The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16


DR.. Molzahn was formerly located
In Belle Plaine, and after visiting
here for a time he and his family
plan to locate in some Minnesota
city.
From Thursdays Daily.
George w. Scherer returned last
evening from his trip to Atlantic
City, where he attended the annual
meeting OF the Sovereign Grand
Lodge OF the I. o. o. F. Mr.. Scherer
was gone about three weeks. He
visited at quite a number of the
large eastern cities. He spent a
day at the grand national park that
has been made out of the battlefield
OF Gettysburg. Over seven thousand
markers have been placed by the
government in hits great cemetery.
Mr.. Scherer declares that times
are very hard in the east. While I'm
New York city he saw a SOUP line
two blocks long, composed Of hungry
men who were out OF employment
He was told that in NV York city
alone there were six hundred thou.
sand men out Of work-not loafers
and bummers, but steady, sober.
working men who could find nothing
to do.
Bales Of Cotton.
He noticed in many OF the big
business establishments of New York.
Boston. Philadelphia and other cities
large bales OF cotton, with the words,
Help the south by buying a bale of
cotton" Each bale sells for $50 to
S35. The proposition Is really to
lend that much money and take the
bale as security, getting ones money
back as soon as the bale could be
sold. Such was the result Of the
European war on the cotton market
OF the south.
Mr.. Scherer observed vast numbers
of German merchant ships on the big
rivers and In the harbors, on the
Hudson, at Hampton Roads and else
where, fearing to go out upon the
ocean lest they should be seized. by
British war vessels.
Took Ocean Trip.
lie went on an ocean steamer from
Norfolk, Virginia, to New York and
on the way he saw four British war
vessels. the Essex, the Suffolk and
two others, lowering about the Ameri-
can coast, looking for German prizes.
He also saw seven American war
vessels that had just come back from
Vera Cruz, and were being cleansed
and renovated for service at that
place again. The ships were in dry
docks, at Norfolk, Brooklyn and other
navy yards.
Mr.. Scherer was accompanied on
his trip by Judge A. W. Annes Of
Window. While at Washington, Mr..
Scherer had a talk with Senator
Knute Nelson, who said he had just
managed to push through congress
special law to provide. q pension of
thirty dollars a month for ]. NJ.
Broome Of Mankato. Mr.. Broome Is
civil war veteran. He was band
master OF a Kentucky regiment.
Mr.. Scherer declared that he found
travel in all parts of the United
States where he visited very heavy
indeed. Trains were crowded. The
same was true of steamers on the
Great Lakes ana elsewhere.
While Mr.. Scherer and Judge Annes
were at Washington, they were met
by Congressman George Smith and
Manahan Of Minneapolis, who took
them around the city in an automo-
bile.
From Thursdays Daily.
The First Presbyterian church OF
Mankato was represented at the re-
cent meeting of Mankato presbytery.
held at Window, by the pastor. Rev.
T. Ross Paden, and by Elder M.
G. willard. The meeting was well
attended, very harmonious and &C.
complished a large amount Of bust
ness, including larger number than
usual Of examinations of candidates