The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

Miss Lucretia Hendley Of NicOllet
visited in the city yesterday.
Miss Ada Billings of Window is
the guest of friends in Mankato.
Mrs. H. E. Ewing of Vernon Gen.
ter was visitor In the city yeste-
day
Robert E. Porter of Fairmont was
in the city yesterday, remaining
over night.
F. w. Richards and wife of Min
neapolis are in the city, guests at
the Saulpaugh.
George Hodson and Gus Bosalis
spent yesterday fishing at Lake Fran
CHS and had good luck.
Mrs. Henry Schleuder of Redwood
Falls was in Mankato yesterday on
her way to Dundas to visit.
Mrs. IL. Peabody and Miss Vivian
Peabody of Redwood Falls were in
Mankato yesterday. Miss Vivian is
a school teacher.
o. A. Zierold of Minneapolis has
been spending couple of days in
the city looking up commercial paper
and mortgages.
John S. Johnson and liver Moot of
Minneapolis were in the city today
demonstrating a Winton Six. Mr..
Johnson is the former bicycle racer.
Mrs. w. r. Olmstead returned
Monday night from Minneapolis.
after a ten days visit there. She
saw all the sights of the civic cele-
bration and had very pleasant
time.
Mrs. H. o. Healy and Mrs. o. W.
Healy of Mapleton and their guest,
Miss Marjorie S. Mcpherson of
Quincy, ILL.,, visited in the city yes
terday.
C. N. Norton, wife and boy, Mrs.
Yohn and Mrs. Clark of Waseca
came to Mankato yesterday in their
auto and after taking dinner and
calling on friends went home.
Miss Alma Anderson, one of the
popular employees at the union depot
eating house, is home from a trip
to several South Dakota towns where
she visited friends and relatives.
Mrs. Hans Hanson returned yester-
day from Carpio, N. D., where she
spent a month visiting her brothers
and sister. She reports that the
crops there are in fair condition, but
need more rain.
E. M. Call went to Mendoza this
morning to do carpenter work for
couple of months for the Widell COM
pany, which is strengthening the
Omaha roads retaining walls there
with concrete work.
S. P. True and family of Truman
drove down from there in their auto
the first of the week. Mr.. True re-
turned home Tuesday and Mrs. True
is visiting relatives and attending
the chautauqua this week.
Mrs. T. H. Foley was called to
Fairmont yesterday by the serious
illness of her daughter, Mrs. F. w.
Freeman. The latter's illness was
rather sudden, and she was operated
upon. Mrs. Foley does not expect to
return before the end of the week.
Mrs. w. c. Dean and Mrs. William
Dorr of Nicollet were the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Parsons, West
Mankato. Mr.. Dean came here last
evening in his auto. After attend
ing the chautauqua Mr.. and Mrs.
Dean and Mrs. Dorr returned to Mic
ollet.
Dr. G. r. Curran and family, who
IL IN thnSy
automobile for La Point, Wis, in
company with DR.. Manson and fam
lily of Worthington, are expected
home next Monday. The two fam
lilies are enjoying a vacation camp.
ing out.
Charles A. Wellman, Misses Mary
E. and Jenette and George w. Well
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Bwry, Mrs. Will
liams and Mrs. Kidd of Ottumwa,
Iowa, arrived in the city in two ay-
tomobiles yesterday and will remain
in the city and vicinity for couple
of weeks.
Mrs. E. I. McCune has returned to
her home in Minneapolis after spend
ing five weeks in the city, visiting her
father, T. w. FOwles, and family.
Mrs. Fowles has been in Minneapolis
during this time, and returned in
having remained there a week Mrs.
McCune will visit in Duluth for a
few days.
Misses Madeline and Dolores
Sanasee of Peoria and Chicago, Ill.,,
are visiting their sister, Mrs. HI.
]. Wildes. Miss Dolores, who has
just finished her third year as
successful actress, decided that Man.
kato and vicinity was the best place
to recuperate after a trying years
work on the stage.
County Surveyor D. L. Bigham
of Redwood Falls spent last night
in the city on his way to st. Paul.
He states that the crops in his coun-
ty will be poor this year, except
corn. Added to the drouth and hot
winds, the grasshoppers are now de-
veloping and threatening to finish
what is left in many of the fields.
Lake Crystal Union: D. w. Radi-
chel and his son Paul came up from
Mankato in their car Monday morn
ing. Mr. Radichel informs us he has