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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
Garden City

Mrs. Lizzie Hughes is OH the sick
| list this week.
e. w. Gates spent the first part of
the week in st. Paul.
The Misses Anna and Carol
Parker, who are attending school in
Mankato, spent Sunday with their
mother here.
Rev. Banner of the Christian
church will begin series of meet
ings next Sunday and continue dur,
ing the week.
Mrs. Howard Hazel is seriously ill
with inflammatory rheumatism. She
is confined to her bed Mrs. Thomas
is caring for her.
Mrs. G. E.. Hart is enjoying visit
from her sister and her husband. Mr.
and Mrs. Carlyle. who stopped en-
route to the west.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church will serve dinner at the par
sOnage Friday. Everybody come
Twenty-Five cents per plate.
Mr.. Ward, who has been here with
his sister, Mrs. Boughton, has re-
turned to his home in Staples, Mimi.
These evenings are thoroughly en-
joyed by the young folks, coasting
on the depot hill. Two large "bobs"
supply the passengers who by their
merry shouts seem to enjoy the
swift ride.
The ice crew, who have been here
the past two weeks, have finished
their work here for the railroad
company and have gone to their
homes. Most of the ice will be used
for drinking purposes, as it was of
first class quality.
There will be Hard Times So
cial" at the basement of the Chris.
tian church Friday evening. A prize
will be given the person wearing
the, best "old" costume, and heavy
fines will be imposed on all those
who wear jewelry and "sich like"
Everybody come and have fine
time.
The butterfly" social, given at the
home of J. X. Osgood Friday even.
ing. was well attended The rooms
were very prettily decorated with
butterflies of all hues. Contests and
games were played. Those winning
honors were Miss Bessie Buckles
and Clayton John. Hot biscuits
which were delicious, and maple
syrup were served, f}
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
GEORGE j. WILD BROUGHT BE
FORE DISTRICT JUDGE.
He Is Charged With Grand Larceny
in the First Degree; Cases in
Court.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
George j. Wild, who has indicted
by the grand jury on the charge of
grand larceny in the first degree,
this forenoon entered plea of not
guilty in the district court, and ex.
pressed desire for a speedy trial.
He trial was set for Wednesday at
a. m.
The petit jury was on hand this
afternoon when court opened, having
been summoned for p. IN. Thomas
Salman of Madison Lake was ex-
cused from service because he has
purchased a store at Faribault and
must move there at once.
Hodge Case On Trial.
One of the J. B. Hodge cases
against an insurance company was
taken up for trial this afternoon
This is the second trial of the case
which is over the insurance on the
plaintiffs building and stock tina,
burned at Minneopa.
J%lge Olson will arrive Thursday
to try five cases.
Walter Stone and Frank Duball
came up at four o'clock this after
noon for sentence. 1t is thought that
their sentences will be suspended or
their good behaviour. 1t is under
stood that Duball will go to the
Pacific coast to join his brother.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
CARDS ON BOTH OMAHA LAND
NORTHWESTERN ROADS.
Passenger Service on the Omaha Is
Reduced; Afternoon Transports.
ton to Gilmore is Cut; Castbound
Has An Earlier Start From Man.
kato; No. Will Do Local Work
Hereafter.

