The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06
lcock and preached his first sermon


yesterday.
'The Battle Cry of Peace" will be
played at the Cozy theatre on Octob-
er 5 and 6, Thursday and Friday of
this week. An orchestra from Man.
kato will have charge of the music
which is written to correspond with
the play and adds greatly to the per-
Torrance. The theatre seats have
been numbered and reservations can
be made every afternoon at the box
office this week.
Rev. Edwards, who for over twenty
years has had charge of the Welsh
church in this place, recently tend
cred his resignation to take effect
January l. Mr.. Edwards has had
charge of the Jerusalem and Salem
churches in addition to the one in
Lake Crystal. The large amount of
work in looking after the three is
more than he can stand and hence
his resignation.
Thomas Benson, who lived for q
number of years in Section Is,
Lincoln township, but who sold out
Minneapolis, was calling on old
friends last week.
Bennett Johnson reports the yield
of small grain as rather light south
west of town and that this week he
will finish his threshing and house
his machine for the year.
The Lily Creamery company will
have a carload of potatoes on the
track the latter part of the week to
distribute to its patrons.
| 1t is reported that young married
man in town so forgot himself as to
choke his wife, and had it not been
for the timely interference of neigh
bors, this gross assault might have
proved fatal. In olden times men who
did this were tarred and feathered and
rode on a rail. If this occurs again
| the citizens should see that tempers
of this kind are placed where they
can harm no one. The board of char
tiles should investigate for acts of
| this kind should be made public.
Hugh Jones, the undertaken, left
this morning with Lellan Thomson
of the Crystal Auto Service company
for Minneapolis to bring back new
auto hearse. Mr.. Jones will have the
latest and most up-todat hearse in
the state 1t has been especially de-
signed and is mounted on a sixty H.
P. car which has been reduced so that
it's power will be over one hundred
III. P. 1t will arrive in town Tuesday
night.
Charles Davis, the mail carrier on
Route 2, recently bought a new Max
well car Of Jones Brothers and as
soon as he gets his new schedule will
deliver his mail by auto.
The Kamsack Times published in
Kamsack, Sask., Canada, a town in
the Yorktown Togo district, reports
that wheat in that district is thresh-
ing from 25 to 35 bushels to the acre
and No wheat is selling at $1.57 a
bushel
]. w. Wrightson and wife of the
First National bank, were in Man
kato Friday.
J. W. Wrightson and wife and
Mrs Friend and daughter were in
Mankato Saturday afternoon.
Joe Johnson is moving from the
Pherson farm south of town to the
Evan Don's farm in Cambria.
Lou Larson will move on the Pher-
son farm.
Irving MeiXell will move from the
Rob |. Jones farm in Butternut onto
his fathers place in Ceresco.
Tom Rollins will move from the
William S. Hughes farm in Butter
nut on to the old Shelby farm.
Albert Shelby, who operated a
barber shop in this place for a num-
Der of years, and who went to Mon
tana in June and bought mercan-
tile establishment in Ollie, town in
the eastern part of that state, has
sold out and started by auto with his
family for Minneapolis, according to
a letter received by A. G. Osgood
from one of his sons who resides in
that place.
Lake Crystal will have a harvest
10. Nearly $500 has been subscribed
by the business men to be given a.
premiums for grain and culinary
Fifty dollars will be given in the
horse department for an exhibit of
colts. Street sports will all carry
cash prizes The band will be in at
tendance, stores will be decorated
and the merchants will offer special
discounts Lake Crystal has the
reputation of furnishing first class
entertainments and every effort will
be made to make this one of the best
ever held. Next week a list of premi-
ums will be published.
John Schimmel has been repaint
ing the front of the Robert T. Jones
Clothing store, which adds consider
ably to it's appearance. On Saturday
night Mr. Jones ran one thousand
foot of motion pictures, which was
taken in the Royal Taylors estab-
lishment in Chicago, of which Mr..
Jones has the agency, showing the
shrinking, cutting, fitting and press
ing as it is done in an up-to-date
tailor shop.
Mr.. Hovde of the firm of Hovde &
TeHemipe, the draymen who recently
purchased the dray line of the Austin
Brothers, has gone to Wisconsin,
where he expects to be married and
after a short honeymoon will re-
turn to this city and reside on North
Lincoln street.
Oscar Moe, travelling salesman for
tobacco company, leaves this