The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06
Mr.. Lorts for the fine streets we

Mr.. Lorts for the fine streets we
have had.
Mrs. Judd Cornell entertained her
cousin, Mrs. John Winter of Detroit,
Mich. recently.
Ralph Townsend of Minnesota
Lake will assist at the carnival.
Mrs. Charles Schwietzer left
Thursday for visit to her sister,
Clara, at Moline, Ill.
Miss Naomi Trafzer, who is at
tending Mankato normal, was home
for the week end.
Seven cars of Mapleton people
visited the Amboy fair Friday. A
car or two more went in the evening
to take in the dance. Can Amboy
do as well by Mapleton?
H. NJ. Quinn will give away a
stove to the farmer bringing in the
best half bushel of corn. The Joes
will decide who is entitled to the
stove. Judges, Joe Sprague, Joe
Bissel and Joe Starkey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson of Albert
Lea, who have traded for the Dug
Mcmahon farm of forty acres were
in town making purchases prepare
tory to moving to the place soon.
The Farmers Equity are expect
ing a car Of potatoes from Nebras-
ka and William Troendle one from
Washington.
Sam Evans has traded his old car
for new Studebaker runabout.
The woman's study club will meet
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. John
Albrecht. The work for this year
will be East and South United States
and Art. The two papers for this
!, meeting are New England" by Mrs
Charles Schweitzer and ''What is
Art" by Mrs. H. c.. Hotaling.
Professor and Mrs Trafzer enter
tanned the public school faculty al
their home Saturday evening. Dainty
refreshments were served and all
had very pleasant evening.
The hard frost Thursday evening
killed the garden stuff, flowers and
vines. Leaves are falling from the
| trees and fall is surely here.
Lake Crystal Girls basket bal
team came to Mapleton Saturday
| afternoon to play the high schoo
girls on the local grounds. The Wis
itors were the Yictors. Mapletor
| showed them a good time and gave
! them fine lunch in the school din
ing room before they returned on the
6:19 train.
A representative of the anti saloor
| league spoke at the Baptist and Con
gregational churches Sunday
Mrs. ]. n. Mullen passed away a
| her home here at six o'clock Satur.
day morning after an illness follow
ing an operation for cancer, las
summer. She was fifty years of age
For short time it was hoped tina
she would recover, but soon it wa.
| apparent to all who saw that he
days were numbered For some tim,
she has been unconscious and onl!
those who cared for her were allowed
to see her. George Phelps was tn,
! second daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
George Phelps of Sterling. She wa!
married to Mr.. Hartman who diet
number of years ago in South Da
,kota, leaving her with a family o
children. She moved to Mapleton ant
afterward married J. N. Mullen, wht
passed away last year. She leaves
her mother, Mrs. George Phelps. ant
five children, Floyd, Forrest, Russo
and Ray Hartman and a daughter
Mrs. Pearl Mertersdorff of Vernon
all Of whom were at her bedside
Funeral will be held Monday at TIVE
O'Clock from the Congregations
church by Rev. Marsten
Mrs. Judd Cornell of Old Maple
ton and DR.. T. P. Phelps are siste
and brother respectively of Mrs. J
N. Mullen. who passed away Satur
day.
| John Dee has the concrete foun
I dation complete for his new hom
on Smith avenue. 1t will be a mod
ern home and the work is progress
| ing nicely.