The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-04-14
St. Clair

st. Clair Congregational Church
Sunday April 16, 1911. Special
Easter service at 1880 p. M; sub
iect for sermon, "A Vision of An
gels" the choir will render the fol-
lowing: Anthem, Consider the
Lilies" anthem, Ring oil Ye Bells
of Easter Time" tenor solo, I'm
mortal Day." DR.. Macbeth; soprano
solo, "The Resurrection" Mrs. Car
ter. Everybody welcome.
The ladies of the Congregational
church are to add large screened
piazza to the parsonage of their pas
tor.
Last Saturday was stockmen's day
in st. Clair
Richard Manage is fast gaining a
monopoly on the dray business in
st. Clair
Ralph Hilton acted as drayman
last Friday in the absence of Art
OCOnnor
School reopened Monday after a
weeks vacation. This is the last
vacation until June.
Macbeth and Burgess of Eagle
Lake bought carload of cattle in
this vicinity last week.
Miss Severson of Mapleton is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Charles
SchwitZer, of this place.
Messrs. Ralph Hilton and Albert
Iytli Of nj inc
a few days in Chicago.
George Macbeth, the stock buyer
from Eagle Lake, was in this VI
entity last week buying stock.
F. Hill, livestock commission
merchant from Milwaukee, was in
this place last week on business.
Andy Glasgow, who has been Wis
iting friends and relatives in Hun
CRY Hollow, returned to town last
Friday.
The Ladies aid of the COngrega-
tional church gave a supper at the
home of Mrs. M. C. Dalton last We'd
nesday evening.
A. F. Andrews is remodeling the
old hotel formerly owned by Mrs.
Buchena, but now the property Of
Mrs. Charles Schostag.
Mrs. P. H. Bowe returned Satur-
day from Minneapolis where she
has been visiting her daughter, Ada,
who is attending high school at that
place.
Rushing business has made it nec-
essary to operate the flour mill here
night and day on several occasions.
Try the -four and you will under
stand the situation.
Miss Frances Schmitz, who is at
tending high school at GAINESVILLE,
spent her vacation last week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Schmitz, of this place.
Master Carl Pagenkopf is becom-
ing a real artist at auto racing and
it is believed that he will some day
take the responsibility unto himself
of relieving Barney Oldfeld of his
laurels.
James Lasley, the depot agent at
this place, reports that the fruit
trees are in bloom at his former
home in Arkansas. A contrast
worthy of mention beside the snow
clad hills of Minnesota.
Frank Buchena and Fred Schultz,
Jr., leave for Timber Lake, s. d.,
this week, where they are going to
prove up on homesteads. They take
all their household furniture, horses
and machinery with them.
Last Saturday marked new
epoch in the stock shipping industry
at st. Clair. Five carloads of cattle
were shipped to Chicago. Dooley &
Leighton shipped two carloads,
George Hussey two carloads and
Robert Haedt one carload. All the
cattle were prime.
The ginghan gather and scrap
iron men are fast losing prestige in
the rural peddling business. 1t is
the man who gathers pioneer BIZ
cycles that makes the money now
adays. st. Clair was blessed by one
of those freaks last week, but it is
hoped the good work will be kept
up, as all desire to clear the way
for more modern vehicles