The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-20

spending couple OF weeks at the
Michels home.
Miss Penelope Hanson spent Sun
day afternoon with Miss Mabel Grice.
Mr. and Mrs. Orie Quint spent Sun
day with the iatters parents Mr.. ana
Mrs. c. NJ. Johnson.
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Loucks
entertained l.. l.. Burrili Of North Man
kato. Mr.. and Mrs. Len Burrill Of Man.
kato. and Mr.. I.awren Foster and
daughter Mrs. Fulcurtt Of Mhneapo-
/ lis. for dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Batcheller and son
and Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Heiser and
son motored to Madison Lake Sun
day and visited Mr.. and Mrs. Reich.
| Mrsr Eli Michels and Miss Penelope
Hanson spent Tuesday evening OF
last week with Mrs. John Brown and
baby Aileen.
Mrs. J.. ]. Belts is visiting her sis
ter. Mrs. Cory. at Laramie. Wyoming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Rist went out to
their hay land Monday and will live
| for a few days in the school house,
putting up hay.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Busby and Har-
vie and Currie left for Palmer. Iowa
Saturday to spend a few days with
their daughters. They made the trip
in their car
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Busby went to
Vernon Center Saturday to stay for
a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs c. II. Loucks and boys
took trip by Judson and MankatO
Sunday afternoon and called on Mr..
and Mrs. Ned Rist at their new home
near Sibley Park.
A meeting was held at the church
last Friday, and a Young Ladies'
Missionary society was organized.
The following officers were elected:
President. Miss Marietta Kaneff:
vice president. Mrs. Willis Randall:
secretary and treasurer. Miss Mary
Budde. The society will meet once
month at the homes of the members
and will take up the study Of China.
| Alvera Roust and Maude Peterson
returned Tuesday OF last week after
} visiting relatives and friends at Be
mas, s. d.
Mr.. and Mrs +. A. Roust and family
: spent Sunday afternoon at c. l..
, Farms
Signe and Lydia Shell spent Sun
day at A. A. Johnson's
I Henry Roust entertained the mem
/ bers OF his Sunday school class Sun
day evening. There were eighteen
present The evening was spent in
games and music
= Mr. and Mrs. John 4. Johnson and
family spent Sunday afternoon with
( Mr. and Mrs Nels Johnson.
P Wedding bells will ring i'm an ad-
Q joining neiehborhood before long.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nyquist and Mr..
@ and Mrs. Morrow called at the home
OF John A. Johnson one evening last
= week.
h Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Farm and little
e daughter and Mrs. G. l.. Farm visit
Ell at the home OF A. 4. Johnson one
@ day last week
n The carpenters have finished work
on John Peterson's barn and left
o Monday.
@ Monday afternoon Mrs John Gus
d tnlson entertained Mrs. Oscar Farm
and daughter and Hrs. c. l.. Farm.
n Annie and Alberta Schumann are
visiting their sister Mrs. Harry Par
V sons.
!. Walter Johnson has been threshing
for himself and for Willis Randall
A and II. a. Hanson and Chester Pur-
n rier.
G. Julia and Helen LOucks spent Mon
day afternoon with Harry Loucks.
|. Mrs. Ruth Melvin Is spending
G cOuEle OF weeks with Mrs. Lucy Culp.
4 The correspondent received a paper
e from Waterford. Pa, Monday con-
!. tanning the following notice that will
be OF interest to the neighborhood.
=, Rev. Joseph F. Bacon died at the
residence of his sister law. Miss
= Ada Shaw. at $3.50 a. m. last Tuesday
}. at the age of sixty-fve years. He
n was principal OF the public schools OF
Waterford i'm 1872 after which he en-
= tered the ministry in which he has
= been actively engaged for thirty four
II years. His health has been poor for
the last four years and he and Mrs.
O Bacon came to Waterford about q
v month ago to spend the summer and
recurerate intending to return to his
n work in the fall. He had enjoyed meet
r ing his old friends and former pupils
and was in good spirits until taken
= III Monday afternoon. His sons, Eas-
s ton of New Yory City and Earnest of
Columbus Ohio are here.
@ Funeral services will be held at the
h residence OF A. p. Shaw. Thursday
afternoon at four o'clock. Interment
v at Columbus Ohio. Rev. Bacon was
: formerly pastor OF the Kerns Con-
gregational church.
II Next Sunday Rev. Brown will preach
l., a memorial sermon for Rev. Bacon.
Miss Mary Budde gave an interest
ing report Sunday evening of the
J. Christian Endeavor Convention at
e Winnebago
dl The question for Sunday school
" next Sunday is What city walls were
e so weak that its enemies boosted It
10 would not bear the weight OF q fox"
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