The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-29

w. Sugden, ana john a. Wnlte.
The conference will last until Mon.
day, October second.
Mrs. Marie Guenther will depart
on Monday for Europe. She will
be gone several months. Mrs. Guen-
Their will take with her an old.fash-
toned chest which was made 200
years ago. 1t is unique recepta-
Gle. decorated with the family's
coat of arms and other ornamental
designs. The trunk was made in
I'LL and has been an heirloom and
a priceless relic in Mrs. Guenther's
family all these years. 1t is in a
most excellent state of preserva-
ton. The nails and iron clasps are
all handmade. The chest is the
handiwork of artisans in Germany
From Mondays Daily.
n opwood-Gates Wedding.
Minneapolis Journal: Charles
Gates, son and heir of John w.
Gates, who died recently in Paris,
and Miss Florence Hopwood, daugh.
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank T.. Hop
wood of Minneapolis, will be mar
ried Wednesday in UniOntown, Pa,
at the home of Miss Hopwood's
uncle, Robert F. Hopwood. Miss
Hopwood, her parents and a small
party of Minneapolis friends left
Minneapolis last night for Union
town.
The announcement of the wedding
will come as surprise to Miss
Hopwood's friends in Minneapolis as
it has been announced that she
was to be married at her home in
this city. 1t was decided that the
wedding should be an extremely
simple ceremony, owing to the re-
cent death of John w. Gates. At
the time Charles G. Gates last visit
to Minneapolis, ten days ago, it
was decided to have the ceremony
in Uniontown.
UniOntOwn has a population oil
10, OGO. Two brothers and three sis
ters of Mr.. Hopwood live near the
city. -7E
Arrangements for the wedding
were quietly made and it was not
until Miss HopwOod left Minneapo
lis last night that the plans for
the wedding became known.
{, The bridesmaid at the wedding
,, will be Miss Margaret Clemens OF
st. Charles, Mimi. Wayne Dogue
of Detroit will be best man. Among
the Smith college girl friends OF
Miss Hopwood who will attend will
be Miss Edna Bunnell of st. Cloud
=, MINI.
Two brothers and three sisters oil
Mr.. Hopwood live in or near Union
town, Robert F. Hopwood, at whose
home the wedding will take place
David J.. Hopwood, Margaret E. Hop
wood, Olivia Hopwood and Mrs
Samuel Cooper. -
Advices from Port Arthur, Texas
! state that Mr.. Gates has made ar
/ rangements to be there in two
weeks, thus making a European triI
Impossible. After the wedding il
Uniontown Mr.. Gates and his bride
will leave OIL their honeymoon II
a private car. -
! The announcement of the engage
! ment Of. Miss HOpwood to Mr.
Gates was made soon after thu
/ death of John w. Gates in Paris
Mr.. Gates met Miss Hopwood a
| French Lick Springs, Ind, about
/ year ago and was a visitor in Min
neapolis for a month last spring
They became engaged at this time
At the time of John w. Gates dealt
J Miss Hopwood and her mother wer'
in Paris and they accompanies
Charles w. Gates and his mother t
America after Mr.. Gates death.
! Eaton-Hodson Wedding.
I Morgan Messenger: Miss Gwen
dolyn Eaton of Morgan and Ro,
Hodson of Mankato were quietl.
! Joined in marriage Wednesday a
| eleven O'Clock at the home of tn,
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. G
Eaton. Rev. John G. Strand was tn
], officiating clergyman who tied tn
:, nuptial knot which united the live
of these estimable young people
!, The ring ceremony was used. TIL
bride is a young lady of man,
| graces of mind and person and ha
:, the love and esteem of many friend
in this community in which SIN
has lived since a little girl. Th'
happy benedict comes from one o
; the old and respected families o
near Mankato and is an energetic
and conscientious young man. A
; the noon hour the wedding part.
! partook of dinner at the Morgan
house. Mr.. and Mrs. Hodson lef
on the noon train for their future
home near Ivanhoe.
Gingerbread-Man Party. -. ......
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. FL
mer eileen, 219 Bradley street, littl'
I Miss Harriet Glenn entertained
twelve of her young friends at ;
gingerbread-man party last Satur
day afternoon, the occasion beins
her fourth birthday. Unique invi
: tations in the shape and color o
! ginger snaps were issued.