The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-12-03
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H. c. Kraus Is business visitor in
Mankato this week.
Through an oversight the CORES
pendent failed to mention the arrival
OF third son and heir In the Edward
Good home In West Sterling. While
undoubtedly the parents would have
gladly welcomed little daughter into
the home circle. we are OF the opinion
that a family OF "Gb~d" boys is Il
valuable commodity TO the state as
well rs to the home Please accept
our hearty, though somewhat bclated
congratulations
Miss GLADYS CoOrer will depart on
tho evening trcin Thursday for Win
cha. whe' :hc will visit friends until
the follCw rg Monday. On Saturday
evening she will attend the Alumni
banquet at Saint Teresa college. Miss
Cooper gra'luatel from this college
with the class OF 1914. Since COM
plotting Ter musical studies at this
place, Ii" has followed her vocation
of teaching music. She has a large
class here and IN the surrounding viii
lagos. end IS meeting with splendid
success. Mis-; C,ooer is splendid
pianist aTd her services are in de-
mand in the Chautauqua and lecture
courses and by theatrical troups, who
appear here drring the wear. Miss
Cooper is a p,a-ist Of ability and re-
ceives much praise fror, these people
I'm the way she handles the difficult
selections.
Mrs. James Lowell and baby boy re-
turned from Spokane, Wash, where
she spent the past six weeks visiting
her home folks. Monday evening her
husband who had been visiting friends
in st. Paul since the previous Satur-
day met her in Minneapolis and ac-
companied her home.
Lyle Cooper of Mankato and Ray
Cooper of Truman are eating their
Thanksgiving dinner with their par
ents in the village as Is also Miss
Belle Shannon, Miss Cooper, who Is
normal student will spend her va
cation at the F. r. Cooper and W.
II. Palmer homes.
Bert Wilson Of Maucr. Sask.. who is
spending the winter months with his
sisters i'm this vicinity. received word
last week that his house and contents
burned to the ground The origin of
the fire Is a mystery. as the house was
closed up for the winter. Mr.. Wilson
had rented his farm and the family
were to take possession March 1. The
house which was very good one for
that country was insured for less than
a third of It's valuation,
Mrs Leafie Warren returned Mon
day evening from a ten days visit at
Grove Lake and ether parts OF the
state. ...
W. J. Richter motored to Mapleton
Sunday and brought home Mrs. Ritcher
and baby who have been visiting rel
atives in that village since the pre-
rious Monday. .... a. 49,.
Mrs. Cockson leaves today for
Esaver Dam. Wis. where she will visit
relatives for several weeks.
Plans are all completed for the an
nual chicken pie supper and fair.
which will be given under the aus
pices of the Methodist Episcopal Aid
December 9, 1915. Everybody is work
ing tremendously and hard to make
this occasion the best ever. Supper
committee Is the following: Mes
danes Hattie Washburn. Alice Cooper.
Jessie Barnes. Mabel Halyerson and
Mrs. Fate.
Mrs Edward Huston OF Brewster
Wis. Is visiting at the home of her
brother, w H. Griffith, and family
in Feast Vernon. r
! .Mesdames. Agnes Stratton and Ida