From, Saturdays Daily.
The new time card on the Omaha
and Northwestern roads goes into
effect tomorrow morning. The run
ming time of more than half of the
trains is more or less affected. I'm
der the new time card, received at
the union depot today, the daily pa
pers will go down the Gilmore branch
on the sos p. M, train, which will
bring them the evening papers from
the twin cities in the evening instead
of the next morning. The AIS p.
H., train is cut out. In order to
so to st. James at night, one must
take the 1895 p. m. or the 12:45
a. M, train.
The Omaha train arriving at 8 D..
m. will set out coach in MankatO,
which will be attached to the 7:15
a. IN. train going north.
Changes on the Omaha.
On the Omaha road. the train ar
irving from the south at sos p. M,
known as the Des Moines-St. Paul
express, and the twin city limited,
arriving at Sis a. M. from the south,
will be cut out. The Des MOines-St.
Paul express, arriving at f:10 p. m.
going south will also be cut out.
The twin city limited will arrive
from the south at $40 p. N. or five
minutes later than now, and leave at
Sis p. III. The twin city express
rrnm fbc cnttfh will ar,iyc nj d.s 4,
M. instead of 4:35 p. IN. and depart
at Ass p. III.
The south bound Omaha and Kan
sas City limited will arrive ut 1890
instead of 1895, and leave at 1895
p. IN. The south bound Dakota ex-
press will arrive at 11:40 p. IN. in
stead of 11:15.
Schedule on Northwestern.
Every train on the Chicago and
Northwestern road gets change Of
time. East bound. the Chicago mail
and express arrives at 5:25 a. m. in
| stead Of $3.50 a. ~, and departs at
6:15 a. IN. instead of $50
The Chicago express will ar.
rive Mt d.35 p. M. and depart at $50,
which is five minutes earlier than
now. The New Ulm-MankatO passen.
ger will arrive at 500 p. m. instead
of 5:25 p. III.
West bound, the Mankato and Tracy
! train via st. Peter will leave at $50
a. IN. instead of GAS a. m. and the
MankatOC Chicago train will arrive at
6:55 p. IN. instead of 6: 40. The Da-
kota express and passenger will ar
rive at 1880 p. m. instead of 1925
and depart at 1885 p. IN. The Min.
nesota and Dakota passenger will ar
rive at 1850 p. IN. instead of 11:2O
and depart at 1915 a. IN. instead of
11:40 p. IN.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
An1boy and Vicinity

Burton Tyler went to Mankato
Monday on business.
The pOstOffice of AmbOy is be
ing redecorated and will present q
fine appearance when finished.
Several teachers of this locality
will attend the teachers meeting in
Mankato the last of this week.
Ed. Scbwarz was the only bust
ness man of AmbOy drawn as jur
or for the February term of court.
Elder Emery gave fine address
at the Amboy Methodist Episcopal
church on Abraham Lincoln, Sunday
night.
A. Ii. Corbett of Amboy has a
full line of wall paper samples and
mouldings and is prepared to dc
fine work.
d. Y. Mallory has sold his brick
store and goods to DR.. O'COnner
who will take charge as soon as ali
invoice can be taken.
A. M. Schneeberger took the train
Monday morning for Mankato to be
present at the board meeting OF
, county commissioners.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Grant oil
Pleasant Prairie, were the guests OF
. Mrs. Grants parents, Mr.. and Mrs
James Huffman, Sunday.
Everybody comedies that H. r
Day and son, Lawrence. have the
finest hardware store in Amboy and
in fact of Southern Minnesota.
! Otto RetzlOff, the popular jewelel
of Winnebago, died suddenly at Win
nebago last Wednesday. He was ar
old friend of Governor Johnson.
F., |. w. Heritage will act as bailif
during the February term of court
August Wendt went to MankatC
on business the first of the week.
Miss Swan, the teacher at Kinney
school house, will give a popular
entertainment and box supper at the
school house one week from Friday
night, February "a.
/ The members of the Willow Greek
! Methodist Episcopal church viii
meet at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
John McKibben Wednesday night t
bid this worthy family goodbye as
they will soon take their departure
for the Pacific coast
The contest at the Christian
church Sunday school closed last
Sunday, the ladies coming out vic
torious. The men will have to fur
nish the oysters and act as walters
at an. oyster supper Friday night a
the beautiful home of Mr.. and Mrs
Barton Tyler.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
Spring Island

