The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-28

Goodrich-M cktbben.
Mr.. Leslie McKibben and Miss
Alice Goodrich were married at the
home of Mrs. Jane Fuller 407 North
Broad street at 30 yesterday. They
| were unattended Rev. T. r. Pa
den performed the ceremony
Attorney ]. e. Regan is in st.
Paul today.
Editor Haislet of the Butterfeld
Advocate is in the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Thurston of
Garden City visited in Mankato yes
terday.
Edward Grogan, ST., of this city
made trip to ST. James yesterday
on business.
Louis Fuller has returned from
Western Montana where he has been
for some time.
Miss Matte Jensen is in Lake
Crystal today to attend the funeral
of Albert Nelson.
George E. Brett and c. II. Nerbo,
Wig are in st. Paul attending a
meeting of Shriners.
Mrs. 7. c. Kelly left this morning
for Duluth to attend the funeral OF
her father-inlaw, James Kelly.
John A. Johnson is in North Da,
kota on a business trip. He is ex-
; pected home some time next week.
Miss Elizabeth Fuller, who has
been teaching in an Indian school
in North Dakota, is home on visit.
George Hardman and wife who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. r.
l.. Miller of this city, left today for
Florida
I Winnebago Enterprise: Mr. and
Mrs. Will Harris leave next week
for Mankato, where they will make
their home.
4 G. r. Johnson, freight claim agent
for the Northwestern road, with
headquarters in Chicago, was in the
, city yesterday on business.
Editor H. c. Hotaling of Mapleton
passed through Mankato today eT
route to ST. Paul where he will at
tend a meeting of the Shriners.
! Miss S. Lillian Blaisdell of Mime
apolis is the guest of Miss Sparrow
227 South Broad street. Her visit
will include tomorrow. Miss Blaisdel
formerly was a teacher in the norma
here.
Rev. w. r. Keesey, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church, went te
Faribault this afternoon where he
will this evening address the Mems
Sunday night club on The Relation
Of Men to the Church..
C. L. Olson, Con j. Johnston, Johr
Gerlich, l.. l.. Burrill, A. o. Scott
NJ. D. Fritz and DIR. F. l.. Stephan
made up a party of Shriners VIII
went to ST. Paul this afternoon tt
attend a meeting of Osman Temple
l. Fl. Sickle of Wells, editor ant
manager, of The Forpm-Advocate il
that city, is in Mankato. He is &C
companied by his daughters, tn
Misses Fanchon and Italia, who ar
here to attend the birthday part,
given this afternoon by Miss Iren
Masters.
Good Thunder Herald: P. NJ. Eel
guson, manager of the Citizens Te
ephone company was in town O
Saturday in the interest of tina
company. He Uniforms us that
move is now. under way to eonnee
!. up direct with lines 16, II and 81
which have heretofore gone throug
dllkdIO. II VIII Uc ICIntiuUclc
that this service was asked for som
time ago and Mr.. Ferguson expect
the change will have been made nc
later than January L.
st. Peter Herald: William Koffrol
; for the past two years head cutie
in the shirt factory of Johnson
Co., has resigned his position t
!, accept the SUPPLEMENTARY of th
,, Hugo shirt factory at Mankat'
where he succeeds George Loomi
formerly of this city. During the
stay in st. Peter Mr.. and Mrs. Ko
; from have made many friends, VIII
y regret their departure but wish thel
success in their new home. At til
, | Johnson factory George Moss ha
? been promoted to head cutter |
succeed Mr.. Koffron.
|, From Fridays Daily.
4 Figures compiled by Fred
. Sherman, commissioner of immigr
9 ton, show that Minnesota has pr
i duced 136,175,663 bushels of GA
+ this year. Special reports receive
q from every county in the state sho
that the average yield per acre
j 44.6. The average this year VIZ
/. 3,053, 266, an increase of over 10(
@ 600 acres over last years aceras
!. shown in the government report. A
n cording to the government report GA
yielded ALI per acre in 1912, %
4 in 1911, 2S.7 in 1919 and S1.5
d 1909. Government reports show tn
1t Minnesota produced 122,932,00O bus
d els in 1912, 67,214,000 in 1911
e Minnesota raised 13,243.000 mo-
% bushels this year than last.