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

a letter telling her that a near rela-
tive had just died from tuberculosis,
simply because she had delayed
proper treatment too long by rely
ing on "Concura."
Points Out the Crime.
Nellie shows the letter to Beth
who declares that it is crime to
allow the manufacture and sale Of
such false remedies Burning with
Indignation, and with the wrapper
of the "Concura" bottle in her hand.
she goes to the office of the COM
pany, where she finds to her sur
prise and sorrow that the business
From thursdays Daily.
Andy Dunn one of the young men
who graduated from the Mankato
high school last spring and who is
now employed in the John Klein
furniture store, has recently made
an invention at that place that will
undoubtedly gain for him considerable
distinction as am inventor. Mr..
Dunn while at the high school was
noted for his inventive ability and
was generally called upon to make
good at task where others had
failed His recent invention is an
improvement on the electric door.
bell, and besides being unique is
a very clever device. From its re
ciprocal action it might be termed
the alternating doorbell', its advan
tages over other door-bells being that
it rings interchangeingly Upon
opening the door from without q
sharp ring is given while if it is
| opened from the inside the report
is merely buzz.
The object of having this inter
changing system of ringing is tc
determine whether customer is
, entering or leaving the store.
The furniture store is half block
long and very often the entire work
ing force is in the rear of the build
I, ing and under the old system of the
door bell ringing it was impossible
to know whether a customer was
coming or going"
With Dunn's continuance this dis
! agreeable feature is entirely done
away with. Mr.. Dunn refuses tC
give detailed explanation Of hi!
| now alternating door bell" but says
it is made possible with three
| wire Cjrcilit
! The young inventor is shout L
put another continuance of his owl
originality and make on the marke
| i'll a short time. 1t is a no-slam dc
vice to prevent screen doors from
slamming and Is a great step il
disposing of that very disagreeabl
feature of screen doors. His latter
mating door-bell' at the Klein furni
ture store, however, is something
| that is bound to arouse anyone
interest and curiosity and is we
worth seeing.
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Vernon Center

A fine baby boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Andy Pfeffer November Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Merrill were
Sunday guests at Strawberry Point.
r. G. Champlin, H. G.. Kraus. and
Milton Porter were court house Wis
itors Saturday. e.E a,H
Mrs. Osgood Of Garden City spent
several days recently at the Pepper
and Rev homes.
Mrs. Ella Stoner and Mrs. Harry
Boles visited with Amboy friends
Saturday afternoon.
The Baptist ladies realized over
1872 from the sale and supper Wed
nesday evening of last week.
Miss Elsie Thew was in Mankato
yesterday to consult DIR. Benham ir
regard to eye and throat trouble.
Miss Nellie Fraser left yesterday
for her home in Milaca after a pleas
ant visit with friends and relatives
here g,
Some of the speedy farmers will
finish husking corn this week, Will
others will be busy for two weeks
more.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Robinson
left this morning for Cumberland
Wis, to; spent the winter with their
son, Mort.
Mrs. w Il. Geddcs OF Mankato
has been engaged by the county to
nurse the .Wolfred baby, who now
seems to be recovering. !, ), 4
Mrs. M. B. Randall is in Granada
this week making the acquaintance
of new grandson who is at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Gardner
Murtaugh.
Mrs. Mary Cornish has disposed
OF her farm west of town to. a Mr.
Busby from iowa, receiving sill an
acre: The sale was made by Re.
6 Chanplin. ls},. = !,
Clark Wishart anu Billie KoeniS
are. huskingfi corn for r. L. Coop,
er. These boys are some huskers.'
each husking from ninety to ninety.
five bushels each. day. s,gl
Owing to the condition of .thg
Cable Mill bridge. which has been
condemned as being unsafe, Harry
Morris, mall carrier on route 2, has
cut off that part of his territory
and crosses the East Vernon bridge.
Misses Josephine and May Cornish
went to- Minneapolis Saturday to
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Nov. 21-2S-Dec.

