The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-02-18

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morning she was much improved.
however, and will soon be in her
usual health. e, tf
Miss Rose Lavitschke is spending
the week with her sister, Mrs. Albert
Muske in West Vernon.
Mrs. A. Zastrow of Mankato visited
her daughter Mrs. Will Witfrow this
week.
Miss Emma Muske departed this
week for Wentworth, S. l., for an
indefinite. stay wit her sister Mrs.
August Roebeck.
G4:,ndma Muske has been in poor
; health and confined to the house the
most of the winter. She greatly en-
joyad visit from Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Zastrow of Good Thunder
for a few days this week.
Business visitors to Mankato We'd
nesday were #. H. Barnes, A. c.
Gray, w. ]. Richter and w. L.
Rambo.
Fred Wilbur returned from trip to
Texas Thursday evening.
i There being no hard coal to be had
in Mapleton, julius Richter, drove
over here Tuesday for load, spend
ing the night with his son, Walter,
and family. Vernon coal bins are
nearly empty. We have been without
soft coal for several days. Coal
dealers, however, assure the public
| that coal is on the way, and unless
some town on the way swipes it, a
supply, will soon be on hand again.
Will Griffith has lumber hauled and
as soon as possible will begin remod-
cling his home He will also build an
addition when completed. Mrs. Crit
ifith's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Larson OF
| Forest City, will come here to live
with their children.
Will Councilman of Brook Park is
here to see his mother, who makes
her home with her son-i law and
daughter, Mr., and Mrs. Charles
Kelly, in South Vernon and who is
very seriously i'll.
Mrs. McMonagle left on the four
o'clock train for ST Peter to visit a
brother. From there she will go to
Kasota, Eagle Lake and to various
other points in Minnesota to visit her
children. She expects to return to
her village home here the first OF
April. -
Through Mr.. Councilman, it is
Learned that those old and esteemed
former Vernonite people,, Grandpa
and Grandma Stewart are we'll and
contented in their new home at Brook
! Park. The Councilmans, arc living
with Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart, so that
| their children may attend the eX-
| ceIlent schools there. Mrs. Council
man is daughter of the Stewards
Tom Boles of Ceresco, who is SUI
fering with grip, went to the medicine
chest and taking q bottle which nc
supposed was cough medicine, drank
of it's contents, which. proved e
! be carbolic acid. DR.. Clement was
hastily summoned and in the mean
time ,neighbors applied home RENE
dies. and after a few hours he was
much relieved and it is thought thai
he will come out all right. 1t was
certainly q close call, and should be
a lesson tc he very careful in keeping
poisons in place far removed from
the family medicine chest.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Brown are
moving into the Peterson house this
week.
The little year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Brown of West Vernon
has been very i'll for the past month
suffering with whooping cough and
teething The little. fellow has been
| improving for the past. few days and
now is considered out of danger.
Mumps and whooping cough have
appeared in the neighborhood.
George, the youngest sol Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Robinson is quite i'll with
mumps and has been confined TO his
bed for nearly a week.
c. NJ. Warren accompanied by his
brother-in in law, Bert Wilson of Sask.,
spent Thursday in Mankato on bust
ness. as
Mrs. e. T. Champ.in is visiting at
the home of her daughter Mrs. LEWIS
Brown at Willow Creek, this week
and Mr., Champlin is spending his
time with his son in Mankato.
Many from here attended the tele
phone meeting in Amboy, Tuesday
Mr.. Winch was reelected president
lG. c.. Cornish was chosen director in
place Of Gene Frances, who leaves
soon for California where he will
make his future home.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Fitch Of Bricelyn are
moving here and will rent the yum
walt farm, which Mr.. Tyrrel has been
working. Mrs. Fitch arrived yester-
day and her husband will arrive Fri
day with. a carload Of household
goods, stock, etc. Mrs. Fitch and
Zumwalt are sisters,
Messrs. Cox. Barnes and Kraus arc
feeling quite jubilant over the price
lreceived from their three carloads OF
sheep, which were marketed at Chi
cago last week.
There was no school Friday, being
closed so as to enable the teachers
to attend the institute at Mankato
| Mrs. Evans and Chester went to
Mankato on. the four O'Clock train
| Thursday, so as to spend more time