The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-28
Garden City

Merle GOOdall is assisting his IA
Their in the blacksmith shop.
E. E. Norton is in Iowa this week
in the interest of land company.
The Riverside Study club will meet
Wednesday with Mrs. Julia Thurston.
Election of officers will be held.
Thurston John has returned from
his school work in manual training
in the schools at Menominee;; Wis.
The many friends of Grandma"
lockwood will be sorry to learn that
she is not gaining these days and is
now unable to leave her bed.
Len Johnson expects to leave soon
for Bottineau, N. D., where he has
work in harvest and threshing.
Wages there are So per day.
Mrs. Loring and daughter Annie
have finished picking gooseberries for
the season and report 445 quarts,
which were gathered in the woods.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour of Lake Crys-
tai spent Sunday at the Wilcox
home. Miss Jessie will spend a few
days with her aunt at Amboy the
latter part of this week.
The following clipping taken from
a Fort Collins, Colo, paper will be
read with interest, as DR.. Gates has
many friends here: wedding of two
prominent young people solemnized.
Standing in front of a bank of palms,
ferns and pink and white carnations,
which had been attractively arranged
in the home, Miss Gladys NJ. Graves
and DR.. Morse A. Gates, both of this
Dc. So Cfn fn1
threshing Friday and an average
yield so far has been: Oats, seven
teen bushels; spring wheat, fifteen
bushels; winter wheat. sixteen BUSH
els per acre. The oats would have
been much better had not the grass
hoppers eaten in the heads. On
Frank Thurston's farm north of town,
winter wheat went twenty bushels
to the acre.
C. E. Garvin and family drove
down from Grand Forks, N. D., in
their car and spent last week with
his sister and brother, Mrs. Melvin
Crane of Garden City and Mrs. Wal
ter Garvin of Good Thunder. A. E..
Palmer, Joined them here, returning
with them. They made the trip in
three days, stopping at New Ulm,
Willmar and Minor. They found the
roads very good all the way.
city, were united in marriage at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon. The wedding
took place at the brides home, Gil
Matthews street. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Dean of the First
Christian church. Doris, the charm
ing little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Thompson, was ring bearer,
carrying the ring in large white
Gala lily. Mrs. Thompson played
the wedding march, as the young peo-
pie took their places. They were I'M
attended. The ceremony was wit
messed by forty guests, relatives and
intimate friends. The bride was most
becomingly gowned in a beautiful
creation of white duchess crepe. She
carried large white shower bouquet
and wore as her only ornament a
beautiful garnet necklace, the gift of
the groom. She is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. w. E. Graves and is a
charming young woman. She is an
accomplished musician and favorite
in both church and social circles and
has endeared herself to a large circle
of friends by her many lovely traits
of character. The groom is a prom
inent dentist here and like his bride
has a large circle of friends. He
also is a musician. He is a
young man of excellent qualities. The
young people received a large num-
Der of beautiful gifts. Following the
ceremony two course luncheon was
served, after which the young people
left for a ten days trip over the
state. They will be at home to their
many friends after July Is in their
new home, 1905 West Mountain,
which the groom has just completed
and furnished for his BRIDE" Morse
is the Oldest son of Hon. and Mrs.
E. w. Gates and is most estimable
young man and has hosts of friends
who wish him and his bride success
and happiness.