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

Mrs. Mattingly is confined to her
home by an attack of rheumatism.
Seth Barnes came up from Man
kato Sunday to spend the day at
home
Mr.>and Mrs. L. L. Champlin, Of
! week. .a
I Mr.. and Mrs. F. III. Barnes re-
turned Sunday morning from the
state fair.
f. A. Barnes and son, Dean, took
| in the state fair the latter part of
| the week.
Miss Krier,S from the Cable Mill
neighborhood, began school in the
Dorweiler district Monday.
| SIR. and Mrs. A. f. Quimby and
| family, of Mankato, were guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Carpenter
over Sunday.
| Mrs. John Buck of Garden City,
and Mrs. esley Martel of Saskatche-
wan, Canada, called on several Yer
non friends Friday.
| Mrs. Gardner Mead returned Sat-
, urday from the northern part of the
state, where she had been for sew.
eral weeks visiting brother.
Miss Calra Hemingway, soon
to;be bride, was rendered parcel
shower at her home last Friday af-
! ternoon, by some of her young lady
| friends.
Mesdames Fieldblom and Borne
man of Milwaukee, and Wentworth
of Oconomowoc, were guests at the
II. c. Kraus home the latter part of
| the week. ... .....r
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Looking of
! Albert Lea are visiting Grandma
Boughton and other relatives at this
place. Mr.. Looking is Mrs. Bough.
toms brother.
A baby daughter arrived last week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
I Muske. The mother has been in a
very critical condition since the
coming of the child, but was slight
ly improved at last report.
Franklin Barnes returned Friday
from Willow City, N. d., where he
had been visiting his daughter, Mrs.
F. NJ. Rich, for several weeks past.
He stopped a few days at the fair,
as he passed through the cities.
Sandstone, Mimi, where she will be
present at the marriage of her
brother, Eugene Roberts, of Ster-
ling, to Miss Rachel Webb, of Sand
stone. The wedding took place at
high noon Wednesday. ..'
Miss Johnson of New Ulm, who
had been engaged to teach the gram.
mar room in our schools this year,
was compelled by poor health to re-
sign her position, after filing it only
one week. Supt. Ulvin is co-operat-
ing with the board in an endeavor
to find satisfactory person to fill
the vacancy Meanwhile, Mrs.
Johnson, of Mankato, is filing the
position.
Once more the death angel has
laid a hand upon one of Vernons
homes, and taken from it a dearly.
loved one. Friday evening of last
week telegram from Racine, Wis,
brought the sad news of the death
of Miss Bess Clement, who with her
mother, had been visiting relatives
in that city for the past three weeks
Miss Clement had for more than a
year been a sufferer from the dread
not entirely unexpected but was,
nevertheless. shock to her friends.
as letters had been telling of her
recent improvement. Rev. Clement
and his sons at this place, DR.. Gage
and James, left at once for Racine
The funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon, and internent was
made in the Racine cemetery, where
several of Mrs. Clements people
have been buried.
Bess was the youngest daughter Of
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Clement and
was about twenty-one years old Two
years ago this spring she graduated
from the Madelia high school, and
the following fall taught school,
planning to make teaching her pro.
fession, but failing health compelled
her to give up her work last au.
tumn. Since then the friends have
watched her slowly slip away, and
the disease that was sapping her
strength. Bess was a girl with a
very lovable disposition, always plea.
SAINT and cheerful, even to the last,
and has great many friends here
who will mourn her early death.
The father, mother, four brothers,
Harry, of Washington, Beryl, of Red
wood Falls, and Gage and James of
this place, and one sister, Mrs
Halle Force of Clear Lake, S. D.,
remain to mourn the loss of loved
daughter and sister Our sincerest
sympathy goes out to them in their
great sorrow.