The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-02-23

y Dennis McGrath, who has beef
sick with pneumonia the last fip,
weeks, is able to be out and bacl
TO his work. 5f-
From Saturdays Daily. 49,.
! The services to be conducted q
the Belgrade Avenue Methodist Epis
tcopal church tomorrow will be o
Unusual interest. In the morning
Rev. r. Quigley will preach ant
Mrs. W. S. Douglass will render ;
= solo. In the evening Francis Willart
memorial services viii be held. Mrs
w. n. Jameson will speak on til,
life of Frances Willard and specls
music has been prepared. The mem
fbcrs of the W. c. T. U. will attend
in body. and will occupy seats
reserved for them. The people o
North Mankato are cordially invited
Ito attend these services 80 ...
J Considerable rivalry is being cx
hibited by the male quartet and the
ladies quartet for the entertainment
tat the Methodist church, next Thurs
iday evening. Their old southern
melodies should be fine. Hear then
sing. .',' HE.> iE ..-
The Misses Mabelle Wilco and &c
cile Grimme of Albert Lea and Pro
fessor and Mrs. Harry A.. Ballingel
of Duluth were the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Wilcox during the teach
,erS' convention.
/ Hoover J. Lewis of Faribault is
visiting his cousin, J.. G. Walrod
while attending the Southern MIME
sofa Teachers convention. Mr.. Lewis
! is superintendent of schools Of Rice
county. - -
The Misses Anna Bernard. viii
liams and Lockwood, teachers at
Window, are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. G.. Walrod during the teach
ers' convention a..
Professor c. E. Ball has just in
; stalled a new waterwOrks system
and a bath in his house on Belgrade
| avenue.
| Mr.. Almon Wheeler is reported to
; be much better, which is source
of. qualification to his many friends
John Kumerow & co. OF North
Mankato have installed a new SAM
tary counter in their store. - !
Miss Gertrude. Nyals of Truman is
the guest OF friends in the village.
From Tuesdays Daily. $50. e.,.E,
| Sunday evening a large congrega-
ton filed the North -Mankato Metho-
dist Episcopal church to assist at
the Frances, Willard memorial serv,
-, ice. conducted by the Woman s
Christian Temperance union. Mrs.
F. b. Cowgirl, chairman Of the COM
mittee, had arranged a nice pro-
gram of singing and speaking. Mrs.
". n. Jameson gave an grafton on
Francis +. Willard, speaking in her
usual winning way. She said that
Miss Willard's >girlhood was much
the same as other girls and was
called a miSchieyous girl. In after
life she was strong character, and
/ got her strength where all must
get it. from God. Mrs. Jameson
said, @''thc evil in American social
jgfe will continue until wOinan,s
position is fully appreciated. by both
men aud women, especially by men. !"
To the young" Ia dies. Mrs. Jameson
said: "You afc just longing to do
some great, good thing, butt let INC
tell you the. best; thing YOU can do
in fife is to make. a, clean pure home
for SOme tnali TO live in Iand for
il little children to grow. up in" Mrs.
Douglas of Sioux Falls, S. d., Il
sister of Mrs. B. Quigiey. sang a
solo Face to Face very nicely. p
~ -.,r..s. Ls.tt =. -. i!r a.. IT.
2At tic library entertainment on
.Thursday evening ~at tile Methodist
church. 2the best quartet singing ever
heard in athe village o#ill'jbe given,
Tho ladies' quartet is composed of
the Misses Alma and Martha Yacht
Ter Miss Adeiine Scbaiss aud Mrs.
r.. Il" Jensen. The male quartet is
composed Of MeSsrs. Foote, Tallman,
, Davies and Hildyard.. They have been
working so faithfully that the com.
mittee has decided to reward them
with cash prize to be given the
quartet affording the, best entertain
ment No doubt it will be a rare
I treat to hear them. .'e
From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. J. Gustafson and Mrs. W. d.
AClLu euIcI taluSu LliC I>O. fAfS
Hundred club at the home OF the
former, $40 Nicollet avenue. The la
dies prize was won by Mrs. Glenn
Kotthoff, the score being $500. The
gentlelnen's prize was won by 3D.
win Hensel, his score being $500.
Nice refreshments were served. 49,
The North Mankato Commercial
club VIII hold, p injecting this even
ling at the hose house, and it is the
desire of the club that all members
attend, not only to be present at the
business session, but also to enjoy
the smoke. social and program t.
follow. =, >y.''- + -. &C.,.
Tomorrow evening, the ladies Of
the ,Epworth league of. the Metho-
dist church will give a program to
commemorate .Wasbington's birthday.
Everything is now in readiness for
the program and it is hoped that all
those who can will attend.
Hebron =. /. ri.