The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-04-10

spending the day with her sister,
Mrs. c. NJ. Warren.
Miss Liza Williams is spending
part of her vacation With her sister,
Mrs. Leafle Warren.
The latest arrival In town Is a
baby girl at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Gilchrist.
Mrs. Laura Mead has been confin.
ed TO her bed for nearly a week with
a severe attack OF bronchitis.
Lawrence Butler has accepted a
position in the freight depot at
Mankato, and entered upon his du.
ties Monday
Ed Howard who Is in the restau-
rant business In Brycelin spent a
few days with relatives here the
first OF the week.
Mrs. F. s. Hemingway was sew
enty-ave years old March 81, and
her friends all sent cards In re-
memberance OF the day. ...
Mrs. Ellen Porter who has been
in Redwood Falls for several weeks,
returned Saturday. Mrs. Frank
Clague accompanied her.
!. The many friends of Frank v.
Cornish will be pleased to learn
that he has recently been elected
city attorney OF Berkeley, Cal.
Mrs. r. f. Howard who has been
spending the winter in Austin with
her daughter, has returned to Vern-
on and is stopping with Mrs. ID. A..
Slater until her cottage Is ready
for occupancy.
II. c. Kraus and wife returned
from Kingfsher, Okla, Saturday
evening. Mrs. Kraus, Sr., stopped
of in Mankato for a short visit
with her daughter Mrs. Charles
Wagon and family.
: The schools are having a weeks
vacation. Mrs. .Cressie Clement, the
principal is enjoying the week with
her parents In Burlington, Iowa, and
Mrs. Evans and her little son are
at the parental home In Mankato.
Mrs. Hattie Washburn spent part
Of the past week In Mankato with
Mrs. Eta Tallman. She had a most
delightful visit and called on many
tcfnler residents OF Vernon Center
who are now residing I'm that city.
A. c. Gray and +. G.. Wilbur &C.
companied their shipment OF five
loads of steers to the Chicago mar.
ket, and returned home Wednesday
evening. II is understood that they
made a very good profit on their
steers, which were silage fed.
Among those who came home on
the late train Saturday for their
spring vacation were Miss May
Robinson from Plainview, Russell
Grannis from the agricultural col.
lege, Miss Marie Brown from Wa.
SEGA and Miss Veronica Good from
the Amboy high school.
Claude Meixell took his little
daughter to Minneapolis for consul.
tatlon with a specialist concerning a
growth on one of her hands. Ihe
bone was found to be in no way az
fected by the growth nor Is there
any tubercular or cancerous symp-
tom. II is thought that a treat.
ment OF six months win effect a com
plete cure. DR.. T. G.. Clement &C.
companied them to Minneapolis.
John w. Lowell and Miss McCul-
luth OF Fairmont were weekend
guests of the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. +. X. Lowell. John In q
Vernon Center boy of whom the vii.
,age Is proud. He Is q rising young
attorney In Fairmont, and is making
splendid record. He is a candi-
date for judge OF probate in Martin
county this year. He has purchased
Ford runabout and will make a
personal canvass of the county.
Pedestrians. including people from
the west as far as Lewisvilie, who
make regular pilgrimages to Good
Thunder, have a direct route to
that place. The right OF way crosses
picturesque strawberry Point
Ranch" the T. ID. Hays stock farm,
the real estate holdings Of Richter
and Bosch, crossing "Moonshine"'
valley, near the dam. this being
the only stopping place along the
route. The well beaten path con-
tinues up the Cable Mill hill, then
directly across BOG and fen to the
mecca, the water tank. AS this is
being written a cold rain Is falling,
but the pilot has Just passed and
his four trustees are close behind
on the trail.
The primary and intermediate
rooms OF the public school gave a
very interesting program last Fri.
day afternoon, known as a Mother
Goose Convention" The little folks
In fetching costumes represented
the different characters in Mother
Goose Lore and everyone did his >or
her part to perfection. The following
characters receive the greatest ap.
plause: Lillian Nelson as Mother
Goose, Lois Rev as DO Peep; Alice
Caller as the Old Woman Who Lives
in q Shoe, Mildred Dummick as
Queen of Hearts. Edwin Kraus as
Knave OF Hearts, Alice Warren as
Little Red Riding Hood, Herbert
Wilbur as Jack Horner, Marie Pet
rich as Miss Mufret, Virgil Griffith
as Little Boy Blue. More than thirty
children took part. The musical
part OF the program was rendered
by the children OF the intermediate
room The entertainment was
very beneficial to all, and certainly
adds interest to the schiol work.
awakens the pupils and shows the
tpachprs' worth ..