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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-04
Kerns

Mr.. Busby is: on the sick list this
week.
Miss Nelson of Waverly is visit
ing Mrs. Milton Melvin.
r.. R. Dittburner spent few days
lin Minneapolis last week.
Miss Bernice Davis of. Mankato
spent Sunday with Edna Rist.
Miss Pearl Parsons is spending
the week with Mrs. Jack Schmitt.
Mrs. Fiibeck of Indiana is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Forsberg.
Mics Edna Rist spent several days
last week with friends at Swan Lake.
Floyd Cole and his mother spent
Sunday with Alfred Lind and family
Mr.. Paswalk and C. Severance
were sat Swan Lake Sunday fishing.
F Mr.. Josh Hodgson went on a fish
ing trip to Lake Washington Mon
day
George E. Culp of Greenland is
visiting at the home Of Mrs Lucy
Culp.
Mrs. o,Connor and little son De
Vain are visiting relatives at Fair
mont.
Jimmy Cuddy of Mankato is spend
ing the week at the home of C. Sew
erance. @
Miss Mary Steel of North Mankato
is visiting at the home of her aunt
Mrs. Culp
Mr.. Arthur Sharp and party of
relatives took a ride to Lake Crys-
tai Sunday
Miss Marie Wussow of North Man
-kato is spending the week with Mar
celia Parsons.
George Cole. assessor of this dis
trict was business visitor in st.
Peter Tuesday.
Len Burrill delivered two large
loads of hogs to Mr. Lang in Man
kato Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Cray of Man
kato called at the Randall home
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Butler entertained Friday af.
ternoon for her little daughter Marie
who was six years old that day. The
little guests were Julia and Helen
Loucks nd Sylvia Smith.
Mrs. Gould who has been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Strader left for Spo-
kane Tuesday noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Johnson and
daughter Cora, and Mrs. Culp and
daughter Mamie, attended the mis-.
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From Thursdays Daily.

st. Peter Tribune: Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Wells and daughter of Man
kato, are in this city this morning
to attend the funeral of J. n Tread
we'll. Mr. Wells was distant rela-
tive of Mr.. Treadwell.
. City Engineer H. F. Blomquist, his
assistant, w. H. Force, and Coun-
cilmen' Adolph G. Lack and George
R. Bradley went to Minneapolis this
morning to attend the convention OF
the National Waterworks association.
Misses Neva and Elizabeth Net
tleton went to ST. Paul yesterday
and from there will go to Red Rock
to attend the Methodist camp meet
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. George e. Nettle-
ton will go to Red Rock tomorrow to
spend several days.
Mrs. j. Mcintyre of Chicago has
been the guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Aitken. She has
spent the past eight months in Cali
fornia, New Orleans and Cuba. She
was in Mankato two weeks and on
Tuesday left for a summer outing in
the lake region. In the fall she will
go to Europe.
Mrs. Gustav Widell left this morn
ing for ST. Paul and will go from
there to Gettysburg with the gov
ernor's staff and party; leaving on
Saturday. General 'Widell will leave
for st. Paul tomorrow. The trip
which the governor and his staff
will take will be an interesting one,
and the itinerary is here given: York
and Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 8, 4;
Washington, July and g.; Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk, July z; New
York and Albany. July 8; and 10;
trip up Hudson river, July IL; Buff
falo, July IL; Chicago, July 10; ar
rive in ST. Paul July a. The trip
from Norfolk to New York will be
made by steamer.
GAINESVILLE Argus: August Quasi
and Michael Zell who returned from
their western trip Saturday went out
over the southern route.
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when the storm began

