The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-30

| I'D. Hue ana crew Oh fneH nave
| finished painting the county bridges
| south and east of town.
Miss Josephine King. after very
pleasant visit with her cousins, the
| Misses Sadie and Ruth Cornish. left
! for her home al Omro Wis. Thursday
afternoon. Miss King will visit
friends i'm Minneapolis over the week
end.
Mrs. Dan Bowen of South Vernon.
who has been in poor health for sew
eral weeks, went to Rochester Thurs
day for consultation with the Mayos.
Her daughter. Miss Ida. accompanied
her
Mesdames Charles and Frank Ran
dali and friend from Lake Crystal
were pleasant callers at the l.. A.
Wyman and NJ b. Randall homes
Thursday.
Mrs Stella Porter Clague of Red
wood Falls is spending the week with
her mother in the village.
Miss Lucy Weir. the obliging clerk
at the Arthur Matson store has re-
turned from a two weeks vacation.
which she spent with relatives and
friends in Mapleton and ST. Clair.
Miss Nellie Butler is down from
! Truman. assisting her aunt Mrs. Sar-
, all Butler in getting domiciled in her
elegant new home.
Will Griffith. busting farmer OF
East Vernon. took home, new Deere
binder. purchased from >the Cooper
! Implement dealers and is busily at
work cutting his winter wheat. which
looks like splendid crop.
What looks very much like cholera
; has put in an appearance in c. NJ.
! Warren's grove of eighty spring pigs.
several being off their feed. He has
los; one. but several more seem about
| ready 10 pass in their checks. II it
proves 10 be cholera. il has appeared
earlier in the season than heretofore
Mr.. Warren will use the serum as
soon as he knows the nature of the
disease
Miss Ethel Francis of North Vernon
has for her guest. Miss Effie Hughes
of North Dakota.
About fifteen OF the young folks of
the north neighborhood enjoyed a
picnic at the dam Sunday The day
! being ideal. they all enjoyed the out
ing.
Miss Dorothy Dewey OF Comfrev is
enjoying few days visit with her
schoolmate. Lydia Annis.
Earl and Marie Flemming were very
pleasantly surprised last Saturday
evening. by having a large number of
their friends laden with baskets of
goodies, drop in. and proceed TO make
merry with games and music. until
nearly midnight A fine lunch closed
the enjoyment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Annis and young
est son Lyle. drove to, Sterling. spend
ing the day with the brother. Sid
Annis and family.
The crew OF men who have been
working on the state road north of
town expect TO finish by the last of
the week The men boarded at the
Ed. Annis home.
Mrs. James Lowell and baby boy
spent from Saturday until the follow
ing Monday Vt the ,,ome of Miles
Porter in Mankato. Little Stella Pol
! ter and Virginia Taylor accompanied
her home for weeks good time on
the farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mertersdorf
and children drove to Mapleton in
their car Sunday. taking there Mrs.
Mullin. who had been staying with
them for a few weeks. to her home.
From Mapleton they proceeded to
South Sterling. spending a very pleas
ant day at the Henry Long home
Frank Hartwick. bookkeeper at the
State bank spent Saturday afternoon
and part of Sunday with friends in
MankatO.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herb Goodfellow and
| family are down from Fountain. Mimi,
| spending happy vacation with the
! formers sister. Mrs. Loner, in the
village The Goodfellows formerly
lived here. and are receiving glad
| handshakes from their many old
| friends here.
Miss Lizzie Burke. Mrs. Fred Mead
and nieces and nephew. Dorothy
| Gladys and Glen Johnson all of Am
boy. enjoyed several days this week
at the suburban home of G. G. Mead
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardie Mead and son
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Brown and
daughter of Willow Creek. were Sum
day guests at the George Brown
home.
| ". \. hSouS anu sui 1lIuOlu dIS
busily at work giving all the buildings
on the farm two coats of paint. which
adds greatly to the beauty and at
Effectiveness of the place.
Mrs. Dan Bowen who suffered q
serious operation i'm ST. Mary's hos
pital. Rochester last Saturday morn
ing is getting along satisfactorily. ant
the outlook for rapid recovery /.
bright
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Caven ant
two little boys of Lyra. also John Nc
Mahon and Lawrence Butler of Man
kato. were guests for dinner at the
ANDY PETER home in North Vernon.
Mrs. F. l.. Cooper visited the frs
of the week with her brothers ant
sisters in North Sterling and Iyra.
The Marion and Dennison familie.
have returned from happy outing O.
a few days. spent camping at Lake
Francis.
John Halverson. the genial clerl
at the Ed Washburn general store
is enjoying a two weeks vacation
Part of the time is happily spent will
Mrs. Halverson's parents in the coun
try.
Mrs Ed. Spence and little daugh
ter. are spending couple of week.
with relatives at Madison Lake.
Harold and Juda Bowen and Mrs
| Maha1 powop and Mrc Sarah puff1ay