The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-05-19

hitched up his horse to take the girls
, 20 their home and when a short
distance from town, the horse got
frightened and started to run Miss
Nelson fearing he could not hold the
animal, jumped from the buggy She
received bad cut on her head and
several small bruises on arms and
face. She was indeed fortunate to
escape as well as she did as jumping
from buggy in runaway is nearly
always fatal. The doctor was called
and made her as comfortable as pos
siEle. She is able to be back to school
this morning. She is staying with
Mrs. L. C. Rev while attending high
school.
Mrs. Marie Evans has accepted a
position in the Plainview schools for
next year. Mrs. Evans has been con-
nected with our school for the past
-four years, and has given splendid
satisfaction. Her work has shown
results that are very gratifying. She
has taken a prominent place in the
religious and social life of the village
and she will be greatly missed. The
school board and the patrons regret
her going, but the Plainview school
not only offered very material in
crease in salary, but there is great
chances for advancement, as she is
working for position in the Min
,neapolis schools, so as to be with her
son, when he enters his high school
and later the university.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Cooper and
Lyle and Gladys drove to Truman and
via auto route Sunday and spent the
day with their eldest son and wife.
Beginning Thursday evening and
continuing until Saturday evening, a
first -class moving picture show will
be given at the Vernon Center opera
house.
A Standard oil man was in town
Wednesday, driving a Ford car and
in making a trip out in the country
when about two miles west of town,
he noticed that the car was smoking
badly Looking into the cause he
found the under side all ablaze and
not being near any house and with
the fierce gale that was blowing he
decided the only thing to do was to
let her go gallager. The body of the
car was burned. 1t was brought into
the garage. 1t is doubtful whether it
will pay to have it repaired
DIR. D. H. Griffith, osteopath of Lake
Crystal, beginning next week will
spend two days in Vernon Center,
Tuesdays and Fridays. He has rented
rooms of Mrs. Sarah Butler, which
are centrally located and modern and
where he will be pleased to meet any
one desiring this popular way Of
treating certain ailments.
G. c. Meade's illness has developed
into German measles, and with hard
cold which he contracted, he is a
very sick man, but as the measles are
now out n'full force, it is expected in
a few days he will be feeling quite
like himself again.
The high winds of Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday played havoc with
the telephone and the electric wires,
putting many lines out of commission
entirely, and others might as well
have been, as it was impossible to
hear anything owing to thuds and
shocks that came from the electric
wires. These have certainly democrat
lied the phone system as it is very
seldom that those living in block
twenty are able to use it with any
degree Of satisfaction.
Clifford Mead returned from VOLTS
Polnt, Mont, where he had been to
file on a claim, Tuesday, looking
rather red and spotted having come
down with German measles while en-
route home.