The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-05

was served.
Albert Schippel is In Plato on
business today. =
Miss Else Jache went to Mime
apolis on a visit yesterday.
Mrs. Hans Olsen of Garden City
visited in Mankato yesterday.
Mrs. John Harmer of waseca is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. M. F.
Sullivan.
Miss Blanche Fletcher will return
this evening from Mortified, where
she has been teaching, to spend the
summer vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ID. Deets went to
Jackson this afternoon and Mr.,
Deets will deliver the memorial sd-
dress there tomorrow. .sr
J. p. Buck of Filler. Idaho, visited
with friends here between trains
yesterday while on his way to LIE
Sueur for a short visit.
Mr.. Phelps, representing the Grip
pendorf-Dittman Shoe company Of
New York, is the guest of the Sui.
livan-Smith shoe store proprietors.
Miss Mabelle Page left this noon
for Menominee, Wis, to visit over
Sunday with her brother, Ralph
Page, who rs a student a; Stout In
stitute.
Sheriff Osten went yesterday to
Butternut Valley, accompanying his
father, who had come to the city
to receive medical treatment, on
his way home. e.
Miss Fleeta Tousley went to hel
home I'm lie Sueur today to remain
over Sunday with her parents. The
Tousley family is entertaining ut "a
house party during the Home Coming
and the high school commencement
affairs this week.
Mapleton Enterprise: Mr.. and Mrs.
B. F. McGregor were ut Mankato
Wednesday, interviewing contractors
relative to the building of their new
home. The contract has been given
to ]. B. Nelson & Co., and work will
commence on the same In about two
weeks.
c. III. Schultz, former second trick
operator at the Chicago and North
western freight depot, has gone to
Springfield, Mimi, to take a similar
position there. He has been sue
ceeded at Mankato by r. p. Sher
wood of Keystone, Iowa, who used
to be employed at that place in the
depot of the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul.
Miss Mildred Francis arrived last
night from Boston to be the guest
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. e. A
Francis of 416 State street for q
short time. Miss Francis has been
singing in Boston this winter, and
after her visit here will go to Chi
cago to study under Frederick X
Root. Miss Francis has sung In Man
kato once or twice and those who
have heard her are delighted with
her wonderful voice.
DIR. M. b. Wood returned today
from a months trip to New Yori
and California. He left here the
last day of April for New Yorl
and spent some time there and In
New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsyl
vania buying twenty head of Guern
sey cattle for John Dupee of San
tee, Cal. Mr.. Dupee is a retired grain
man and has a ranch near Santee
DIR. Wood then took the cattle tC
Santee, and came home from there
He will go to Fort Atkinson, Wis.
next Tuesday on cattle business, and
on June 20 will sail on the Olympus
for England where he will buy
twenty-five head of Guernsey stock
from Mr.. Dupee. One animal which
DR.. Wood purchased on this recen.
trip was the highest priced Guern
sey ever bought in this country
$4,000 being paid for II.
Mrs. John McKasy and sons of LIZ
Sueur are guests of the formers
mother, Mrs. A. j. Busch.
Mrs. John r. Bowen has returned
from a weeks visit with her brother
in-law, ID. L. Bowen OF Cambria.
Abraham Thomas of Butternut Val
ley was in Mankato today.
Ernest and Joseph Fallentstein re
turned last night from Bemidji ant
Park Rapids, where they went OF
business. ... .t b
Hon. Jean A. Flittie went to Stay
ton today and will deliver the Mem
orial address there tomorrow.
Miss Eleanor johnson came HON,
from Wells today to attend the com
mencement exercises here this even
ing. She will return to Wells IL
the morning to remain until the clos,
OF school there the first of next week
Mr.. and Mrs. b. s. Benner, 32t
Byron street, are entertaining Mr.
and Mrs. George b. vermilye ant
family and Mr.. Bates, all of Towner
N. ID. Mr.. Vermilye Is nephew o
Mr.. Benner. The party Is making