departments when the storm began
to subside.
A fire broke out on the dairy farm
of Keough Bros. Midway and Otto
at 2:S0 a. M, caused by lightning.
The amount of the damage could not
be learned. The owners of the place
are Owen ]. and Thomas Keough.
They said that the loss would be to-
tai, but did not give figures. People
early on the downtown streets saw
the blaze. in the western sky, and
Believed that far larger fire was
devastating the Midway district
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the drug business with his brother
in-law, DR.. William Frisbie, and con.
tinued in that work for four years.
He was married in 1856 to Miss
Frances Frisbie, who was born in
New York July "a, 1929. She came
to Mankato in 1866 and died just ten
days later than her husband.
Among the people who were here
in territorial days, but who were not
members of the association, who have
passed away during the past year
Mr. Hughes mentioned number. He
did not have a complete record of
Those people and probably several
are not mentioned. Among those
mentioned is George e. Blake, who
twas born in Quebec, Canada, Octo-
Der IL, 1889 He came to Mankato
| in 1875 and was superintendent of
Sibley park for many years. His
death was the result of an accident
which occurred just at the park gate
on July Is, and took place two days
after the accident.
Mrs. Louisa Bierbauer, the widow
of Captain William Bierbauer, was
born in Germany and was the daugh-
/ ter of Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Dornberg.
| She came to Mankato in 1856, and
her death occurred November 9, 1912.
i Hon. Lysander Cook died Septem-
Der 26, 1912, at the age of eighty
three years. He came to Lyra town
ship, Blue Earth county in 1864 from
New York. He was a member of
the state legislature during the years
of 1875 and 1876.
4 Robert Curry of Sterling, where he
had lived since 1856, died May IA OF
this year Mr.. Curry came here
from Pennsylvania. During the Civil
war he enlisted in the Fifth Iowa
cavalry
Robert Grice was born in England
in 1892 and came to the United
States when he was eighteen years
old. He located in South Bend in
1855 and then removed to Belgrade
township where he died July 16
1912.
Thomas E. Jones died August 3
1912, at the age of seventy-iye years
John n. Hall, who was born May
rs, 1922, at Warren, Conn, died
July Is, 1912. He was a prominent
business man in Mankato for many
years and was closely connected with
the history of the city.
Honorable Wimmial R. Jones was
born in Wales in 1857 He came tt
America in 1854 and located in Jud
son in 1857. He was "a member Of
the state legislature in 1886 and 1887
George Monks who was promi
nent business man of Mankato fol
many years and who served as sher
iff of Blue Earth county from 1873:
until 1887, died January 10.
Rev. J. W. Roberts died in LAX.
Crystal in May He was born il
Wales in 1889 and came to Amer
lea in 1854. He located first in l.,
Sueur county and later went to Jud
son where he lived for many years
Mrs. Janet Taylor of Mapletol
was born in Glasgow, Scotland, an,
! came to America with her husband
Robert T. Taylor, in 1856 She wa
Il prominent woman in that part O
the county and her entire famil
stands well in the community.
Delos C. Wood, for many year
proprietor of the Crystal Hous
in Lake Crystal, passed away il
October, 1912. He located in Soutl
Bend in 1859. During the Civil wa
he enlisted in the Second Minnesota
! tcayalry.
Il Perry Wysong died August Z. 1912
He was born in Indiana in 1885 an,
came to Mankato in 1866, and en-
gagged in the contracting business TO
! many years.
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Like those of the veterans of the
Civil war, the ranks of the old set
tiers in Blue Earth county are fast
thinning out. Father Time is run
ming a race with the pioneers who
blazed a trail in this section sixty
years ago. Comparatively few men
and women now remain to tell the
stories, of the days that are gone by.
The annual reunions are not so well
attended as they were, but those
who do gather together are as
youthful in spirit and are as happy
as they were when they first came
to found new communities and to
till the virgin soil many years ago,
This was old settlers day at Sib-
ley park. 1t was a happy crowd
that met in the beautiful picnic
to enjoy the annual outing
of the old boys and girls and the
ones, too. There was moth,
ing lacking to make the affair com,
pletely successful.
Many on the Grounds. 4
Over a hundred old settlers and
their wives gathered at the picnic
at Sibley park, and spent
the afternoon very enjoyably telling
stories of Indian times and recalling
their experiences, of the time when
and vicinity was all prairie.
Several members of the society from
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-04
Sixty Years In Man
kato---Mrs. Beatty
From THURSDAYS Daily.

