The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-29

Amboy this morning in his auto
mobile. He said the roads between
here and Amboy are almost impas
sable.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Widman and
children left last night for Vienna,
Mo-, where they will move on farm
Their two grown up sons and daugh
ter will remain here.
Mrs. A. H. Spaulding will leave
for Madison, Wis.,, tomorrow morn
ing to be gone two weeks, having
been called there by the illness OF
Mr.. Spaulding's mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. -. Randall and
family passed through Mankato last
night on their way to Portland
Oregon. They will go via Omaha,
Neb and Denver, Colorado.
r. r. Steinle of Butterfleld visited
here yesterday as the guest OF
Gust Gostdosse. He will leave this
afternoon for Minnesota Lake and
then expects to return to Mankato
Mrs. ]. NJ. Eager is spending the
week in st. Paul where her son
Floyd is playing at the Grand the
atre in 1.-The Lion and the Mouse
Mr.. Eager was in st. Paul Sunday
Mrs. ]. w. Andrews and Mrs. C.
d. Snow left today for Sank Center
where they will attend the Fedora
ton of Women's clubs which is now
in session there. Mrs. Snow viii
read paper on "City Inspection
DeForrest Ward OF Fairmont was
in Mankato Saturday calling on ID
cal members of the X. of P. lodge
Mr. Ward is state superintendent
of insurance, connected with the
Knights of Pythias lodge. John r
Bowen is the local representative.
r. F. and d. B. Elliott of Min
neapOlis are in the city installing
a gas recorder in the Hubbard mill
This recorder will be placed so a:
to make record of the gases uset
in the furnace. They are connected
with r. w. Whitaker company o
st. Paul.
L. w. Burlington passed through
MankatO last night on his way te
Minneapolis where he will cOnstruc
number of bridges in the parks
Mr.. Burlington has had charge OF thu
construction of a number of bridges
in Brown county but has now beer
transferred to the twin cities.
Edwin Nyqnist of Gray Eagle Il
in the city as guest of his brother
John NyQuist. Mr.. Nyquist will re
main in the city visiting his oil
friends here for about month
| He is former resident of thi
county but is now engaged in tn,
saw mill business at Gray Eagle.
r. A. Slapher came down from
Mapleton today to buy an automo
bile. Mr. Slapher recently Dough
livery barn and now will run a!
auto livery in connection. The au
| tomobile will be taken apart toda.
| by local machinists so that Mr.
/ Slapher will get some of the point
! in repairing automobiles.
Superintendent r. G. Perkins q
the Milwaukee road arrived in Man
kato today and after consulting wit
local employees of the company h
departed in J. RI. Macbeth's automc
bile for st. Clair where he expect
ed to go east via the alphabet
road and Albert Lea. He was &C
companied by Roadmaster Hines.
Mrs. W. A. Riddle. who has beef
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. w. E
Davies and family for the pas
month, departed today for Chicag
accompanied by Miss Mary Davies
After a weeks visit with friend
there, they will leave for Jackson
vile, Fla, where Miss Davies al
ticipates spending delightful white
in the south at the home Of w. A
Riddle and family.
William F. Hughes has just RI
turned from Rochester where h
called on w. r. Geddes, who is ly
ing sick in the hospital at tina
place. Mr.. Hughes said that tn
doctors are treating Mr.. Geddes S
that he will become strong enoug
to submit to an operation. jus
what Mr.. Geddes is afflicted with
not known, but ii is believed to b
stomach trouble. Mrs. Geddes
also with him.
Mrs. III. A. Race, mother Of Mrs
p. II. Kelley, started yesterday morr
ing for Gasport, N. Y, to visit he
brother and sister whom she ha
not seen for forty years. Mrs. Rae
is in her eighty-first year and ha
travelled extensively during her oil
. age. Rev. Fl. A. Sawyer, her Crane
:, son will meet her at Chicago an
accompany her to Gasport, and the
4, continue the journey to New Havel
where he goes to Yale divinit
school.