The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-05-26

SWenSOn IL, Inc boys pidyeu an dS
gregation representing the Presby
terrain Sunday school last Saturday
morning and won by a score of Is
to 8. They play the Baptists next
teresting game as the Baptists have
fine team. An effort has been made
to secure suits. Friends of the boys
have been solicited and have re-
sponded very generously. If the ones
who have not been seen are as gen
erous as those that have already
been seen there will be no difficulty
in getting them.
The cut worm is causing a good
deal of damage to gardens this
spring. Beans, peas, radishes, in fact
all new vegetation is suffering by
the onslaught of this worm. In John
koppen's garden of several acres,
large sections of garden truck have
been layed low. They are apparently
numerous and the extreme warm and
dry weather has brought them out
earlier than usual so that instead of
feeding only on the delicate shoots
later in the season as is usual, all
new vegetation is attacked. In order
to destroy insects and worms that
cause damage to crops, birds, toads
and certain insects should be pre-
served The birds that feed largely
on insects and worms are the robin,
blue bird, swallow, woodpecker,
chickadees and wrens. The ''ladybug"
is destructive to plant life. The drag
on fly is great enemy of the mos
quitoes. The gnats and the flies, as
is also the "damsel fly"
Mrs. William Mood of Belgrade
avenue North Mankato entertained
few friends at a six O'Clock dinner
last evening in honor of Mrs. Charles
E. Floren and Mrs Theodore H. Lii
lyblad of Minneapolis. Dinner was
served in six courses. Covers were
laid for twelve. Miss Ellen F'loren
and Miss Augusta Schoettler assisted
Mrs. Mood in serving. The rooms
were prettily decorated with smilax
and cut flowers. The guests left de-
claring they spent a very enjoyable
time
The North Mankato Sunday school
baseball team gave an ice cream So
cial last night at the Methodist Epis'
copal church on Belgrade avenue
There was a large crowd present
and the Sunday school netted about
$12, which, with what was already
on hand, will buy the ball team suits
Some pretty suits of gray, trimmed
with black, have been ordered.
John Koehn of Window, superin
tendent of schools of Cottonwood
county, stopped off on his way to ST
Paul for a brief visit with friends in
North Mankato yesterday. His
friends regret to know that he is
not in good health and this trip to
ST. Paul is for receiving treatment OF
specialists.
The boys of the baseball team who
sold ice cream on the church lawr
last evening cleared $40 of the re
ceipts. This will be used in paying
for baseball suits. About So has been
previously raised by subscription.
Owing to the unusual crowded con
dition of The Free Press yesterday
the North Mankato department was
Internationally given a secondary
place.
Mrs. Adolph HIM, who for the pas
week has been at Mudbaden fol
| treatment, is reported as feeling bet
ter and is expected home next week
| J. B. Nielsen and wife and Mrs. o
! Grue and daughter spent Tuesday a
! Lake Washington, where the former
has cottage.
/ Miss Mamie Rudbeck of Mime
apolis is the guest of her brother, A
B. Rudbeck
! The T. c. C. T. club will picnic il
| Sibley park tomorrow afternoon.
/ From Fridays Daily.
! A number of children of the schoo
are having some sort of skin disease
a breaking out of the skin, especial,
of the face, with sore eyes and some
colds, symptoms Of measles. While
/ the affection has caused no other il
effects, some of the children have
remained from school at an unfortu
nate time as tests are being takel
YoIWLoOoN IBd!ou!Id 'oWn s!ul II
bought it advisable to at least ascer
tain the nature of the affection and 81
called up President Grimes and Sec
rotary Anderson of the school boart
by phone yesterday forenoon, re
Guesting that one or two cases b'
examined in order to know wha
steps to take in the matter. DR.. I
C. Kelly, who is health officer o
North Mankato, was called to invest
gate, and found one case of German
measles and another not more seri
Gus than heat rash. With but one O
two exceptions it will not be neces
sary for children to remain from
school. The teachers will look care
fully after the health of the chill
dren. 1t is hoped that there will b.
no unnecessary absence from school
Mrs. J. OBrien has been called t
the sick bed of her son, Tim O'Brien
at Minneapolis. His condition is re
ported as serious, but doctors hOl'