The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-09-01

lis the guest of Mrs. Matte Dane and
EMr. and Mrs. George Wagner.
B. D. and w. III. Pay, Miss Nettie
Porter, and party motored to Gar
den City today to attend the fair.
Miss Emma Knaub, chief operator
in a telephone office at Rochester
is spending two weeks vacation at
home.
David Williams, who resides on his
pleasant farm "Pen Bryn" near Co
lumbus, Wis, visited friends in the
city today.
V. Gulbrandson and A. B. Gulbran-
son of the First National Bank of
Albert Lea, were in the city on busi-
ness today.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Barlow of Des Moines,
Iowa, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
George Atchison, who has been i'll
since last Friday.
Misses Murtle Croswell and Gladys
Cook and Walter Croswell, are spend
ing the week with a house party OF
friends at Madison Lake.
Mrs. Walter C.. Dickson and two
sons of Beaver Dam, Wis, are Wis
iting in the city as guests of Mrs.
Dickeson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
Polchow.
Miss Frederick Sontag returned
home from Heron Lake yesterday,
and departed this morning for Clo-
quet, Mimi, where she will spend a
week visiting friends.
Mrs. Matte Dane and daughter,
Miss Delpha, spent the day attend
ing the Garden City fair. Mrs. Dane
has a fine exhibit of hand painted
china and studies in oils at the fair.
o. G. Chesley of the Hazard and
general agents of the Northwestern
National Insurance company, will ar
rive in the city tonight to attend to
business matters.
Mrs. William E. Jessup returned
last night after a weeks visit with
relatives and friends at Sherburn,
Winnebago and Wells. She reports
crops fine south from Winnebago as
far as Manyaska. sE,s.
Rev. II. Schultz and son, Godfrey,
of Faribault visited at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. MeeSe, 913
North Fourth street yesterday. From
here they went to New Ulm, where
Godfrey Schultz will attend college.
Miss Dorethea Wadell is the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. ]. r. Ware this
week in Minneapolis. She will attend
a party at the hotel Dyckman to-
night and the wedding of Paul Ware
at White Bear on Thursday of this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Northrop have
returned from a visit with the lat
ter's relatives at Mortified, and was
accompanied home by her father, who
will remain for visit at the North
rop home The trip was made by au-
tomobile.
Mrs. j. w. True, who spent the
summer visiting in MankatO, with her
daughters, Miss Laurel, who attended
summer school in Chicago, and Miss
Jeanette, and her son Charles, will
leave tomorrow night for their home
in Chelsea, Okla.
Misses Hilda and Lydia knott will
leave for Camas, Oregon, near Port
land, where the former will resume
her work as dressmaker, and the
latter will teach school. The young
ladies spent the summer vacation at
their home in this city.
J. ]. Wadell returned today from
a business trip, having accompanied
a party of prospective land buyers
as far as st. Paul, the men proceed
ing from there to Terry, Montana,
where the Waddell- Baker company
have some fine lands for sale.
An auto party consisting OF j. G.
Kuchel and wife, Carl J. Wohlen-
berg and Gertrude Schroeder, all of
Holstein, and Miss Eva Johnson and
Mrs. Clifford Mckee of Los Angles,
arrived in the city yesterday, and
stopped at the Heinrich hotel
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G.. O'Rourke and
little son of st. Mary's Kansas, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wilt
gen. Mr.. O'Rourke was formerly pl o.
fessor of English and Latin and ath-
letic coach at st. Thomas college at
st. Paul, but now holds similar po-
sition with st. Mary's college.
Ernest Mahlke, Jr., who has been
with the II. S. Dry Goods company of
Sioux City, has severed his cOnnec-
tons with that firm to accept a posi-
ton as assistant buyer of linens and
white goods with Burgess Nash of
Omaha, Nebraska. Mr.. Mahlke was
formerly with the George E. Brett,
Inc. of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen O'Rourke of
st. Marys, Kansas, arrived in the
city today to visit at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wiltgen. Mrs
O'Rourke and Mrs. Wiltgen are sis
tiers. Mr.. O'Rourke is instructor at
st. Mary's college and is also coach
of the football team. He used to be
instructor and football coach at St
Thomas college, st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Soaring and sons
Stanley and Donald have returned
from an automobile trip to the twin
cities, having motored to st. Paul with
Mrs. D.. M. Emmons and daughter,
Miss Louise, who were guests of rel
atiyes and friends in Mankato and vi
cinity for two weeks, and visited for
several days at their home. The
party went to the cities by the river
route and returned by way of Fari-
bault The entire distance covered
was $50 miles, including rides around
the cities. The trip was made in Mr.
Searing's five passenger car and a
trifie less than eleven gallons of gas
oline were used, making trif1e bet
ter than twenty-three miles to every