The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-08-01
Visitors From Amboy
Enjoyed Their Outing
From Fridays Daily

TWenty-one aut0moDlieS were Qrlt
en- from Amboy to Mankato yester
day and the excursionists spent al
hour or two in the city late yester
day afternoon. DR.. ]. E. Merrill, wht
was accompanied by his wife, acte(
as pathfinder and C. w. Chamberlain
who is president of the club, wa!
pacemaker. Mr. Chamberlain wa:
accompanied by a party which filled
his big Overland One of the auto
mobiles in the party was occupied
by DR.. Newall of Milwaukee, Wis.
and DR.. Hansen of Hartland, Wis.
and their wives, and is making 8
trip from Milwaukee to Montana
The tourists are at present guests oil
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman E. Fuller OF
.Amboy.
The party was expected to arrive
in Mankato at about five o'clock, but
the plans were changed after leaving
Amboy and they all reached here al
four o'clock, before the local com
mittee expected to see them. The
tourists scattered about the city and
spent about an hour and half in
visiting, and the ladies of course
could not resist doing a little shop
ping, so the trip was of special pleas
ure TO them. At about five O'Clock
they began to gather on the corner
of Second and Cherry streets.
Located the Visitors.
Meanwhile NJ. d. Fritz, c. D. OFT
and George Krost, the local commit
tee had located the visitors and had
tried to persuade them to take sup,
per at Sibley park, but they had
shipped a quantity of ice cream to
Minneopa Park and decided to go
there for the meal. The Mankato
committee, however took them on a
ride through the city. NJ. d. Fritz,
secretary of The Free Press Printing
company, and chairman of the cem-
mittee, led the tourists through the
city. He was accompanied by E. F.
Soaring, secretary of the Commercial
club, and A. ]. Veigel, Mankato' s
postmaster. C. d. OFT with his wife
took a position in the lineup and
George Krost with his wife and Mrs.
Peter Krost brought up the rear. A
representative of The Free Press
was in the party.
Route They Travelled.
The automobilists started from the
corner of Second and Cherry streets,
and then turned up Warren street
and on to Fifth. They went the
length of Fifth, then down to Broad,
up Broad to the five corners and
down to Second. They went the
length of Second street and made
a straight run from the lower end
of Front street to Sibley park Mr.
Fritz led them through the park and
fortunately the entire herd of deer
had on their company manners and
were in the runway near the road
All of the automobiles slowed NJ
and many expressions of delight
were heard The Mankato people
then took their visitors out about
three miles on the road to Minneopa
park and babe them goodbye there
Left Amboy at One O'clock.
The Amboy people left their own
town at about one o'clock in the
afternoon, going directly to Good
Thunder. They all stopped there for
a little while and then went to Rapi
dan. They then went to Minneopa
park and on to Mankato. Last night
they went from Mankato to Minneopa
and stayed there about an hour and
a half, having supper while there
and then went directly home.
They found the roads to be fairly
good, but said there were a mum
Der of rough places. One rather bad
hill was encountered between Min
neopa and Mankato, and so wher
they returned to Minneopa last night
they went over the Pigeon hill road
Some Minor Accidents.
One man had a puncture and an
other of the party had a little trou
BILE at the Rapidan bridge, but there
were no accidents of any seriousness:
to mar the pleasant day. The wealth
er conditions were ideal The Am
boy club has membership of thir
ty-two and has the following officers
G. w. Chamberlain, president; S. T
Lamos, secretary; and Walter E
Schmidt, treasurer. The run yester
day was the second annual run, las
year the club having gone to Fair
mont.
The committee in charge of tn,
run yesterday was composed of H
T. Moore, chairman, Fred wv. Boescl
and ]. Void. The committee ha,
made all necessary arrangements an,
while in Mankato they were bus,
seeing that everyone was properl,
looked after
Those in the Party.
The club members who were il
the run yesterday were DIR. ]. E
Merrill, C. w. Chamberlain, P. c
Peterson, Ben Johnson, August Hens
lin, Ed Barnes, Willard Hanson
George L. Stevens, Al Brush, Stew
Brush, William Ludke, George Keefe
Freeman Radcliffe, N. E. Fuller, S
e. Lamos, H. o. Thompson, DR.. An
mis- of Winnebago, and DR.. Newall O
Milwaukee and Dr. Hanson of Hart
land, Wis. Each automobile had
pennant flying with the words "Ar
tomobile club, Amboy, Minnesota.
Complaint of Mrs. Aiken.