The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-09-03

May Kramer and Adelaide FREDERICK
son enjoyed an automobile trip Sun
day to Morristown and Faribault.
Miss Helen Borneman of st. Peter
and Miss Mary Ballman OF lie Sueur
Center were guests of the Misses
Emma and Lillian Pomwith the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Swagler of
st. Peter spent Sunday with the g. G.
II. Wendelschlafer family.
Miss Rose Dickie spent several
days the past week with her sister.
Mrs. william Davis.
John Davis has purchased six
cylinder Buick of Lloyd Brothers and
Davis this week.
William Sapp and family OF Cor
dova visited here over SUNDAY.
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Levet-
te and Mrs. McPeek motored from
waterville last Wednesday and spent
the day with Mr.. and Mrs. Bart Hen
ton.
Mrs. o. l.. Ransom entertained
company of young ladies at her home
Monday afternoon in honor OF the
sixteenth birthday anniversary OF
her daughter Hazel. A most pleasant
time was enjoyed and at five o'clock
dainty refreshments were served,
after which the guests departed for
their homes wishing Miss Ransom
many happy returns of the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harper Shaffer. Mr..
and Mrs. ]. +. Teat of Luverne.
tl,n fan
Sunday.
Miss Ruth Hurst is guest Of Mrs.
J. ]. Malloy this week.
Miss Clara Gamboldt returned to
her home at lie Sueur Center last
Saturday, after a fortnight's visit In
the village.
Henry Young and son Parker OF
Leavenworth, Neb., arrived here Mon
day and are guests at the home OF
Grove Young.
Miss Ruth Hartman is spending the
week with her brother, A. Harri-
man and family at lie Sueur Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bornemann
and Miss Sadie Peicidal OF st. Peter
visited at the H. Fl. Pomwith home
last Friday afternoon and evening.
]. f. Davis and w. f. Lloyd re-
turned from the twin cities Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. J. ]. Malloy and children and
Miss Ruth Hurst drove to lie Sueur
Tuesday and visited at the Frank Sun
deman home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bramsche and
daughter Thurida, arrived home We'd
tnesday from a pleasant trip to Cali
I fornia, where they spent the past two
months.
The ice cream and watermelon So
cial given by the Methodist Episcopal
church ladies last Saturday evening
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Flowers was largely. attended and a
very pleasant time was enjoyed by
all present.
NJ. Goldsmith of Fargo. N. d.. ar
rived here the past week, and Is the
guest OF his mother, Mrs. NJ. ii.
Goldsmith and other relatives.
Mrs. Jessie Clark has received the
following report of the Texas storm
from Mrs. A. r. Rutan. Mrs. ].
Lewis daughter, who wrote at Port
Arthur last Tuesday:
known en- the Gulf coast is over.
Port Arthur is in a trying situation.
as the water Is from a foot to seven
feet deep in the business part and the
homes of the lower part of town. A
few dead niggers are floating around
and adding to the odor of dead ami
mails and poultry. went to town
once in a bathing suit. We are far
better off than most. ! am tired out
but have a dry house and dry clothes
which we will divide with the desti-
tute. There is plenty to eat and
there are no bad smells i'm this part
of town.
MY friends. whose homes are un-
der water, have left town. Women and
children are being sent away and men
put to work at the point of the gun
II unwilling to work otherwise.
1T was impossible to get more
papers. sent you parts of some. and
there is no exaggeration. Things
are what is generally called a mess.
Il wrote twice, as thought you
would see accounts and worry. I
am glad you do not and as far as we
are personally concerned, there is no
neeu. we nave EnCHey anu Creuit
and perhaps some day our real es-
tate will dry out and be valuable.
Excuse scribbling. am dizzy and
tired.
"All the trees, vines. roses and
banana and orange trees are dead
from salt water"
A. ID. Wheeler has the following
letter from his son, Maurice, who Is
with Company c, nineteenth Infantry
at Camp Crockett, Texas, dated on
August %.
Il guess you have heard of the
food by this time. got your letter
today. II came in by boat. We were
cut off from the world until last night
We, the soldiers, lost everything we
had, except what we had on our
backs. No food, no water, no place
to sleep. but we are getting back In
shape now. We are staying on the
transports. am in good health now.
We were all poisoned yesterday.
everybody. soldiers and all, on canned
goods"
Washington. August 27.-count Won
Bernstorff, German ambassador, act
ing on instructions from Berlin, no
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