The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-20

driven by Cashier James Thomas
of the First National Bank of Lake
Crystal, came up the street slow
ly. The child ran into the ma
chine, and her parents, who saw the
accident, do not in any way blame
the driver.
Lake Crystal gave the crowd a
good time and treated them we'll
so the celebration will do much
good for the town. Everyone had a
chance to talk to their friends and
get some good bargains in the
stores, so altogether the day was a
great success.
The Prize Winners.
Best veal loaf, David Williams;
heaviest work team, Dave Davis;
best matched general purpose team,
Conner Evans; best single driver,
Stanley Jones; best colt under eight
months old, w. w. Griffith; best
matched carriage team, Fred Hud-
son; best driving team, driven by
lady, Mrs. l.. H. Moses; ten best
ears of corn, first, T. M Washburn;
second, Evan j. Davis; third, Claire
Wright; largest pumpkin, N. P.
Johns; largest cabbage, c. Bosin;
largest squash, first, L. Estell;
second, L. Moses; largest carrots,
first, Mrs. J. H. Judson; second, Mrs.
George Austin; largest onions, Walle
Anderson; largest apples, Ora Swan;
largest potatoes, N. P. Johns; heav-
lest spring chickens, L. J. Lewis;
largest number of eggs, Mrs. L. ].
Lewis; largest load of wheat,
Evan E. Williams; prettiest baby,
Mrs E. R. Roberts daughter; heav-
lest couple attending, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Wendt; lightest couple, Mr..
and Mrs. J. Osborne; heaviest man.,
J. Kelly; man with longest hair, J..
r. Osborne; tallest band boy, Carl
Bosen; largest family, the Vestel
family; tallest lady, first, Mrs.
Goldie, tied for second, Mrs. John
Wendt and Mrs. John Mosher; old
est couple, Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Will
liams; oldest settler, L. D. Mills.
Driving the Longest Distance.
Couple driving longest distance
to dance, Fred Mead and lady,
eighteen miles; best walters, STAN
ley and Miss Frances Jones; oldest
couple at dance, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bixby; best pulling team, Joseph
Johnson; harness and hitch race,
first, Frank Wilde; second, Leslie
Jones; third, A. Kimball girls foot
race, Frances Peterson; boys foot
race, Leslie Jones; mems foot race,
Henry Hughes; best flint corn, Les
lie Jones; running race, Mr.. Thurs
ton.
The heaviest couple together
weighed 517k pounds. The tallest
lady was five feet, So inches tall.
The heaviest load of wheat weigh
ed $500 pounds. L. D. Mills, the
oldest settler, came there in 1854.
Of the oldest couple, Mr.. Williams
is eighty-three years of age and his
wife seventy-six. airs
George Austin exhibited five tur-
nips which weighed together twenty
seven pounds, and one beet which
weighed five and three-fourths
pounds. The largest cabbage weigh
ed thirteen pounds, the largest
pumpkin 60 3-16, the largest squash
70 SIG pounds.
Owing to the restriction placed
by the postal department upon the
newspapers publishing results of
guessing contests, The Free Press
cannot give the results of these
prize winners.
At least two thousand people at
tended the celebration, which was
success from every point of view.
Were Busy Committeeman.
Professor S. B. Davis and G. A.
Wilson had charge of the sports
and attractions and were the bus
lest men in the county all day.
Everything went off in fine shape
and the success of the days pleas
ure was largely due to the efforts
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