The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-01


few weeks, until her grandson.
Earl Bates. RECEIVERS from his III
ness.
Mrs. Francis McMichial Champlin
left Tuesday for Minneapolis. to
spend Christmas week with her
father. and brother and sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank ClaZle OF
Redwood Falls. and Miles Porter
and family of Mankato viii follow
their usual custom of coming to
Vernon to spend Christmas with
their mother. Mrs. Ellen Porter.
Mrs. Miles Porter and daughter
will spend the week following
Christmas with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. F. II. Lowell. returning to
Mankato at the opening OF the
schools.
Miss May Robinson, a very prom
inent teacher in the public schools
of Plain View, and Miss Frances
Palmer, n junior in the University
at Madison, Wis. arrived in Vernon
last Saturday evening to spend the
holiday vacation with the home
folks.
The Methodist and Baptist Sun
day schools are preparing programs
and Christmas trees for the cele-
brations to be held In their respec-
tive churches on Christmas evening.
ST. Mathews church will have mass.
and n Christmas sermon ut seven
o'clock Christmas morning.
Mrs. Lenard Zumwalt and chill
dren. Alice and Harold. left Tues
day for Nevada, Iowa, to spend a
couple of weeks with her parents.
Mrs. Fred Keitzer and daughter,
Miss Ida. left Saturday for Cali.
fornia, via Kansas City. Their head
quarters for the winter will be at
Long Beach. and they will make
sight seeing trips to the important
places along the coast before their
return in June. They will also at
tend the Panama Exposition. The
Free Press will keep them in touch
with the doings of the home folks
and the friends. who wish them q
most happy trip and safe re-
turn.
Mrs. Anna Lehman, who has
been keeping house for her broth.
crS. John and Edward Mertersdorf
for the past several years, expects
to return to Good Thunder, and
occupy her house. which Is now CO.
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Ora
ham
Mrs. Edward Warren is again con-
fined to her home, suffering intense
ly with erysipelas of the face. She
has for many years been a sufferer
from this painful ailment. and sell
dom passes a winter without an
attack.
+. C. Wilbur has purchased a new
car, the Empire, from his brother.
in.law, Harvey Cornish of Mime
apolis. Mr.. Cornish drove the car
from the city. and is visiting for a
few weeks with relatives in this
vicinity.
4. T.. Quimby OF Mankato was in
town the latter part of last week.
getting signers to the remonstrance
of a petition to lay n road through
his farm northwest OF town. +. L.
Cooper, chairman of the town board,
has called a meeting of the board
on December 90. Mr.. Quimby OBJ
tanned a very large number of sign
ers, as nearly everyone thinks that
the laying of the road would be q
great expense to the town. and only
n very few would receive any bene-
fit. II Is understood that Mr. Quinn
by will give gratis the land for n
road on the south side of his farm.
John Kosika and Eugene Roberts
of Mapleton and Roy Borchardt of
Lyra were business visitors in town
Friday. making the trip in the form.
er's car.
Rev. and Mrs. l. y. Howell, A. C..
Wilbur, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred VIII
bur, were among those from here
who attended the funeral services
of Miss Carol Parker in Garden
City Thursday.
l.. e. Rev and family. Miss
Blanche Randall, and MIR. and Mrs.
Jessie Mobiles and daughter, we're
Christmas shoppers in Mankato last
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Annis of
North Vernon. were Good Thunder
visitors tuesday.
Mrs. Effie Francis and daughter.
Miss Libbie. were Mankato visitors
Tuesday.
William Tallman, whose head
quarters are at Rock Island, ILL.,,
was shaking hands with old Vernon
friends Saturday.
Mrs. John Baumgartner is quite
iii with tonsilitis.
Harvey Cornish returned to Min.
neapolis Saturday. after spending a
month with his sister. Mrs. +. C.
Wilbur.
Mrs. Anna Johnson and son OF
Coleman. s. D.. are expected to ar
rive Saturday TO remain over New
Years with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Foster. .