The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-10-18

Mrs. Guy H. Sheldon and daughter
Margaret departed yesterday for their
home, Wichita Falls, Texas. They
have been spending the summer here
with Mrs. Sheldon's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Karmany
Hon. and Mrs. j. l.. Washburn.
| their son, c. C. Washburn and wife
were in Mankato over night, having
come in from Iowa last.evening. They
have been on an auto trip, visiting Wi
mona, Mason City and other places.
! Fairmont Sentinel: Mrs. Croker
has returned from weeks absence
which she spent as a delegate to a
church convention held in North
| field, and visit with her brother
in st. Paul and with her son at
Mankato
"Tubby" Throdahl, one of the at
taches of the Central Fire station,
| from a trip to a number of points
in North Dakota. Mr.. Throdahl says
that with three weeks more of the
right kind of weather all the grain
in that state will be threshed and in
the granaries.
| LIE Sueur Center Leader: Mrs. A.
W. Kruger of Mankato visited part
| of last week with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Bornholdt. She re-
turned to her home last Thursday
! afternoon, accompanied by her sis
tier, Miss Winnifred, who went for a
visit of about two weeks in that city
with Mrs. Kruger and other relatives
and friends.
| Mapleton Enterprise: There is a
movement under foot whereby Ma
pleton may secure handsome new
opera house another year. The build
ing if constructed will have BAN
quet and dancing hall in the first
story and the opera house proper
above. Such a building would be a
fine thing for the accommodation of
many gatherings throughout the
year where it is desired to have a
program and supper as we'll.
The first number of the Otaknam
for this year has just been pub
lished and all through it's pages can
be found improvements over last
years publication. Last year the
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and everything about it was new. 1t
improved with each issue, and the
first issue of this year indicates a
prosperous year for the magazine.
There seems to be more matter of
value and interest to the school
and alumni in general than there
was in last years numbers, which is
a commendable feature. -.
John Tackman was arrested last
night in an old barn near the Chi
cago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha railroad tracks and SEN
fenced this morning to ten days of
hard labor. James G. Wocdcock
who claims that his home is Red
wing, was also arrested last night
on the charge of vagrancy. He re-
ceived a like sentence. Both these
men were arrested less than a week
ago for drunkenness, but were al
| lowed to leave the station the next
morning on the promise that they
would both stay sober and pay their
fine tomorrow morning
Good Thunder Herald: A meeting
of the executive committee of the
Improvement club was held Tuesday
evening to take up road matters tina.
were pending. The road under dis
cussion starts at the foot of the
creamery hill and runs east two
thirds of a mile. The contract for
building same, according to state
highway survey, was awarded to r.
L Houk for $500. He is expected to
commence work today and this will
be the first piece of road completed
in this county conforming to state
requirements. Every cent of cost is
borne by the citizens of Good Thun-
der. .s,
A new electric hoist arrived at
the Saulpaugh hotel this morning
and the work of installing it in the
basement to take the place of the
old steam hoist has begun. The ap-
paratus consists of a ten horse pow
er Westinghouse electric motor with
the lifting machinery geared to it
and all on one base. 1t was taken
in through the side door of the hotel
after removing the revolving doors
and will be lowered through the
elevator shaft into. the basement
1t is expected that the basement
will have to be remodeled slightly
in order to get the new machinery
in place. Gust Lagerquist of Min
neapolis, dealer in elevators and
elevator machinery, has charge of
the installation.
Sleepy Eye Herald: On Monday
last, the five, year old girl of Jacob
Thompson, living three miles north
east of Golden, was killed by the
falling of a hay rack on the child.
The rack hung on sort of a plat
form and it is thought the girl caught
hold of it and by hanging to the rack
it. was precipitated to the ground,
pinioning the poor child, the result
of which it passed away before any
help could be secured. The father is
tenant on the Louie Mikaelson
farm and was former resident of
Sleepy Eye up to, last spring. The
case is a sad one, for the mother
is in the st. Peter hospital and the
| father and children, six in number,
moved to the farm last spring. Thomp-
son is a hard worker and man OF
| good character. His lot is a hard
| one.
Winnebago Enterprise: The sugar
beet crop is now being hauled to
cars on the Milwaukee track, for
shipment to the factory of the Min
nesota Sugar company at Chaska. Up
to Wednesday night ten carloads of
the beets had been hauled in. The
crop is good one, and the hauling
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