The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-16

way with guessing contests. About
five o'clock the dining room was
| thrown open to them and here the
color scheme was pink and green.
The ladies were served to a course
dinner with tiny canoes for nut
cups and tomahawks for place cards.
Given Surprise.
Mrs. A. c.. Barney, 126 Clark street,
was surprised last evening by her
neighbor lady friends living in the
block between Center and Byron
streets. The evening was pleasant
ly passed in social way and re-
! freshments were served. Mrs. Bar
ney has recently returned from five
months trip through the south and
east visiting also Cuba and the Isle
of Pines.
/ Mrs. Y. G. Lester and daughter
were business callers in Rochester
yesterday.
Mrs. f. L. Aldrich of Mapleton
and Miss Martilda Strande of Rapi-
dan were in the city yesterday.
Miss Irene Olmstead left for 500
City yesterday to spend her vaca-
! ton with her aunt, Mrs. Withheld.
| Mrs. A. r. Cook and Mrs. O. nj.
/ Owens of Eagle Lake spent yester-
| day in Mankato on a shopping trip.
| Dr5. Peterson, Barney and Wier
are in Minneapolis attending the an
nual meeting of the State Dental
/ association.
/ Miss Esther Lemke has returned
/ from Lacrosse, Wis. Miss Lemke is
! the piano player at the Lyric Thea
! ire in Lacrosse.
| An automobile party consisting of
! Mrs. w. d. Tipler of Amboy and
/ her guests, Mrs. Mary A. Edmonds
and Miss Augusta Meuler of Neenah,
Wis, were in Mankato yesterday.
| Amboy Herald: Miss Margaret
Diamond of ST. Paul is a guest of
Mrs. Douglas and daughter, Ida, this
week She attended the old settlers
meeting Tuesday with the Douglass
/ family and had the pleasure of
meeting many former acquaintance
st. James Gazette: Last Satur-
day morning, l.. F. Shaker and fam
/ lily started for their new home at
Redondo Beach, California. We are
/ told that Mr.. Shaker does not in
/ tend to do any work before fall
! but may take up something at that
time.
William Jameson, a former resi-
/ dent of Rapi6an, is the guest of his
daughter, Mrs. Veigle of Indian Lake.
! Mr.. Jameson now lives in Arizona
will spend some time in this vicinity,
renewing acquaintance of former
years.
Mrs. S. B. Christopher of Mime
apolis is in Mankato visiting friends.
! She was the guest of Mrs. Clare
/ Gresham at ST. Peter for several
days. Mrs. Christopher was for
merly Miss Emma Tanner and with
her parents resided in this city sew
eral years ago.
of Mankato, who was one of the
visitors at the old settlers meeting.
and who spent the past winter in
Texas, says that he has visited
twenty-five states in the Union and
that no place has he found better
county than Blue Earth county.
Minnesota Lake Tribune: AS has
been stated in the columns several
times that Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Tea
nor were soon to move to Mankato,
they on Monday loaded a car with
their household goods, and on Tues
day departed for their new home.
The Tribune wishes them success in
their new location.
George Fox, who has been in South
America for the past six years, is in
the city as the guest of his grand
mother, Mrs o. o. Pitcher. Mr.. Fox
went south in the employ of the
Westinghouse Electric company and
later engaged in business in Argen-
tine. On his return trip, Mr.. Fox
visited Paris and London, spending
some time in European cities.
Alanson A. Messer of st. Paul is
visiting in Mankato as the guest of
his brother. Mr. Messer is kindly
remembered by all old citizens as
the popular veteran conductor of the
Omaha line, in whose service he
served for nearly forty years. The
first train on that road from ST. Paul
to Shakopee was in charge of Mr..
Messer, and that gentleman also has
the distinction of having been in
charge of the first passenger train
running into this city. This occurred
in 1868 and since that time M.
Messer has watched and aided Man
kato in it's development. Mr.. Messer
is hale and hearty and enjoying the
best of health.