The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-21

OHc saving III expense VIII De III the
method of sterilizing, which is to be
done by live steam. This method takes
only fifteen minutes, whereas the former
method, by heating by gas flames
sometimes took as long as four hours
American weather strips are being
fitted in all windows, which adds
greatly to the warmth, besides keeping
the dust and SCOT out. The cost is a
little more than that of storm win.
dows, but the device is said to be more
effective.
The association talked over the mat
ter of securing manager for the
hospital, but decided to postpone ac-
ton until special meeting, which
will be held in March.
The prospects for the future are con-
sidered very good. The hospital is in
better shape to serve the public than
ever before.
I Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. l4.-After
giving nine applicants for his hand in
marriage a months trial each, to prove
their worth as housekeepers and having
rejected them for the tenth, Frank
Bowman, aged forty-seven 1923 Kansas
avenue, has been able to keep the one
he chose as his bride only six months.
Having tried the nine women just
long enough to find out their virtues,
Bowman was spoiled as husband,
according to his wife and became too
conscious of the faults of the. women
he finally chose. She couldn't stand
the strain of his constant domestic sci
encc criticism, she says.
Today Lucy Z. Bowman, his bride
of last August, sued him for divorce.
az want housekeeper that can
marry he told me-" said Mrs. Bowman
II have tried nine on this understand
ing, and they all have failed to measure
up to my standards. like your looks
and l am willing to try your ability as
housekecpcr for month";
81 told him that I was really looking
for a place to work, and that / did not
desire to marry him. He prevailed up
on me to come anyway, and by the
end of the month / had become so at
tached to his three children that
consented to marry him.
"At that time he was thoroughly
satisfied with the way l cooked and
managed the children and the house.
He said that 1 did everything better
than any of the other nine housekeepers
had done. In fact, he liked me so well
that he threatened to kill himself if
/ didn't marry him. He said that
month of experimenting had caused
him much disappointment, but that
/ had compensated for it ALL"
But no sooner had the marriage been
celebrated than Mrs. Bowmans trou-
bles began. She didn't make as good
coffee as Miss White had done; she
couldn't "fx up" the two girls as
well as Mrs. Fletcher had done, and
Miss Murphy had managed the gro
Gerry.
From Fridays Daily.
Mrs. Grace Ledbeter, accompanied by
her two daughters, left last night for
Shell Lake, Wis, to make their home
with Mrs. Ledbeter's father, c. w.
Harmon. One of her boys was al
ready there, and the other is with
Mr.. and Mrs. Schwandt near Sanborn.
Mrs. Ledbeter does not expect to return
to Mankato. She had been averse to
staying with her father, but she finally
gave in to his strong representations,
seconded by the advice of those who
have stood by her in this city.
Wednesday morning note was
found tied to the door of the rooms
on the second floor of the Kurth build
ing that Mrs. Ledbeter was about to
rent. Mrs. Kurth found it, and accord
ing to report it contained strongly
worded threat, intended to influence
the kurths against leasing the rooms
to Mrs. Ledbeter. 1t is said to have
been scrawled in red ink, and without
signature, and to have informed Mr..
kurth that if he placed any value on
his building he would not make the
lease. If Mrs. Ledbeter
moved in, he might expect to find the
building demolished some morning so
thoroughly that not one brick would
remain over another. No second warn
ing: would be given.
Mrs. Ledbeter and her attorneys were
informed of this note, and when ask
ed today about it, one of the attorneys
stated that while it was true that there
such note was found tied to the
door, it had nothing whatever to do
with the second departure of Mrs. Led
better, and did not hasten it.
F rom Fridays Daily.
The population of Mankato is not
advancing very fast from natural
causes. The birthrate is decreasing,
and something has got to be done or
the city will soon be having more deaths
than births.
City Health Officer Dahl states that
the number of births last year was
203, and the number of deaths l66.
The year before the number of births
was 22O, and the number of deaths
was l73, but this included some of
the typhoid fever patients.
During the past year. nearly eighty