NOV. AI-IO-DtC. y.
Citation For Hearing on Final Ac-
count and For Distribution.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Blue Earth, In Probate Court:
In the Matter of the Estate of
Thomas F. Thomas, Decedent
The State of Minnesota to All Per-
sons Interested in the Above Entitled
Matter: Whereas T. NJ Evans has
filed in this court his final account
of his administration of the estate
of the above named decedent, to-
gether with his petition, praying for
the adjustment and allowance of said
final account and for distribution
of the residue Of said estate to the
persons thereunto entitled: 1t Is
Ordered that said petition be heard,
and that all persons interested in
said matter be and appear before
this court on the 10th day of De-
cember, 1913, at ten O'Clock, a. M,
at the probate court ROOMS in the
court house, at Mankato. in said
county; and then and there, or as
soon thereafter as said matter can
be heard, show cause, if any they
have, why said petition should not
be granted and that this citation
be served by the publication thereof
in The Mankato Free Press according
to law.
Witness Tho Honorable Evan
Hughes, judge of said court, and
the seal Of said court, this 18th day
OF November, 1913.
Court Seal) EVAN HUGHES,
Judge
Thos. Hughes,
Attorney for Petitioner.
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see the Minnesota Chicago foot ball
game. They returned Monday. noon.
Miss Eva Randall, substituted for
Miss Cornish in the. primary room
Monday morning.
DR. Clements and Mrs. Geddes
took the Wolfred baby to Mankato
"Wednesday to, have an X-ray picture
taken of its throat. The doctors
here think the child has something
in. it's throat, which is the cause of
its illness, and which has been puz.
cling them for several weeks.
DR.. and Mrs. Edwin Cornish Nof
Dunsmuir, CAL. are visiting their
mother, Mrs. Mary Cornisn, and he
daughter. They came from Chicago
where the doctor has been attending
the medical association meeting an6
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ResvLTs TELL.
There Can 30 NJ Doubt About the
= - Results In Mankato

There Can 30 NJ Doubt About the
Results In Mankata
Results tell the tale.
All doubt is removed
The testimony of West Mankato
citizen
Can be easily Investigated.
What better proof cam be had?
Mrs. o. NJ. Ward, 13S Owatonna
St. West Mankato, Mimi, says;
when lived in st. Paul. | suffered
day and night from the pains in my
back. / was in distress with head
aches and my kidneys were badly
weakened. l was in poor health and
run down in every way until l took
Doan's Kidney Pills. They soon
drove. away the troubles, and had me
feeling better than | had for years.
Since then, Doan's Kidney Pills
have been my standby. l have told
dozens Of people what this medicine
has done for me and / have even
bought a. supply for other kidney
sufferers. If it's possible, ] hold
even higher opinion of Deans Kid
ney Pills today than ! did when
recommended them a few years ago
They are the one remedy l can de-
pend on for relief"
For sale. by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the
! United States
| Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.-Adpt. -aG III
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From thursdays Daily.
PLEASING Program Rendered.

f
The choirs of the German lmman-
uel Lutheran church gave program
last evening and a similar one the
evening before in the school house.
The program was composed mostly
of musical numbers and three dia-
logues were given, which were very
amusing.
The program opened with song
by the mixed choir, Der Schweit,
zerbue" by Abt, which was very
well sung under the direction of
Huga Frey. Miss Selma Schirrschmidt
and Miss Ella Schweitzer played a
piano duet, "Qui vive" by w. CAM
A group of young ladies' gave a
dialogue entitled "a Home for Lady
Clerks" which was a very amusing
sketch and brought forth warm ap
plause. The other dialogues were
According to the Cook Book" and
Alderman farce "Eile Nit Weile."
Other musical numbers given
we're "Das Leid,' sung by the mems
choir; Fin Aben I'm Gesangverefr
zu Bummelsdorf," by the double
male quartet; piano solo, Charge
of the Uhlans" by Miss Bertha
Ahrens; song, Still ruht der See
by the mixed choir; a piano duet
"Humoresque" by Miss Schweitzel
and Miss Schirrschmidt and the clos
| ing number "Schlaft in Rub" by the
mixed choir.
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= Petition in Probate Court.
From, THURSDAYS Daily,

petition has been filed in the
probate court of this county by
Elizabeth Lloyd, asking that Mary
Williams be appointed as the guardian
of Moses Jones. The amount of the
property is placed at $500 worth of
personal and part interest in real
and personal property to the value
of $4,000.
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Junior Endeavor Meeting.

