The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-05-26
fifty-first conclave of the Grand

big meet and big and enjoyable time
from start to finish.
Mrs. F. H. Barnes spent part of the
time during her husbands absence
with her parents at Lake Crystal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dredge are enjoying
good health. Their winters stay in
Minneapolis seemed to have rejuven-
lated them, and they are apparently
as busy and spry and putting as much
pep into getting settled, cleaning
house, making garden, ETC., this spring
as they did half a century ago, when
they were getting settled in their
first little log cabin home.
Alfred Henderson, who is in the in
surance business, on his way home
from Minneapolis Tuesday, was taken
ill at Lake Crystal. He took to his
bed as soon as he got home. DR..
Clement was called. Today he is bet
ter and was able to make trip to
Amboy by auto.
With sorrow and regret it was
learned through the Mapleton cor
respondent to The Daily Free Press,
of the death of p. G. Johnston of
South Shore, s. d.. Il former resident
Iof Sterling. Here he grew to man
hood, after completing his schooldays
I in the Old Johnston school district,
he graduated from the normal at
Mankato and later from Carleton col
lege, Mortified He taught one year
in the home district school at which
time he was our teacher, and he is
remembered as kind and able in
structor, with high ideals as to right
living and truthfulness and honesty
These principles which dominated
bis whole life, he instilled in the
minds of his pupils. trails of mental,
moral and religious characteristics,
which will linger with them as long
as life shall last. 1t is not doubted
that the fifty or more children that
attended the Johnston school, and
who are now men and women of
middle age or past, scattered far and
near, treasure in their hearts the
memory of faithful teacher and
friend, and the seeds that he sowed in
their impressionable minds of child
hood have been potent of helpfulness
throughout their lives.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gossard and Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Arndt have welcomed
baby daughters into their family cir
cles during the past week.
Mrs. Dayton, who has been visiting
her son-in-law and daughter since
Easter, returned to her home in Ne
vada, Iowa. the first of the week.
Rev. C. A. Eastman is attending
the national convention of the Bap-
lists in Minneapolis this week.
Rev. w. r. Palmer, the new field
secretary of Parker college, has re-
turned from Blue Earth, where he
spent several days in the interests of
the school, and it is understood that
he will address the Medo Farmers
club at their annual picnic on June 6,
George Foster, who has been quite
seriously i'll for several days, past, is
reported as making a good and rapid
recovery.
Mrs. Jennie Cook has had a re-
turn of her old trouble, inflammatory
rheumatism, and suffers badly the
most of the time.
Fred Flemming, who has been seri-
ously ill and confined to his bed for
the past week with a hard tussle with
mumps, was able to sit up a few
minutes today. Eddie Bailey is chore
boy, driving to and from school night
and morning. Several other families in
the F1emming neighborhood are i'll
with the humps.
Mrs. Kate Johnston of st. James
returned to Vernon Thursday and for
the next few weeks will sew for sew
eral families, as has been her custOnl
in the past several years. Mrs. Johns
ton has many friends here and her
coming into our homes twice during
the year, is not only great con-
venience, but genuine pleasure as
she has the happy knack of adapting
herself into the various homes and
the family circle.
Mrs. Gene Eager of Madelia Is
down to see her brother, Gardie
Mead, who has been very i'll with
measles and is not recovering as fast
as his friends would wish, but with
the coming of warmer weather it is
, expected that his come back to health
Twill be more rapid.
The Queen Esther's birthday party
SSlCUi otCu clllo iliuoJ cItCi
noon at the home of Mrs. w. r. Palm
er. The hostesses are Mesdames
Palmer, Washburn and Hanson, and
the Misses Carrie Thew, Dora Furn-
aid. The house is prettily decorated
with wood violets and apple blossoms
Z, the day is ideal and the party is a
very happy one.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Robinson OF
| Truman are spending today with Mrs.
Butler at Central. They came down
! by auto bringing with them Mrs. Jane
| Webster who has been their guest
/ for the past ten days. Mr.. Robinson
thinks they were very fortunate as
ito getting stuck only once.
! Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Richter motored
| to Mapleton today where Mrs. Richter
will have dental work done and Walt
er will have a visit with his parents.
Mss Frances Butler was a business
visitor in Winnebago.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Conner, who has been
! in the mercantile business in Mime
apolis, have sold out and are visiting
at the A. J. Partridge home in the
village. Mr.. Conner is a son of Mrs
Partridge by a former marriage.
The fifteenth annual w. C. T. u.