The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-18

'e' VIC sufhS nave peen raised 10 fur
ther good cause. The need of ;
visiting nurse in Mankato is appar
ent. For that reason every assist
ance possible should be gwen to thos,
who will have In charge the arrange
ments and plans for Tag day il
Mankato. The date is Tuesday, Ma,
10. Those who are behind the move
ment bid defiance to superstition b,
fixing the date on the thirteenth o.
the month.
Tag, you're it." If some good
looking young lady does not APP
proach you with those words, OF
similar ones, Tuesday, May 13, il
will be because you are out of the
city. At meeting of the Art His.
tory club and Civic Improvement
league last night it was decided to
have tag day in Mankato on May
Is Tor the purpose of raising money
to support a visiting nurse for the
city. The suggestion came from
Mayor A. G. Meyer and met with
the immediate approval of the two
organizations. Mrs. ]. r. Brandrup
moved that a day be set and that a
committee TO take charge of the ar
engagements be appointed. The
president named as members of the
committee Mrs. Brandrup, Miss Mel
lie Burt and Mrs. c. A. Wyatt.
Nurse Badly Needed.
A visiting nurse is badly needed
in the city and the league has for
some time hoped TO in some way
secure one, but the suggestion of
the mayor was one which had not
been thought or before and will with
out doubt prove a very successful
solution for the problem At the
present time there are many fami-
lies in Mankato who, when there
is sickness, are not entirely able
to look after the patient and as
consequence the city and county
are at large expense for hospital
care FOR patients who could remain
at home if there was some person
who could visit them each morning
and give them little care The
visiting nurse would also be ex-
pected TO give the people knowl-
edge of proper sanitary conditions
and similar subjects.
Need of Detention Hospital.
DIR. j. w. Andrews introduced the
matter Of dentention hospital for
the city and spoke of the crying
need for such place. He cited sew
eral cases of contagious disease
which had come to his notice dur
ing the past winter which had been
given improper care and the case
of one man who had been turned
out onto the street because there
was absolutely no place to send him.
DR.. Andrews said that twelve bed
detention hospital would be large
enough TO meet the needs of the
city. He had talked with the man.
agement of the st. Joseph hospital
and had been assured that the hos
pital would heat, light and keep up
such a hospital if the city would
furnish the funds for the building
and pay SIS a week towards it's up
keep.
Could Have Two Small Ones.
DR.. Andrews: said: 81 would
suggest that each hospital be given
$4,000 to erect good contagious
hospital and then that the hospitals
care for the building and patients
and receive whatever compensation
luCy may SCI lIOli IuS pdtlClilo
Their would be TO objection on the
part of the property owners whose
premises adjoin the hospitals to
such an arrangement. | would just
as soon have a contagious ward To-
Gated in my back yard if the ward
and the patients were given proper
care. Contagious diseases are not
transmitted through the air, but by
contact with the patient"
Mayor Meyer when called on,
said: 81 appreciate the crying need
for a detention hospital When
was mayor before the matter was
brought up but nothing come of it
at that time. / think the Doctors
idea is a good enc. This morning
after the council meeting met
with the board Of health and we
voted 10 recommend to the council
that it buy or build detention
hospital This idea of Doctors may
be better. 1t looks better. but the
My question is in spending TOO
much money in erecting two hos
pitfalls. ] think the council will take
this up and look into il at once.
Bradley Favored Plan.
Commissioner G. r. Bradley was
in favor of the plan and thought
that some satisfactory way could
be found to build a detention annex
TO just one of the local hospitals.
Mrs. BrandruD suggested that it
might be possible to come TO a
satisfactory arrangement with both
the hospitals by seeing what induce.
ments each would offer to the city.
The president of the Civic league
will appoint a committee to meet
the authoities Of both hospitals
and the mayor will appoint COM
mittee from the council to investl-
gate the matter.
Report of Treasurer.
Miss Minnie Bangerter, the trea-
surer reported that during the past
two years the league had received
into its treasury $349.S6. During
the past two falls $3.50 has been
given in prizes for the junior gar
dens and flowers and other sums
bringing the expenditures to S149.10
have been spent, leaving a total of
$200.76 in the treasury.
1t was voted to pay two years
dues, $40, to the American Civic as
ISOLATION.
Points to Be Beautfied.
Mrs. Andrews brought up the mat |
ter of spending what money is in
the treasury and some one favored !
the plan Of. identifying the lot on ,
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