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

Their residence in town will be &C.
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Munroe.
/ Miss Jean Scott OF Lake Crystal
to rest here than In any other GENE
Charles John home. .,..,
A fine program Is being arranged
for Memorial day. which will be
given at the hall at 1890 a. m. The
school will give several selections
and Rev. J. @. Olmsted will give the
address. A quartet viii sing. At the
close OF the program all will march
to the cemetery where the children
win place garlands Of flowers on the
graves of old soldiers. There are
now over twenty OF these graves, as
more OF the Boys In Blue" are laid
to rest there than In any other GENE.
terry in the county. A group OF songs
will conclude the program at the
cemetery. George w. John Is making
arrangements for the program and
the Royal Neighbors are arranging
for the flowers. .. ...-.....
Mrs. Belknap OF Mankato spent
the week with Mrs. Kate Goodall.
The Garden City schools are clos
ing a very successful years work
on Friday, May 29. A picnic will be
enjoyed at the fair grounds, to which
all are invited TO come and help
make a merry day. The teachers
have all done excellent work and It
is understood that they will all re-
turn next year.. Professor 0'Reefe
will spend his vacation at his home
In .Mankato, Miss Clough will be at her
home in Grand Rapids, Miss Way
VIII go to Oregon and Miss Wilson
will be here part OF the summer
with her sister, Mrs. f. w. Gates.
The union memorial services
which were to have been held here
last Sunday were not held because
OF Rev. Mr.. Palmer's inability to get
here from Vernon i'm his car. A large
congregation was disappointed in
not hearing the address.
There will be dance at the hall
Friday evening. May 80. A Good
Thunder orchestra will furnish mu.
sic.
Dell Dilley and wife of st. Cloud
were guests during the week at the
Amos Warner home.
The Study club will meet with
Mrs. Mayte John on June 8. The
program will be: roll call answered
by quotations on nature; Production
of Tobacco and Rice Mrs. Olmsted;
Production OF Tar Pitch, Turpen
tine, Lumber" Mrs. Doud; "Evolu.
ton OF the Modern Show" Mrs. Ida
Mills; book review, Bob. Son OF
Battle" Mrs. Hazel Howard.
Rev. Cooper, state evangelist OF
the Christian church, will speak Sun.
day morning at the Christian church
service at 1890. Come and hear OF
the work that 81 being done through
out the state.
Mr.. Jones and a party motored
over from Lake Crystal Tuesday and
were callers at the Howard Hazel
home.
s. III. Thnrston, the local stock
buyer, shipped a lot of fine feed
ers" to Chicago Wednesday. Their
value was placed at $1,000, and they
were certainly fine lot. J. NJ. Chap
man also shipped carload of choice
heifers which will net tidy sum.
The w. c. T. u. will meet June
with Mrs. Mac Buckles. After the
opening exercises Miss Mary Thurs.
ton will talk on foreign mission
work. A reading will be given by
Mrs. Mae Buckles. More definite
plans will be made for attending the
district convention In Mankato June
and 10.
Carlos Boynton of st. Paul expects
to spend Memorial day here with
his relatives. Mrs. Frank Howard,
Miss Goyntain and Charles Boyn.
ton.