The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-05
MANkATO FREE PRESS
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embark on one of the Anchor line
boats for lake trip to Buffalo.
Fairmont Independent: Mrs. Henry
Murtaugh of Mankato arrived here
Saturday, being on her way to Cey-
] Ion to visit her father, c. S. Cham
pine, who is reported quite low.
| Linn Thro has accepted position
in the drug store of his uncle, Sena-
tor Frank l.. Glotzbach, at Faribault.
and has left for that place. He re-
Gently attended st. Thomas college.
| Mrs. II. S. Hayward of Mime
apolis is in Mankato, the guest of
Mrs. H. A. Patterson. Mr.. Hayward
will come to the city this evening,
day.
H. E. Ross and Masters Palmer
and Donald Ross of Minneapolis
and Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Ross and
Miss Marjorie Ross of Sioux Falls,
S. D., were guests at the Saulpaugh
yesterday.
New Ulm Review: Mrs. B. Foil
mann spent Sunday with friends in
Mankato. While there she met a
number of old schoolmates whom
she had not seen for years and
greatly enjoyed the visit with them.
Schuyler c.. Hodson left today for
BelVidere, ILL.,, where he will spend
three months visiting relatives and
attending to several business matters.
Mr.. Hodson is in the real estate
business and is trying to secure ILL
nois farmers to come to Nicollet
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Pearson have
returned from an automobile trip to
Tyler. They left Mankato last We'd
nesday in the interests of the con-
crete fence posts, which Mr.. Pear
son handles. He reports consider
able success, as the farmers have
learned the value of concrete fence
posts.
E. A. Boie of Rochester was in
North Mankato on Monday and look
ed over the situation there relative
to taking an interest in the proposed
bank. He has expressed himself as
we'll pleased with the prospects. He
informed those who are promoting
the institution that he would take
the matter under advisement and his
decision would be made known in a
few days.
At Rochester today Mr.. Boie stat
ed to newspaper reporter that he
had not as yet determined whether
he would accept the proposition made
to him by the North Mankato parties.
He would not know for several days.
He has several other plans in view.
The Epworth league of the Bel
grade avenue Methodist church has
made arrangements to have a
stand at the celebration in North
Mankato and are DESTROYS of large
number of customers. The women
are busily engaged today in deco
rating it and making it the best
stand on the grounds.
The Epworth league members held
meeting last evening to complete
the arrangements for a stand, where
refreshments are to be sold tomor-
row. They decided to make dig
nified noise" and invite everyone
from Mankato to visit their Stand
and learn how to make dignified
noise, as they call it.
A brother of Otto Neige, who is
railroad engineer in Wisconsin,
figured in a fatal accident on his
run few days ago. He runs a
freight train and on the night of the
accident had long train. He found
it necessary to split the train and
take it up a hill in two sections.
He backed down the hill to get the
second section and had no lights on
the back of his tender. A young
man and a young lady were riding
on track motor and the engine
struck them, killing both Of them
instantly.
John Kummerow of North Man
kato received postal telegram yes
terday from Franklin Wachtler, stat
ing that he and Miss Alma Yacht
Ter, who are at Regina, the scene of
the storm, were all right. l. E..
Mccormick, formerly superintendent
of schools in North Mankato, is
also at Regina, but he was not hurt.
All three people from North Man
kato were employed with the Wa
terman- Waterbury company at Re-
gina, whose offices were destroyed
in the storm.
The parade will start from the city
hall in North Mankato promptly at
$50 tomorrow and after passing on
some of the important streets there
will cross the river to Mankato and
go up Front street.
The Relief society of North Man
kato will hold their regular meeting
one week from Friday, July IL, in
stead of July 5. Mrs. Lucille Robel
will be the hostess.
The various committees having to
do with the celebration in North
Mankato held a meeting last night
and completed all arrangements.
The rainfall last night was II of
an inch.
Earl Mansfield pleaded guilty to
vagrancy in municipal court yester-
day, but was paroled to find work.
Miss Helen A. Meyer has resign
ed her position, as teacher of the
fifth grade of the Pleasant Grove
school.
By the action of the state legisla-
ture in their, extra session, two
county offices heretofore political
have been placed in the non-partisan
column They are the offices of
Judge of probate and county super
intendent of schools.
Considerable trouble was eXperienc-