
Mrs. II. L. Schmitt and daughters
Gretchen and Corrine are home from a
visit with Mrs. A. O. Oleson in Mime
apolis.
Mrs J. n. Lang has returned from
Des Moines and Whatchery, Iowa. She
visited the state fair while at Des
Moines.
Mrs J. A. Flittie and daughter
Louise have returned from Minneapolis
where they were the guests of Mrs.
| A. 0. Oleson.
Assessor w. Fl. Gary and wife went
to ST. Paul this morning to attend the
state fair, and from there will go to
Duluth, to spend week.
| Mrs E. ID. Steel and daughter Mar
celia are planning to leave early in
October for the east and will spend
the winter in Milwaukee.
Architect Schippel and wife and the
llatter's sister and husband, of DEBORAH,
Iowa. went to Minneapolis yesterday
to attend the state fair
Drs. Beach, Dahl and Nerbovig and
Ellsworth Palmer returned today from
lSwan lake, where they enjoyed duck
hunt They brought back fifty ducks
Misses Elizabeth and Hannah Jensen
returned to Minneapolis Sunday, after
spending a months vacation with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Jensen OF
lMinneopa.
Mrs. Louis Smith and son, +. B
Smith, returned to their home at
Boone, Iowa, today after weeks Wis.
it with the formers brother, Sol. Hay.
den They had not seen each other fol
fifteen years.
Mrs. H. T. Hansen and daughter
Alyse Viola, after spending a week
visiting the formers mother, Mrs. Jane
Little of Minneopa, left Saturday fol-
their home in Tracy.
L. Lampert and wife and four chill
ldren, Arthur, Jacob Edna and Leon
hard, of Minneapolis, arrived at 81,
o'clock last evening in their Thomas
Flyer car, and spent the night in the
city. This morning they left for San
born, to visit relatives and look after
business interests.
A Buick auto from South Dakots
passed through Mankato yesterday o,
its way to Waseca.
/
er, has purchased through c.. Fl. Saul
paugh, forty horse power Buicl
auto. 1t is on exhibition at the stat
:. fair this week, but will be delivered
Sunday.
| The first warders should remembe
the meeting at the Dukes addition
hose house tomorrow evening, whel
1 the new charter will be explained, anC
. an opportunity given to answer ques
TONS 1t is hoped that all of the vot
ers will be present.
The funeral of the late Grace Lan'
I was held at the residence, $40 Nortl
Sixth street, yesterday afternoon. Tn
floral offerings were many and beauti
|, full. Interment was at Calvary GENE
Il terry.
|, Wahkon Enterprise: We have in on
office a stalk of corn from a field o.
DR.. f. L. Hawes' Isle HaYbor Farm
The stalk is eleven feet high, and tn
ear is six feet from the ground. Th
seed was planted ninety-one days age
{ which makes the average growth, iron
planting to cutting, about one and one
> half inches per day. Who says tina
the Mile Laos country can not pro
duce anything? We would like to Sc
;. the country that can beat it.
Master Spear, oldest son of the hea'
e miller at the Hubbard mill, yesterda,
caught small snake in the Van Brun
. slough that has the marking of rat
tie snake. He captured it alive an
4 was exhibiting it on the street. Quit
crowd gathered around him to viev
!. the diminutive specimen of the caus
of the downfall of man. 1t was to-
Young to have rattles, but the cut
little reptile looked up from his paste
board box lair and blinks and doubles
wished he had fangs.
Il Fairmont Sentinel: Several change
are reported in the management of tn
State Bank at Truman. Senator w
e A. Hinton relinquishes the presidenc.
and is succeeded by John Robinson,
= wealthy farmer of Blue Earth county
Mr.. n. T. True has resigned as cash
Ter and his place will be taken by Aug
w. Grabow of this city. Mr.. Graboy
e has been employed for some time a
the Martin County National Bank ant
is a first class young business man