The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-10-06
From FRIDAYS Daily.

! e. w. Goldenstar spent the day on
business at Owatonna.
j. Won Drasak of Duluth called on
friends in the city today.
Rev. Gibbs of Madelia spent sever
al hours in the city today.
Attorney Abbott of Winona was in
| the city on business today.
John Mckasey of LIE Sueur was a
business caller in the city today.
| Attorney H. A. Johnson spent the
day on legal business at Window
Mrs. Nash of Tracy spent yester-
day and today visiting Miss Glee
OFT.
Miss F1oy Owen is here from Cali
fornia and is visiting relatives in the
city.
| Attorney A. R. Pau, Jr., went to
Chicago this afternoon to attend to
legal matters.
A. Richardson of Minneapolis was
in the city yesterday attending to
business matters.
Miss Frederick Sontag left today
for the twin cities, where she will Wis
it friends over Sunday.
Lynn Jones will go to Fairmont to-
ueulOuSIidlG
automobiles at the fair
Mrs. Ray Otto and son Robert
went to Minneapolis today, where
they will visit until Sunday.
Attorney c. ]. Laurisch went to
the twin cities this morning, where
he will attend to legal matters.
Charles Ballie of Minneapolis, Sec
rotary of the Mankato Fruit company
was in the city on business today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Dickey of Wa
terville spent yesterday as guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. D. C.
Davies.
Professor G. R. Shumway was at
Redwood Falls yesterday, where he
was judge of the poultry at the
county fair
County Auditor c. L. Kennedy went
to Blue Earth city in connection with
the letting of judicial ditch con-
tract The ditch is located in Blue
Earth and Faribault counties.
e. N. Zuel has returned from ten
days business trip through the
northwestern part of the state. He
travelled eight hundred miles by
automobile without accidents of any
kind
Rev. R. w. Hobbs left this after
noon for Albert Lea, where he will
deliver an address this evening in the
First Baptist church. The occasion
is the fiftieth anniversary of the or
ganiZatiOn of that church, and the
event is being celebrated with con-
siderable ceremony
Carl Wurthenback, bill clerk at the
Milwaukee freight office, has re-
turned from vacation trip in Can
ada. He has been visiting his broth
er, Reuben Wurthenback, merchant
at Bigger, Saskatchewan, formerly
manager of the Standard Lumber
company at Mankato.
Rev. ]. G! Olmsted, pastor of the
Christian church at Garden City,
went to that place today after a stay
of three weeks at the Emmanuel hos
pital, where he was operated on. He
is well on the way to recovery. His
many friends will be glad to learn
that he is improving. His condition at
one time was serious.
Rev. G. w. Comstock will go to
Charles City, Iowa, where he will
preach on Sunday. He has accepted
the pastorate of the Christian church
in that city. He will remain there
two weeks and returning to Mankato
will preach his farewell sermon here
October Is. He will then move to-
Charles City to reside.
Chris HOvelund, the young man
who was repeatedly operated upon
for an injury to his head, received
nearly nine years ago in fall from
the mast of Norwegian vessel, was
in the city today calling on his
Mankato friends. He now has the po-
sition in Minneapolis of depot check
er for the Twin City TaXicab and
Transfer company. The fifth opera
ton on his head was performed not
long ago at the hospital of the state
university He declares that he feels
first-rate now.
Winnebago Enterprise: Mr.. and
Mrs. c. L. Owen and family will
leave Friday for Mankato to make
their home We, in common with
most of the people of Winnebago,
dislike to see them leave. but Mr..
Owen is forced to make the move IN
order to be nearer the scene of ac-
tivities in his work for the Common
wealth Power company, and the
Commonwealth Utilities company. He
has great deal of travelling to do,
and Mankato is more central point
for him. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Owen
state that they like our town and like
our people, and hope some day to
come back here. $ Ed. Foster,
salesman for the wholesale paper
house OF Wright, Barrett & Stillwell.
st. Paul, was in town Saturday, call
ing on the trade. 1t is always a pleas
ure to meet Mr.. Foster. He is ever
genial, and always a gentleman. Mr..
Foster says that there is no change
in sight for the better in the paper
situation, and that present condi-
tions will prevail, with higher prices,
if anything, until next summer in all
probability.
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