The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-09-15
Vernon Center
From Thursdays Daily.

vernon Centef
r. om Thursdays DaIIv.
Mrs. Charles Redfield is quite ill,
being confined to her room the great
er part of tie time for the past week.
R. J. Just is in the cities this week
attending to business and incidental
ly attending the state fair. ,. p,fre
F. L. Cooper was business. visit
or in Amboy Wednesday between
trains.
MesdameS Force, Randall and j.
Richter were hostesses at the home
of the former Wednesday afternoon
at a delightful luncheon given in the
interest of the Methodist Ladies, Aid.
| Although the weatherman was
against them, the affair proved
most pleasant one for the twenty
eight ladies who braved the ele-
ments. ,.,r,.
Edwin Williams was a Mankato
visitor the first of the week.
Mrs. Mary Meixell who has spent
!, the past month visiting relatives
and friends at st. James, Madelia,
Lake Crystal, is at home, having en-
joyed very pleasant outing, but is
glad to be among us again.
Robert Henderson resumed his
work as assistant in the Omaha de-
pot Wednesday morning after en-
joying a short vacation with rela-
tives and friends in White Cloud,
Mich. His vacation was somewhat
shortened by threatened railroad
strike.
Miss Harriet Wojohn who spent
| vacation with 1ofiuoc N Good
Thunder, Amboy and Vernon return
ed to Rochester last week, where she
clerks in dry goods store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Busbv and Ar
tbs Busby and wife and daughter re
turned Monday evening from
most pleasant motor trip of nearly
Webster City, where they visited
their former neighbors and friends.
Miss Louise Award of Mankato
was guest of Mrs. Charles Brown in
West Vernon last week and with the
Brown family spent two days at the
county fair, where she had the pleas
ure of greeting hundreds of her old
neighbors and friends after a years
absence.
Miss Gladys Good, who finished her
high school course at Amboy last
June, left Monday to begin a nor
NAL course at Mankato
Miss Lucy Weir returned the latter
part of last week from st. Paul,
where she spent ten days at the Rob-
ison & STRAINS wholesale millinery
stores, buying her fall and winter
hats, and familiarizing herself with
the newest and best in headgear
adornment. While there she secured
the service of Miss Mime Soderman,
a trimmer of wide repute, who will
have charge of this part of the bust
ness. The opening took place We'd
nesday afternoon and many ladies
were prensent and spent the time very
pleasantly looking at the beautiful
display of hats on exhibition. Miss
Soderman, whose home is in Brainerd
is lady of pleasing appearance and
she is cordially welcomed to the vii
lage. She is boarding at the home of
Arthur Matson.
Martin Halverson and his, ,daugh-
ter, Miss Lille, were passengers on
the early train for the twin cities,
where they spent several days with
relatives and attended the state fair.
Reports from the threshing ma
chine indicate that wheat is going
from two to five bushels per acre of
poor quality; oats from fifteen to
thirty five; corn which seems to be
the farmers last hope, is forging
ahead. Bottom land corn has al
ready passed the frost danger and
with two weeks of continued warm
weather, most of the corn in this
limit will be fair if well matrrad.
Miss Julia Nelson enrolled Tuesday
at the Mankato high school. having
completed the two years high school
work given in the village schools
A. G. Gray has engaged an expert
enced butcher to help him in the
meat market, the increasing business
making it too heavy for one man.
The new man knows the business
well. having worked in the Schmille
& Humid market at Mapleton and the
Wagon shops in Mankato
Attorney Frank Sasee with his
wife and daughter. motored down
from Austin Saturday for an over
Sunday and Monday visit at the
home of d. A. Slater Their moth
er, Mrs. R. E. Howard returned with
them for weeks visit.
Mrs. Blanche Slater is spending
this week with her husbands moth
er in Winnebago
| Miss Helen O'Connor of Marysburg
has been in town during the past
week on a visit to her cousin, Celia
Weir
A. c. Gray is the latest sufferer
from an epidemic that seems to be
going the rounds of the village. He
was taken i'll Tuesday afternoon, re-
curing the service of the family
! physician.
while in the city last week, T. D.
hays. hired couple of Austrian
families. transported them to Yer
non and set them to work harvesting
MS onion crop. Mr.. Hays will ship
his first car load today.
! VIII Dennisou and Charles Star
buck are in the cities. where they
went to look over the auto firms