The entertainment to be given by
Mr.. Olmstead at the school house
has been postponed until Saturday
night.
Another member of the Kunkle
family at Rapidan is ill with scar
let fever. The family has the ser.
vices of trained nurse.
A box social given last Friday
night at Spring Island school house
by Miss Anna Brude and her pupils
was well attended and proved a very
pleasant affair. The children gave
a very pleasing and creditable pro-
gram.
We are again reminded of the
story of "The Making of the Grim
inal." About 1880 o'clock last even.
ing a crowd of youngsters cougre-
gated OH Second street in front of
Rosenberger & Curriers' candy fac
tory. The lads ranged i'm age from
eight to ten years. Several of the
youngest in the crowd were smoking
cigarets, inhalng the smoke and
blowing it out on the night air after
the manner OF the most experienced
and inveterate smoker. They made
no attempt to conceal the vile eli.
garets from passersby, but on the con,
trary seemed to be proud of their
ability to smoke them. 1t was dis.
gushing scene, one that smacked
strongly of depravity.
What travesty on twentieth cen.
tury civilization! Here were youths
of tender years putting a weed that
is under the ban of the law. How
did they come to- have the detestable
things in their possession? Why are
these near infants permitted to lOiter
on the sidewalks after dark and in
dulge in practices that many of their
elders would shy at? Will these
brazen youngsters grow up to be
good men in whom the public can
place confidence? Are the parents OF
these lads doing their duty by so
ciety? Are they doing their full duty
by their own children? 1t would
seem not.
There is a law Oh the statute
books of this state prohibiting the
sale of cigarets. 1t should be en-
forced, Ii it cannot be enforced to
the letter every effort should be
made to prevent their sale to youths
and thus put stop to such disgrace
full and sharmful exhibitions as was
witnessed last evening at the place
mentioned. Any dealer who will sci
cigarets to small boys ought to be
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law. He is deserving of punishment
not only because he violated the
law. but because he is placing in the
hands of youth the thing that un
dermines his health, destroys his sen
sibilities and units him for his sphere
of usefulness in later years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
EXPERIENCE OF TWO YOUNG
MEN FROM WiNNEBAGO.
One of Them Disposed Of Violin to
Get Money to Pay Fare;
What Happened.

Two young men living near Whine.
bago came to the city Thursday even
ing. intending to take the noon train
yesterday for Minneapolis, where one
of them hoped to get employment
on the street car line. He brought
his violin with him to sell in Min.
neapolis in case he should get hard
up. The other man had no money,
but being distant relative, the one
with the violin offered to pay his
way to the cities.
Both "Lickered" Up.
Thursday evening they got to drink
ing, and the owner of the violin
was obliged to sell it in order to
raise funds yesterday to buy tickets
to Minneapolis. The instrument cost
$35, but all that he could get for
it was S.. He bought the tickets
and gave them to his friend for safe
keeping. The latter, unbeknownst
to the former, went back to the de-
pot and cashed the tickets in and
then proceeded to get drunk. His
friend in the afternoon called upon
the police for assistance to locate
him, and with Officer Ballinger soon
had him located i'm a saloon. He was
taken to the city hal land given a
bunk until train time, when he
was sent to MaplctOn. He had only
forty cents left. The other young
man returned to his home today, not
having funds TO sc on to Minneapolis
He was of the opinion that short
Jail sentence would have done his rel
alive some good. but did not want to
prosecute.
Prosecution May Be Started.
The young man who became
drunk is said by his relative to bs
under twenty. County Attorney
Schmitt has been informed that his
age is seventeen and that he looks
no older. He will investigate the
matter and start prosecutions if the
evidence warrants it.
Mr.. Schmitt stated this Afternoon
that the selling of liquor to minor;
by saloons must stop
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
Ker11s and Hebron

G. S. ThurSton shipped severa
carloads of stock last week.
T. Hodson went to Mankato OIL
Sunday to attend the Lincoln me
mortal service.
Mrs. Lundcen of Belgrade is very
low with pneumonia. She was for
mer resident of Hebron.
The Ladies" Aid meeting a week
ago that was held at the home oil
Mrs. Charles LOucks was one oil
the best ever held and was well
attended.
Rev. J. f. Bacon of Kerns deliv
cred very able sermon last Sunday
morning on Lincoln. The church
should have been filled with hearers
for such an able discourse.
David ]. Davis of Judson sold his
farm south of JudsOn last week to
j. w. Wigley of Mankato. Mr.. Davis
may become u citizen of Nicollet
county as he has his eye on a farm
in Lake Prairie township.
Mrs. Robert Grice, one of the old
settlers at Kerns, is very low with
bronchial pneumonia. Mrs. Grice is
In her eightieth year and her many
friends are very anxious over the
outcome. and hope for the best
Mr.. Grice is also in very poor health
Rev. Sharp of North MankatC
preached at the Hebron church last
Sunday afternoon to good audi
ence. Hebron will have regular
preacher after this. A Rev. Dull will
supply the pulpit and will move his
family into the Hebron parsonage
this week.
There was a very delightful young
peoples party at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Chris Burmeister in Hebron
last Saturday evening in honor OF
Miss Hanson, Miss Schumacher
and Miss Cabot of Heron Lake and
Miss Alice Dobin and Clarence Bur.
meister all of Mankato. 1t was in
the nature of a valentine party.
Games were played and nice refresh
ments were served and all had a
very enjoyable time. -.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
GOVERNOR MAKES A NUMBER
OF APPOINTMENTS.
Or. r. E. Wesbrook Named for Med.
ical Board; the Normal Orec.
tors Arc Placed.

