The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-07-31

the crops In the vicinity of Comfrey
as very poor. black rust doing much
damage to the wheat.
Mr.. Griffith took Ciate Kelley and
family to Lewisville Sunday to spend
the day with Mr.. Relley's sisters,
Mrs. Ethel Moore and family.
Miss Mildred Mitchell OF Madelia Is
spending the week with Mrs. Laura
Meade. Is
Mrs. Alice Meixell and children ar
rived home yesterday from weeks
visit with the formers sister, Mrs.
Gardner Murtaugh and family at
Granada.
John Kelley received letter yes
terday from his aunt, Mrs. Mary
Hawkins of East Otto. Cattarangus
county. New York, in which she says
that there has not been drop OF
rain there since the latter part of
May. and that all crops are practi-
eally burned up excepting a few oats.
which farmers were about TO cut
for feed when millions of army
worms and grass hoppers appeared
and made short work of the crop.
j. c. Kelley took a load OF his
household goods TO Lewisville Sat
urday and expects to make his home
in the future with his daughter,
Mrs. Tom Moore.
Mrs. Ed. Johnson and children
have returned from several weeks
visit with relatives in Colman. s. ID.
Charley Kelley has rented the
Sewers brothers farm and win take
possession the middle OF September.
Vernon people are glad to know that
the Kelley family is to remain here
Little Miss Flora Quimby of an
kato is visiting her former playmates
here and is a guest at the Rem Car
penter home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Stratton are re
ceiving congratulations from many
friends over the arrival of an eight
pound baby girl at their home Sun
day afternoon.
| Mrs. Hemingway who was quite
seriously iii last week with an attack
of stomach trouble Is very much i'm
proved.
| Mesdames Halle washburn, Laurs
Mead and Miss Elsie Thew are con
valescing slowly from the effects o
their recent operations. Walter Ram
bo, who has typhoid fever, Is hold
ing his own, although the terrible
heat of the past week or two hai
had a weakening effect, and he 4
losing strength faster than he woul'
I in cooler weather.
Robert Henderson Is the new help
er at the depot and is taking to III,
work like an old hand.
Archie Partridge is here from Com
frey on visit to, his parents.
| Rev. and Mrs. T. Ross Paden an,
lchildren of Mankato are enjoying |
week at Grandpa Sewers home soutl
of town.
A card received from Rev. Nc
Dougal, former Baptist ministe
here, but now located at Omaha
Neb.. states that Mrs. McDougaf WHIT
recentiy underwent an operation fol
the removal of a tumor, is in a criti
cal condition, and all hopes for he
recovery have been given up by th,
physicians.
Mr.. and Mrs. Busby and their son
Rob Busby and the iatter's bride. ant
Miss Beulah Busby OF Kerns, all for
mer residents OF Vernon, were welcome
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Bob Sewers Sunday. They drove
over in their elegant new six cylindel
Buick.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Sewers enter
tanned Rev. T. o. Langfitt and Mr
and Mrs, Norman Fuller of Amboy
and Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer d
Vernon Center at dinner Tuesda!
evening in compliment to Mr. an,
Mrs. T. Ross Paden of Mankato. II
was a very delightful gathering.
Mr.. and Mrs. McMonagle returned
TUESDAY from a weeks visit with
friends at Eagle Lake and Sanborn