The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31
Garden CITY
From Wednesdays ,,anv.

From wednesdays )a!ie,
S. H. Thurston is able to make
the trip to town now, but ne still
limps a little. .....
The tearing down of old buildings
is often great Improvement and
such is the case here at present. A
number of men are engaged in
wrecking the buildings formerly oc-
cupied by G. W. John in the hard
ware business. The lumber is being
hauled to the lot where a basement
was made in the west part Of town
last fall.
Lyle Thurston aud family have
been visiting relatives and frienGs
here since Friday. They were en-
tertained at, dinner Sunday by Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Thurston.
II. c.. Kraus of Vernon Center was
at the r. N. of A. dinner Tuesday.
He also attended the social duties
While in town
T. F. Mills has had quite a portion
of his house rcdecorated this spring.
Frank Pew came in from Vernon
Center on the four o'clock train last
week Tuesday. ~
Mrs. Josephine Wood and Mi;
Valrah were in MaRkato one day last
week.
Sealed bids for the ole plangs taken
from the west bridge were opened
Saturday and the bid of M. +.
Crane was accepted. He is having
lumber hauled to his farm.
Mrs. j. J. Duffield returned March
tives in South Dakota.
Passengers to Lake Crystal Marcn
Il were w. A. Roberts, J. G.. Ohm
sted and family and Mrs. Kate
Johnson, who was or her way home
to ST. James.
The dinner given last Thursday
by the Baptist ladies was a delight
FIJI occasion. Elder and Mrs. East
man from Vernon Center were
present. Proceeds were over ton
dollars.
Mrs. Mile Meservy and son, Paul,
went 10 Mankato last Thursday.
Mrs. Willard Hanney of Ainboy
spent part of last week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Swan
and sister, Effie Swan
The meeting of the w. C. r. U.
Tuesday, April 4, will be held with
Mrs. Alice Cabett. This will be a
meeting especially interesting to
mothers, but everyone is invited to
attend.
Miss Lois Mills gave state exam
nations in her room at school
Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. T. T. James met with q y,.rv
painful accident last Friday. She
had ascended ladder at the barn to
get some feed and tho ladder slipped
Mrs. James fell striking her nose on
the pail she had carried cutting her
so that three stitches were necessary
TO close the wound
Earle Mills writes that they are
located in Idaho, and he likes his
new position very much.
Lawrence Palmer arrived from
Mankato Saturday.
Mrs. Myrtle Wrightson, Mrs
Shelby, Mrs. Walter Friend and
Miss Barney from Lake Crystal at
tended the dinner and parcel post
sale Tuesday.
MISS Fife Swan left on the early
Iioh MOHu3V Tor North Dakota
where she win resume her position
after spending the winter with her
parents. She was accompanied as
far as Lake Crystal by her mother.
The boys hiking club is arousipe
more and more interest. A good
number took part in the discussion
last Sunday and others are hearing
OF 1t this week. IF you want to hear
more about it, be at the Christian
church each Sunday, not later than
twelve o'clock.
Another success was scored and
went into history on Tuesday.
March %. The r N. A. had planned
a cafeteria dinner and parcel post
sale, and everything went splendid
ly. The dinner was first-class and a
pleasing feature was that one could
select what he liked to eat. The
parcel post sale was true to the
name, thanks to the genius of one
Ted Hughes, who secured the, old
postoffice boxes and placed them in