The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-05-19
Mrs. C. ID. Pickle. Mrs. w. w. Hulce


Reading ....... Mrs. H. w. Harein
Vocal Duet ................ Miss
| Mabel Compton, Miss Emma Arnold
| Solo Miss Aline McBeth
Reading Mrs. A. r. Cook
instrumental Duet ......... Miss
Vera Morris, Miss Meta Reynolds
Solo ........... Mr. Espey Gates.
Instrumental -. Mrs. w. w. Hulce
| ID. d. Cummins is working in Man
kato in the Clements garage, selling
! the Buick six.
Max Burgess, who was visiting with
, friends in the village, has gone to
Glenco to visit his grandmother, Mrs.
Mountner.
Phil Mynard is learning telegraphy
| George Hartung drove to Mankato
, Tuesday.
J The telephone men are coming to
Eagle Lake Thursday to finish the
work they started two weeks agC.
The state road is getting better aft
,er being almost impossible. All
spring other roads are being dragged
so the public will have better service.
! You can see the beet diggers driv
F! ing through the country to the many
farms at which they are employed
! Mr.. and Mrs George Hartung had a
reunion at their home near the viii
lage Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Erdner of
Good Thunder Mr.. and Mrs. Vester of
Good Thunder and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bremen drove to the Hartung home
Sunday morning to spend the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn Gately enter
tanned visitors Sunday.
f., Miss BERTHE Burgess came home
from Rochester Sunday.
| j. H. Burgess is home from the So
diers Home
Mrs. L. Morris visited at the Gately
home last week.
Miss Bernice and Rose Harris are
visiting at the Gately home.
John Compton, the enterprising
real estate dealer is making many
good sales of farms, and while he is
quiet and modest, yet he is getting
the sales. He believes it is better to
make quick sales and many of them
for small profits, rather than few
sales with large commissions. He al
so believes in advertising and does
so through The Free Press. He has
some choice bargains in choice land
and would appeal to buyers at dis
lance to come and see the land.
The Eagle Lake house is now open
for dodgers, being rented by Andrew
Brouse and wife, who have full
house at times. They solicit your
patronage, for which they will be
thankful.
Mrs. H. E. Hance, who at one time
resided at Eagle Lake, passed away
at the Soldiers Home at Minnehaha
last Christmas day, her husband fol-
lowing her a few weeks later. The
news has just reached us and the
many old friends of this couple will
remember them.
The wind storm of Sunday evening
blew gale, overturning the tool
house at the cemetery for the third
time in four years, and blew down
trees on the north end of the lake.
]. l.. Burgess is making some nee
essary repairs on the interior of his
residence. E. w. Stearns is doing the
work.
Adam Biries, formerly of this place,
of the state, was here for few days
this week.
c. l.. Sellick of Mankato visited
with old friends between trains yes
terday.
Rural mail route number one out OF
Eagle Lake has been reversed on
account Of st. Clair receiving their
mail three hours, earlier.
The Northwestern Railroad COM
pany has large crew of men here
surfacing and making other necessary
improvements. 1t will take about two
months to complete, and when COM
plete they will have fine roadbed.
A. A. Broas, south of town, pur-
chased new top buggy yesterday
from Cummins and company.
The Northwestern Telephone COM
pany have a crew of men here repair
ing their lines and putting everything
in fine shape.
l.. G. Stearns of st. Paul, who fell
down an elevator shaft some four
weeks ago is confined in Bethesda
hospital at that city, is getting along
as well as could be expected.
M. B. Cook is having the drug
store papered and painted this week.
Services at the Methodist church
will be as follows: Mothers day
program at 1890 a. M; preaching
service at Tivoli at p. m. Epworth
league at 7:15 p. M; preaching serv
ice at 8 p. m. The Mothers day pro-
gram will take the place of both the
Sunday school and the morning
preaching service The subject of the
|evening service will be "a Raven. >
Irwin R. Stephens, pastor.
r. F. Devine of Elysian was bust
ness caller at Eagle Lake on Monday
afternoon.
E. r. Tanner made drive to Win
nebago and Fairmont on Sunday. He
reports the roads as being improved
very much.
w. w. Hulce and wife were visiting
with friends at ST. Peter on Sunday
Ed Jackson went over to Madison
Lake, Monday afternoon and re-
turned with a fine string of fish. You
can trust Ed to get them whenever
they are out.
G. A. Harein visited with relatives
at Waseca on Sunday.
Next Tuesday is Epworth League