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

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years work at the agricultural col
lege, and ~ back on she farm for
4 the summer.
The second division of the Bap-
fist Ladies' Aid society realized
I $1,000 from their ten cent tea FRI
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Brown and
daughter OF Willow Creek spent
Saturday night and Sunday at the
L. T. Champlin home.
John Kelly has returned from a
visit to his daughter in Lewisyille.
attending Carleton college, is at
/ home for a weeks visit.
Cecil Snyder of Fulton, Ill, ar
rived in Vernon Center Saturday
evening and will spend the summer
with his uncle, John Mcmahon.
Sunday guests at the Ed Annis
home included the Misses jeanette,
Esther and Eve Nelson and Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Hazel of Garden
City.
Ed Weir, who has been III for a
number OF weeks, passed away
Tuesday morning. His illness was
attributed TO either a cancer or
tumor.
Mrs. Sam Nelson. who had the
misfortune 20 break both bones in
her leg, near the ankle, Is getting
along as well or even better than
was expected.
Lester Robinson, who has not
been in the best of health recently,
was taken TO Mankato Monday,
where he will be operated upon
for appendicitis.
The members Of ST. Matthews
choir were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Caven OF West Lyra for
dinner Sunday. The afternoon was
spent in preparing the Easter music.
Earl Pepper has secured a good
position I'm the Omaha freight de-
pot In Mankato and likes the work
very much as does Lawrence But
Ter also, who has a position there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert McCracken
and family are moving on to the
old Weeks farm west of town. II
Is understood that Mr.. McCracken
has leased the farm FOR a number
OF years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Cornish and
daughter left the latter part of the
week for GAINESVILLE for visit with
their sister. Mrs. George Hohns and
family. They will return to their
home in Fergus Falls in about ten
days.
Rev. Mr. Howell was very pleas
antly surprised last Friday evening.
when the members of his parish
took possession of his home and
proceeded to make merry in CON-
memoratlon of his sixtieth birthday.
AS token OF their esteem he was
presented with large leather
rocker.
All churches are preparing for
Easter. The service at 81. Matthews
will be held at eight o'clock in the
morning. At the Baptist church
the service will be at 10: 80 a. m.
and the Methodist church will have
program at eight O'Clock in the
evening. Everyone will be most
cordially welcomed, to these serv-
ices.
A message from Wisconsin was
received by James Pepper Tuesday
noon saying that his cousin, Wicks
Case, had passed away that morn
ing. The funeral will be held In
Garden City Thursday afternoon at
one o'clock. Mr.. Case formerly lived
in this section and has many
friends who will be grleved to hear
Of his death. ::
Mrs. Mary Cornish was the re-
cipient of a post card shower Tues
day. April Z, the day being the an
niversary of her birth. She was
born seventy years ago on Easter
Sunday, and in all those years her
birthday has fallen on Easter only
twice. Mrs. Cornish is in excellent
health and the weight Of her sober
years rests lightly upon her.
At recent meeting of the school
board Miss Minnie Parrin was elect
ed primary teacher for the next
year to I'LL the position made va
cant by the resignation of Miss
Cornish. who has made herself en-
deared to the parents and pupils
during her work here. Miss Cor.
nish who graduated from the Uni
versity of California a few years
ago expects to specialize along GER
tain lines of work at Columbia
college in New York next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. II. Halyerson
and children left Monday for their
future home in Minneapolis. DR..
McMicheal will remain for a few
days longer. The McMicheal and
Halyerson families have always
been prominent in all that pertain
ed to good citizenship and have
proved their worth and good judg-
ment in all civic and social affairs.
Their place In the community will
be difficult to I'LL. II is hoped that
after the doctor has had good