The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-06-23
Eagle Lake
rom THURSDAYS Daily.

Eagle Lake
From THURSDAYS Daily.
Mrs. Kate Cook is attending the
Grand Lodge of Rebekas as a dele
gate at st. Paul this week.
! After the fifteenth of June the
Eagle Lake creamery will take NO
more milk. All patrons must sep
arate their cream from the milk.
J Mrs. Betsey Higgins, formerly OF
, this place, but now of Litchfield
Mimi, is paying her daughter and
| friends a visit for a few weeks and
Will return home Thursday and will
take Mrs. George Braden with her
/ for few weeks visit
| Mrs. w. w. Hulce and Mrs. John
j. Schlekau went to the twin cities
Saturday and returned Wednesday.
The auto livery of the new firm
of Tanner and Gergeonson, are doing
a nice business together with their
garage. They are always ready to
go at a minutes notice and are max
ing almost daily trips to Mankato,
st. Peter, st. Clair, Pemberton, Mad
ison Lake and other points in South
ern Minnesota.
b. Tanner made flying trip to
Minneapolis Tuesday on business
connected with the garage.
Fall and winter coal is now ar
irving at the Botsford Lumber yards.
John Houghtelling now sports a
new Saxon car to the delight of him.
self and family. oh he pr
Joseph Lutholtz, an old and re-
spected soldier and citizen of Eagle
hospital Sunday for treatment
Miss Rose Stevens and Carol
Stevens are visiting their sister,
Mrs. John Houghtelling
Al earbOrn, the fisherman, re-
ports that scaleless fish are in abun-
dance and one minute is slow
catch for him, when he gets down to
business.
The Lutheran society held a pic
mic at the August Bornke grove last
Sunday, about $50 being in attend
ance, and all partook of the sump-
tous dinner.
There will be barn dance at Au-
gust BOrnke's June 16. Everybody
is invited
The remains of Mrs. Mary Graham
OF Pemberton were laid to rest in
the GAINESVILLE cemetery. The flor
al offerings were very numerous and
beautiful. The attendance at the
funeral was very large. Many of
her friends motored for many miles
to attend. The funeral procession
of autos was half mile long.
Minnesota Lake Monday to attend
the funeral of his sister who died
Saturday.
Mrs. Nancy ]. Stearns and little
Edward, went to st. Paul Tuesday
to visit her son, who was so severe
ly hurt by falling into the elevator
shaft some weeks ago and broke
both arms. He is recovering slowly.
P. M. Harris went to St. Paul Sun
day to visit his brother in law, Lew
is Stearns.
Grin Jackson is attending the
Grand LOuge of l. o. o. F. at st.
Paul this week as a delegate.
Will and John Compton took in
the Old Settlers meeting at Maple
ton Tuesday.
The readers of the Free Press here
were surprised Thursday evening to
see the regular st. Clair page, and
were fearful that this had been TAX
en- of the map. On Friday however,
it appeared again with news fresh
from the live wires, much to the de-
light of Eagle Lake readers.
Mrs. N. w. Dickins is out again
after few days sickness.
G. A. Pickle motored to Pember-
ton last Monday and reported the
roads as being very good.
1t is with regret that we hear of
the sickness of our former towns
man, George Allyn of Madison Lake,
who underwent an operation at the
Emmanuel hospital last Saturday He
is doing quite well at present.
The meetings at the Christian
church closed Tuesday evening.
A carload of corn and oats ar.
rived at the elevator this week and
is being bought freely by the farm
ers and teamsters.
well repaired this week. Reed and
Johnson are doing the work.
Mrs. Matte Bradis of Wabasso
paid her many friends and parents
a visit on her way to Chicago to Wis
it sister, Mrs. Stella Boyen.
Charles Severance of Belgrade and
family with Mr.. Warner of Minne-
apolis, visited at the Gleason home
last Sunday.
Joseph Ash of Elysian was shaking
hands with some of his old friends
at Eagle Lake, while on his way to
ST. Peter Wednesday.
Through the deafness and absent
mindness of Mrs. Mary Cummins, she
stopped the trains Wednesday morn
ing, while crossing the railroad track
on Agency street. The engineer know
ing by her actions that she was not
aware of her situation, applied the
brakes after whistling several times
and gave her the full right of way
until she passed.