The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-01-15


guest OF Miss Lucille Fisher for sew
erai days, returned yesterday to re-
sumo her studies at st. Mary's school,
Faribault.
j. A. Hancock OF Winona, travelling
auditor of the Chicago and North
western. was In the city yesterday
on business and left for Lewiston.
near winona.
Louis l.. Law OF Minneapolis. spe-
cial agent OF the Firemens' Fund In.
surance company of San Francisco
was in Mankato today calling on
Judge w. A. Plymat.
| Rev. w. II. Keesey Ii home from
ST. Paul where he was elected chap
| lain of the lower house of the legis-
lature. Mr.. Keesey's new appoint.
ment was secured only after a strong
fight among the members for pa
tronage.
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. oppenheimer and
DIR. N. J. Loring. all of Webster City,
Iowa, were In Mankato yesterday,
stopping mt the Hotel Heinrich. They
were on their way home from Ro.
chester, where they had medical
consultation.
Miss Lizzie Jones OF Cambria, who
was guest in this city. left today
to visit her sister. Mrs. ]. c. Davis
at Lake Crystal. Miss Jones recently
returned from Montana, where she
| had been living on claim near
Kremlin
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Lukens of Mil.
waukee arrived in the city New
Years night for a visit with the
latter's mother, Mrs. C. B. Hurd
! Mr.. Lukins returned home Sunday
and Mrs. Lukens returned home to.
day, via Albert Lea, where she will
visit her husbands parents
| DR.. n. NJ. Mackay of Mandan. n
d., vas in Mankato yesterday calling
on friends. He had been visiting his
mother, Mrs J. Mackay at Waldorf
DIR. Mackay is state veterinarian OF
North Dakota. He formerly resided
here and has many friends who
are always glad to see him.
Tresham ID. Gregg. consulting en-
gineer OF the American society OF
Civil Engineers. with headquarters al
Minneapolis. was a visitor In the city
yesterday. Mr.. Gregg came to tall
with Mayor Meyer over the PROPOSE
ton of the building Of "A new bridge
over the Minnesota river at Main
| street.
Mrs Ole Dahl departed ON Thurs
day for her home in Pierre, s. d.
after visit with Mrs. Joseph Lewis
on Van Brunt street. Mr.. and Mrs
Dahl formerly resided i'm this city
and they may return here to live
They went to Pierre ten years age
and this was Mrs. Dahl's first visit
here since leaving. She thinks there
is no place like Mankato.
! Charles Posi- and Albert O'Connell
of Plainview, were in Mankato today
contracting With local farmers to
raise cabbage for them. Last year
many farmers sold their cabbage &c
4, these gentlemen. and received good
prices for the same. Messrs. Posi-
and O'COnnell will go west from
this city, and touch at watertown
Goodwin, and other points in Soutl
and North Dakota.
Frank T.. Keith of Dallas Texas
was in the city today, calling or
friends. Mr.. Keith has been visitinl
his mother, Mrs. S. NJ. Keith o.
Mapleton, and has not been in Man
kato for three years. He formerl,
resided here. and has many warn
friends in this vicinity. Mr.. keith
and ]. w. True, the latter also {
former resident of this city,. ar,
interested in a few gas wells n
Chelsea, Oklahoma.
Charles T. Taylor was in Minneap
oils last Wednesday attending tn,
convention of the Minneapolis State
Implement Dealers association at the
West hotel. Five hundred implement
Tdealers of the state were at the meet
ling. Mr.. Taylor also stopped at the
Merchants hotel in St. Paul where
he was greatly impressed with the
vast amount of comforting that wa.
going on between members of the
legislature and other state officer.
and people who were trying to gel
them to do certain things.
L. p. Hunt received Telegram
from Seattle. Wash. yesterday, call
ing him back to attend to business
affairs. He had hoped to return tC
the coast via southern California
and did not expect to report al
Seattle before the first of April. Mat
tiers came up, however. which ne
|cessitated the cancellation of the
Californian part of his expected trip
He will leave for st. Joseph, Mo.
Saturday night. for a short visit
going thence directly to Seattle. Mr.
Hunts Manknto friends regret thai
he could not have It possible tC
remain here a longer time.
February will be convention month
In Mankato, the big meetings OF
four prominent organizations being
scheduled to take place in tho
city during the month.
The first will be the state conven
ton of the Y, M. C. A. which vii