The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-11-03
Vernon Center Man Profits
By Market Conditions
TWO CARS SENT TO IOWA
William Hays Morgan Returned
To His Studies At Yale;
Town Gossip
Especial to The Free press,l
From Mondays oaliy.

Hayes shipped his onions Saturday
Like nearly every other farm COM
modify there is shortage in the onion
crop and Mr., Hays was fortunate to
Iengage in the onion industry quite
Extensively, having in about eight
iacres and after expenses are all de-
lducted it leaves handsome margin
to play on. Two car loads were
shipped into big onion territory at
Clinton, Iowa, where this staple crop
was almost failure, the rest being
sent to the twin cities. The onions
were graded and shipped in one hun
dred pound sacks and commanded the
ltop prices.
Grandma Warren has about recov-
lered from slight indispostion of
last week.
| Mrs. Zastrow of Mankatos spent
part of the past week with her daugh-
ter in the village and with son in
West Vernon.
Mrs, Will Withrow and children
took the, four o'clock train Saturday
afternoon for Mankato, where they
will visit for several days with rela-
tives and friends.
Grandma Mertersdorf was taken
sick last week and has been under the
doctors care and requiring the care
of a trained nurse, who came from
Mankato last Friday. Mrs. Merters-
dorf was reported some better on
Sunday. r
Mrs. Leafe Warren and Alice were
Mankato visitors Saturday to con-
suit ORA Benham in regard to the lat
ter's eyes, which are troubling her of
late.
! Mrs. Clemmie of La Mars, Iowa, is
here for quite a lengthy visit with
her daughters, Mrs. Jams in the vii
lage and Mrs. Ferricks in North
Vernon "a "a
Nothing is the matter with this
weather if it will only last.
William Hays Morgan, who has
spent the past six months with his
uncle and aunt, Tom, and Ella Hays,
left ON the four O'Clock train Friday
afternoon for his home in New Hav-
en-, Conn.,, where he will resume his
studies at. Yale college, Farm life
has been. quite an experience to this
eastern chap with his hustle from
early morn until late at night, but
/ William, a boy of twenty years, has
proved equal to its demands and
showed the stuff that is in him. Stand
! ing six foot four inches and weighing
1876 pounds, he has q most splendid
physique and lis member of the
yale rowing team and the extra
4 div + q
strenuous farm work of the past sea-
son will stand him a good turn when
he returns to college and if the rest
of the team are in as good trim there
will be something doing at Yale this
coming year.
Mrs. Tallman and Joseph Tallman
of Mankato spent Saturday between
trains calling on their many Vernon
friends. Mr.. Tallman is a member of
the commercial college faculty.
Attorney G.. w. Champlin of Lake
Crystal was transacting business in
the village Saturday..
Mrs., x. C. Kraus returned from a
two weeks pleasure trip which was
spent in Chicago, having had most
delightful time. Her sister, Mrs. Bon
ME McElmeel of Great Falls, who has
been in Chicago for a number of
weeks, where her little son Eugene
took treatments from noted special
list for lameness in one of his limbs,
tcaused by infantile paralysis, which
The suffered about six years ago. re-
turned with Mrs. Kraus and will visit
a week before returning to Great
Falls. ~
Mrs. Mary Wagon and her mother,
Mrs. Dora Kraus, returned on the
four O'Clock train Saturday for their
home in Mankato after few days
Visit with their brother and son, H.
&c. Kraus and family.
| Mrs. James Lowell and little Stan
ley spent several days the latter part
of the week in Mankato where they
were guests at the home of Miles
Porter.
| Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ Warren attend
led the funeral services of the late
George Bartlett in Rapidan Saturday
AFTERNOON. Mr.. Bartlett was a SPLEEN
did man and had many friends in this
locality who were shocked and
tgrieved to hear of his untimely death
land sincerest sympathy is extended
the sorrowing wife and son in their
great loss.
Miss May Cornish left Saturday
morning for Wabasha, where she has
been employed in the department OF
public health nursing, whose work
Twill be to inspect the rural and VIII
llage schools throughout the county
Miss Cornish is eminently fitted for
the position. She graduated from the
nurse department in the state uni
lversity with the class of 1913. The
following year she spent in California
where she was head nurse in he'
brothers hospital, Dr. Ed Cornish
She left here to, specialize in public
health nursing in Columbia college
N. Y. She is greatly interested in hel
work and with her pleasing person
lality and her splendid equipment
flor this work, she will be very sue
Icessful and the Wabasha school is tc
Ibe congratulated on securing her fol
this work. IS.
Duluth SaWmiII Destroyed.
Associated Press Dispateh.]
{ Duluth, October 30.-FireS Of un-
tknown origin last night destroyet