The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-07
PLENTY OF NOISE WAS
MADE HERE ON FOURTH

and explosives left in the city to keep
up a continual din. What good it
does, or how it recalls to the mind
of youth the stirring events that the
celebration of independence day is
supposed to perpetuate is not
known, but the noise nuisance seems
TO be getting worse every year.
Sometime the populace will perhaps
look upon the matter differently and
prohibit such loud explosions as
rack the ear and injuriOusly affect
the sick and nervous.
Was Nerve-Jarring.
On Monday night and again last
night Young men amused themselves
but annoyed great many other
people by placing torpedoes on the
street railway rails, and when the
cars passed over them the terrific
noise made sounded like the bonn.
bardment Of the enemy in war time.
The racket was nerve Earring and
should have been prohibited by the
authorities.
The site of the Catholic ladies
seminary and mother house was the
scene of the greatest gathering of
the day in the city, and there hun
dreds of people spent the greater
part Of the day. There were plenty
of ways in which the people could
spend their money for the good
cause of the building fund, and as a
rule they "shelled" out literally.
There was plenty doing, and it was
about as cool place as any, being
high up, with the trees cut off on
the south, allowing the breeze tc
come in.
Many Visited Other Towns.
Many went to towns in the cOun-
ty and vicinity that celebrated. Lake
Crystal drew a great many, Maple
ton and st. Clair some, and not a
few wetn to LeSueur Center. Madi-
son Lake and Marysburg got a
crowd.
The day was too hot to make it
one of any great amount Of enjoy.
ment, and those who stayed at home
and tried to keep cool had as good
a time as those who went off to
other places to mingle in the
crowds, excitement and heat.
The day was quite free from acct
dents in the city.
Celebration at Old MapIeton.
Gilber Fletcher attended the cele-
bration at Cornell's grove, old Ma
pleton, yesterday. He gave chalk
talk Mr.. Fletcher states that the
celebration was grand success.
More than one thousand people were
in attendance and the program was
carried out in an entertaining man
ner The exercises were held in a
large tent and were instructive as
well as patriotic.
Mankato was well represented at
the st. Peter carnival, many driving
down from here and others going on
the train. More than 700 bought
tickets on the Omaha and North
western and many went in their
autos.
Yesterday was one of the hottest
Fourths of July ever experienced in
the city, The mercury started in
high, in spite of heavy showers, and
continued to rise until it had reach.
ed an even hundred by the middle OF
the afternoon. 1t fell to a minimum
of 70 last night. The storm yester-
day morning was accompanied by a
great amount of electricity, which
discharged necessarily over the city
and vicinity and made it seem like
bombardment. Between this storm
and the shooting of explosives until
a late hour the night before and at
an early hour again yesterday, there
was a poor chance for sleep.
The rainfall yesterday morning
was ~ of an inch, and another
heavy shower this morning added
20 of an inch to this, for a starter
for July. Park Foreman Blake, who
keeps the government rain and river
guage, states that the Minnesota has
been falling steadily until today
when it showed a rise of an inch
over yesterday.
The rainfall week ago Sunday
was 1.20 inches, a week ago Monday
it was .06 of an inch, and last Thurs
day it was 40 of an inch. The total
rainfall during June was 4.40 inches
which is not far from normal fol
that month. 1t will seem that this
section is now getting plenty OF
rain. The subsoil has been very
dry, and. these repeated showers will
help to moisten it. When the sub
soil is thoroughly wet, this section
+. can stand a good deal of dry wealth
err.
Everybody is praying that the
heated spell may break when the
present showery period is done.
Coming off so hot after the rains
is bad for the small grain.
Minneapolis, July 5.-Company oil
Owatonna, Second Infantry, Mime
sofa National guard, won the prize
drill contest yesterday, at the ar
mory, was pronounced by regular
army judges the best drilled com
pany in the state and awarded the
beautiful silver trophy provided by
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