The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-16
Garden City
From Thursdays Daily.

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80, and continued for about thirty six
hours. The storm on Wednesday was
terrible. There were no trains from
that evening until Saturday evening.
Mail has not been carried on the rur-
al route for a week. There were
three trains through Saturday even
ing, then, the storm that night and all
day Sunday tied things up worse
than ever. 4 crew of men worked
Friday night and Saturday clearing
out snow and ice that had frozen
ove the track in the cut near the
Homer Waite farm. There were no
church services on Sunday on &C
count of the storm. Miss Palmer
went to Winnebago Saturday night,
and Kenneth Crane came from Man
kato the same evening and of course
both are snowbound.
Mr.. Murphy has begun his duties
as buttermaker in the Garden City
creamery.
Mrs. J.. F. Osgood has not been so
well the past few days.
Mrs. Robert Norton was threat
ened with pneumonia last week, and
is still quite poorly.
The storm on January 81, did not
prevent a good attendance of friends
and relatives at the funeral of E. H.
Hughes. The deceased was born in
Chicago on August &c, 1876. His faith
er was drowned in Lake Michigan by
the upsetting of a boat The mother
was a nurse. The child was placed
in a children's home in Milwaukee.
When he was ten years of age he
was taken from the Home by the
Parker family and has lived near and
in Garden City since that time. He
was married to Miss Lizzie Duffield
on September 10, 1906. After his ac-
cidental death on January 20, the
body was prepared for burial in the
undertaking rooms v the hard
ware store by G.. w. John and Under
taker Hugh Jones. Then it was taken
to the home to await funeral services
on Wednesday. A brief prayer was
spoken at the house the main service
was held at the NJ. w. A. hall, which
had been appropriately decorated
for the occasion. The music was fur
nished by a male trio consisting of
H. E. Woods of Lake Crystal, C. M.
Warren of Vernon Center, and H. w.
John of Garden City. The hymns
used were "Rock of Ages" "My
Faith Looks Up to Thee" and "Near-
er, My God To Thee" The sermon
by j. Fl. Olmsted was based on Math-
Iew "a: 30-44 and Luke 10: 38-42.
The floral offerings were most plenti-
full and especially fine. The piece
sent by the men who had worked
with Mr.. Hughes in the gravel pit
bore the name "Ted" by which . he
bearers were: Franc Thurston, HON.
er Waite, J.. C. BiXby, w. A. Roberts,
A. Meservy and Edward Rev. Mrs.
Hughes appreciates the kindly minis
trations of her friends in the time Of
sorrow. The diseased was insured in
both the Modern Woodmen Of
America and the Royal Neighhors of
America lodges, a thousand dollars
in each society. Mrs. Grant Hazel of
Sterling and Miss Martha Bryson of
Minneapolis were among those who
came from away to attend the fun
eral. However, on account of the
trains, Miss Bryson and Earl Duff
field arrived too late for the services.
There will be no fuel famine in
Garden City if the backbone of the
bad weather is broken now.
Mr.. J. w. Arnold, a highly recon-
mended prohibition speaker, will de-
liver an address in the Christian
church on Thursday evening, Feb
ruary 8. All are invited to come and
hear Mr.. Arnold on this live topic.
Mrs. Fraser found it a hard task
to get around in this bad weather to
get guarantees for next years lee
ture course.
In they absence Of the regular
minister, VINO is billed to lead the
music in a series of meetings at, Min
nehaha Church of Christ, Minnea-
polls, beginning Sunday, February
II, the pulpit here will be supplied
each Sunday at 1920 A. M. Miss Ada
L. Forster will speak next Sunday.
The people of Garden City need no
introduction to Miss Forster and all
are glad IT, see her. Don't fail to
hear her.
The Frances Willard memorial
meeting has been postponed until
Tuesday, February 10, when it will
be held in the church basement.
Please remember the change.
Mrs. Emmeline Crane returned
from Mankato Tuesday evening,
January 80, and spent the night at
the parsonage.
The regular c.. w. B. M. meeting
will be held with Mrs. M. ID. Mills
Saturday afternoon, February 10.
Roll call will be answered by an
item of interest about Latin Ameri-
can work or workers. Hidden answers
in February "Tidings" il it m in
time.
Mrs. H. Dunbar was brought home
from Mankato at noon January q
and-did not seem. to be n worse fol
the trip.
Mrs. 1. P. Wolverton died about
one o'clock Monday February 5, a
the hospital in Mankato. The funera.
will be held in the Christian church
"Wednesday, ]. G. Olmsted officiating
Mrs. Wolverton had been suffering
quite badly since an operation sew
eral years ago and had been in the
hospital all the time since November
Z. She was doing nicely at Christmas
fiuo and n1anS were made tn hrins