The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-15
ST., clair
From Fridays Daily.


Fine March weather these days.
Arthur Murphy Of Pernberton was
in town Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Kortz were
Mankato visitors last Monday.
Miss Gilmore is doing some sew.
Ing for Mrs. Thielman this week.
Sebe Hanson shipped a car of
hogs last week Friday from here.
| Wheat reached the dollar mark
here one day this week, but only for
a couple Of hours.
4 DR.. Macbeth is kept very busy
these days as there is quite a lot
OF sickness here now.
Mic Juliar and son, the well known
iauctioneers, have all they can do
these days, crying auctions.
j. w. futile Sundayed with his fam
lily at Albert Lea. Mr.. Appel took
charge of the depot for him.
Stephen Foster Jr., was called to
Huron, S. D., last week Friday on
account of his uncle being very sick.
The schoolmates Of Willie Miller
came in and surprised him last
wednesday, it being his twelfth
birthday. -
Henry ]. Kortz has started up one
of his incubators and will have
some early spring chickens this
year sure.
Gahler & Gehrke now have also
installed a new gasoline engine and
emery polishing outfit in their black.
smith shop.
If you are looking for a cracker
jack of good gasoline engine call
on Boswell & Son. They have
theirs in stock now
William Boswell & Son have their
new implement shed up and will
soon be ready to serve their custom
erS with nice new farm machinery.
Henry Thielman and Frank Chase
were Mankato visitors Tuesday. Mr..
Thielman also brought home his
mounted moose and deer heads from
there. ..
George A. Juliar is going to put
up a new house this summer on
his fine. farm he recently purchased
Of Mic Juliar. just outside the vii.
lagc limits.
Quite a bit of SNOW fell here last
Wednesday, which helped out sleigh
ing, as some of our teamsters did
not seem to like to give up their
sleighing yet.
Charles Schweitzer. who was on
the sick list last week, is able to be
out again, but does look a little
pale yet. but with proper care will
be all o. X. soon.
Asa Andrews and his crew Of men
will surely be busy this spring and
summer. at the carpenter trade as
there will be at least four or five
new dwellings, put up and as many
moro new barns.
w. A. Reeves, special agent for
the Security Mutual Life Insurance
company of Binghampton, N. Y. but
| living at 622 Belgrade avenue, North
Mankato, Mimi. was in town this
week soliciting business for his cOm-
pany." SD ~'>r 49, -. ...
o. p. Miller was renewing ac-
quaintanees at Eagle Lake last week
Friday O.. P. seems to be getting
lonesome, being without job now.
! He says he will hold out for a
month. anyhow, but it is bet he
will not. -......-..
o. II. Hubmer has a large lumber
bill here and the same is being fig
ured on by the Botsford Lumber
company. They will surely give him
good deal as this is the first bill
coming in under the new firms
management.
August Fisher, who has held an
auction and has rented his farm. was
in town looking for some property
for sale last Saturday. He looked
at a couple of houses and no doubt
will locate. in st. Clair. All will
surely welcome them here.
William Boswell & Son now have
received two carloads Of their spring
machinery, such as drills, seeders,
drags, discs, wagons, buggies At
least they have a fine line now and
will keep adding to it from time to
time. They invite everybody in
need Of machinery and those that
are not to come and inspect their
lines.
ST. CLAIR SCHOOL NOTES.
| Principal r. J. Dalton is in re-
ceipt of letter from Miss Car, who
| is librarian Of the Manlato public
library, in reference to the use OF
their books. The letter was not
only an announcement that all books
were at our disposal, but 1t very
kindly requested that the teachers
and pupils of our school should
come and register for books. Mr..
Dalton, in behalf of the school,
wishes to thank the Mankato libra
rian for her kind offer.
| Twenty-Five dollars worth OF new
reference books have been purchas'
ed, following out the state require
mentS.
Miss Laura Kurth successfully
passed the teachers examinations
given in February.
Some fine new pictures have been
added to the high school room.
Only three months Of school re-
| main.
GOOD THUNDER NOTES.