The Junior Endeavor society Of
the Presbyterian church met at the
home of the superintendent, Mrs,
Wilbur Taylor last evening, for a
business and social Session. After
election of officers the children play
ed games and enjoyed refreshments.
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turned last night from AYRSHIRE,
Iowa, where he spent three weeks
conducting an auction for the Hol-
Man-Curran mercantile company, and
will leave tomorrow to conduct a
sale in Bowman, n. d.
A great many people from the
surrounding towns visited this city
yesterday to see the Lillian Russell
company at the opera house. Among
those who came from a distance
were Miss E. Jones, Miss G. Jones,
E. P. Jones, Miss L. Lillman, Will
liam E. Henig, Gertrude E, Jones
and Mayme Stillman of Blue Earth;
Anna Keenholy, Mrs. c. Randall,
Mrs. l. T. Meyer, Mrs. NJ. T. Ran
dali, Mrs. A. Tackles. Minnie B.
Otterstein and Mrs J. II. Kinney of
Amboy; Mrs r. B. Thomas, Miss
Amanda Hoy and NJ. NJ Meixell of
Lake Crystal, and Elizabeth Bor-
ebert, Ursula Troendle and Arthur
Borchert Of Mapleton.
From Thursdays Daily.
How thousands of consumptives
lose their lives annually by taking
fake cures for tuberculosis, will be
depicted in a motion picture film
which has just been produced by
Thomas A.. Edison, in cooperation
with the National Association for
! the Study and Prevention of Tuber
culosis. The film is entitled "The
Price of Human Lives" and will be
placed on exhibition in theatres
throughout the United States Oh
December 2. 1t has been designed
| to further the Red Cross Christmas
seal sale and the general anti-tuber
culosis campaign.
! The story of the picture centers
about the wealthy proprietor of .
drug concern named Gregory Corr
and his daughter Beth. In the
earlier scenes of the play striking
contrast between the lavishly fur
nished Cort home and the ding!
/ tenement room of Nellie Linn is
given. While Cort and his famil!
live in luxury and happiness, his
principal source of income is, derived
| from the sale of fake consumption
cure called "Concura.' Neither hi
daughter nor any of his intimate
friends know the exact nature o
his business.
The Love Story.
Nellie Linn is shown taking Con
cnra" to cure herself of "harc
cold,' while her lover, Ed Grant
! goes to fake consumption cur,
! doctor in answer to a newspaper ad
| vertisement Beth is engaged to /;
| young man by the name of Harr.
Bruce, whom Cort finally induce
to become his advertising manage
| by showing him the huge profit
I which he makes in his business
Meanwhile Beth, as a result of he
interest in Red Cross Christina
seals, has enlisted as social ser,
ice worker and in this capacity -
comes acquainted with Nellie AM
Ed. She becomes a friend of tn
family and attempts to urge then
to stop taking fake cures for cor
sumption including "Concura." Ne
Thereof them pay much heed to he
advice until one day Nellie receive
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Nov. 14-21-28; Dec. 5-12-19.
SAERIEE,S SALE.

Notice is hereby given that by
virtue of an execution directed and
delivered to me, issued out of the
district court for Blue Earth county,
Minnesota, on judgment rendered
and docketed therein on the 4th
day of November, A. ID. 1913, in
favor of ID. >L. Rose, plaintiff, and
against Carleton S. Cooke, defendant,
for the sum of SIC so, have levied
upon all the right, title and interest
of said Carleton S. Cooke, possessed
by said Carleton S. Cooke on the
9th day of September, \1913, upon
which day levied upon all the
rights, title and interest of said
Carleton S. Cooke in the hereinafter
mentioned real property by virtue
of writ OF attachment duly issued
out of said court. will sell at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder
for cash at the easterIy front door
of the court house in the city of
Mankato, Blue Earth county, Min
nesota, on Saturday, the 9th day
of December, 1913, at ten O'clock in
the forenoon, all the right, title and
interest possessed on the 9Th day
of September, 1913, by the sail
Carleton S. Cooke in and to the fol-
lowing described real property, to-
wit:
Lots and 4 of Cummings sub
division of east one hundred and
five and one-half feet (105a) OF
lots and 2 of block twenty-nine
(29) in the City of Mankato, accord
ing to Burners plat of >Mankato, on
file in the office of the register of
deeds in Blue Earth county.
Dated this 7th day of November.
1913, at Mankato, Minnesota.
ANTON OSTEN.
Sheriff of Blue Earth Count, Minn.
John Temple,
Plaintiffs Attorney,
- Mankato, Minnesota.
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MapIeton

