The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-31
Vernon Center
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Lawrence Butler of Blue Earth is
spending few days with his mother
and sister
Mrs. Butler enjoyed visit from
her father, Mr.. Chesrown of Winnie
bago Sunday
Mrs Bossuet of Minneapolis is
here visiting with her daughter, Mrs.
Will Rambo and family.
Mrs. Stella Porter Clague returned
to Redwood Falls Wednesday after a
short visit with the home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Cross and
daughter of Merriam Park were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Rambo Satur.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Force returned
Saturday evening from very pleas
ant visit with relatives in Nebraska
and Iowa.
Mrs. Helen Brown and little daugh-
ter spent the weekend with Mrs,
Browns parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. T.
Champlin.
Mrs. Josephine Weyer spent a few
days the latter part of the week
with her friend, Mrs Katherine
Kraus, returning to her home in
Minneapolis Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A j. Adams and son
and daughter of East Mapleton have
been visiting for few days with
their daughter, Mrs Clint Furnald
Miles Porter of Mankato is here
this wanx hnlnipo In
look after threshing operations on
their numerous farms in this vicin-
ity.
| j. J. Flachsenhar and Fred Nor
row motored to Vernon from Man
kato Saturday evening and incident
ally attended the meeting of the
Masonic lodge.
Mrs. Thomas Johnson of South Da-
kota, and Anton Anderson and son
of Cumberland, Wis, were called
here by the sickness and death of
Mrs. Martin Halverson.
Grandma Garry who has been
spending the past summer in this
locality, left Tuesday for Salem, Ore
She was accompanied by her daugh
ter, Mrs. James Pepper.
Mrs. Harry Thompson is here from
Mankato to visit her mother, Mrs
N. p. Award, ST., and her daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson expect tc
leave in few weeks for California
Ito spend the winters
The state road running from the
village to the town line of Garder
City is ready for graveling. Wher
this is done the correspondent be
lieyes that the road will excel al
state roads in the county.
Hugh Francis accompanied b,
Mrs. Gladys Hansen and Miss Faye
StOner mOtored to Mankato Saturda,
night to meet Miss Gladys Coope
who come on the midnight train
from Winona, being called by The
serious illness of her brother.
The funeral of Mrs. Martin Halver
son last Saturday was very largely
attended and the beautiful floral of
ferings spoke eloquently of the love
and esteem in which she was hel,
by the entire village. The intermen
was made in the cemetery south O
town.
II. G. Kraus arrived Tuesday morn
ing from ten days trip to Montan;
and Idaho, bringing back eight ca
loads of western cattle to be fe,
for the spring markets. This ship
lync furn rio v,1, III
have already been taken by the Yer
non Center farmers.
1t was found necessary for Axe
, Halvorson to return to Rocheste
Tuesday to consult the Mayos il
regard to his limb, which is fearet
, to be the seat of his illness durin.
the past three months. Mrs. Hal
version accompanied him and hi
many friends hope that he may fin,
relief for his almost constant pain.
Hugh Francis, Len Rev, Jes
Mobiles and Rob Champlin are spend
ing few days at Swan Lake enjoy
ing the excellent hunting there. H
c. Krause says hunting looks tame
" Hill SlllCS lie lldS USSu WcSl. I1dN
ing a couple of hours leisure afte
rounding up his cattle in Montana
he went on stroll of a few mile
and bagged over sixty large ducks
one of which would make abou
three of the kind shot here
Ray Cooper, who has been cor
Quoting music store in Winnebag
for the past year, and who has bee
working beyond his strength, suffer
ed a nervous collapse last Tuesday
His parents were summoned to hi
bedside and on the advice of tb
attending physicians he was brough
home the next day. Since then h
has been unconscious the greater par
of the time and is in very critica
condition. Everything possible is be
ing done for him and Miss Ida Code
man, trained nurse from the In
manuel hospital in Mankato, is givin
him the best of care and attention
Yesterday he was slightly improve
and able to take a little nourishment
Good Thunder