The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-09-08
Doings Of Lively Village Told
By the Correspondent
SOCIAL and NEWS NOTES
Double Decked Carloads of
Lambs Arrive For H. c.
Krause, Hustler
Especial to The Free Press.1

Miss Frances Palmer who was grad
uated from the Madison university,
Wisconsin, last June was in town a
short time Saturday evening en- route
to Garden City where she has &C
cepted position in the schools in
that picturesque little village
Miss May Cornish took the four
o'clock train Monday for Minneapo-
lis on short business trip.
Mesdames Mary Cornish and Mar
garet LaRue are business visitors in
Mankato today.
Miss Freeman who spent the sum-
mer vacation with Mrs. Ellen Porter,
has returned to Redwood Falls to re-
sumo her teaching in the public
school of that city.
Mrs. Frank Clague is in town for
an indefinite stay with her mother.
F. R. Lowell was a business visitor
at the August Wendlandt stock farm
in Good Thunder last Saturday.
School opens tomorrow with Mrs.
Il. G. Clement at the head of the
Ship of State, and her able assist
ants, Miss Davies of Mankato, Miss
Russell of Fairmont and Miss Ida
Bowen of Vernon Center.
F. H. Barnes spent a few hours
Thursday morning in Mapleton on
business, making record run in his
super six Hudson car.
Mrs. Bert Barnes enjoyed a visit
this week from her mother, Mrs.
Thomas Dredge of Lake Crystal and
neapolis.
Mrc M xyict cd For fny
days the past week with her friend,
Mrs. Ellen Porter
Mrs Martin, who has been spend
ing the past several weeks in the
village, as the guest of her brother,
F. R. Lowell and family, left Satur-
day evening from Mankato for her
home in Hartford, Wis. She was ac-
companied as far as Mankato with
Mrs. Lowell.
Grandma Warren returned to her
home in the village Wednesday even
ing from Rapidan, where she had
been since the previous Sunday Wis
fling relatives in the George Bart
lett home.
Rev. w. R. Palmer, field secretary
for Parker college, attended the
Garden City county fair Wednesday,
where many of his former parishion-
ers of Vernon Center had the pleas
ure of meeting him. Mr.. Palmer likes
his new work and in the short time
he has been connected with the COL
lege, the results of his splendid work,
and adaptability have been very ap
parent.
Joe Thompson of Fulton, Wyom-
ing, former resident of Vernon
Center, has returned on a visit to
relatives and friends in various parts
of the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert BARNES attend
ed the knight Templar picnic at
Lake Washington Monday, motoring
to Mankato and joining the picnic
party at that place and proceeded to
the lake.
Miss Mary McGrew of Good Thun-
der visited a few days during the
past week with her friends, Miss
Ethel Mobiles, and Mrs. Sanford Cor
nish in Ceresco.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lowell attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Daniel Flem-
ming in Good Thunder, the deceased
being a great aunt of Mrs. Lowell.
Mrs. Lon Wyman and her mother,
Mrs. Marie Boughton, departed last
Thursday morning for Horizon, Wis,
where they will attend business and
visit relatives for the next two
weeks
Depot Agent Charles West spent
Sunday with his family in Mankato,
making the trip by auto.
WEI Turk and Lyle Cooper were
the only passengers on the morning
train Monday for the twin cities.
Very few from this vicinity will at
tend the state fair.
John McMicheal of Minneapolis
came up for the last day of the coun-
ty fair, and visited until Saturday
morning with his brother in law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs Rob Champlin,
his niece, Mary Olene Halverson, who
has been spending the latter part of
vacation days with her aunt and 9TH
er relatives returned with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Robinson of
Old Town returned Monday evening
from motor trip to Faribault, where
they have been enjoying a few days
visit with relatives
Mr.. and Mrs, Charles Starbuck of
North Vernon have decided to rest
from their farm labors for a year
and spent the time sight seeing and
visiting. They have rented their
farm to Mr.. Anderson, who has been
the very efficient renter on the L..
c. Rev farm, eleven miles west of
the village. Ed Lee and family will
take possession of the Rev farm.
A farewell surprise party was Civ
en- last Friday evening to Mr.. and
Mrs. Simon Larson of West Vernon
by a large number of their neigh
bors and friends. The evening was a
jolly one closing with splendid
basket supper The Larson family
who have been on the Clarence Gill
christ farm for many years, will move
onto the Dilley farm in Garden City.
Everybody regrets the departure of
this excellent family.
Fred Hemingway returned this
morning from Spokane, Wash, and
other western cities, having been
away since early spring
l.. C. Rev is in Nevada, Iowa, again
this week on a business trip in the
interest of the Rev & Champlin real
estate firm, which has been the pro-
INDICATORS that have put Vernon Cen
ter on the map by locating wealthy