The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-12-24
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From Tuesdays Daily.

WHeTe "iHu,hih stoOu IN udys
gone by.
The men drawing gravel are getting
along nicely and will soon reach the
top of Belgrade hill. which win make
a fine gravel road from that place TO
the line between the Severance and
Rist farm. Sleighing farther out in
the country Is good.
Rev. Brown preached a very fine
Christmas sermon Sunday morning
and the music was very good.
Miss Pearl Parsons went home with
Miss Helmer Sunday after church and
spent the afternoon.
L. p. Parsons is still sick with the
grippe.
John Culp and brother. VIII, were
saving wood for II. A. Hanson Mon
day.
Evelyn and Evart Budde and Geo.
Loucks remained in Mankato Friday
evening and attended the debate at
the high school. They enjoyed the
evening and think there IS nothing
like the Mankato high school.
Trapping and hunting SEEN TO he
the popular sports OF the day. We
often hear of the good luck of the
Cole brothers, Clarence Crice and
Aaron Michels.
Mrs. +. f. jefferson went to North
Mankato Saturday and stayed with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eldred until
Monday afternoon. Mr. Eldred has
been sick with pneumonia, but Is
slightly better at the present.
Miss Mork gave a nice Christmas
program Friday Afternoon at the
school house, then went TO her home
in ST. Peter to sHcnd the holidays.
Miss Marietta Kaneff will give her
school entertainment Thursday even
ing of this week and the admission
will be 10 cents.
Miss Penelope Hanson will cele-
, brate her eighteenth birthday ami
versary this week and in honor OF
the event has issued invitations to
about fifty of her friends to be her
people are looking forward to a pleas
ant evening.
The Sunday school will have a
Christmas tree and entertainment at
the church Friday evening The pro-
gram will begin promptly at 7:30,
which will be as follows:
Hymn, ut Came Upon the Mid
night Clear" ...,. Congregation
Scripture Reading and Prayer.
Song. THE Merry Bells" -. School
Recitation, Welcome. Helen Loucks
Recitation. christmas Music.
I NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Henry Johnson
Solo, Dolly Dear Want to Know"
................. Thelma Sietes
Exercise. What Shall We Give"
Solo. 10y of my Heart .:Jane Parry
Recitation. "A Word With Santa
Claus .............. Sylvia Smith
Exercise. Some Christmas Advice"
Song. This is He, the Promised
: One" School
Recitation, His Mothers Christ
| mas Present" $4,000. Gordon Door
Recitation, "Santa's Boy" ..,.....
................... Harry Loucks
/ Song. Our Stockings. ....,.
........... Florence Hanson
Exercise, wen Smile"
Solo, "Luther's Cradle Hymn.
: Delford Settles
Recitation, Sitting up for Santa
Claus" ..........M Marjorie Door
Recitation, Helping Santa Claus"
Observation-Disclosures. August Johnson
Exercise. 1.-THE Pilgrims Quest
Song, Sing Song OF Christmas
Observation-Disclosures. School
Dialogue, 1.-THE Next Day"
Exercise Cause It's Christmas"
| Solo, christmas Glory over There"
................ Cora Johnson
Exercise. 1.-The Can Brigade"
Solo, "If You're Good" Aury Lindsay
hn
Truth Fairy
Solo, "a Christmas Lullaby.
| ................ Thelma Settles
The Farmers club meeting was
well attended Monday evening. Mr.
: McLaren and Mr.. Leaning spoke and
plans were made to keep on with the
work of the club Orders for Irvine
were taken at the meeting.
/ FROM Tueedav's Ca'lv
' General Manager Trenholm. Genera
Counsel Sheehan. and Chief Engineer
Rittenhouse OF the Omaha Railroad
! company arrived this morning on the
1890 train from the cities. and held a
very important meeting in Judge
. Lorin Cray's office in the National
! Citizens Bank building. with Mayor
Meyer, Councilmen Lack and Lamm
. City Attorney Phillips. Engineer
Bloomquist, and the Commercial club
committee consisting of II. A. Pat
, terson. Judge Lorin Cray and F. E
Crandall, who have been so actively
engaged the past few months in en-
deavoring to bring the depot matter tc
a satisfactory conclusin for Mankato
Changes In River.
Considerable discussion over the
proposed changes in the river was
held, and the matter was thoroughly
explained by the engineers. The re-
suit was that the railroad people con-
firmed practically all that was asked
by the Mankato people. The islands
i'm the river will be removed. and the
. sand. etc. will be used for filling in al
the banks. retaining wall will be
built, extending for one hundred feet
on either side OF the bridge on the
Mankato side of the river. This viii
result in the new bridge being con-
siderable shorter than the old one, as
has previously been mentioned In q
detailed account of the proposed
changes in The Free Press.
. The Omaha officials seemed favor
ably disposed toward the matter ol
having an overhead crossing near the
/ entrance to Sibley park, and Genera