St. Paul, February lO.-Dr. +. +.
Wesbrook, dean of the medical col
lege of the state university, was
appointed to the state board of
health to succeed the late Dr. Henry
Hutchinson of st. Paul DR.. Hutch
inson was president of the board at
his death last fall, and it is under
stood that DR.. Wesbrook will be
named to that position as soon as
the board meets.
DR.. II. o. Earl of St. Paul was also
appointed member of the board,
vice DR.. J. A. Quinn, whose term
expired.
The governor also announced a
number of other appointments to
various state boards, as follows:
DR.. James l.. Camp, Brainerd, re-
appointed on advisory commission.
sanitarium for cOnsumptiyes.
James w. Nash, Minneapolis, Will
liam a. Kennedy, Duluth, +. b.
Yates. saltwater, surveyors general.
J. w. Berthel, st. Paul, reappoint-
GU, ~. II. INOulhSOu. w dUdSlu,
vice George S. Todd, state board den
tai examiners.
Appointees to Normal Board.
G. l.. Atwood. ST. Cloud. vice Carl
Mathie, resigned; L. J. Jones, Nor
ris, vice III. +. Hoard; Ell Torrance,
Minneapolis, reappointed; J. M. ia
cobson, Alexandria, vice w. e. C.
Ross. board of directors normal
school.
DR.. w. C.. Chambers, Blue Earth,
vice DR.. f. l.. Hunt: DR.. X. o. Earl,
st. Paul, vice DR.. James A. Quinn;
Dr. J.. +. WesbrOok, Minneapolis. vice
DIR. Henry Hutchinson, deceased; DR..
Christopher Graham, Rochester. re-
appointed. state board of health.
DR.. L. J. Pratt, st. Paul, reap,
pointed. state board of Optomctry.
Ray III. Dart. NOrthficld, vice DR..
J. A. Du Bots. Minnesota school for
deaf and blind.
Il. ID. Scott. Duluth. reappOinted;
a. G. Wedge. Bemidii. vice T. J. Rus.
sell. forestry board.
Cyrus NOrthrOp, Minneapolis, vice
Robert Koehlcr, Minnesota State
Art society.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
FIRM is TO ERECT MAIN BUILD.
ING LADIES' SEMINARY.
Expected That the Structure Will Be
Ready to Open Next September;
Structure to Be Four Stories
With High Basement; Spire One
Hundred Feet High; Central of
Group.

From Mondays Daily.
The building committee OF the Lu-
theran seminary association has
awarded the contract for erecting the
main building, known as the admin
istration building and dormitory, to
j. B. Nielsen & Co., and it is to be
erected the coming season, and com
pleted SO that the seminary can open
next September. The contract was
awarded on the per centage plan.
Will Be Four Stories.
The building will be four stories
high above high basement, the
floor of which will be practically on
the ground level. 1t will be 169 feet
long and about the same depth, and
will have a spire over it, about 100
feet high, This will building will be
the central one of the group and will
stand out so prominently that it can
be seen for miles up and down the
Minnesota valley. 1t will be orchi
tecturally handsome.
1t is likely that the erection OF
the other two buildings will be de-
ferred until another season.
Material for the budding is nov
being hauled to the grounds:
The work of construction will bt
under the supervision of Architec
August Schippel.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
MANkATO TO BE WELL ADvER.
TlSED BY ASSOCIATION.
Thirty Thousand Copies Of the Pre-
liminary Program viii Be Dis
tributed Broadcast; Eight Hun.
dred People Sound the Praises
of This City; Session of the Elk.
ecutivc Committee Yesterday.

