The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-20
From Saturdays Daily.
Mr.. Weather Man surely was kind

Mr. Weather Man surely was kind
to Lake Crystal yesterday, giving
weather during the entire time of
the amusement program at the Har-
vest Festival. There was rain the
night before and rain last night,
but the day was bright and clear.
BY ten o'clock the crowd began to
gather on the streets and when the
first races took place the thorough
fares were lined with people. All
of the races and contests were held
down town and the crowd was rush
ed from one street to another to
see everything that went on.
At eleven o'clock the foot races
contest followed. At noon running
horse race was held on the street.
Immediately after dinner the pull.
ing contest was held. A wagon was
loaded with $500 pounds of stone
and six men, whose weight was
about LOO pounds. Joseph john
sons team won this, pulling the
load eleven inches.
Rapidan Band First Place.
Then the bands were judged by c..
and Hugh Norman. George Kimble
of Mankato gave SIS prize to the
best band. Each band played a
selection and the committee gave a
prize to the Rapidan band, it hav-
ing shown the most ability. One
of the most interesting things was
the baby show. This was held about
100 o'clock in millinery store
and long before the time the place
was filled with babies and their
mothers. The judges in this contest
were Mesdames Hoerr and Macbeth
of Mankato and Miss Hughes Of
Cambria. Finally, after much DELHI
Grafton, Lillian Roberts, the little
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Rob-
erts was chosen as the prettiest
child there.
Was Some Ball Game.
The ball game between the Bos-
ton Clothiers of Mankato and the
Lake Crystal team was baseball
from the first inning until the last.
Lake Crystal had secured some
good players, three of them being
Lake Crystal boys who are now pro-
fessionals. The game was free from
any "scrapping" and unpleasantness
and was clean game right through.
In the seventh inning Merit Meixell,
who pitched for Lake Crystal, be-
gan to lose his head and Osgood
went into the box. That was the
thing which saved the day for Lake
Crystal. We give the score by in
nings:
Lake Crystal 20 90 001 2 "a
Mankato .......0 0 90 0 90 2 o.
There was good crowd at the
game and they gave their teams
good support. Mankato had small
delegation there but they made
themselves heard.
The Prizes Awarded.
After the game prizes were award
ed for the best driving teams, sin
gle drivers and best lady's drivers.
All of these events took place down
town and caused good deal of in
terest. The vegetable prizes were
also awarded then. There was a
good showing of farm produce,
prizes being given for pumpkins,
squash, carrots, beets, apples, corn,
chickens, eggs, potatoes, onions and
cabbage. All of the prizes were
given by the business men of Lake
Crystal, who worked hard to make
the day a pleasant and successful
one. Five bands furnished music
during the day. They were from
Lake Crystal, Cambria, Ceresco,
Rapidan and Amboy. Besides the
amusements planned by the bust
ness men the children were highly
entertained by merry-go-round,
which went part of the time and
part of the time didn't have power
enough to go.
Band Concert in Evening.
In the evening band concert was
given on the square and later a
dance was held. By that time it
had commenced to rain, but the
crowd was in the mood for enjoy
ment and they all went to the
dance. During the whole day there
was something to do and everybody
seemed perfectly satisfied with what
was going on.
Only one accident marred the