The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-24
Kerns

In St. Peter.
Miss Iva Riat is spending the
week at home.
| M. M. Cram is busy surveying city
property In Mankato.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Web and children
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Cram one day
last. week. ~.
August Rabe and Harold Was
spent Saturday evening with George
Batcheller.
Mrs. George Cole and son. Floyd
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Lind.
Miss Mary Steel of North Mankato
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Steel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Heiser for
merly Of this place have moved to
! Spooner, Wis.
The Henrietta farm consisting of
200 acres was sold last week to a
! man from Illinois.
Miss Lucia Hodgson spent the
week end at home and returned to
Albert Lea Sunday.
Mrs. benson and Mrs. Smith of
Winnipeg -wero entertained at the
Hodgson home Monday
Erwin Miller of Malta, Montana,
has come to spend a month with
his sister, Mrs Ray Rist.
Mrs. NJ NJ. Wooliey OF Los An
geles, CAL, is visiting her brother,
Tom Tate for few weeks.
Grandma MCGOWAN has gone to
Hebron to spend the winter with
her daughter, Mrs. N. A. Door.
Rev. Constant of the Mankato
Congregational church preached at
the Kerns church Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Joe Grice gave a dinner Sun
day in honor of her father Henry
Smith. who was eighty-fve years
old that day.
Mr.. and Mrs August Johnson of
Nicollet spent the week end with
Mrs. Johnson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Lind.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. lie Due and
children of North Mapkato spent
Wednesday afternoon with 2Ir. and
Mrs Elmer Grice.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben CuFrier OF New
Sweden, motored down and spent
Sunday with Mrs. Curriers' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Lind.
Misses Sara and Charlotte Hodg-
son ,entertainod Mr.. and Mrs. Len
Burrill, Mrs. Archie Burrill and
daughter, Gladys on Sunday.
Wednesday. George Cole son Cliff
ford and Chester Steel went to Swan
lake where they camped out until
Saturday. They had fine luck hunt
ing. #
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sharp and
daughters motored to Eagle Lake
Saturday to visit with Miss Lollie
Bennett, who taught the Kerns school
for number OF years.
Mr. and Mrs w. w. Davis, Mrs.
L.yG, N. Fletcher, Miss May Fletcher
and Masters Frank and Gilbert
Fowler spent part of Wednesday
afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. C. II.
Loucks. 49,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Severance
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Rist, drove
10 Swan lake Thursday in Mr.. Rist's
car. The ladies visited while the
men went. hunting. All had a pleas
ant time.
Mrs. julia . Severance, who has
been very i'll. is better. Friday her
sister, Mrs. Denoon, and niece, Mrs.
Smith of Winnipeg, Canada, and her
son David of Crosby came to spend
a few days with her.
Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs. r.
f. Jefferson entertained Mrs. Chester
d. Steel and the members of the
orchestra at their home Those who
play in the orchestra this year are
F. E. Jefferson, Willis Randall, Jack
Brown, Chester Steel and Miss Irene
Jefferson. 1855
Friday evening a large party of
young people from North Mankato
chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs w H.
Sharp and Mr.. and Mrs. John Steel
enjoyed hayrack ride 10 the nome
of Mr.. and Mrs F.. e. Jefferson
where they all, had fine time.
They returned to North Mankato
at late hour
George Loucks entertained some Of
his boy friends from two until five
Saturday afternoon. They played
games and had nice time. Supper
was served little before five aud
Misses Penelope Hanson and Carrie
Busby waited on the table Tho
boys present were, Tom and Bert
Hanson, Harrie Busby, Evard Budde,
Aaron and Harvey Michels. Raymond
and James. Loueks, Ralph and Burton
Burnett, Willie Severance and Her.
bert Eldred.
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