The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-06-16
Kasota

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FROG, Saturdays Daily.
Mrs Rudolph Swenson has been
quite sick the past week, but is re-
ported as improving.
Mrs Christine Nelson of Rapidan
was a guest at the home of Anthony
Nelson few days this week.
Mrs. Dan O'Keefe of st. James was
entertained at the home of Mrs. Hat
tie Turrittin and children last week.
Frank Babcock left this week Tues
day for Montana for short vacation.
Miss Kathleen Moonen returned
Sunday to her home in Waseca, after
completing the term as principal of
the school here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Saur were
Manato callers Wednesday.
Edwin Clans and Clifford Swenson
spent Wednesday in Mankato.
Miss Esther Krohn of Tenstrike,
Mimi. arrived Wednesday for a visit
to her sister, Mrs. j. August Peterson
Miss Judith CLANS of Cyrus came
home Sunday after closing success
full term of school.
Misses Anna Rosquist and Mildred
Rosenberg of Mankato attended COM
mencement exercises here Friday
evening.
Miss Esther Lundquist returned Sat
urday from Elbow Lake, where she
taught the past school year.
Dorothy Bolin, Elsa Gustafson, Alice
Magnusson, Mabel Anderson and
George Moulton are victims of the
measles.
! Misses Agnes Anderson and Anna
Gustafson are to be confirmed in the
Swedish Lutheran church Sunday.
, The following Kasota girls are
among the graduates this year at the
! Mankato normal school: Misses Mil
bred Allen, Margaret Humble, Eva
Swenson, Mathilda Swenson, Theresa
vetter and Charlotte Halvorsen.
| Mrs. CLANS and Mrs. Otto Swenson
attended the commencement exercises
at the normal on Thursday evening.
| Miss Bertha Johnson expects to at
! tend summer school this summer at
the Mankato normal.
! Mrs Andrew Magnusson is enter
| tanning her brother and Miss Ada Nell
son of Sweden at her home.
Miss Emily Peterson of st. Peter
spent several days last week visiting
friends here.
| The Misses Phelps and Moonen en-
tertained the members of the senior
(>class at a picnic at Lake Emily on
Saturday.
Clifford Swenson returned Thurs
day to his work in Minneapolis after
a short vacation spent at home.
Miss Leoka Hanson, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Hanson of st. Peter
and Ralph Woolhouse of this place
were united in marriage at the brides
home in st. Peter on Wednesday
evening of this week. The groom is a
prosperous Kasota boy and is al
present employed as section boss on
the Milwaukee road. Mr.. and Mrs.
Woolhouse will make their home in
Kasota, having rented one of the War
rant cottages.
Mrs. James Franks is not enjoying
the best of health and is taking treat
ments at the sanitarium in st. Peter.
4 A. H. Gripp and family visited rela-
tives in Belgrade Sunday.
Two cars driven by Con Johnson of
Lake Washington and Peter Fay of
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crossing on the Mankato road We'd
nesday afternoon of this week Both
cars were badly damaged. MIR. Fay
luckily escaped unframed but Mr..
Johnson was quite seriously hurt, sew
eral ribs being broken and his hands
badly cut Dr. Powell is attending the
injured man.
The Kasota band played for the
Preparedness meeting in the armory
building at st. Peter last Monday
evening.
Mrs. Roy Mcdonald entertained her
brother, Roy Dressed and Miss Ethel
Nixon of Wells on Tuesday.
Miss Amina Nixon of Mankato nor
NAL visited at the Bailey home last
Friday
The W. O. w. desire large at
tendance at their regular meeting
next Wednesday evening to talk over
their annual Memorial services.
Peter Norman, Jr., and Sven Eek
lund leave Monday for Chisholm,
Mimi, to attend the State Fireman's
convention.
At the Fireman's meeting on Mon
day evening the following officers
were elected: President, George Ben
nett vice president, Frank Komers;
fire chief, L. E. Davis; assistant chief
Sven Ecklund; secretary, Peter Hor-
man; treasurer, Peter Swenson;
standing committee, Sven Ecklund,
B. Vetter and Gates Youngren.
Rev. F. G. Bailey made a trip to
Rochester on Thursday of this week
Mrs. G. A. Johnson and daughter,
l Ruth, were Mankato visitors on Thurs
day of this week.
number of st. Peter ladies. at
tended the meeting of the Ladies' Aid
society of the Presbyterian church at
: the home of Harry Stockton on
: ThurcdaV of this moolr