The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-07-10
Vernon Center

children and DR.. McMichael and daugh
ter Frances returned to their home
in Minneapolis Monday. after spend.
ing several days, including the Fourth
of July, with relatives and friends in
the old home town. They made the
trip In the doctors car.
- Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Champlin and
son Robert returned Saturday from
Benson, where they had been to at
tend the Champlin- Thornton wedding.
Otto Peterson and family ,autoed to
st. Paul Saturday for, several days
visit with friends.
g. C. Meade spent the Fourth OF
July and Sunday with his wife In
Rochester Mrs. Meade is fast re-
gaining her health and strength and
Is expected home in about two weeks.
Z. w. Washburn went to Roches-
ter Friday evening and returned with
Mrs. Washburn Saturday evening.
Mrs. Washburn has been in .Roches-
ter for a month, where she under
went o very serious operation, from
which she Is recovering very salts
factorily. .--a ~ W..
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams OF East Ma.
pleton have returned home after a
weeks visit with their daughter, Mrs.
Clint Fernald. While here they at.
tended the ehautauqua and spoke
very highly of the splendid programs.
Rev. w. r. Palmer returned Satur.
day noon from nearly a weeks lee,
ture tour in the Dakota's in the in.
terest of the I. o. o. F., of which
order he is grand master. While
away, he visited lodges In Fergus
Falls, Hewett, Staples, onamia and
several other places. 80. II
Miss Patch, who for the past six
weeks has been guest of the Misses
Louise and Libbie Award. has gone
to Portland, Ore, where she will re.
main for the rest of the SIMMER.
Mrs. May Wilbur Moore whose
home is in the windy city. is here
to spend several weeks with her
parents and numerous relatives in
this vicinity. &c..
Mrs. s, j. Minis has erected beau.
tiful monument in memory Of her
husband in the cemetery south OF
town. ~ .tes,
G. C. Meade took the afternoon
train for Rochester. Friday, where he
remained until Monday with Mrs
Meade, who is rapidly conyalescing
from her recent operation. -
The families of Brown, Noble
Cornish and F. e. Cooper. made UP
an auto party and spent Saturday al
Fairmont They had a most delight
full outing.
Mrs. Gardner. who was visiting al
the Warren home, was called tc
Wisconsin Sunday by a telegram an
nouncing the death of a sister.
Franklin Wilson OF Grove Lake
Mimi, is visiting her sister, Mrs
Leafie Warren.
Misses Robinson, and Elliott went
to Minneapolis on the early train
Monday to attend the N. T. A
Willard Busby who bought the
Cornish farm last spring, has had Q
streak OF unusually. bad luck since
moving here. Mr.. Busby being .
lover of fine horses, brought two
carloads of thoroughbreds here, las
spring. One team he refused $500
for. About a week after be arrived
here he lost one Of these end sooT
after. three more highly plized ami
mails siekened and died and this
morning phone message inform,
your correspondent that he had los
stallion, It being sick only a few
hours. Mr.. Busby had recently re
fused an offer OF $1,000. for the horse
Although Mr.. Busby is a. very wealth,
man, such loss MUST be .keenl,
felt and coming so soon after moyini
here, is cetainly very disconraging t.
say the least a.a
Miss Elsie Thew is recovering quit,
rapidly from an operation for appen
dicltis. in one of the Mankato hos
pitfalls.
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
On Tuesday evening. June 80, q
$3.50 o'clock at Benson, Mimi, occur
red the marriage OF Miss Mary Eliza
beth Thornton TO George w. ChaulT
lin. The wedding was solemnlzed a
Christ's Episcopal church by Res
Alexander Coffin. the pastor. III