The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-04-12

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! ter here with friends. Mr.. Lawton
Il was formerly of Worthington.
! Winnebago Enterprise: We under.
J stand that Rev. Craig, district su.
perintendent of the Winona district,
is contemplating moving to Whine.
bago to reside. He can easily reach
the towns of his district from this
point. We trust that Rev. Craig
will conclude to move here.
I Heron Lake News: Last Saturday
4 morning one of the most shocking
! accidents that has happened in Heron
Lake occurred. Little Lorine Hol.
man and some other children were
! playing around the engine house Of
1 one of the elevators. LOrine had a
piece of chalk and marking OIL the
1 shaft that runs from the power
house to the elevator proper, when
her clothing caught and she was
-whirled around in a terrific manner.
Manager Cook saw the accident and
tstopped the machinery as soon as
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taken from her perilous position.
Clint Fisk and Sherman ST. John
4 carried the limp and mangled form
to the hospital where all possible
/ is being done to save her life. At
1 this writing she is said to be get
ting along as we'll as could be ex.
pected, but has not as yet passed
the danger mark.
| Minnesota Lake Tribune: A near
! accident occurred on the H. Jordet
farm in Grapeland, Saturday, when
Emil Rue narrowly escaped DEATH
Emil and his brother, Knute, were
saving wood for Mr.. Jordet, and
while Emil was at work around the
five horsepower gasoline engine his
clothing in some manner became en-
tangled in the friction clutch and he
was being wound around the swiftly
revolving shaft when his clothing
gave way and he was thrown free
of the shaft, thus saving his life
He was severely bruised, his left
arm and several ribs were broken.
1t is expected that he will recover,
but. will be laid up for some time
Il. D.. Mills, who has been in the
hospital ten weeks, has recovered
sufficiently to so to his home in
Garden City. Mr.. Mills sold his
farm last fall, but still has about
$4,000 apple trees of various. kinds
in his nursery that he wants to dis
pose of. These trees are acclimated
| to Blue Earth county soil and eli
mate, and are a choice lot. Any
one wanting nursery stock can get
of! him at Garden City. The nurs-
cry is located three miles north of
Garden City on the Mankato Gard.
en- City road, but Mr.. Mills. is now
living in Garden City village.
Amboy Herald: The officers and
directors of the Willow Creek Tele-
phone company held meeting at
the First: National bank rooms Wed.
nesday afternoon to-. consider the,
advisability of telephone develop
ment, which will result in the un-
loading of several of the now over
crowded lines. AS it is now many
Of the lines are over-crowded, which
makes better service impossible. BY
making a few changes, and putting
lines in repair better service will be
the result. They also decided at this
meeting to construct new line
from Vernon to Madelia.
Joseph Reurup of Bozeman, Mont,
has written Interestingly to The Free
Pres and says in his letter that he
has recently bought $4,000 of stock
in the Luverne, Mimi, Auto COM
pany. He is selling the Luverne
machines there are finds that the
model called the Montana which sells
for $4,000 is proving very popular.
Spring has opened up there and the
robins are out. Mr.. Reurup says
that his family are all well and that
business there is good.
G. A. Lewis of the automobile
firm of J. A. Lewis & Son, stated
today that the automobile tradeI
prospects were never better than
right now. The spring trade has
opened up splendidly and the only
trouble he experiences is in getting
the delivery of his cars. He is four
or five carloads short at present
and yesterday sent telegram re-
questing the hurry-up delivery of
these cars. The demand exceeds the
supply,
George M. Palmer who was sched- !
uled TO speak on good roads : at
Nicollet last Wednesday got con-
fused with some time tables and
missed his train. 1t was impossible
to reach Nicollet in time by road,
and so Professor e. C. Davis was
called on by President Potts of the
Nicollet and LIE Sueur Counties Good
Roads association to tell of the
work of agricultural department Of
the st. Peter high school.
Word has been received of the
death of Mrs. Herman DuBOisson OF
Tacoma, Wash. Mrs. DuBoisson will
be remembered by the older resi-
dents as daughter of the elder
DR.. Dornberg, and the wife of Mr..
DuBOisson of the firm of Prael &
DuBoisson. Mr.. DuBoisson first
moved to North Dakota, later to AS.
toria, Ore, and then to Tacoma, dy-
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