The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-01-19
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/ J. w. futile spent Sunday at Al
bert Lea. 3s'>
o. P. Miller made flying trip to
Welcome. Mimi, in the old year.
Mrs. Charles Schwitzer has re-
turned from her visit at MapletOn.
Ferdinand link has the contract
to fill the ice house at the creamery
f. Frank Brandenburg Is still helping
| out at the Hunting Elevator com.
pany.
A very large attendance at the
insurance meeting held here this
week. .'.
Tuesday was stock day on the
Alphabet" George Hussy shipped
The st. Clair creamery is on the
boom again, paying the market price
| for butter fat. Ega
st. Clair has once more harness
| maker. He is located next door to
Ira Neary's saloon.
Even though this is leap year the
bachelors are still running around
i here same as before.
The tower men have laid off these
cold days. They say it is quite snappy
hundred feet up, in the air.
The Alphabet" road has made the
end of it's run very near Oh time
every day so far this winter.
Mrs. %. P. Miller and son Willie
took New eYar's dinner at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Peters.
Plenty of wheat coming in now
adays and the elevator crew is kept
busy until dark, but no complaint
| is heard. 49,. w.. H-- ~
! Professor r. C. Dalton has return.
| ed from his vacation to take UP his
school work here until tine spring
! vacation. ~ .. gs# .--a =.
]. Everybody says ]. w. Chase does
the best feed grinding that ever was
done in Blue Earth county. He grinds
every Friday. H" 80 ..
The Royal Neighbors will give a
! dance Friday evening in the town
hall. Everybody 3invited to, attend
and have a good time. -.3sa
The Hunting Elevator company has
commenced to, buy corn now. Any.
one having any to sell can dispose
of it here any time now.
! The Laird Norton Yards are head
quarters for all kinds of coal and
coke. They have, a. large stock on
hand still more III transit.
This cold snap is hard on the men
who are putting up the water tower
and tank here. They cannot stand
1t up in the air: lit being too cold
The ST. Clair painting class met
with Mrs. Charles Schweitzer last
Saturday. The class is doing nicely
and all will soon be- experts in the
art. n0s.@ -.
George Rohman of LIE Roy town
ship was in town last Tuesday and
took out a load of coal. he said he
did not think Minnesota could get
as cold as it did.
! The New Years dance was not as
successful as it might have been
1 but the promoters are true blue and
| stuck it out and at some later date
! will do it over again. "
! Tho st. Clair State Bank direc
tors held their annual meeting in
the directors rooms last Thursday.
/ School opened last Monday after
a two weeks vacation.
| The cold snap we have had--say
did you know it was the coolest
spell we have had for the last
J twenty years, and the longest stretch
of it, so the old settlers say.
George Hussy was taking hogs and
| cattle last Saturday and Monday
j George is always here and looking
/ out for them. You will not miss II
by coming to st. Clair with your
stuff. .2.st"
Asa Andrews now has his house
nearly finished on the inside. He
j built, one of the finest cabinets and
cupboards in town. When the house
j is completed it will be one OF the
finest equipped in town.
| C. s. Boswell had some fun lasl
/ Tuesday with a load of hay Some
] of the time he was on the load and
some Of the time the load was on
him, but finally he got it into town
and sold it to j. W. Chase.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Jullar cele
/ brated their fiftieth wedding ami
/ versary here. last Monday. A good
/ time was had by all who attended
and all wish them joy and happiness
also that they would live to celebrate
1 Lie uldlllOHu dluhf
! Why cannot the Commercial ciut
be revived here and once more nave
la good time like we had few years
! ago. Let's. get together and have
rousing old celebration when the
i water system is completed and make
it a booster day for St: Clair.
/ Playing $500 and dutch solitare
! is the pastinie with q good many o.
i citizens these long cold snappy even
/ ings. Others are very good "5oV
players. This game Is a Favorable
| Que among women especially couple
of the west side ladies who took tue
coneeit out of a couple Of champions
i the other evening.
Mapleton