From Saturdays Daily.
A. NJ. Locker of the State Sunday
School association was in the city
yesterday for few hours in the in
terests of the Sunday school conven.
ton to be held here March $40
A meeting of the central commit
tee was held at the Ideal restaurant
at the noon hour, and Mr.. Locker
also had private conferences with
the various committee chairmen. He
expressed himself as very much
pleased with the progress being
made and the spirit in which the
committeeman and the Mankato bus.
mess men are taking hold of the
convention.
Will Do Some Advertising.
The State Sunday School associa-
ton intends to reciprocate, doing
more advertising and pushing than
for any previous convention. There
is no reason why the attendance
should not pass 800, the highest
point hitherto reached. The splendid
response OF the business men to the
solicitors is enabling the commit.
tee to advertise the convention and
the city in firstclass shape. The
plans for advertising, which the pub
Lefty committee has laid out with
the assistance of the Commercial
club, are meeting with hearty ap-
probation. All the business men
seem to be feeling good over the
convention and are glad to help
make it a success.
Copies of Program.
Thirty thousand copies of the pre-
liminary program will be sent out
through the state, as well as posters
and other advertising material
Special stamps will be gotten out
by the committee for attaching to
letters sent out through the state
by people in MankatO and other
towns. Mr.. Locker expects to have
booster committees organized in at
least thirty Of the Southern Mime.
sofa towns.
Mems Parade Feature.
The mems parade on the last even.
ing of the convention will be Il great
feature. Probably good many dele
cations will come in especially for
that day, bringing bands with them.
Three centrally located churches, the
Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist,
have been reserved for the meetings
Some of the strongest speakers in
the country will be on the program
Will Have a Rest Room.
The Y. NJ. c. A. will be used for
writing, resting and recreation rooms
The music will be in charge of E.
o. Sellers of Chicago, assisted by
Harry Iverson and Miss Fannie
Pitcher. 1t has been decided that
the religious canvass of the city, in
charge of Rev. Paden's committee
will take place on Tuesday. the day
before the convention. from four to
six o'clock. This canvass will re
Quire 400 workers.
At the meeting yesterday, w. w
Davis was elected treasurer of the
committee.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-17
Judson

C.. S. ThurstOn took in stock at
Judson last Saturday.
Sarah Evans has gone to help at
c. C. Jones' for few weeks.
Maggie Davis of st. Paul is visit
ing relatives and friends in Judson.
Lew Jones shipped out several
tons of baled hay from Judson few
days ago.
William Rowlands sold bunch
of steers last week for the round
sum of $500.
Stacy Little is planning on having
nice coy barn built on his place
the coming summer.
held their annual meeting at the
creamery last Saturday.
Floyd and Willie Jones are both
on the sick list, bronchial la grippe
seems to be the trouble.
Hugh r. Jones OF JudsOn sold stock
to the amount of $1,000 to c. S.
Thurston, to be delivered this week.
c.. S. Thurston shipped a car
load of stock to Sioux City and
couple cars of hogs to ST. Paul last
week.
Miss Bridget Frederick, teacher of
school district No. 80, spent couple
of days in MankatO returning Sun
day noon.
| C. G. Jones is almost through
hauling logs to the saw mill for the
big barn he intends to have built
! the cOmming summer.
Jane Ellen Jones has gone to Lake
! Crystal to stay q few days helping
her aunt, Mrs. II. J. williams who
is laid up with the grippe.
! John M. James, one of Petersons
employees at the saw mill met with
quite painful accident one day last
week by dropping heavy plank on
his toes.
Arthur Mckinney has had good
many cords of wood chopped this
winter which he intends to ship off
next fall V. Markham done the
! chOpping.
Arthur ID. Jones sold to C. S.
Thurston fifty hogs and a few calves,
netting Mr.. Jones $1,000. The live
stock was delivered to Mr. Thurston
| this week.
/ A new arriver in the form of
dish washer came to brighten the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Jones
last Wednesday morning. All are
doing nicely.
! c. V. Peterson has had an enor-
nous lot of logs hauled in around
where his mill is located and
is pushing the levers with all en-
ergy to try and accommodate the
people.
| William Mason, one of Judson's
! business men, and one of the few
democrats in the town, thinks he is
4 entitled to little plum under the
I present administration, and is seek
ing to become the postmaster of
Judson village.
Robert P. Williams and William
w. Evans, who have been spending
a couple of months at their native
! Wales homes, have started their
homeward journey and are expected
to arrive at their homes the last of
the week, or the first of next.
John NJ. Jones of Glasgow, Mon
tana, came down to Judson last
Sunday noon to visit relatives and
friends a few days. His many
friends were glad to see and have
a good shake once more, and to
learn he has good position in the
Great Northern roundhouse at
Glasgow. Besides he has filed and
holds a claim on 160 acres of land
eight miles from the city.