The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-15
Vernon Center


The little SON of Mr.. and Mrs
Dwight Cornish is quite seriously
i'll.
Mrs. Clements returned Saturday
evening from her visit in Wiscon
sin.
Mrs. Hazel Force, after pleas
ant visit at her old home. left for
Clear Lake Tuesday.
Mrs. Lucy Wrightson of Blue
Earth was a guest at the Claude
Meixell home Monday.
H. c. Kraus and wife left this
morning for Minneapolis for two
days visit at the fair.
Miss Kate LeRue returned to her
home in Brehm, N. D., after several
days visit with relatives.
C. M. Warren lost valuable COW
| Tuesday by eating green corn. The
others are out of danger.
Miss Mae Robinson left Saturday
morning for Plainview to resume
her teaching in the public schools.
Miss Frances Cornish went to
Truman Saturday to make arrange.
ments for the opening of school.
Seth and Ruth Barnes attended a
class reunion last Sunday at the
home of Mrs. Mamie Sharp at Bass
Lake.
Miss Ruth Barnes, who will com.
plete the normal course at the
university this year, went to Min.
neapolis today.
Mrs. Malachi Good, who has been
in poor health for some time, was
taken to Rochester Tuesday for con-
sultation with the Mayo brothers.
Mrs. Will Louer, who was called
death of her brother, James Good
fellow, returned home Thursday
evening.
Cleo Gilman of Truman, Miss
Stella Dredge of Lake Crystal, Miss
Brush and Will Roberts of Sterling
were in town Friday and attended
the play at the opera house in the
evening.
Harvey Thew gave his little grand
daughters an outing Tuesday by TAX
ing them to Mankato. They made
the trip in Ed. Barnes auto They
will take in the circus before return
ing home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Warren with
entertain this evening the teachers
and officers of the Baptist and
Methodist Sunday schools. About
forty will be present and pleasant
evening is anticipated.
T. D. Hays, DR.. McMichael, F. G.
Wilbur and wife and Mr. and Mrs.
Minis were the only Vernon people
who took the train Monday morn
ing for the fair. The weather out
look being far from promising.
Mrs. Josephine Cornish, member
of the high school faculty at On
tario, CAL, left for that place Sun
day evening. Mr.. and Mrs. H. c..
Kraus and her sister Ruth accom-
panied her to Mankato by auto.
Messrs. Frank and Hime Rob-
erts and Will Alderman and wives
of Milbank, S. D., arrived in Ster-
ling Sunday afternoon for short
visit with their numerous relatives,
having made the trip in the formers
big Winton touring car. They spent
few hours at the Cooper home
Tuesday.
The foundation of the Catholic
church was completed Saturday and
early Monday a full force of car
penters began work and have the
frame up and expect to have it en-
closed by the end of the week.
When completed it will be one of
the best and prettiest little chapels
in the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Champlin and
family were summoned to Mankato
Sunday evening by the serious ILL.,
ness of their son Lee. L. c. Rev
than a half hour. On their arrival
they found him a little better and
the doctor now thinks he will fully
recover unless complications set in.
A full house greeted the dramatic
club Friday night and everybody
was pleased with the play, Brother
Josiah" 1t was good from start
to finish and showed hard work
and good training. Seventy-five
dollars was made after deducting
expenses, which was excellent con-
sidering the threatening weather
and busy season.
The Misses Julia McDonough, Yes
ia and Josephine Cornish, returned
from their European trip Thursday
evening. They had most delight
full time. They sailed from Naples
the 18th of August on the Europa"
and arrived in the harbor off Staten
Island the oath, when they learned
that cholera had broken out on the
ship and that an engineer had died.
The ship was quarantined and re-
NAMED out in the harbor until the
quarantine was raised They spent
few days in New York, and after
visiting relatives at London, Ontario,
reached home the 3Oth Among the
other passengers on the Europa was
DR.. P. G. Spinelli of the University
of Naples, one of the foremost OF
Italy. He was sent by his govern