The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-03-29
An1boy and V'lcl111tt
From Thursdays Daily,

From Thursdays Daily,
Quarterly meeting was hold at the
Basey church last Sunday. +.
j. w. Heritage and wife spent
Wednesday of last week at the home
of Mrs. A. Ii. Corbett. 81
State high School examinations
were held at the Basey school on
Monday and Tuesday of this. week.
! Floyd Hartman had the misfor.
tune to receive a double fracture of
his leg, resulting from a. fall from
i a horse.
! j. II. Winch is trying to repair
the Pleasant View telephone line
which has been in need of repairs
| for some time. 80, =
Mr.. Boyce, who has recently moved
| onto the Hansen farm purchased of
! Bert Huffman, has had telephone
/ installed in his residence.
| The seniors of the AmbOy high
school will present three act com
edy entitled "a College Town. on
Friday and Saturday nights, March
% and %. - y.
Walter II. Heritage and family of
st. Paul spent Saturday, and Sunday
with Mrs. Heritage's father, j. w.
Heritage, and family. They came
down to attend the funeral of Allen
Brown. +
After perfecting an organization,
the Automobile club decided to give
an entertainment at the Amboy
opera house Tuesday evening and
use the proceeds toward improving
the roads.
Miss Alma Hunter, the teacher at
the Willow Creek school, is max
ing arrangements to have an enter
tainment the last of March to be
followed by a box supper. The, pro-
ceeds will be used for the benefit. of
the school, .f: p,
The Willow Creek and Amateur
Theatre company were engaged to
present the play, Brother JOSIAH
which will be given at the Kinney
school house a couple of weeks ago.
There was a full house to witness
the play and a box social followed.
The. boxes were Fold by Charles
Chamberlain and the Amboy Orches.
ira furnished music. I
Allen Brown, the youngest son, of
Mrs. Ann Brown of Pleasant Prai-
RE, died at the Swedish hospital in
st. Paul. last Wednesday night after
an operation by. Dr. Lancaster. He
was thirty-three years Of age and
was manager of his mothers large
farm. Besides his, mother he leaves
two brothers, Tom and George. who
reside in this vicinity. and, two SIS
tiers, Mrs. Ed. Glaridge of. ,Mankato,
and Mrs. Walter Heritage. Of st.
Paul, to mourn his death. He was
buried at the Baseys cemetery, on
Saturday at three o'clock, Elder Deal
of Mankato officiating. ~
Amboy Herald: This week j., w.
Heritage presented TO the Amboy
high school a large npicture Of the
inauguration of President Roosevelt.
The picture is a good one and great
ly appreciated by pupils and fac.
ulty. The appreciation 7 of; the stu,
dents: was partly shown by the unaIi.
imous vote, of. thanks extended to
Mr.. Heritage by the high school as:
scmbly Wednesday morning" This
fine picture was presented to the
school so that the many graduates
might get Inspiration from, the life
of one of the most strenuous work.
ers in American history, not only
in every day, active life, but as a
writer, also. A man noted for his
progressiveness, his love for the
common people, his honesty and in
tegrity in all walks of life and rank
with Lincoln and Grant as one. of
the illustrious presidents OF the
United States. g..