The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-11

Kerns

Ben Meurer has purchased new
carriage.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hanson spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Landgren.
sin to spend two weeks with his
father.
Alberta Shuman of North Mankato
is spending week with Mrs. Harry
Parsons.
Mrs. Andring of Mankato is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. John
Meurer.
Mrs James Hendley OF Hebron is
visiting with her mother, Mrs. L. P.
Parsons
Mr. and Mrs. Batcheller and baby
spent Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs.
C. H. Loucks.
Mrs. Andrew Swanson spent few
days last week with relatives in
North Mankato.
Mrs. Kort Currier of Swan Lake
visited her sister, Mrs. Charles Sew
erance Saturday
The Lundeen brothers are putting
concrete floors and feed alleys in Ed
Hopp's new barn,
There was a bad hail storm Tues
day afternoon which did considerable
damage at Len Burrill's place.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Eldred and
children of Mankato were out Mon
lou 10 OFT
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Grice and son
and Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Grice spent
Sunday at the home of Mr.. Sepman.
Mr. and Mrs Dave Severance OF
Crosby have been visiting relatives
at the Severance and Hodgson homes
Mrs. Oric Noble celebrated hel
birthday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Cram Her little daughter ac
companied her.
Rev. George Brown of Ocheyeden
Iowa, came Monday morning to take
charge of the funeral services fol
the late g. NJ Jefferson.
Mrs. Ruth Smith went to Rush
Lake last Thursday morning to visit
with her sister, Mrs. Jones. She
returned Friday evening.
Misses Martha and Alteen Thurs
ton of Judson visited their cousin
Mrs. Frank Loucks last Friday, while
on their way to Mankato.
+ DR.. G. o. Jefferson of Portland
| Oregon, reached Mankato Sunday anG
attended the funeral of his father
He left for Portland today.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Keene and sol
Lyle and Henry Bellows of NORTH
Mankato took dinner with Mr.. ant
Mrs. Frank Loucks Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brush and children
Merton and Lucille, of Amboy anC
Mrs Stoner of Vernon Center spen
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Busby.
Elmer Gleason and family of SwaI
Lake, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Rist and Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Rist and daughte
spent Sunday at Indian Lake will
| Ernest Gleason and family
The ice cream social given by MI
and Mrs. c. D. Steel Friday evening
! was attended by very large crowd
A nice sum of money was taken in
| and will be used for the Kerns Con
gregational church.
The cyclone Wednesday night di'
considerable damage at Adolpl
Heiser's place. One hen coop wa
cut into four pieces and anothe
moved from its foundation. AM
things were badly scattered around.
Next Sunday will be communion
Sunday and the church officers wisl
that people would put forth a specia
effort to attend this service. If Their,
are any who wish to unite with tn
church they will be welcome at thi
time. At the close of the service
business meeting will be held and
large congregation is required t,
vote on matter to come before th
church.
George M. Jefferson, who had beer
| i'll at the home of his son, Franl
for several weeks, was called HON,
at an early hour Sunday morning
/ The death of the father only tel
/
/ doubles the sorrow for the sons an,
their families, and they have tn
sympathy of the neighborhood. Nj
Jefferson was a good man and will b.
| missed by a very large number O
friends in this neighborhood and il
North Mankato. The funeral wa
held Monday afternoon A shor
service was held at the home at 1 81
p. m. and a service was held at tn
Kerns Congregational church at
o'clock Rev. George Brown o
Ocheyeden, Iowa, had charge. TIL
music was very fine, and was furnish
ed by Mrs. Lindsay, Miss Randall
Miss Trask, w. Randall and w. G
Clark. The interment was at tn
| Glenwood mausoleum. The pail bear
ers were all North Mankato men
John Steel, L. L. Burrill, L. B. Steel
w. H. Sharp, Mr. Murden and Der
Keene.