The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-09-22
Vernon Center
From Mondays Daily.

Vernon girls at the head of this i'm
portant ship of state: Miss Selma
Petrich, Porter district; Miss Marie
Brown in Brown district; Winnifred
Graham, Good district; Veronica
Good, Sewers district; Celia Rus
sci, Julian district; Nellie Room
ey, Russell district. Miss Lucy Weir
| is clerking in the R. J. Just store
during Miss Randall's absence.
Lyle Cooper, who last week began
a course in the Northwestern con-
! servatory of music in Minneapolis,
taking lessons in piano tuning, har-
mony and slide trombone, is greatly
taken up with the above classes. Lyle
is born musician and has the abil-
! ity to reach a high mark in the mu-
steal circles.
| Miss Gale Lovelett of Madelia is
in town this week at the home of
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
A. Slater.
| Alfred Henderson, who works for
the Phoenix Life Insurance company
wrote a number of paid up policies
which entitled him to a months va
cation and all expenses paid, to the
head office of the company at Hart
ford, Conn. Mr.. Henderson depart
ed this week for the east. Before re-
Iturning he will visit relatives in sew
al of the eastern states. All wish
him happy vacation.
G.. G. Cornish is petit juror in the
district court, which convened Tues
day.
This section was visited by heavy
frost Thursday night. To what eX-
tent the corn was damaged is I'M
known at this time. Fires and fur
coats were in order Thursday.
| The heavy rains during the week
have delayed threshing and all farm
work.
Miles Porter spent few hours in
town between trains Wednesday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.. Wilbur left
Tuesday evening for Wisconsin where
they will visit with relatives and old
neighbors at Green Bay, Portage and
elsewhere for a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Barrett who
have been at the home of Charles
Redfield since Friday left today for
their hame in Lanesboro.
Miss Georgette Doud, nurse from
Garden City, is caring for Mrs. Red
field, who seems to be gaining a lit
tie, being able to take a little nour-
ishment for the past two days, which
! has strengthened her quite percept-
| IDLY.
| Mrs. Lillian Loveless and baby
daughter returned to their home in
| Cleveland today after a couple OF
weeks visit with relatives here.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid met with
Mrs. Gust Nelson Wednesday after
noon A good attendance was pres
ent and the afternoon spent work
| ing on articles for their annual fair
which will be held some time in Oc-
| tober.
Chicken thieves are raiding the
country, taking in many instances
the entire flock, even to the ones
roosting in trees. Anil Keitzer had
seventy five spring chickens taken
last night 1t seems as if the guilty
parties might be caught and punish
ed to the full extent of the law, but
for years this thieving of hen roosts
has been going on without detec-
ton.
Mrs. Turk and three daughters de-
| parted yesterday for Minneapolis,
having shipped their household goods
| the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Halverson are
spending several days in the twin
cities attending to business and Wis
iting relatives and friends.
Albert Halverson and Mr.. Ed War
rem are looking after the restaurant
business during their abesnce.
| Mrs. Levi Credicott of Winnebago
| is in town this week being called
here by the death of her brother-in
law, Mr.. Young.
Mrs. Jennie Cook, who is spend
ing few days at the home of C.
M. Warren, is quite ill and under
doctors care, suffering with pleur-
isy.
Quite goodly number of men from
this vicinity attended the Frank
Schwan sale near Good Thunder Wed
nesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Schwan will
move to the village and occupy their
residence, that they purchased sew
eral years ago for a couple of months
when they will go west to spend the
winter with relatives.