The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-06-17
LETTERS OF REGRET.

, Crandall, Esq. Care Hubbard &
Palmer Company, Mankato, Min.
; nesOta. Dear Sir: | have your
) kind letter OF the 10th instant.
; and thank you for the invita-
; ton to be present and say
few words at the banquet of
; the Commercial club next Mon
; day night.
exceedingly regret that i'm
) perative business calls me to
Oklahoma City tonight, and
) therefore | am unable to be
present at the banquet Monday
) evening.
/ wished to say a few words
) to your club in the way of
pointing out to You the attitude
of H. NJ. Byllesby & Co. in all
affairs pertaining to their deal
ings with the various cities in
which they have the privilege of
operating electric and gas prop
critics. Their policy is honest
and sincere dealings with the
public; their first aim is to
serve the public faithfully, and
by so doing, | am sure you will
recognize, become no small fac
tor in the upbuilding of the city
in which they operate.
History has proven this. and
we therefore sincerely believe
that we can be of considerable
aid in building up the city of
Mankato. We carry out our
work ON as broad and generous
lines as is consistent with good
business management, and we
have no hesitancy in expressing
our belief that the Commercial
club and every other public spir-
tied body and individual in
Mankato will cooperate with us,
knowing that we will cooperate
with them in this work, not
alone for the glory of building,
but because through the pro-
gressiveness of the city her peo-
pie will prosper. Very truly
yours, H. M. Byllesby 4 Com
pany, by f. 5. Callahan, man
ager new business department.
Amboy, Mimi, June 6, l0l0.-
John NJ. Edwards, Mankato.
Dear Sir: | am quite proud,
now in my eightieth year, of
having received an invitation to
be present at the annual ban
quet of the Mankato CONNER
cial club at the Saulpaugh hotel
on June 18th, and to take part
in the program. Having lived
in your city from March, 1864.
to November, 1865, and ever
since lived in the county and in
close touch. personal and bust
ness touch with many of the
early settlers, | have taken
keen interest in the welfare,
growth and prosperity of the
place and it would have afford
ed me pleasure to haye been
present and said few words
along the line of your work.
but circumstances prevent my
accepting your kind invitation.
may say, however, that |
take pride in saying that l
am something of a booster my
self and have not vet fallen
from the ranks of those who
boost for their own town. 1t
is indeed a dead town that has
no active workers for its
growth and prosperity. The city
of Mankato is fortunate in hav.
ing SO active and enthusiastic
Commercial club. Without it
Mankato would not have been
the growing and prosperous
city it is. The credit of the
great publicity that has come to
your city-especially i'm the past
few years-belongs almost eX
clusively to the persevering and
activity of your organization.
Your work is not vet done
Keep everlastingly pegging away,
and your reward will be great
Yours truly, J. f. Brown.
Window, Mimi, June 8, l9l0.-
John NJ. Edwards, Mankato.
Ny Dear Mr.. Edwards: Your
kind invitation came to hand
this day. should like very
much to be with you all on the
lo,n inst. but it will be impos-
sible as am overwhelmed
with work. On that day | have
some important matters in
court. Sincerely, James H.
Quinn.
st. Paul, June !, l9lO.-Mr.
John Edwards, Mankato, Min
nesota. Dear Sir: Replying to
your invitation of recent date,
to Governor Eberhart for June
IL, | regret to say that prior
engagement to 90 to Brainerd on