The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-08-25
Friday, August rs, 1916.


Friday, August Is, 1916.
friends enjoyed watermelon social
on the d. H. Thew lawn in Old Town
Tuesday evening.
r. E. Fate started Tuesday even
ing on the four o'clock to meet his
wife who is on her way home from
Lena, ILL.,, with their little son, who
broke his leg ten days ago. They
are expected to reach here Thursday
morning.
Rev. Russell and family of Blue
Earth are visiting in town this week.
Mrs. Ada Wilson of Garden City
was a Monday caller at the Mead
home.
Mrs. Laura Mead who has been
suffering for the past ten days with
a badly cankered mouth and throat
is somewhat better this morning.
Mrs. Mead has long suffered from
this painful malady from which there
seems no relief.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bates enter
tanned at a pleasant house party last
week, the following being present:
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Call and daugh-
ter Audrey of Hayfield, Mimi, Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Call and Mrs. Clin-
ton Call of Amboy and Mrs. M. Way
mouth of Lake Crystal.
Anil Keitzer of West Vernon had
the misfortune to lose a valuable
horse this week.. He was hauling
grain when the horse dropped dead.
Heat is supposed to cause the death,
although the day was cool and the
load was not large.
An auto party from Madelia COM
posed of the Dahl, Mitchell and Eager
families were callers at the Mead
Bates homes Sunday.
F-o-, fr'dav's OaIIv.
Miss Elsie Boeck, who has been
very obliging "hello girl, during
Mrs. Buffers absence, went to the
cities to spend a two weeks vaca-
ton with friends. She will then re-
turn to Amboy, where she is night
operator at the telephone office.
Mrs. Charles Brown returned home
the first of the week from Rochester
and is recovering very satisfactorily
from her recent severe operations.
Ben Baumgartner transacted bust
ness in Winnebago Thursday.
F.. L. Cooper and the Misses
Gladys Cooper and Gladys Good were
Amboy visitors Thursday between
trains.
Mrs. Ed. Annis who has been visit
ing at her old home in Sterling for
few days returned home Thurs
day.
Mrs. John Moore of Davenport,
Iowa, who spent the past six weeks
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.
Wilbur in the village and her broth
er and sister in North Vernon left
Saturday for her home. Her sister,
Mrs. Eva Award entertained a house
party of relative in her honor few
days before she left. which was
greatly enjoyed.
Lawrence Butler, substitute agent
for the American Express company,
has been spending a short vacation
with his mother and sister. We'd
nesday he was called back to work.
Miss Faye Stoner is able to be up
and around the house the most of
the time and with several girl friends
has enjoyed couple of short auto
rides around the village in the L. e.
Rev car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hartwick of
South Mapleton left Thursday on the
noon train for home after spending
a pleasant week with their son and
daughter-in-law Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
HartWick.
Miss Orlena Barnes, popular
young lady of MapletOn, is enjoying
a short vacation with Vernon rela-
tives and friends.
Miss Ruth LaRue. who is clerk
in a department store at Valley City,
N D., is spending part of her vaca-
ton with her cousins, May and
Ruth Cornish. Miss Libbie Frances
of Roy, Mont, is also guest of the
Misses Cornish.
Mrs Sarah BUTLER returned from
her vacation the first of the week
and resumed her work as telephone
operator.
Stacking will be practically fin
ished by Saturday night. Shock
threshing has been delayed by fire.
quent heavy rains, consequently sew
eral who were expecting to thresh
from shock have altered plans and
are stacking the grain. AS rule the
wheat has been marketed directly
from the machine. The price looks
good, though many advocate higher
prices and farmers are being adj
vised to hold their wheat This will
be an easy job, as wheat is averag
ing about II bushels per acre of No.
p quality.
The Cable Mill, an old land mark
on the Blue Earth about three miles
from Vernon, will soon be thing
of the past Mr.. Kreuer, who bought
the mill about fifteen years ago will
move the building and machinery to
Mapleton, Mr.. Kreuer during the
past several years has had many
losses, owing to high water taking
the dam out.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Griffith and
children enjoyed a motor trip to
Swea City, Iowa, the first of the
week, where they visited at the home
of the formers sister
w. ]. Richter and family returned