The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-02-05

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From Monasy's Daily.
! The teachers training class mel
with Mrs. Fred Sleeves on Tuesday
afternoon. They have just returned
from their recent examinations. Six
of them TO the examination. each
| receiving a grade of 100 per cent.
O.. s. fIaigh was In Mankato on
business last week Wednesday.
Roy Compton of Minneapolis is
spending a week with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Y. Compton. .t
Mrs. Ja'D. Humiston of Mankato is
visiting at the homo OF her son.
Frank Humiston. =
Mrs. G. A. Harein entertained the
Ladies Aid last week Wednesday aft
ernoon The ladies are finding
| ready sale for their home made rugs.
Clifford Stevenson has returned
from Frederick. Wis. where he pur-
chased a home and expects 10 move
| soon. ew .
NJ c. Pressnali.a Harry lIarein and
Sam Remington We're Alankato Wis
itors last week Wednesday.
| Rev. Sleeves IS holding a series of
revival meetings, at Washington
Lake. and The reports state that they
are proving very successful.
Horace Cumfnins. who is at I'm.
manuel hospital. suffering with rheu.
matism, is said to be doing well.
Ira Reynolds. who lately returned
from Emmanuel hospital. is gaining
In health.
|, A. ii. .Pressnall, who carries the
mail to the early morning train. was
surprised to find a tramp lying ut
his feet. as he stopped TO open the
stove Mt the depot ..
Miss Luella Compton. who has
been spending couple of weeks
| with her grandfather, Levi Compton.
during his illness, has returned to
ther home. Mr.. Compton Is improving
In health.
| Miss Ruth Morgan of Window and
| Miss Esther Reed OF Mankato spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Compton. 49,.
From Mondays Daily.
Three burglaries and one attempt
ed burglary occurred in the north
end OF the city Friday night. The
lpolice have received their informa.
ton only indirectly. Strange to say,
the victims seemed to care very
little whether the police knew any
Thing about II or not II the thieves
have cared to leave town, they have
had time to get a long distance OF
by this time.
One of the homes visited by the
thieves was tifat of Robert Carlson.
a carpenter In tho employ of the
Omaha railroad and living at 1895
North Second street. Here the side
door of the house had been left un-
locked. as was the habit OF the fam
lily. The thief entered here, walked
through the sitting room and went
into an adjoining bedroom. where
\ Mr.. Carlson was sleeping. He grab.
bed Mr.. Carlson's pants and made
away with them. In the pockets
were purse, containing seven dol.
lars. and two switch keys and a
coach key. The purse was cut open,
and hidden away in wood-pile on
1.-THE premises of a neighbor. A. F.
\ Rubow, 1909 North Second street.
The trousers were black with white
dots pepper-and-salt style. The fam.
lily is now very careful to keep
this door locked every night, as
we'll as all the other outside doors,
fSome money and jeweiry were on
Mr.. Carlson's dresser. but the thief
did not get these.
4 80 Door Not Locked. q.
IsM The home of NJ. Rubow also a
thief got In his work This thief
may have carried an oil lamp. for
OIL stains were found on the front
porch. The front door of the house
was not locked. and the key was In
1.-THE door on the outside. but the
storm-door on the outside of this
door was hooked. This storm door
contains n glass window, that Is
q secured by iron catches. These
, catches can be turned. and the win
dow thus easily removed. Then one
, may easily UNLOCK the storm door
lit was thus that the thief entered
, the house. On the bookcase stood
a bank, with fifteen cents inside
!, This was the baby's bank, which
had been obtained from the First
!, National by a. deposit of one dollar
The thief walked or with this and
|, thus robbed the infant of sf.l5.
Searched The Bookcase.
: When the family arose In the
morning, the doors Of the front par
! OF the house were found open and the
\ bookcase showed that It had beer
searched. That anything had beer
actually stolen was not noticed unit
la little girl OF the neighborhoot
happened to call In about ten O'CLOCK
on Saturday morning and noticed
II that the bank was gone. There was