The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-16
Kerns

Miss Jordan of Mankato is visiting
with Mrs. Olson.
Mr.. Brown of Chicago is visiting
at the home of George Culp.
Sylvester Smith is visiting his
aunt, Mrs. Jones at Lake Crystal
Miss Bernice Chilgren of North
Mankato is visiting with Miss Alice
Spear. -. '.H'
Mrs. Scott and daughter of Frank
lin, Mimi. are visiting Mrs. Milton
Melvin. '@..
| E. ]. Rood and son of Nicollet
called on friends in the neighborhood
Sunday afternoon.
Dorothy Hobart of Lake Crystal is
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. D. Trask.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Culp and daugh-
ter of Mankato visited George Culp
and family Sunday.
Mrs. Ruth Melvin is home after
having spent several weeks with her
son Fred at Minneopa.
Miss Clara Larson is helping Mrs.
Keene during harvest and Miss Lena
Kimitz is helping Mrs. Burrill.
Miss Elsie Hinchley of Devils
Lake, N. D.. arrived Monday to visit
with her friend, Miss Edna Sharp.
Mrs. A. P. Anderson of Nicollet
is visiting relatives in the neighbor-
hood. She is a daughter of G. Lind.
Ira and Miss Jessie Reed of Glen
view, H., are visiting relatives here.
This week, they are with their aunt,
Mrs. G. w! Johnson.
G. H. Loucks had lightning rods
put on his house and barn last week
The work was done by John Dackins
and is very satisfactory.
Joe Mann had a bad accident, last
week while working at a binder
! One hand was badly crushed and
two fingers were broken.
Mrs. Mynard was in a collision
with an automobile Sunday in town.
She was thrown from her buggy
and one limb was injured.
Walter Johnson is threshing for
| H. A. Hanson. The report Tuesday
| morning was that the oats were rum
, ming eighty-four bushels to the acre.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Sharp and
daughters and Mr.. and Mrs. August
Berger and daughter visited at the
home of Fremont Pew Sunday after
noon. .-. .....
Philip Budde is here from Wash
| ington. He has been visiting his
father in Mankato and is spending
this week with his sister, Mrs. G.. w.
Johnson.
Lundeen Brothers will put a con-
crete bridge in near Jesse Keene's
place. They will begin work this
week The bridge will be a great
improvement over the old one.
Rev. John Heddle received a tele-
gram saying that his wife would be
in Mankato Monday evening. Mrs.
Heddle sailed from Glasgow, Scot
land, Saturday, August 8, so made
very quick trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Potter and
children of Mankato and Miss May
Burrill visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Len Burrill Wednesday. Mr. and
Mrs. Potter left for their new home
at Window Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Len Burrill enter
tanned at supper Thursday evening
Their guests were Mr. and Mrs
George Keene of Mankato, and Mr.
and Mrs. P. A.. Tulleys of Bloom
field, Neb. Mrs. Tulleys was Miss
Adele Durham and used to live at
Hebron.
Thursday. morning H. A. Hanson
cut some grain and had Walter
Johnson thresh it in the afternoon.
Then Mr.. Hanson hauled the grain
to the mill where he had it grownd
into feed. He took it home and fed
some of it to the pigs that might for
supper. This shows how things are
done around Kerns. Can anyone
beat it?
Miss Lillian Otto accompanied by
her mother and little niece were, on
their way to the country Sunday
when the horse stumbled at the foot
of the hill and Mrs. Otto was thrown
from the buggy and dragged a short
distance. The little girl was thrown out
but was not injured, and Miss Otto
was not hurt. All of them were bad
ly frightened.
! w. G. Gresham of ST. Peter and
Professor Davis of Iowa were out
1 Monday gathering samples of grain
and later will get fruit and veget-
abes to prepare booth for Nicol
let county at the. state fair. The
gentlemen were at w. H. Sharp's
farm at noon so were invited to din
ner. Mr.. Sharp is raising a certain
patch of corn for the agricultural
school which is being watched with
great interest. NJ