From THURSDAYS Daily.
Mrs. j. r. Beatty has the distinc-
tion of having lived in Mankato for
a longer period of yearse'th any
other resident Of the city, She came
here by boat, landing on the morning
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The elevator owned by the
Benson company at Heron
Lake was struck by lightning
late last night. 1t was set
afire and burned to the ground.
Attempts were made by the
firemen to stop the flames,
but nothing could be done be-
cause of the Roadway they
had gained before the water
was applied.
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Belgrade township was swept
by a tornado last night which
was probably the same storm
that damaged the buildings in
Kasota. Several barns, wind
mills, and other buildings were
blown down and the telephone
lines are out of commission.
A barn belonging to Peter
Bower which was erected only
last year, was demolished, and
the damage amounts to about
$1,000.
James Beatty, who also lives
in Belgrade, suffered a property
loss of from $1,OO to $4,000 On
his farm was dense grove COW
ering more than an acre and a
half and there now stands less
than six trees. The others were
torn out by their roots and
blown down. AS Mr. and Mrs.
Beatty saw the storm approach
ing they went to the cellar of
the house and Mr.. Beatty said
that he thought the house was
lifted about foot from the
foundation. The roof was blown
off and the windows all blown
out. His barn was moved about
six feet and a mule was killed
in the building.
The storm occurred about one
o'clock. Mrs. Beatty heard the
storm coming. She pulled down
the window in the bedroom and
aroused Mr. Beatty. Both got
up and rushed for the cellar, TAX
ing with them their two chill
dren. The wind picked up a
mare, carried the animal over a
watering tank and damned her
between the tank and a woven
wire fence. Mr.. ad Mrs. Beatty
remained in the cellar about ten
minutes. Following the wind
storm, the rain fell in torrents.
The cattle and hogs in the de-
molished barn were injured A
number of chickens were killed.
The house can be put back on
the foundation. Farm machinery
and tools were badly damaged.
Jacob ,Laufenten suffered
loss of about $1,000 in the de-
struction of his barn.
Up to noon today five wind
mills in the locality were report
ed to be down. They were on
the farms of James Beatty, John
Guenthner, William Oxberger,
John Kiltgen and Peter Mans.
A wind storm which bore stron
to Kansas twiste
picked Kasota as it's victim earl
his morning and utterly destroye
he big warehouse owned by the Ks
sofa Elevator company. The onl
other damage in the town was at tn
Omaha depot. The slate single
were nearly all torn off and tn
chimney was reduced to a pile Q
bricks upon the platform. The ele
vator was LOG feet high, and tn
wind tore the two top stories CON
pletely off and scattered the board
and sheet metal for several rod
north of the building. The mai
body of the building was move
about eighteen feet off it's founds
ton, and the corner of it rests o.
he main line of the Omaha tracks
Debris from the upper part of tn
is strung along the sid
track for some distance, and thi
morning all Omaha trains were TAX
IN over the Northwestern lin
through Kasota. On the side tract
he boards and wreckage is pile,
several feet deep.
Road Head Arrives Early.
J. R. WEIGH, superintendent of tn,
omaha road arrived at Kasota earl,
his morning and ordered out /;
to remove the wreckag,
rom the sidetrack so that the Oma
Ia trains could be switched over thi:
inc. He thought that it would TAX,
some time to move the body of the
elevator from the main line AMI
aid that perhaps it could be re
moved by the wrecker. He was o
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Twister Wound
Around Kasota

From Thursdays Daily.
+ I. Z + + y + + + Z + + + + i
+ ELEVATOR is BURNED AT {
+ HERON LAKE. I
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18
VERIFY IT
The Proof is In Durango, Almost at
Your Door.

The public statement of Durs21p
citizen is in itself strong proof Hr
Durango people, but confirmation
strengthens the evidence.
Here is Durango citizen who tes-
titled years ago that Doan's Kidney
Pills relieved weak kidneys and now
states the result was permanent. Can
any sufferer from kidney ills ask bet
ter proof? You can investigate. The
case is right at home.
Peter Reh, 255 Sixth Ave, Durango,
Colo, says: my back and kidneys
caused me considerable trouble.
had a constant ache just below my
kidneys and if | made quick move
sharp pain seized me. Each pain
felt as if a knife had been thrust into
me. My rest was broken at night
and the kidney secretions passed too
frequently. | consulted a doctor and
he told me to try Doan's Kidney Pills
He said he didn't know anything bet
ter for kidney disorders. Doan's Kid
ney Pills quickly and thoroughly re-
lieved me. They have never failed
to help me when l have used them
since. The testimonial l gave several
years ago still holds good. l will al
ways be a strong friend of Doans
Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the e-Doan's-and
take no other.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18
A remarkable meteor trail seen

