The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-24

A SIMPLE HEQUESI.
+ Kind Reader: Having been +
+ left without both speech and +
1. hearing through severe at. r
+ tack of typhoid fever and be- +
I. ing subject to epileptic spells, +
+ find it very hard at present +
+ getting along. My object is to +
I. secure sufficient funds by the +
+ sale of shoe laces, ETC., to +
j. help place me in some small +
T. business from which hope +
f to make living. The price +
+ is anything you wish to give. +
+ It will be appreciated. Sim +
+ cerely yours, Kay Adams. +
{. + :! + 4. + I. 4. 4. + + + + l. +
Cards containing tho above plea
were being distributed about town
yesterday by well-dressed young
man. He was a stranger here. and
managed to pick up a few dimes.
However. the shekels did not fall in
to his Golfer rapidly as most people
had reason to believe that the fellow
was a fakir He was at the Omaha
passenger depot during the day, and
passed out his cards literally, but
he did not find n sympathizer. He
walked out of the depot and toward
the Saulpaugh hotel. When near the
latter the fellow tossed away his
cards in disgust. The fellow was
not in Mankato today. 1t was re-
ported that the fellow was one OF
two men that slept in Coy's bus
barn on Thursday night, but Mr.
cfa tn no OF
this story is not true. There were
two fellows that slept in the barn
for short time. They were or
dered from the place about 1870 in
the morning.
! Probate judges of the state will
seek TO have their term of office ex
tended from two to six years by a
constitutional amendment. Other ques
tons of the Minnesota Organization
of Probate Judges referred to the
executive committee for Legislative
action are uniformity of procedure
in all counties and changes in com
hitting persons to the detention hos
pital before finally declaring them
subjects for the insane hospital. The
Judges declared that the detention
hospitals should be made to serve
the purpose they were created for
that Of a place for study and posi-
BILE cure of patients before final com
mitment. The probate judges just
closed two days session in Mime
apolis. Officers elected are Presi
dent, J. n. Edwards. Benson: vice
president, A. u. Maryland, Albert
! Lea; secretary-treasurer. A. f. Lewis
Long Prairie. With the officers the
following form the executive com
/ mittee: John A. Dahl. Minneapolis
E. w. Bazille. st. Paul; A. e. Doe
Saltwater. and Edward Frankberg
Fergus Falls.
Pleading for the return of his son
Aaron. sixteen years old, whose dis
appearance he said caused the boys
mother to become seriously i'll, Fl
Rosenblet. 500 Seventh avenue north
I Minneapolis. today addressed an oper
letter to his son and asked the news
papers Of the country to help fine
him. The letter reads:
Dear son Aaron, your father anC
mother want you to come home
Your mother is very sick and long!
Ito see you. Come home before she
is worse and we will forgive ant
You hear from u.s.
i Mr.. ROsenblet said his son lief
home after a quarrel about trivia
matter. He offers a reward to any
one who will tell where the son is
and will pay all expenses of bring
ing the boy home. The boy is five
feet and five inches tall, has darl
hair and gray eyes and scar owe
the left eye.
Mr.. Rosenblet spent some time il
Mankato during the fall in the hope
of locating him here.
William e. Koch, for many year:
the popular and well-known cashie
of the Citizens State bank of New
Ulm, suffered a stroke of apoplex,
Monday evening while on his wa.
home from down town. and for
time his condition was very critical
but the attending physician stated
:, Yesterday that he is improving slow
ly. Mr.. Koch was near his father
home, adjoining Hermann's park
when he was stricken. and only will
great difficulty did he finally sue
|, coed in dragging himself into tn
house. The right side of his bod,
.. was at first affected, but the paraly
sis seems to have disappeared. ey
cept in the arm and muscles of tn
face. For some time he was deler
Gus and failed to recognize any one
Mr.. Koch complained feeling i'll t.
his stomach during the day Monday
but it was thought that he woul,
, soon recover as no serious compli
!, cations were anticipated.
, County Commissioner John Fl
Hohmann of this city appeared be
,, fore the city council at lie Sueu
, last evening and addressed that bod
, in regard to the scenic highway
|, that has been proposed between
, Mankato and st. Paul and Mime
apolis.
The council. after a short discus
| sion. appropriated $4,000 toward tn
f enterprise. The vote was unan
nous. The benefits of such a high
, way to LIE Sueur were pointed OH
to the council by Mr.. Holman.
. Attorney Ora J. Parker. who ha
been making an investigation of tn
project, recommended it to tn
!, council.
With this appropriation the sun
, of $20.509 has been guaranteed 70
the construction Of the highway.