The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-07-07
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home for the past ten days, returned
tho first of the week to their homes III
Ma nma,st Schwartz and family enjoyed a
a AuS frin 70 Mankato Tuesday. Franz
Eartwich, bookkeeper at the Sta'e o''
accompanied them. -, .h;s week.
Gardie Mead is in Amboy 1hin nc
tnro he and his brother, Fred. the picu
wa man have the, contract for palh'ihs
oii The, Telephone system in this sec 3aon
was nut out of commission ny INC
trical storm Sunday evening. II, .
u 4 large cotton wood tree across VI
straat from the George Brown resldeiioe
was struck with such force as u '''i
the whole village. ,,;s. Nav
Mrs Mary Cornish and MISS Ma "a
cornisb drove to Ceresco Saturday AT c,
ernoon. where they attended a pa Miss
shower given in compliment TO MISS
Anna Rooney, a bride OF the near
ture. nossenper on
.ha four o'clock train Saturday for Man
T Ln9 where she visited until the follow
inc Monday with her daughter Mrs'
M1 MIS- Addie Force returned to Clear
Lake s. D., Saturday after very
nIeasant visit of ten days WIN nei
mother and many relatives and frienos;
, What might have been a ialai aoTr
red Sunday morning. Mike Caven anu anu,
sisters were in surrey on their way
home from church. On crossing ooe
track on Main street, he failed TO NJ ~
INC from the south. The train. was al
most upon them, he pulled the horses "
The side of the track and the train JUST
grazed the side of the surrey ,r 1earl nas
c mT We're badly frightened but were
unhI,rt rhe side curtains being on, NE.
Cayen did not see the train. or near Ins
whistle, although the train had whlsueo
before reaching the crossing. o,o,-
A pretty church wedding, was solen ,ia
pized in the Catholic church at Maoena
Tuesday morning at nine O'Clock wnem
Miss Anna Rooney and Mlcneai IletrSii
were joined in the holy bonds Oh MAJ Po-
mony. Rev Father O'Connor OF 40
chester. in the absence of the resloens
nriest. read the marriage vows anu
smoke the words which united them :, az
man and wife, as long as life shoulu ia1 ~,
The church ceremony was Witnessed ps
the families of the, contracting parties
and their intimate friends. Al tne con
cliIsion the immediate families repalr,e:99
to the brides home; where spleH1tuui
wedding breakfast was very prestnS
served Among the relatives from mere
who were present were Mr.. ana MIS-,
ANDY Pfeffer and Mr.. and Mrs. :Thomas
Caven of Vernon Center and MT, an n.
Mrs. Win Pfeffer Of Deiesfa vicinity MI
and Mrs Pfeffer need no introductiolh,
Suffice it to say that the BRIDE IS tne
eldest daughter of Mr.. and MRS. Ow I'.
Rooney of Ceresco ana is youhs Icy
of refinement and education, and gen
eral favorite among her young assoc
ates. For the past few years she nas
followed the vocation of teaching, meet.
ing with splendid success. MIKE a.. Ss
the. groom is Familiarity called by the
home folks. and friends in this Viclnlty,
where he grew up and spent the carry
years of manhood, is the fourth son VI VI
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Fred PfeIIer, oi
Vernon Center He is a young man OF
most exemplary habits, honest, indus
trious and endowed with more than Or
binary amount of optimism ana couI-
age He has made good and commahus
the respect of the whole community: a
few years ago he proved up on a claim
near Dulton, Mont; which he later SOLO
for a good price and bought a. Iarin
nearer Great Falls, where he Will take
his bride after short honeymoon UP Up
That the newlyweds may receive all the
blessings and happiness possible ano
enjoy long and happy journey through
lief is the wish of many friends
Edmond Good eldest son OF Mr.; an a
Mrs Henry Good, returned the latter
part of the week from ST. Paul: Ed
mond is one of the altar boys In Father
Colbert's church and accompanied nm
when he went to st. Paul to attend the
! late retreat held in that city, going and
coming via the auto route.
The funeral services for the eighteen
yearold son of Mr. and Mrs. John 10
pischke of Willow Creek. whose death
occurred last Friday after brief i'll
ness of week, was held at the Willow
Creek church Sunday afternoon, inter
| ment was in the cemetery near thu
church. The illness which resulted IL
his death, was unuSCtl, as it was sud-
den, as he had always apparently been ir
the best of health. About ten days be-
fore his death he was working on the
road and becoming warm and tired sal
down on, the ground under a tree and
not walk. He was taken home and the
doctors were called and they found that
he was suffering with spinal meningitis
All that medical skill could do was done
and continued to fell until his death
Mr.. and Mrs. Kopischke have the sym
pathy of all in their great loss.
Lyle Olson of Des Moines, Iowa, is
Chris Hansen in the village and Mrs
Fred Mertersdorf in North Vernon. He
Is greatly taken up with country life or
the farm and may spend his whole va
cation here.
Mrs. George Mertersdorf informs you,
correspondent that her mother, Mrs
Georgette Mullen, who suffered a very
critical operation in the Emmanuel hos
pital at Mahkato last Saturday morning
is getting along as well as could be ex-
pected. Mrs. Judd Cornell of Mapletor
and Mrs. Nettie Lehman of Winnebago
sister of Mrs. Mullen are With her and
she is having the best of care and med
lcal attention, and it is hoped that the
crisis, is passed and that she may be re-
stored to health. Mrs. Mullen has been
in rather poor health for the past sew
eral years and for the past year she has
been doctorfng for tumors of the sto,n-
ach and went to Mankato to be oper-
ated on for the removal of tumor. But
after the physicians had made incisions
they found she had a very bad cancer.
which they removed with apparent sue,
cess. 1t was a very serious operation
the patient being on the operating table
three hours and was too weak to have
tne tumor removed at this time.
Mrs. Mary Morrow was hostess Tues
day afternoon at a farewell tea party in
compliment to Mrs. Jennie Webster
who will start Thursday morning on her
homeWard trip to Los Angeles. CaI
after spending the past five months with
her brother. Ed Washburn. OF Vernon
center and j. l.. Washburn of Duluth A
dozen ladies' were present and the AFT
ernoon was spent in visits At the con
ciusion OF supper, the guests assured the
nostess that the afternoon had been a
most ENJOYABLE one and bidding tbe
honor guest goodbye, and a safe and
PHEASANT trip home, they departed for
their various homes.
Merton Rich of Willow Civ arrived
yesterday and will spend most of the
summer vacation in the village at the
nome OF his uncles F. H. Barnes and b.
w. Washburn.
r. g Kraus was a passenger Monday
morning for Mankato, where he viii
dow L.