Joe McGuiggan is a twin city Wis.
itor this week
Ben Taylor has purchased the
Sellers residence on Church street
and will move to Mapleton in the
spring.
Joe Zahalky, formerly engineer at
the Mapleton mill, visited the Mac
Gregro family over Sunday. He now
resides in Redwing.
J. T. Starkey is home from the
north. He shot one deer and his
many friends expect cuts of veni
son from the animal, which he
brought home with him.
Mesdames. Waddell, Borchert and
Argetsinger entertained Tuesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ar
getsinger for Mrs. D. E., Baker, who
will leave soon for the west.
The Mapleton Baptist church will
build an addition to it's present
church building in the spring, which
will more than double the seating
capacity. The property will also be
improved by heating plant and a
dining room in the basement.
J. E. Dee of Egan, S. D., has rent.
ed the Simon shop and will open a
blacksmith and machine shop next
Monday He contemplates building
shop of his own In another year.
on Front street Mr.. Dee was EN-
ployed i'm the Schweer machine
shop few years ago.
A new church which was named
the "Medo Baptist church., was or
ganized in Medo last Sunday, and
will be. associated with the Maple
ton church for pastoral service. Of
ficers elected for the church are as
follows: Senior deasons, William
Ward and Fred Buchhcltz; junior
deacons, S. NJ. Reekard and George
Buchholtz; trustees, William Ward
Fred Buchholtz and John Stroebel;
church clerk, J. w. Stroebel; treas
ufer, Mrs. John Groll. The new
organization will build church al
the Buchholtz corner in the spring
This is a central location in Medic
and the church promises to be q
large factor in the upbuilding of the
township.
From Thursdays Daily. "a
Ferdinand, Heinze was thrown from
a delivery wagon and hurt his wrists
somewhat late yesterday afternoon
| when the wagon was struck by. al
automobile driven by Clifford Keeling
| MIR. Keeling turned onto Cherry street
| from Front, and Mr.. Heinze was
about to turn onto Front from
Cherry, when the collision took place
Mr.. Heinze claims that Mr., Keeling
+, was on the wrong side of the street,
The wagon was struck in the front
ibreaking off the. fills, SO that the
horse walked away from it. Mr.
Heinze was. thrown so that he dove
to the pavement with hands out.
Mr.. KEELING made a satisfactory
settlement for the damage imme
diately.-.
Tile case of the state of Minnesota
VS.. Victor Jensen is still in the dis
trict court and will not DE finished
this afternoon. The jurors not sery
ing on this case, have been dismissed
till morning This case will be fol
lowed by the action of sTillie Hover
son s,ys. Fred Hydorn and the case
| of Ella Tew VS.. Fred .Hydorn.;, ~
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Celebrated Twenty.fifthi Anniversar,

Celebrated Twenty-fifth Anniversary
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Lundberg
celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary at their home on North
Broad street last evening. About
thirty ladies spent the afternoon
with Mrs. Lundberg and at $50 q
dinner. was served, which, was en-
joyed by about fifteen gentlemen
also. They remained for delight
full evening of games.ss Mr.. and Mrs
LuIidberg were given a very fine SET
of silver in commemoration of the
event. NIX
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Entertained This Afternoon