A remarkable meteor trail seen in
parts of England and France on the
night of February %, 1909, was
watched by j. Edmund Clark for 104
minutes. His observations suggest
that the higher atmosphere is not a
region of such calm as has been sup
posed for the movements of the
streak indicated that at heights of
40 1-2 to 81 miles it was in a west
wind of more than ITO miles an hour,
but that 81 1-2 miles it was driven
by wind from nearly east at nearly
200 miles an hour.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Springfield (Mass.) Republican;
Mr.. Morganthau, of New York,
whom the president has nominated as
ambassador to Turkey, is Jew The
Contantinople mission has long been
regarded as one than an American
Jew might have without diplomatic
complications, because the sultan's
government is Mohammedan and
would as soon receive a jew as a
Christian. Mr.. Morganthau's NOM
nation, in plain English, is this ad-
ministration's recognition of the
Jews influence in American politics
President Roosevent recognized the
same influence by placing Mr.. Straus
of New York in his cabinet.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Thomas Hickson, sixty years of
age, stepped from a curbing at New
York when gray automobile slip
ped from side street and knocked
him down. A big black car saw the
accident and started after the gray
car A motorcycle officer sped along
after the two cars. A fireman took
up the chase. In the meantime the
poor old man lay unconscious on the
ground and no one noticed him
Sounds like a moving picture story,
but it really happened in New York.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

The editor of the London Chronicle
lately in a speech: "The newspapers
Of the future will use airships and
aeroplanes to deliver its product to
the more distant centers of circula-
ton. Electric trains and autoplanes
running on special tracks will be
pressed into the same service. Morn.
ing and evening newspapers will be
merged and editions will come out
almost every hour day and night
News will be collected by wireless
telephones and reporters will carry
telephones with them to communi-
cate to their newspapers wireless
messages, which will be delivered to
the editors printed in column FORM
Someone should wake him up. And
yet, he may dream accurately.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

ready happened. One faction in
cludes Clifford Pinchot, George L.
Record, F. L. Heney and others, and
the other faction contains within its
ranks Theodore Roosevelt, George w
Perkins, Bill Flynn and Dan Hanna,
The split is over a principle. Pinchot
and his followers have adopted a
single tax philosophy and hope to
make it fundamental principle of
the party. Roosevelt and his fol-
lowers are sntagonizing this PROPOSE
ton.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

A Minneapolis woman has brought
suit for divorce alleging among d.
verse and sundry other things, that
her husband put dynamite in the
stove, tried to force her to drink car
bolic acid, used her as target for
revolver practice, choked her, set fire
to the house while she slept, tried to
brain her with stick Of cord wood,
and attempted to cut her throat. We
take it the husband was peeved over
something says the Pueblo Chief
tain
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18
STRENGTHEN WEAK KIDNEYS

Don't suffer longer with weak kid
neys. You can get prompt relief by
taking Electric Bitters, that wonder
full remedy praised by women every
where. Start with a bottle today,
you will soon feel like new woman
with ambition to work, without feaI/
of pain. Mr.. John Dowling of San
Francisco, writes:- Gratitude for
the wonderful effect of Electric Bit
ters prompts me to write. 1t cured
my wife when all else failed" Good
for the liver as well. Nothing better
for indigention or biliousness. Price,
SOC and $1.O0, at all druggists.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

John Thurn, of Gary, Ind, was a
flute player, and his favorite tun1
was "Silver Threads Among the
Gold" Every night after work the
flute player put his flute to his mouth
and Silver Threads Among the
Cold floated out on the night air
Wednesday night the flute stopped
suddenly. Andrew Pattern, neigh
Dor had shot and killed the flute play
er. That tune had got on Patterns
nerves.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

The Denver News is sure after the
commissioners who are proving ex-
travagant. There is not one word of
abuse, but figures are given and the
officials placed in anything but an
enviable light. Well, Denver has the
recall and if the commissioners prove
negligent and extravagant apply the
remedy. The remedy effectually ap-
piled once or twice will work wond-
ers on those who follow.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Pope Plus, who is bitterly opposed
to the suffragette movement, will or
ganize Catholic women to fight it.
The Pope believes women should con
fine their activities to the home and
church, and extremes in women's
dress will also be combated. Women's
societies in the church will be en-
couraged, and these will vigorously
oppose modern feminism.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Now if promised prosperity will
only come with the passage of Pres
ident Wilson's tariff bill how gladly
it win be accepted by all. The Her
aid would rather have the people
benefited and prospered than be on
the winning side of politics. This
paper stands for the masses. But
there are many skeptical about the
good times promised.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

