The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-09-17
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS
From Tuesdays Daily.
Ornamental and Coin Purses.

Ornamental metal purses, card cases
ad vanity boxes were never more pop |
ular than at the present moment. Ger
man silver is employed for mesh purses,
framed in repousse work and equipped
with silver "foxtail' neck chains for
combination coin purses and card cases
over leather Innings and fitted with
short chain handles, and for squire
vanity boxes with sections for coins
and visiting cards.
Sterling silver is used for oddly
shaped perfectly plain coin purses
whose covers are to be engraved with
the purchasers monogram; for tinyl
change receptacles of lucky pig shape
and for mesh bags made of links sol
smoothly soldered together that the
metal looks as though it had been WOW
en- Some of these sterling silver re-
ceptacles have severity plain Vienna
monntngs; others have frames deli
cately chased in vine design, and a
third type, set with large Jewels"
show Grecian decorative motifs or are
of the heavy Italian Renaissance order.
Coin purses of gold mesh, showing a
zigzag pattern worked out in alternate
stripings of bright and Etrusean metal,
are mounted upon hand wrought
frames; dull gold oblong shaped purses
of two and half by four inches diam
eter, containing compartments for
coins. powder puff and mirror, have an
inside spring guard for holding visiting
cards, and monogram Ornamented hand
kerchief purses of gold plate are equip
ped with a sliding drawer which will
accommodate dozen visiting cards.
Raffa purses of circular shape have
a German silver center set with a
single large semi-precious stone, eight
inch German silver frames and rope
handles or white metal inlay mount
ings and long chains of French gilt.
Venetian beads ornament the bottom
of oval shaped raffia bag purses which
have fire gilt frames and the natural
eolored raffia coin purses of envelope
form have round corners and bindings
of German silver and fasten with silver
mounted straps.
Bronze leather coin purses of fatiron
and oblong shapes have brilliant gilt
mountings, strap handles and MORE
Innings, and the change and card eases
have outside flap pockets containing
thin memorandum book equipped with
gold plate chain and case pencil.
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Rebekahs to Be Entertained.
The members of Minneopa Rebekah
lodge No ~ will be entertained soon
by those of the members whose birth
DAYS occur in June or September. The
latter are requested to meet with Mrs.
George W. Scherer at $3.50 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon to make arrange
ments to entertain the next meeting.
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Winona Republican and Herald: Rev.
DIR. f. NJ Rule, district superintendent
of the Winona district, preached i'll
Winona for the last time on Sunday
in that capacity, occupying the pulpit
of the Central church in the morning.
Before beginning his remarks DIR. Rule
said that he had made it a practice
during his entire ministry never to
preach farewell sermon, and he would
not do so now. He took occasion, prior
to the sermon, however, to make
few remarks appropriate to the closing
of his term as district superintendent
and expressed appreciation of the sup
port that had been extended to him.
He had formed many pleasant associa-
tions, the severance of which he would
regret He said he had always been
hampered by the time limit in the
Methodist church. When he was in the
pastoral work it was three years and
then five years, and he had been in
the district superintendency for eleven
years, and while the pastoral time limit
had been removed the limit still held
for the superintendent. He preached
foreeful sermon based on the story
of Christ shilling the tempest on the
Sea of Galilee Next Sunday will be
the last in the Methodist conference
wear. 1t is not known where DIR. Rule
will be assigned, but it is said several
desirable charges would like to secure
him for their pastor. His work during
his six wears on the NinOna district
has been on the highest order and the
churches generally will regret his leav-
ing.
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Mrs. Gertrude Klein, wife of john
Klein. tie well-known wholesale and
retail furniture dealer, died suddenly
last night at eleven o'clock. Last
March Mrs. Klein was very seriously
i'll and was taken to the hospital, but
recovered and had been in quite good
health until last night about 1880
O'Clock when she was taken critically
ILL., In spite of medical science she
died half an hour later.
Mrs. Klein was born March 4, 1910,
in New Alsace, Ind, and came to
Mankato in company with her sisters
in 1855, where she mas lived up to
the time of her death. Her maiden
name was Gertrude Fitterer. On May
IS, 1868, she married John Klein of
this city. Seven children have been
born to them, four of whom are liv-
ing, George Klein and Mrs. Frank.
Busch of this city, Miss Gertrude
Klein. now Sister NJ. j. Baptist, Miss
Ida Klein, now Sister Mary Gertrude.