The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30
St, Clair

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itor few days last week.
Coal dealers are now receiving
their steam coal for threshing.
Mrs. James Lavey and family
were Mankato callers last Monday.
Eben Hilton of Albert Lea Sun
dayed with his family here this
week.
Mr.. A. ID. Atele is still very low
and does not seem to gain very
much.
Fred Schostag, Jr.. is helping
out p. II. Bowe at the hardware
store
William Bosswell's new house is
just about ready for the painter. 1t
is dandy
o. p. Miller made a business call
at Kato Saturday and also took in
the ball game.
There was quite a gathering of
young people at the home of Gust
Frank Sunday evening.
Friends went out and pleasantly
surprised Mr.. and Mrs. Bestman,
There was quite c delegation from
here that went to Rapidan Sunday,
taking in the sights there.
Asa Andrews and family will now
soon occupy their new home, as the
masons have finished and gone.
H. Thielman, Charles O'Conner, C.
r. Wilson and George Hussy were
Mankato baseball seers Saturday.
Manstield's wagon show struck
town Wednesday morning and show
ed in the evening TO full house.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter started for
day and will be gone for about a
month.
Have you made up your mind to
come to St. Clair and help us cele-
brate the Fourth of July? If not.
why not?
The GAINESVILLE band will make the
band noise here July Fourth and
Pohl's orchestra will furnish the
dance music.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tjielman, accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Schweitzer, were visiting at Good
Thunder Sunday.
Mrs O. p. Miller and son Willie
returned from their two weeks va
cation visiting friends and relatives
at Welcome, MINI.
Come to St. Clair July 4. This vii
lage is going to start something and
wants everybody to come and see
the finish of it on that day.
Some of the people have gone
camping on the famous LeSueur
river and are reporting plenty Of
good bites-mostly mosquitoes.
The two ice cream dispensers here
sell out every day these hot days.
They surely are scorchers. 100 and
1O2 in the shade Monday and Tues
day.
Fred Schostag's, ST., horses took
fright at the Milwaukee depot here
Friday and ran away. No one was
hurt only little breakage on the
buggy.
Steve Foster, Jr., A. J. Oswer, p.
II. Bowe and Ande Glasgow hired
Guy Ford and his new Overland :ar
to take them to the ball game Sat-
urday at Mankato.
The ice cream social given by the
Ladies' Working club last Friday
evening was we'll attended although
the weather was very cool. They
took in about $19.
The St. Clair baseball team won a
very nice game at Mankato last Sat
urday when they crossed bats with
the Y. NJ C.. A. team. Score to l
i'm favor of st. Clair.
Your correspondent is glad to re-
port that Mrs. McGinnis and baby
are doing nicely at the hospital and
will soon be at home again at her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Dagen.
Agent Lesley gave the depot a
genuine going over with the scrub.
bling brush and water Monday and
now the place looks good. Jim is
n good scrubber and should put out
his shingle.
A. F. RedmaDn OF Minneapolis,
who is with the Western Empire
Land company, was in town getting
parties ready to so to Yakima or
chard land with them next month.
Quite a few contemplate going.
Henry Schallow, while in Mankato
Tuesday concluded that horses are
too slow, so he purchased a new
automobile and now can throw dust
i'm the other fellows eyes as easy
as some one used to do to him.
1t is understood that Herman
Bacholtz has taken unto himself a
wife. So far your correspondent
has not seen cigar. Get busy,
Herman or someone will have to
hunt up the old COW bells and sere-
made you only once.
St. Clair would like to have some
one come i'm and open up harness
and shoe shop here as one is needed
very badly. The nearest shop is
twelve miles away. If some good
man should happen to read this and
know of man who is looking for
location let him know of st. Clair.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bestman, Jr.,
returned Tuesday from their honey.