The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-11-29

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sister, Mrs. PhillipesHartman. :, Mrs
Hartman is suffering with blood
poison.
Elizabeth McGregor of Owatonna
was a Mankato visitor yesterday.
j. Grimby of Lake Crystal was in
| Mankato yesterday on business.
Judge w. L. Comstock is transact
| ing business in Denver, Colo, this
week.
w. w. Clements attended to some
business matters in New Ulm yes.
terday.
Mrs. A. H. Dorweiler and daugh.
ter of Vernon Center visited here
yesterday.
T. o. Garberg of Indian Lake has
gone to COlfax, N. d., for a few
days stay.
Orange Little is expected home
from two weeks visit in Hill City
this evening.
Miss Jessie Olson returned to ST.
Paul today where she has a steno-
graphic position.
Arthur Hinton of Truman was i'm
Mankato yesterday calling on friends
and acquaintance.
w. S. Hughes and John Lloyd of
Butternut Valley transacted business
in Mankato yesterday.
Alma Lundberg has gone to Sand
stone, Mimi, to visit her uncle, Gust
Westberg, who is seriously i'll.
Miss Eta Comstock, who is teach
ing at GAINESVILLE, is in the city to:
day, the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. C. l..
Kennedy.
Manager Charles Griebel of the
Mankato Theatre returned last night
from the cities where he was on
business for few days.
Miss Lizzie Ellis of Irvington. N.
Y, who has been visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Ellis in
Judson, left for home today after a
three months visit here. Her broth
er accompanied her home.
Mr.. and Mrs c. H. Mills and Miss
Violet Mills, sister of the former, ar
rived in Mankato last evening from
Midale and will make their home
here. Mrs. Mills is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred NitzkOwski of
this city
Springfield Advance: While return
ing from Redwood Falls last Thurs
day night in his automobile PROBES
sor c. A. Patchin and party encoun.
tered an exciting experience - a
point few miles out of Clements,
when the auto was brought to a sud.
den stop just on the very brink of
an embankment nearly ten feet deep.
An old bridge had been torn out to
give way for new one, but instead
of shutting off the road at a reason
able distance from the bridge a
small board had been nailed to a
couple of stakes and placed across
the road only few feet from the
yawning ditch. The warning was
not discovered until the machine was
in close proximity Of the ditch and
although both the emergency and
foot brakes were speedily applied,
the car was not brought to a stop
until the front wheels were on the
very brink. Had the machine gone
over there would have been a badly
damaged auto and there is no tell
ing to what extent the occupants
would have been injured.
Carl Hodapp and c. II. Roseneau
of Mankato paid fines of $40 each in
Kasota yesterday. hdVing been charg-
ed with violating the speed limit in
their automobiles.
Some Of the prognosticators who
have studied weather conditions In
the past, predict an open winter I'M
til January first, at least. A dry fall
means dry weather during the bal
ance of the year, and cold in the
early winter usually follows wet fall
weather.
Nicollet county farmer was in
Mankato few days ago and in
conversation with friend here the
latter remarked that the weather
was dry and ideal for fall and early
winter work Yes" replied the
farmer, "but it's so dry that husk-
ing gloves don't last no time at ALL"
Waterville Advance: August Bisp-
ing, who has the license TO seine
Lake Elysian, cast the large net in
that lake few times this week but
few fish were obtained They got
about $50 pounds of coarse fish the
first day and the pulls made since
have been small. Mr.. Bisping paid a
fee of $3.50 to the state for the
privilege Of using the nets in Lake
Elysian
st. Paul Pioneer Press J. L..
Shepley, 993 Ashland avenue, a men,
Der of the contracting firm of Field
ing & Shepley, was arrested yester-
day afternoon charged with speed
ing his automobile on Dayton ave-
nue.. Patrolman Turick asid Shepley
came I'm the Hill hy Tho Cafho Oh M
at a rate which his speedometer
showed to be in excess of twenty
five miles an hour. Mr.. Shepley
gave bail to appear in court this
morning.