The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-05-03
ed on the business men in the city

today.
John and Paul Lueck of Winona
were the guests of friends in Man.
kato today.
Otto Hummel Of New Ulm was in
the city last evening between trains
on business.
F.. o. Werner of Blue Earth was
in Mankato today calling on the
business men.
j. l.. Cummins arrived in Mankato
last night from Eagle Lake and
visited friends.
E. c. Quiggle of Blue Earth num-
bered among the business men in
the cit, Today.
Miss Mary Hensted and Miss Ruby
Johnson of Chandler spent yester.
day in Mankato.
Miss Florence Boyner Of Vernon
Center is spending a few days in
the city as the guest Of friends.
c. C. Bruscke of the hardware
firm of C. C. Bruscke and Son, Good
Thunder, transacted business mere
yesterday and today.
John Gerlich, wife and daughter,
will leave here Monday night on
the Shriners' Special for Los An.
geles where they will attend the big
gathering there. '
Mrs. Minnie ivan Blarcum) West of
Austin is in Mankato calling ON
friends. She will remain here until
Tuesday. Mrs. West was formerly
a member of the high school faculty
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. d. Poole and
daughter Grace are visiting Mrs.
Poole's brother, A. c. Barney and
family for a few days, on their re.
turn from a trip to California to
their home in Benton Harbor, Mich.
The Misses Olivia D~ruckenbrod,
Anna Welter and Agnes Folz and
the Messrs. Archie Fletcher, Ben
Klugherz and Warner Clements drove
to lie Sueur last night in the lat
ter's automobile and attended a
dance.
New Ulm Journal: George j. Ho.
dapp, assistant city engineer of Man.
kato, was in New Ulm this week,
making surveys of some of the
streets, along which cement side.
walks will be laid and other i'm.
provements made.
Sleepy Eye Dispatch: Hugo Berg
and wife of Mankato are spending
a week or SO visiting at the parents
of Hugo, Mine Host Berg and wife.
Hugo has sold his barber shop at
Mankato and will rest for a while
before engaging in business again.
Mrs. j. Thompson, representing
the Children's Home society of Min
nesota is in the city today, making
her annual visit here. She has just
come from Vernon Center where she
found a family of three children,
whom the sheriff will bring here
Monday to be taken to the home.
Judge Lorin Cray and Attorneys
C. o. Daley, C. l.. Benedict and
Arthur Schaub returned last night
from st. Paul where they argued
the case, of the city before five
Judges of the supreme court. Attor.
neys Schaub and Benedict each made
a thirty-minute argument, while
Judge Cray and Attorney Daley di'
vided their hour for the argument.
Miss Mae Davies of 112 South
Fifth, who has spent the winter with
her sister, Mrs. W. A. Riddle, in
Jacksonville, Fla, returned home to-
day. She left Jacksonville about six
weeks ago and made "a number OF
delightful stops on the way. She
visited in Savannah, Ca, Montgom-
cry, Ala, Troy, Ala, Urbana, Ill.,,
and Chicago. Her entire visit was a
delightful one and her trip was very
pleasant, the stops on the way
breaking the monotony of the jour
ney.
The Auto club at New Ulm has
been recognized by the election OF
the following officers: President,
Emil G. Hage; vice president, J. H.
Siegel; secretary and treasurer, A.
Schiller. The club will interest it.
self in the good roads movement.
The case which involves opposi-
ton to discharge in the matter of
the bankruptcy of Van Rokel broth
ers of Slayton was continued until
May 20. The Rock Island Pillow
company objected to the discharge
in the bankruptcy case of the Stay
ton firm. C. O. Daley was to appear
from the bankrupts and Attorney
Miles Porter for the Rock Island
Pillow company.
DIR. j. p. Rosenwald has purchased
a fine new Mitchell six-cylinder auto.
mobile from the Schwender Broth.
ers' agency, which he is trying out.
The car is the only six-cylinder
Mitchell owned by 4 private party in
the city and one of the finest in
Mankato. 1t is electric lighted, has
two horns, one of which is run by
electricity, and can be geared up to
run s~eventy.five miles al hour. Be-
cause of it's high power, the a can
be run as low as four miles an
hour without killing" the engine.
Fighting Taylor" the promising
young welterweight who is training
in and about Mankato for a bout
with Kid Burns at Winnipeg the