The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-03

! were served at the Tompkins home
after the show.
Entertained Dozen Friends.
Rudy Huettl nicely entertained
twelve of his friends at his home on
East Vine street last evening. Cards
We're played and music was rendered
on the victrola. A three course lunch
con was served.
From fridays OAR.
Mrs Jacob Lampert of Minneapolis
is visiting in the city as the guest OF
Mrs. Ottilie Liedloff.
John II. Farm of Thief River Fails
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. C.. L.
Farm for few days
G.. r. Farm of Belgrade went to
Minneapolis. He is a delegate to the
Swedish conference being held in that
city.
Mrs. !. N. TompKlns left this
morning for Menominee, Wis, where
she will visit her daughter, Helen,
who is at the Stout institute there.
Mapleton Enterprise: Attorney C.
J. Laurisch was up from Mankato
L
preached on the opera house. ques-
| take stock in the project. Mapleton's
crying need is a good assembly hall"
w. F. Jones of Bismarck, N. d.
| formerly connected with the Moore
and Tobin hardware store, was in
I Mankato Yesterday. Mr.. Jones is
now in business, their firm being
Brown & Jones. They have a grocery
and meat market. and are doing we'll.
Mr.. Jones had been in Michigan and
stopped here on his way west.
Rev. Father Grotengerres, S, j., as
sistant at st. Peter and PauPs par
ish, will leave tomorrow for the Rose
bud Indian reservation, from which
he came to Mankato two years agu
The change was made at that time
for the benefit of his health. He now
goes back to resume work among the
Indians He Is we'll adapted to such
work, speaking four different Indian
languages.
Winnebago Enterprise: Mr.. and
Mrs. A. e. Chapman went to Mankato
Monday, where they met their daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. C.. Green of Rochester.
MID. G1SSl 1Slull6u uGI0 Will MI.
and Mrs. Chapman for a visit. She
is accompanied, by her little son, LII
cas- HI. G. Hazel of Garden
City, one of the old pioneers of this
part of the country, spent several
days here recently with his friend, A.
l.. Eldredge.
Wells Forum Advocate: Lin He'd
berg of Mankato arrived Tuesday
evening and was guest at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Keyes for
a few days. Mr. and Mrs
Will Byrne, of Mankato, arrived Sat-
urday afternoon for an over Sunday
visit at the home of the formers
father, J. G.. Byrne. . Miss
Katherine Keyess of Mankato ar
rived Saturday and has been visit
ing her parents, Mr., and Mrs George
Reyes, who reside west of town. She
returned to Mankato today
frotr sridav's DaI',
Mrs. H. A. Hurd of 1926 Glenwood
avenue, passed away at her home last
evening about S:45, after a brief ill
ness, her death coming as. sorrow
full shock to her family and friends.
Mrs. Hurd was stricken with paraly-
sis last Saturday night, which was
later complicated by bronchitis,
causing her death She was born in
Maine, on June 5, 1847, her maiden
name being, Celestial Alley When
eight years of age she removed with
her parents to Wisconsin, the family
settling on farm near Necedah. She
was married in Wisconsin to Mr. H.
A. Hurd, on November 81, 1865.
They moved to Mankato from Wis
consin, and later moved on farm
near Mapleton, where they lived for
some time, and then moved back to
Mankato, having lived in this city
and vicinity for the past thirty years.
Mrs. Hurd was member of the
W. G. T. u, and the Baptist church,
and had large circle of friends and
acquaintance. Her husband died
January 25. 1912. The surviving rel
atives are the children. Mrs. Gertrude
Dunn Lima, Mont; Mrs. John Bish-
op, Princeton, Mimi; Mrs. John L.
King, Jackson, Mimi; Mrs. w. A.
Hayes, Minneapolis: Mrs. j. G.. Eu-
kens, Milwaukee, Wis; Mrs. Frank
Lang, city; Mrs. Ethel Webster, city;
rIdHh Huiu, CItyS ciseei, MIS-. AL
ma Day, Seattle, Wash; and ten
grandchildren Funeral announce
ments will be made later.
Rev. r. w. Hobbs, pastor of the
First Baptist church, said today:
'Mrs Hurd was good mother and
ambitious for her children. She was
a faithful member of our church, and
loyal in her attendance. She was q
woman of strong convictions and
stood for right things. She pos
sessed grit and determination as
was shown by her going about her
customary tasks, when she was In
such physical condition as would
induce many others to give up and
go to bed