The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-28
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, and all enjoyed the evening.

ed. The lawn was prettily decorated
and all enjoyed the evening.
This is great harvest weather.
Everything is cut in the south and
west parts Of the county, and the
harvest is about half over in the
north and cast portions. This week
will see nearly all of the fields cut.
Several farmers in the county have
been able to get rid OF quack grass
on their farms by planting corn and
cultivating il thoroughly The dry
weather has resulted in the easy ex-
termination of this pest where the
roots have been thrown up.
In the district court yesterday, the
suit OF George A. Tate as executor
of the estate of the late Stephan
Thorn, VS.. Oscar Bierbauer and 9TH
ers. for the division of land held
jointly, was up OH stipulation. The
court will shortly file an order.
DR.. II. NJ. Bracken. secretary of
the state board of health, states that
returns SO far received indicated a
decrease i'm typhoid fever i'm Mime
sofa compared with last year This
is due i'm his opinion to the CAM
paign against flies and greater pre-
cautions against the spread of the
disease. In 1910 there were 6S3
deaths in Minnesota from typhoid, of
which 1S5 were i'm Minneapolis, AZ
in, nd in, D,,l
st. Peter Herald: The central
part of Belgrade township was hit
by a hail storm Tuesday evening
about 6 o'clock and damage was
done on the farms of II. B. Meyer.
Jacob Monitor, Louis Schroeder, Her.
man Wells and Peter Andring. H.
B. Meyer and Peter Andring were
hit the hardest, the former having
practically his entire crop destroyed
However, the total damage in Nicol-
let county will not exceed $1,000.
The midsummer tournament of
the Southern Minnesota Whist assO-
citation will be held at Fairmont Fri
day, July %, and it is expected that
the attendance will be large. No
doubt players from Winnebago, Blue
Earth, Fairmont, Sherburn, Triumph,
Dunnell and other points will be on
hand to contest for glory and hon
Ors. There will be afternoon and
evening sessions of "the silent
game" and good prizes will be Of
fered.
Winnebago Enterprise: After set
ting type by hand ever since this
paper was started by Dad" Smith,
the compositors in this office have
been emancipated from that drudg-
cry. Our Simplex typesetting ma
chine was started this week and it
certainly is a great advantage over
the old method of getting up type
for the paper. The machine distrib-
utes, as well as sets the type, saving
a great deal Of time and labor. The
Enterprise now has the only type
setting machine in Faribault county.
The Omaha road has put a force
OF men at work, replacing the plank
platform on the east side of the
union depot with paving brick, to
make it correspond with the plat
form on the west side. The curling
is now being laid. The platform is
to be widened very materially on
the north end, SO that there will be
lot more room for people to stand
and a little less unused street space
The Improvement is a permanent and
substantial one, and i'm line with the
character of the improvements which
this road makes.
Fire has broken out in the bed
of Rice lake, Freeborn county, which
recently has been drained, and large
holes are being burned deep in the
porous soil, mostly composed of
peat. These fires burn along under
the sodden surface and are difficult
to eXtinguish. Last fall fires of
this kind prevailed and they were
not put out until late in the spring,
when the snow melted and thorough
ly drenched the spongy mass that
was left dry when the immense ditch
was constructed. Thousands of
acres of this land have been broken
up and are being titled.
st. Paul Dispatch: Edgar Weaver,
auditor of Blue Earth county, is be-
inS mentioned as possible candi-
date against Congressman Hammond.
There is movement among the
republicans of the second district to
agree on one candidate and go into
the fight without any bitterness Dur
ing the last two primary elections
bitter fractional fights have developed
in the republican ranks. Mr.. Weaver
came into prominence as president
of the state agricultural society from
1895 to 1897. He was vice president
of the society from 1892 to 1894.
His work in connection with the
state fair, it is urged, has given him
a wide acquaintance throughout the
state.
FairmOnt Sentinel: Four master
in the employ of the Mil
Waukee railway company, spent
Thursday here Investigating the 4
Fairmont two horse power engine
which the local company has adjust
ed to handcars and supplied the i
Northwestern company. An engine