The heavy rains that visited the
section during the past week have
caused more or less damage to the
roads in different places and some
damage to TIE hay and grain crop,
though this will be more than count
er-balanced by the good done.-Man-
cos Times-Tribune.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

A British suffragette holds the
Turkish harem superior way of
dealing with women than the west
ern way of marrying but one woman,
and not giving the others an even
break in politics and such like. She
went quite a ways for what she
brought back.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Viscount Haldane, English Lord
Chancellor, wears knee trousers and
silk stockings when he has his full
official robes on, but being the high
est judge in Great Britain, nobody
has accused him of violating the law
by exposing his lower limbs.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Joseph Pulitzer has been dead for
some time, peace to his ashes. But
there is no peace among those he left
his money. At any rate. quarrels
about it are showing in court, as is
apt to be the case in the wake of
weighty wills.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Mrs. Pankhurst is coming to Amer
lea to lecture-will speak in all the
large cities and of course that means
Durango. We have been wondering
why all this dynamiting and unusual
and unladylike behavior on the part
of the woman. We know now. Simp-
ly advertising her lecture stunt.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Evidently there are Mexicans who
regard Huerta as a patriot; murder
and politics have been closely allied
in that country SO long that it is NOT
strange that the younger generation
sometimes experiences difficulty ir
distinguishing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Now split in the Bull Moose
party is threatened, in fact has al
The Industrial Workers Of the
World have just been read out If
the Socialist party. They have also
been repudiated by the American
Federation of Labor, By and ty
they will consist of "Bill' Haywood
and few other anarchists.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Japanese newspapers seem dis.
posed to side with Huerta, which /,
an indication that the Japanese re, J.
PIE probably feel the other way
ab' ut it.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Some fault is found with governors
for gadding about delivering lectures
and other uplift talk, but the fact
that their speaking dates may pre-.
vent them from calling special ses-
sions of the legislature should go fal
toward consoling the toiling masses
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

That dark spot on the horizon
marks the place where Henry Lane
Wilson, ambassador, until his vaea-
tion ends, to Mexico, went into total
eclipse.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

The Prussian government has paid
$S7 500 for gram of radum and is
anxious to buy more. If you are
overstocked with radium here is a
chance to sell out at good price.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Elizabeth Barr, one of Topeka's
policewomen, objects to split skirts,
and is otherwise engaged in getting
such advertising as doubtless should
go with job of that kind.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Those San Franciscoans who are
demanding Hetch-Hetchy water have
probably tried many other kinds Ct
drinks with even harder names.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Men who have spent hot sum
mer signing for the backbone of win.
ter, probably will devote the long
winter evenings to kicking about the
coal bill. 1t is so hard to satisfy
everybody.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Americans who are lingering in
Mexico, hoping that things will "quiet
down." may be possessed of com.
mendable optimism, but one is inclin.
ed to suspect that they have poor
judgment.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Ex-President Taft was elected to
the presidency of the American Bar
association without soliciting vote,
which shows how easy it is for him
to get an office when there is no.
body else running.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Here's record: Fred Maybury,
of Yuma, Mich, 25 years of age, has
undergone twenty-four operations n
ten years. He has an ARTIFICIAL hand,
artificial leg, glass eye, and part
of his liver is gone.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Castro and his once able press
agent seem to have been lost in the
wilds of the Venezuelan jungle, but
the world will bear up bravely in
the face of loss of that kind.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

The public schools of Chicago
opened last week, and twenty thou
sand children played "hookey." They
decided the weather was too warm
for school.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Ex-King Manuel is said to speak
German very poorly, but II is gen.
orally understood that when he wants
a kiss from his Hohenzollern bride
he can talk with his mouth.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-18

Mrs. l.. j. Catchpole of Pagosa
Springs left for Grand Junction tSis
morning to attend the grand chapNr
of the Order of Eastern Star. MS
Morris of this city, was her travel
ing companion. Yesterday Mr.. and
Mrs. j. d. Adams were Grand juno
ton bound on the same mission. Mrs.
James McHolland who spent last
week in Aspen will also be among
the representatives. Grand junction
people have planned series of elab-
crate social events in honor of the
visitors.