The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11


means thoro work Also having the
good position to all their students as
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From Tuesdays Daily
President J. B. Nielsen has
called a meeting of the Com
mercial club for Friday night,
August II. A matter of i'm
portance will be considered.
Superintendent w. e. Murden of
the Methodist Sunday school has
called a meeting of the teachers and
officers to be held tomorrow evening
in the lecture room. Others who are
interested in the Sunday school are
ters to be considered is to arrange
for general picnic of all the classes
to be held in the near future. 1t is
not known that the Sunday school
has had such picnic before and no
doubt would be an enjoyable affair.
People of all religious denominations
are sending their children to this
Sunday school. 1t is the school of
the community. The teachers are
faithful to their duties, freely Civ
ing their time for others. They
have seen the work grow to the pres
ent large attendance. 1t is now con-
sidered one of the large Sunday
schools of the state.
Judge |. M. Olsen has issued an
order restraining Dwane Stewart
from doing violence to his wife and
also that an alimony of $12 month
be paid by him to his wife. Stewart
was released from the county Jail
lately after serving a term for
threatening violence to his wife and
otherwise abusing her.
A. Rolf returned to Grand Forks,
N. D.. today after visiting friends
and relatives here since last Thurs
day.
Albert Debke and wife of Waseca
were guests at the home of J. Minks
yesterday.
The streets are at present in very
bad condition. owing to the excava-
ton made for the water mains, but
Foreman Cahill, for PastOret-Law-
erence company, gives the assurance
that the ground piled up over where
trenches were made will be leveled as
soon as all the mains are laid. In
the meantime the ground is gradually
settling in the trenches. The late
rain has fastened the settling mate
rally.
During the electrical storm Sunday
evening lightning struck house on
East Wheeler avenue. The stroke
entered by way of the chimney. scat
tering the SCOT about the room. Two
holes were made in the floor by the
but otherwise no damage
was done to The building and no one
was injured.
Bernice Chilgren is visiting friends
at Nicollet She will be gone about
two weeks.
The following scores were made
at the Gun club shoot last evening:
Neitge, II; Bennett, 10, 81; C. A..
Keene, II; Eggersdorfer. II; Koppen,
Is, 10; C. E. Ball, Is; E. Hensel, 10;
Mcclure, II. 90; /. Hensel, 10; X.
Keene, 20; Clayton. ID; B. Ball, 10;
Darson, 10; Ed Langes, 49, Theis-
sen, Is; Pagel, 10; Edwards, 10.
The Ladies' Aid society of West
Mankato will be entertained by Mrs
c. A. Chapman and Mrs. c. w. Mil
Ter Wednesday afternoon at two
o'clock at the home of the latter,
223 West Front street.
The August meeting of the Won
ans Missionary society of the Pres
byterian church will be held at the
home of Mrs. f. C.. Willard, 101
Moreland avenue, Wednesday after
noon at three o'clock. The topic for
the afternoon will be Lumber and
Camps" and Mrs. Salisbury
will have charge of the program. At
six o'clock picnic supper will be
served to which the gentlemen are
invited. This will be the last of the
picnic for this season and
a large attendance is urged. Mrs.
Snow and Mrs. Harrington are the
committee. If in doubt
what to carry, ask them.
One of the most interesting of re-
cent books is Cartoons Zone Way
Out" interesting alike to men and
young and Old
China Under the Empress Dow
ager" is another of the recent pOpu
lar books of more than passing in
terest.
The library has an excellent collec-
lion of popular dramas, American
and English.
Blatterman-PolIei Wedding.
Miss Annie Blatterman and Gust
Pollei are to be married at the home.
Of the formers parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gus Blatterman, on the st. Peter
road, at four o'clock tomorrow after
noon. Mr.. Pollei is brother of Po
Iiceman Charles Pollei, and is bar