Mrs. c. D. Snow entertained this
afternoon for Mrs G.. d. Snow, who
makes her home with DR.. and Mrs.
Snow. The guests included a num-
Der of Mrs. Shows old friends, who
passed a, delightful social afternoon.
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| became MEMBER oi Tue MaSoniC
lodge.
From Thursdays DaiIv. -
Through the cleverness of Silas
Green. patient at st. Joseph's hos
pitai. Joseph Murray was prevented
from saving his way out of the
county jail. So. rjs ,f
Murray was sent TO the county
/ jail a short time ago charged with
stealing some articles from second
hand store on North Front street.
He was later sent to St. Joseph s
| hospital for medical treatment and
was discharged from there yestey-
day. While in the hospital he oc-
| cupied room with Silas Green.
During the time he was here some
plumbers we're working in, the hos.
/ pital, and Green saw Murray. take
two haeksaws from the plumbers
tool box.
I Green Notified Officers.
| When Murray was discharged from
4 the hospital yesterday and taken
back to the Jail, MIR. Green notified
Chief of Police Klugherz that he
mad taken with him the TWP saws,
thinking that Murray was taken to
the city l3ck.up. Sheriff jOsten was
notified and searched Murray's cloth
/ ing. He found nothing and Murray
declared that he hal not taken the
saws. Mr.. Osten, however was moi
convinced, and made, a, careful
search of the cell, and found the
two saws carefully tucked away III
! the little. outlet OF the cell. ,......
Each saw is about a foot Ions
4 and they ore used by plumbers fol
cutting iron and lead pipes. The
sheriff, believes that Murray woulo
1 have Lad no difficulty in sawins
his WY out of the Jail il the saws
Ea,l rot Eeen discovered.
Murray was arraigned before Judge
i A. R. Pfau in the district court Mon
day on charge of grand larceny IN
the second degree. He pleaded moi
guilty. His trial will begin next
MONDAY. Inc idle SrdHu July uiooSh
/ in an indictment against Murray.
4 From Thursdays Daily.
James Kelly or Duluth, father o.
DR.. T. c. Kelley of this city, died
at his home there yesterday moon
!, after an illness of about two weeks
with pneumonia. He was taken II
November 6, the day after his seven
ty-frst birthday. On Sunday 9
this week DR.. Kelley was called t.
Duluth, because of his fathers seri
Gus condition.
i Mr.. Kelley has been resident o
Duluth for about twenty-five year:
and was chairman of the Lake Su
perior Demurge association for {
number of years. He is. survived b,
his wife, who is very i'll, one daugb
ter, Miss Gertrude who is at home
and one son, DR.. 7. c. Kelly O
this city. The funeral will be hell
ON Saturday. +k& asG q 8 q
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Pleased With Recital.

Pleased With Recital.
Fairmont Sentinel: The joint recit-
al at the Congregational church Tues.
day evening by Miss Lulsdorf, So
prano and Miss Rice. pianist, was
greatly enjoyed by the audience that
filed the auditorium of the church
to its, capacity, The program was
well chosen to show the excellence
of Miss Lulsdorfs voice, which has
great power and sweetness on both
high and low notes. The accompa-
mist, Miss Rice, showed mastery
of technique seldom seen in Fah'-
mont. For her own part of the
program Miss Rice played three
numbers on the piano, and to judge
from the hearty encores all were
thoroughly enjoyed The Cemetery
association, under whose auspices the
recital was given, desire to thank
the public for their generous sup.
port. Its share of the receipts was
about $36 and will be used toward
building a sidewalk to hte cemetery
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W. {. Club.

The w. C. club was entertained
last evening by Miss Hilda Gustaf-
son at her home, 1928 North Fourth
street, The evening was spent do.
ing needle work and refreshments
were served.
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auspices of the Civic league.
G. N. Ellis of Austin spent Wed
nesday i'm this city.
f. B. Van Loon of Waseca was
in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mccarthy OF
Madelia spent yesterday in Mankato
Mrs. A. H. Scherer is making a
short visit with relatives in Man
kato.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Otto have re
turned from two weeks visit in
Chicago. -
Miss Mayme Sillman and Miss
Gertrude Jones of Blue Earth visit
ed here yesterday, 5af
Miss Gertrude ROLLER of Mapleton
was the guest of friends here yes
terday and today.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Beise of Ma
pleton left this city last night, ell
froute to California.
Thomas M. Hamp of Mapleton
came to Mankatp today and was &C.
companied home by his wife, who
has been in the Emmanuel hospital
here. @r
F.. w. Force returned last night
from a business trip to st. Paul
where he. had business in connection
with the New York Life. Insurance
company.
Mr.. and Mrs, William Goodkimt
of Minneapolis, who have been visit
ing their aunt, Mrs. Flora Haynes
for some time past. left yesterday fol
their home In the cities.
Mrs. Adelaide Sherman left today
for her home In Mohawk, N. Y.
after spending nearly a year here
Mrs. Sherman formerly lived in Man
kato and has made several extended
visits here since leaving. az. q. X.
Mrs. T.. H.. Summers has returned
ftoul an extended visit i'm the eeasl
during which she attended the in
ternatienal aud national convention
LOT the Women's Christian Temper
Eance union. as d Minnesota delegate
Jack Martin, the auctioneer, re
y =