The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-22

almost .fulty recovered. -. - :.
Minnesota Lake Tribune: Miss Ma,
bel Hodge left Monday evening for
Mankato where she will visit few
days with her sister, Mrs. Joe Studel.
ska. From there Miss Mabel will
leave for st. Paul for short visit
with friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Gerlich OF Mapleton. who had
been visiting at the home Of their
son Albert in this village, returned
to Mapleton Friday morning. Mr..
Gerlich says that ne and Mrs. Ger
Itch will go to New England, N. D.,
this week to visit with relatives
there. Mrs. J. w. DoXey OF
Mankato came Friday evening and
visited over Sunday at the Albert
Gerlich home. ...5
Anthony Henkels of Heron Lake, a
student at the Mankato Commercial
college, and residing at 221 North
Fifth, was taken with acute appen.
dicitis last Wednesday night. His
parents were telephoned to and he
was removed at once to st. Joseph's
hospital and operated upon on Thurs
day. He was taken to the hospital
on q stretcher by four classmates
who room at the same house. On
Tuesday night of this week Hubert
Deblon, one of the boys who helped
to carry IlenkelS to the hospital, wa-
taken with acute appendicitis and
was operated upon Wednesday. II
was a strange coincidence, as Mr.
Deblin had never had appendicitis at
any previous time and both boys
were operated upon within a week
Both are doing well and will prob.
ably be able to be about soon.
Mrs. Cora Wigley was taken to the
hospital at st. Peter, yesterday after.
noon, where she will receive treat.
ment for a mental trouble. She has
not been in the best of health for 9
number of years, and about five years
ago she was a patient at the hospital
and the treatment there benefited
her greatly. However a.>few months
ago the old trouble, REQUIRED and she
will again have the care Of experts
Mrs. Wigley" IS the wife of Ed Wig
ley, a prominent merchant at Fair
fax.'He, as we'll as his wife, have
many friends In Mankato and this
county who will sympathize with
them in their trouble.
Good Thunder Herald: Our neigh
boring town of Rapidan is evidently
determined to make a big showing
this year in the way of substantial
and permanent improvements. There
are several fine residences to be
built, a large two-story store build
| ing, and we understand that bank
! is also under contemplation, as well
as several other minor matters. About
next year they will probably incor
/ porate, put in saloon or two, and
, forever, after be a dead town. No
we don't mean that, our good friends
! mt Rapidan are too wise to make
such folly. ..'~-'.,' . .'.' -
William Wittrock has purchased
from John A. Craig of Tracy his
superb four. year old pure, bred reg
istered Percheron stallion, Ben Butt
! Ter, 67104, by Van Butler, 1919
Dam lRosales, 1924, Minnesota stall
| lion license 2136. Ben Butler is. "a
powerful big clean-boned 1900 pound
horse, jet black, small star, beauti
! full woven and best of disposition
! VIII be kept constantly at owners
farm. Intended breeders are invited
| to call and see him. ..... ~.
LIE Sueur Center Democrat: A
! representative of the Consumers
Power company was over from Man
kato one day the past week on bust:
ness with the company's entrance
into Kasota. While here he was ap
preached by several local parties in
terested in securing electricity and
stated that he would take the mat.
ter up with the manager ON his re-
turn from Chicago. ..s. .-..- H.. Z.
St. Peter Herald: Frank Juberien
OF Belgrade, accompanied by his son,
| Bates Juberien, went to Rochester
last Monday and on Wednesday the
former submitted to an operation
for tumor of the stomach. He is a
very sick man, but his friends hope
for his recovery. Mrs. Juberien went
to Rochester to be at his side during
the operation. -... ~,
At the town meeting, held in
Vernon Center, Tuesday. straw
vote was taken, resulting as fol.
lows: Roosevelt, 25; Taft, 1; VIII.
son, 2; Clark, 3; Bryan, !; La Fol-
| lette, l. -.... 49, ~.
The farmers in ATedO on election
day circulated petition asking con-
l'gress to repeal the reciprocity bill
with Canada.
Fred Kroeger of Rapidan, who un'
derwent an operation at the I'M
manuel hospital for appendicitis is
doing nicely.
G. H. Schendel, buttermaker at
the Rapidan creamery, has resigned
! to take much needed rest.
There is talk of holding another
good roads meeting In Sterling.
From Saturdays Daily.
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