The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-14
Stories Briefly Told
From thursdays Daily.


Local commission houses are just
commencing their heaviest season.
The Strawberries are keeping up a
lively trade and will continue to do
so. The Missouri berries will be
all gone in a few days, and because
of the scarcity of the berries and
the limited district from which they
come the price has gone up consider
ably this week. By next week the
Iowa and Wisconsin berries viii
come in and the home grown berries
will be on the market by the end of
next week. There is a large supply
of these.
The two commission houses In
Mankato will receive their first car
load of Florida pineapples next week
and they are expected to be OF eX-
cellent quality, so it will behooVe
the housewives to keep this fact in
mind and get their supply OF the
fruit for canning.
The California cherries are already
coming in and it will be but a short
time until the apricots, plums and
peaches will be on the market. All
of these crops are said to be better
than they have been for years, and
the fruit already on the market goes
far to prove this. The navel oranges
will soon be shipped as will also
the California valencia oranges.
These are of extremely high quality.
The supply of bananas is very
scarce this season and the price Is
unusually high. ... ...n.
The market is we'll supplied with
and with home grown pie plant, rad
ishes, lettuce and onions. The old
potatoes will soon be gone and the
new ones are already on the market,
at a comparatively low price.
The fruit and vegetables TINS
spring are of unusual quality ana
there seems to be a plentiful supply
of almost everything, with reason
able cost.
A. C. Hedberg went to Madeia on
business today. o. 1871
Vert Weld of Lake Crystal was
in Mankato yesterday. ....,
Mrs. T. r. Owen of Lake Crystal
visited here yesterday. r..
]. F. Barnes of Blue Earth called
on his friends here today.
G. S. Taylor of Vernon Center
spent yesterday in Mankato. o.,
Walter Henry of Decoria was a
business visitor in Mankato today.
l.. A.. Grell of Redwood Falls call
ed on his friends in the city TO-DAY.
A, and B. B. Gilmore of Eagle
Lake transacted business here TO-
day. .r.
Mrs. Bardell arrived in Mankato
this noon from Waseca. She may
move to this city to make her home
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Gay of Lake
field ara visiting friends in Mankato
today.
Professor Karl Lueders of Lake
field was in Mankato on business
yesterday.
Mrs. Frank Day of Fairmont is
visiting her sister, Mrs Dave Rich
ards today.
C. Ii. Wilkes of Owatonna number
ed among the business VISITORS III
the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Hopkins OF
St. Louis, Mo-, were visitors III
Mankato yesterday.
R. l.. White of Rochester num-
bered among the business visitors IN
MankatO yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Willis OF
Mortified are the guests of friends
here for few days. -
z. d. Wegner arrived in Mankato
last night from Mapleton to spend
the day here on business. ...
Otto Coke and L. Hanson arrived
in the city last night from Lake
CRYSTAL and visited friends here TO-
day. ..... 49, .-.:a,.
Rev. A. F. Winter and Professor
III. Hoffman, both of Janesvllle,
passed through this city stopping
briefly on their way to Wacona,
Mimi, to attend synodical session.
Mrs. Alice Andrews Parker ana
her son Clayton, who have been the
guests of Mrs. Parker's brother, Or.
J. w. Andrews and family for sever
al weeks, left yesterday for st. Paul
to make, a short visit. They Will
return from there to their home in
New York. Mrs. Florence Clayton
of ST. Paul and Mrs. A. ID. Stone al
so went to ST. Paul with Mrs. Far
ker and her son. .-lr -.,,.f,
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Parson'
age and L. l.. Beise drove down
from Minneapolis in a large metro
politan Rambler touring car, wnlcn
has been purchased by Mr.. Belse
from the Downs Automobile company
of Minneapolis. Mr.. Parsonage rep
resents the Rambler people MRS
Parsonage returned to her home al
Minneapolis today, but Mr.. Parson'
age will remain here few days 10
visit friends and attend to several
business matters. a-.'. .s
E. H. Beise of Mapleton came
through Mankato today with his new
seven-passenger Rambler car, pur
purchased of C. H. Brace Of Amboy
Mr.. Brace maintains an agency with
Clements & Hoerr.
City Engineer HI. F. Blomqulst ano
Commissioners Lamm and Henllne
surveyed the place for the sidewalk
which will run from the Mother
Home to North Fourth street this
afternoon. They were accompanied
by one of the Sisters of thes home
A movement for the appointment
of a new charter commission for OWa
tonna, to prepare amendments 10 the
present charter or perhaps to ara"
I'm a new charter has been started
Judge Childress has been requested
to name the members OF the commls
sion.