The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-21

| F. Coy of Mankato, MINI. The
groom is well known in Bismarck
and is employed as brakeman OF
the 500. A large number of friends
extend congratulations to the new
couple"
The Garrison Dakota Times, after
giving the announcement, has the
following:
"Mr. Dieke is one of the brake
men running through Garrison or
the passenger and his pleasant
manner and other good qualities
have won for him deserved popular
ity. His friends here extend con
gratulations and best wishes
J. r, Bohlke Of Good Thunder was
in the city yesterday.
l. N. Tompkins and family are Wis
iting friends in Redwood Falls.
Stanley Moore, a Worthington no
tel keeper, was in the city today.
Miss Alberta Noe has returned
from a two weeks visit in Minnie
apolis.
w. Nj. Evans and wife of Worth
ington were in Mankato yesterday
having arrived the day before.
Ex-Governor Folk left on the 1856
train this afternoon for Marshall
where he will lecture this evening
at the chautauqua.
Emory Price of Cambria was in
the city yesterday and today, to at
tend the chautauqua.
John R. Thomas goes to Chatfield
tomorrow to be gone a couple OF
weeks on business. On his return he
will take the school census.
L. C. Churchill, editor of The Win
dom Citizen, was in Mankato today.
He is interested in an interest COM
putting machine, and spent today
demonstrating to bankers it's worth.
Mrs. c. C. Lawrence and two boys
Of Canton, Ohio, arrived yesterday
to visit her niece, Mrs. w. w. Bes-
ser, at the latter's cottage at Point
Pleasant, and will remain about a
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Hickok and
daughter are home from Minneapolis
where they have been FOR a week.
On Saturday they will go to Berlin,
Wis.,, where they will spend their
vacation.
G. G. Phillips returned yesterday
from South Dakota, where he has
been doing some work for the at
torney generals office of that state.
He will return there later. He also
made a trip to Blue Earth yesterday.
Manager Charles Griebel Of the
Mankato Theatre departed on all
eastern trip this afternoon. While
away he will make bookings for next
season at his playhouse. Ed Lamm,
the druggist, accompanied Mr.. Grie
bel
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hughes left
Pasadena, Cal, Tuesday and will
spend today in San Francisco. Their
next stop will be Seattle, and they
will make other points in that vicin-
ity and return to Mankato the latter
part of next week. They had a
very pleasant visit with the formers
parents at Pasadena.
DR.. and Mrs. u. G. Harrington and
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Noe took an
automobile trip through the country
yesterday to look at the crops. They
went into Nicollet county to st. Pc
ter, thence to Lake Emily, Lake
Washington, Marysburg and Madi-
son Lake. They found the crops
in those sections promising good
average yield.
Springfield Advance: A. A. Brooks,
who last week went to Topeka, Kan,
for the purpose of making arrange
ments for the acceptance of po-
sition as head miller with the To-
peka Milling company, has been sue
cessful in his negotiations and has
already entered upon his duties.
Mrs. Brooks is now visiting with
friends in Marshall and leaves that
city shortly to join her husband.
Mr. Brooks is an expert miller, and
will have the supervision of a mill
of the same capacity as that of this
city.
R. J. Straw, City Attorney Daley,
]. r. Snow and Harry Iverson took
a seventy mile automobile ride yes
terday afternoon through the south
ern part OF the county in the for
mer's little Hupmobile touring car.
They went to Good Thunder, took
supper at Sterling Center, then Wis
tied Amboy, Vernon Center and Gar
den City. They found the crops
looking fine along the entire trip.
Around AmbOy they were beginning
to cut wheat, and the oats is nearly
all cut. Next week the wheat har-
vest will be general. One farmer,
Mr. Boesch, will have all of his
crops harvested this week. The car
took the party around without a
hitch, hills or sand not phasing it.
From Fridays Daily.
Shower for September Bride.
A very pretty and enjoyable par
eel shower was given Miss Mae
Davies last evening at the home of