The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-02-23

| Dennis McGrath,- who has beer
sick, with pneumonia the last fiv,
weeks, is able to be out and bacl
to his work.
From Saturdays Daily.
! The services to be conducted q
the Belgrade Avenue Methodist Epis
copal church tomorrow will be o
unusual interest. In the morning
Rev. Il. Quigley will preach an,
! Mrs. W. S. Douglass will render /;
solo. In tho evening Francis Willart
memorial services viii be held. Mrs
w. n. Jameson will, speak on til,
&, life of Frances Willard and specls
music has been prepared. The mem
in body. and will occupy seats
reserved for them. The people o
North MankatO are cordially invited
ITO attend these services
J Considerable rivalry is being ex
hibited by the male quartet and the
ladies quartet for the entertainment
| at the Methodist churcli next Thurs
jday evening. Their old southern
melodies should be fine. Hear then
, sing. "-.s 20. Fls s
| The Misses Mabelles Wilco and &c
/ cile Grimme of Albert Lea and Pro
fessor and Mrs. Harry A. BallingeI
of Duluth We're the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Wilcox during the teach
,ers' convention.
|, Hoover j. Lewis of Faribault is
visiting his cousin. J. G. Walrod
while attending the Southern Minnie
lis superintendent of schools Of Rice
county.
The Misses Anna Bernard. Will
liams and Lockwood, teachers at
Window, are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. G.. Walrod during the teach,
ers' convention ~. ar =
Professor G. E. Ball has just in
stalled a new waterworks system
and a bath in his house on Belgrade
avenue. 49,. -
Mr.. .Almon Wheeler is reported to
be much better, which is source
of. qualification to his many friends
John Kumerow & Co. Of North
Mankato have installed a new SAM.
tary counter in their store. :
/ Miss Gertrude NyalS of Truman is
the guest of friends in the village.
From Tuesdays Daily. -. .,'f.s
Sunday evening large congrega-
ton filed the North Mankato Metho-
dist Episcopal church to assist at
the Frances Willard memorial serv-
ice. conducted Y by. the Woman
Christian Temperance union. Mrs.
F. B. Cowgirl, chairman of the com.
mittee, had arranged a nice pro-
gram of singing and speaking. Mrs.
W. N. Jameson gave an grafton on
Francis L. Willard, speaking in her
usual winning way. She said that
Miss Willard's girlhood was much
the same as other girls and was
called mischieyous girl. In after
life she was a strong character, and
got her strength where all must
get it. from God. Mrs. Jameson
said, a"the4 evil in American social
gife nGWiD Continue until wOinan's
position is fully appreciated. by both
men aud women, especially by men."
TO. the young ladies. Mrs. Jamieson
said: 10y GU aie, Just longing co do
some great, good thing, butt let HE
tell you the best; thing YOU can do
In fife is to make. q, clean pure home
for some maiiA TO live in Nand for
little children to grow. up i'm Mrs.
Douglas. of Sioux Falls, s. D., u
sister of Mrs. 3. .Quigley, sang a
solo Face to Face very nicely. +,
.tslt 4,S.!'. L5.u ..I.> }it} a.. V.EE'
%spAt tic library elftertaInment on
Thursday evening 'atI tlie methodist
church. the best quartet singing ever
heard in sthe Village ic&ill' be given,
The ladies' quartet is COMPOSED of
tue Misses Alma and Martha Wacht,
fer,T' Miss Adeiine Sc3anss and Mrs.
r., e. iJensen.g 4 The male quartet is
composed of Messfs. Foote, Tallman,
Davies and Hildyard. They have been
working so faithfully that the com.
mittee has decided to reward them
with n cash prize to be given the
quartet affording the best entertain
ment. No doubt it will be a rare
treat to hear them. -
From Wednesdays Daily. =
Mrs. J.. GustafsOn and MIS-. w. u.
Keith entertained the No, 1 Five
Hundred club at the home Of the
former, $40 Nicollet avenue. The la
dies prize was won by Mrs. Glenn
Kotthoff, :. the score being $500. THE
gertlelnen's prize was won by 3D.
win Hensel, his score being $500.
Nice refreshments were served. >.
Tie North Mankato Commercial
club will hold, q meeting this even.
ing at the hose house, and it is the
desire Of the. club that all members
attend, not only. to be present at the
business session. but also to enjoy
the smoke social and program t.
follow. >, - -, - - g..
Tomorrow evening, the ladies Of
the .Epworth league of the Metho-
dist church will give a program to
commemorate .Washington's birthday.
Everything is now in readiness for
the program and it is hoped that all
those who can will attend.