The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-02-03
SOCIETY,"
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Informal Social Gathering,
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Informal Social Gathering.
An informal social gathering of
the members of the Presbyterian
church and their friends will be held
in the lecture room and parlors OF the
church on Thursday evening from
eight TO ten o'clock. The social de-
partment of the Ladies' Aid society
will furnish light refreshments. They
also will assist the pastor i'll receiv-
ing and providing entertainment for
the guests. All are cordially invited
No special invitations have been sent
out but all will be very welcome.
Entertained for Mrs. Voolfolk.
Mrs. III. Guttmann of North Man
kato very pleasantly entertained yes
terday in honor of Mrs. George VOL
folk of ST. Paul. Five hundred was
played and head honors were won
by Mrs. Voolfolk. Mrs. Coy was
awarded the consolation prize. The
decorations were in pink and white.
Card Club Social.
The North Mankato Up-toDate
home of Mrs. j. Kircher. Belgrade
avenue, yesterday afternoon. The
head honors were won by Mrs. w.
p. Grimes. Delicious refreshments
were served.
S. S. George OF Morgan was in
the city over night.
Attorney Wilson Borst of Window
was in Mankato yesterday.
Rev. w. l. Moore of Mapleton,
was a Mankato visitor yesterday.
Attorney l.. l.. Brown of Winona
was in the city today on legal bust
ness.
George B. Caldwell of st. Paul
was in the city today, renewing ac-
quaintanccs.
Judge Pau and Court Reporter
Davies went to st. James this noon
to have a ditch hearing.
Milton Porter of Vernon Center
was the guest Of his brother City At
torney Miles Porter, today.
Mrs. Andrew Larson and Miss En-
ma Peterson of Dundee were visitors
in the city yesterday and today.
Frank Johnson Of Sleepy Eye, who
is connected with the International
Harvester company. was in the city
yesterday.
II. G.. Gerlicher. head engineer
of the Eagle mill, New Ulm, was in
the city yesterday. He formerly
lived in Mankato.
George Caldwell formerly of The
Free Press, now a reporter on The
st. Paul Pioneer Press, is in the
city on business.
Miss Matte Rabb, Of the +. w.
krusc millinery department, left to-
day for Chicago and New York to
purchase spring millinery.
Mrs. w. f. Hendley returned to
her home in Nicollet today after
visiting her parents, Coroner and
Mrs. E. r. Kennedy. for Il few days.
George Helms of Sleepy Eye, Paul
Gurtein of New Ulm and l.. e. Nc
Laughlin of Tracy, agents of the j..
|. Case company, were in MankatO
yesterday on their way to Mime
apclis, where they will attend a
weeks meeting of the company's Of
fiCials.
Chris Steiner and Charles o.
Steiner left this morning for Alma,
Wis, having received a telegram an
nouncing the death of their father
Of their fathers death was uneX-
pected. The deceased was about
seventy-ive years of age. and was
in Mankato a year ago last summer,
visiting his sons,
e. A. Quimby of EaSton, formerly
cashier of the Vernon Center STATE
bank, is spending the winter ut
Houston, Texas. Mr.. Quimby is
quite enthused over the country
there and south of there, and writes
friends in Mankato that the lands
owned by the Gulf Coast Fruit Land
company of MankatO have n fine flu
ture. In his letter he refers to the
sale of some land at $1,000 an acre.
A. o. Scott left this afternoon for
Hayward, ILL.,, in response to a tele-
gram announcing the death of his
older brother, f. o. Scott, at that
place. Mr.. Scott returned only last
week from attending the funeral of
his father +. o. Scott, whose home
was at LeMar. Mo-, accompanied
the remains of his father to Hay
ward, and was taken sick on the
way with pneumonia, and was un-
able to attend his fathers funeral.
He leaves a wife, son and daughter.
ST. Peter Tribune Mr.. and Mrs.
James Clark were very pleasantly
entertained by Judge and Mrs. Lorin
Cray of MankatO on Monday even
ing. Adjutant Edward Grouse of the
Ninth Minnesota during the Civil
war and q party of friends from De
Smet, S. d., were passing through
Mankato on their way to California
and stopped over a few hours to
meet old comrades. The entire party,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Clark of this
city, and several Mankatoitcs were
Judge and Mrs. Cray's guests at n
SumptuCus dinner served at the Saul.