The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-22
Garden CITY
from wedne.day's pa,i,.


several days visiting at Bass Lake.
The entertainment by the Diet
ricks drew n full house last Friday
night. aud no one was disappointed,
for the program was pleasing in
every way.
Mrs. l.. n. Mills served a duck din
ner last Wednesday 10 the family
and to Ray Thompson and family
of Amboy, Miss Matte Link of Col
erado and j. G.. Oimsted and family.
} Miss Bertha Cole has been at the
L. d. Mills homo for a number OF
days.
The correspondent had a busy day
Thursday. January N, taking the
freight TO Amboy, riding ont four
miles on a lumber wagon, having a
big dinner at the Willow Creek
church. acting as chairman for the
annual business session of the church,
riding and walking back 10 Amboy
to take the 3:45 train for Garden
City, doing Justice to the elegant sup.
per served by Mrs. .E. ". Gates.
driving three miles TO the Fleming
sehoolhouse and giving n fun pro-
gram an hour and a half long to
a full house.
: 4. F.. Griffith visited relatives at
Forest City. Iowa. from Thursday to
Saturday last week. and while there
was one of the four generations who
had a group photograph taken.
Mrs. Mayte John was In Lake
Crystal between trains last Thurs.
day.
! Saturday proved 10 ms again that
Minnesota knows how to put up n
good brand of winter Sleighing would
be excellent had the snow not drift
ed so badly.
lee cutting has begun hut the crop
isn't as good as II has been other
years.
The guests AT the supper given last
Thursday evening by Mrs. +. w.
Gates were MS follows: Mr.. Bert vii.
son from Canada, Miss Matte Link
from Colorado. Professor Timothy
O'Keefe. Erwin and Lois Mills and
j. G.. Olmsted and family. These
feeds are welcome affairs.
The blocked roads Sunday hindered
ministers from making their accus-
toned trips. Elder Olmsted went TO
the Baptist church at 3 p. m. TO
hear Elder Howell, who failed to
arrive. n at the invitation of those
present gave a discourse.
Franc Thurston and his mother
and sister, Mary motored to Mankato
last Friday.
H. II. Buck drove his mother TO
Lake Crystal On Monday. making the
trip in a enter. Mra Buck was re.
turning TO her home i'm Iowa. after
spending some time here with her
son.
w. A. Roberts was in Minneapolis
most of last week attending the meet
ing of county fair officers.
Those who attended the entertain.
ment at the Fleming school house
last Thursday night from Garden
City. were Miss Mae Terry, Mr.. and
Mrs. Church and Allen Roberts.
Lester Robinson of Vernon Center
was a caller at the parsonage Sun
day afternoon.
Christian Endeavor meeting at the
Christian church Sunday. January. "a
June Brown. leader.
Many shovels were i'm use last
Sunday morning. and Ed. Rev did
valiant service making paths through
the snow with his horse hitched to a
galvanized iron tub. Such acts de-
serve communication
Ray Thompson and j. G.. Olmsted
motored TO Manl;ato Wednesday aft.
ernoon. January IL. where they called
on Mrs. Eva Cornish. Miss Faythc
Miller and Horace Bmce at Imman.
uel hospital. The three are reported
as still doing nicely.
Del Dilley of the THOMPSON illev
Land COMPANY. was in town several
days on business.
+. F. Mills and family motored to
Mankato last Wednesday.
There arc several people suffering
from throat trouble. but no serious
cases OF sickness have been reported.
Last Saturdays storm caught the
following Garden City folks in Man.
kato; Mrs. T.. w. Gates. Mrs. Thomas
Turner. Liza Wilson. Matte Link.
Lois Clongh, and Lois Mills.
As these lines are being written
the weather is making a good effort
toward a storm.
l. ID. Mills and wife drove to Lake
Crystal Monday and went by train
to Mankato returning Tuesday. MIR.
Mills has not been we'll lately and
has begun taking treatments from
Or. sutherland of Mankato
! The date for the evangelistic meet
ings beginning February z is drawing
nearer and people are asking ques.
lions about them Keep Il In mind.
Mr.. Mclean. state inspector of
schools made a thorough inspection
OF our school last Friday, and report.
ed eve yrgihn
ed everything very satisfactory.
= Grandpa Hazel has , returned from
Sterling where he spent some time
at he home of his son, Grant Hazel,
who has been suffering from erysipe.
las. Sos