The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-09-13

Miss Leas graduated from the Co
lumbia School of Music in Chicago in
the class of 1912
Sherburn Advance: Leon Greene
and family of Mankato have been
spending the past week in Sherburn,
having been called here by the Sc
rious illness of Mrs. Peddie. Leon
returned home Monday morning but
his wife and children will spend
the remainder of the week here.
| J. B. Richards returned last night
from his trip to New York where
he made his fall and winter pur-
chases in ready-to-wear goods for
the Richards store. His daughter,
Miss Edith, Joined him in Wiscon-
sin, but Mrs. Richards will remain
in Wisconsin a little longer. Mr..
Richards and his daughter have been
away five weeks.
| Rev. C. B. Osgood has returned
from survey of the state as he is
superintendent of the Christian church
work of the state. He has cover
ed about LOO miles on this trip
Rev. Osgood will remain here but
few days and then go out again in
the interests of federation work.
! There are four conventions to be
held, one at Madelia, Pleasant Grove,
the twin cities and Nevis, and he will
attend these. He will then return to
Mankato to arrange for the federation
dinner to be given some time the
/ latter part of this month or the first
/ of next month.
Good Thunder Herald: Mrs Ber-
tina Polchow started for Jefferson,
Iowa, Monday, intending to resume
her position in a hotel there. She
was persuaded to stop at Mankato
and while there leased the Good
Thunder hotel, but on looking over
! the condition of the building shs
made up her mind not to take it..
Good Thunder is certainly entitled
to a good hotel and the present To-
cation is the best in town, but the
building requires about $4,000 ex.
pended for improvements. Not re.
ceiving some attention soon it will
become absolutely worthless.
/ Miss Helen Cooper left this noon
for New York, from where she will
sail on September 10 for Europe.
Miss Cooper is a daughter of Presi-
dent and Mrs. c. H. Cooper and has
been teacher of Latin in the Mankato
high school for four years She de-
clined reelection here this year, and
was elected to a position as Latin
teacher in a Pennsylvania normal
school, but declined in order that
she may pursue her studies in Er-
rope. She will spend the fall and
winter in Berlin and will then go to
/ France for few months study.
Miss Cooper will also travel through
France and Germany
| Mapleton Enterprise: Word from
William Ellis, who is sojourning in
Paonia, Colo, announces the peach
crop of that country is being ship
ped out by carloads every day. Mr..
and Mrs. Ellis will arrive home on
October 1. Mrs. B. c. Broderick,
who has been at this place for the
past two months, arrived home last
Saturday at Watertown, S. D. Mrs.
Bradshaw is holding her own and
regrets very! much the departure of
her parents.
Mapleton Enterprise: Paul Nc
!, Guiggan, ST., was at Winnebago
! uCSudy. TTOH1 MS OBSERVATIONS ne
does not think that the depositors
of the Bank of Commerce will get
! together on a basis of settlement so
that the bank may be reopened. 1t
certainly will be to their advantage
to do so, judging by experience at
other places. From other sources it
is intimated that certain party
now at Winnebago desires to secure
possession and is throwing obstacles
in the way of settlement.
st. Peter Herald: The recently in
stalled pipe organ at st. Peters
Catholic church will be dedicated
Sunday evening, September Is, with
Ia special program of pipe organ and
vocal music. While complete ar
rangements have not been made,
sufficient numbers have been al
ready selected to promise a highly
attractive program. Among those
who will give pipe organ selections
are DR.. R. Lagerstrom and Profess
sor A. w. Anderson. The choir. who
have the music in charge, will be
assisted by Mrs. Zena Murphy Shee.
han, the well known contralto of
Minneapolis; Professor Griebenow.
formerly of our public schools Max
schleuder, the ladies' quartet and
others.