The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-07-27

1913 Walter William Graft. Mankato.~
Mapleton Enterprise: C. j. Laur-
isch and wife of .Mankato aGoed
down from that city the first OF the
week and spent a couple of days with
their many friends here. They re-
turned home Wednesday afternoon
accompanied by Mrs. Charles
Schweitzer and daughter, Louise,
who will visit in Mankato the re-
mainder of the week. MI.
and Mrs. George Nerbovig and daugh :
ter of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and
DIR. Paul Barney and family of Man
kato drove down from the latter
place Wednesday evening for a short
visit at the NJ A. Gilmore home.
Wells Forum: Mr.. and Mrs. L
Salet, Jr., of Mankato and Mrs. l..
Salet, Sp, of St Paul ,motored from
tMankato Sunday and were guests at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. s. Levy.
The former two returned home Mon
day. Mrs. Salet, ST., will remain this
week in Wells
Rev. Charles Cullen Smith. who
| conducted an evangelistic rally at
Mankato last winter, was in the city
today. He was-.o mis- way to Ma
della to lead large tent revival
meeting there. These tent meetings
! have been going on there during the
| past three weeks, and will be con-
cluded next Sunday.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. M. Dempsey made an
/ auto trip to Faribault yesterday,
Clay Peters Of Santa Cruz, Calf,
i is the guest of his cousin, Mrs. Matte
lDane, while enroute home from New
ceptance of the applicant is that Of ser
1 York CITY and other eastern points,
/ having been a delegate to the Elks'
i convention.
! o. w. Walker motored to Butter
1 field today to attend to business af-
1 fairs. :
j p. M. Ferguson is spending his va
j cation with friends in Atkins, Mimi
4 P. G. Herbert, cashier of the State
4 bank at Storden, was business caller
! in the city today.
!: Mr.. and Mrs. J.. A. Markham OF
Alma City were shopping here yester-
day. So
/ N. H. Olson, cashier of the Citizens
State bank of st. Peter was in the
1 city yesterday, transaeting business
1with the National Citizens bank. .
G. E.. Black returned yesterday
morning from attendance at the an
Jnual meeting of the policyholders and
4 agents of the Northwestern Mutual
INSURANCE company at the home Of
lfice in Milwaukee. This was the larg-
lest attended and most satisfactory
Injecting ever held by the company's
Lagents. The attendance being five
hundred and fifty. There was a great
Interest manifested regarding what
leffect the war was going to havek or
1.-THE business of life insurance in
Jgeneral, inasmuch as the company
business shows an increase for the
thirst six months of last year of six
tteen million. dollars, the conclusion
Twas that the war was not: effectine
1.-THE, business to any great extent. One
Iof the most agreeable surprises we
lmet was the knowledge that Milwau-
i kee is an American city as testified
Ito by their own subscription to ths
Liberty loan and Red Cross
4 Mr., and Mrs H. S. Neese went
least two weeks ago, and Mr.. Neess
Jreturned Sunday night. Mrs. Neest
dxisited the twin cities, Fort Smelling
: Faribault and wheeling. She re-
tturned from the eastern trip yester,
Jday.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Luthultz ant
Mrs. A. E. johnson left this mornin,
for Frederic, Wis, to attend the flu
neral of their nephew and cousin
Robert Carpenter. ~
Charles w. Auburn and wife o
Sioux Falls, s. D.. are spending tel
ldays' vacation with her parents, MI
4 and Mrs. A. Il. Wright. They mad,
!. 1.-The trip jim their automobile, ant
while here have made a number o
trips into the surrounding country
! being much impressed with the pic
ltnresque beauty Of Mankato and vi
entity. They state that the scener
lis unriyalled except perhaps in tn
dmountain districts, and they plan o.
depending future vacations here.
4 4. Leknes, cashier of the State BAN
: Of Bricelyn, was In the city today.
Mrs. Charles T. Schweitzer an
daughter, Miss Louise of Mapletor
spent the week as guests at the HON
.,of Attorney and Mrs. G. j, Lauriscl
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