The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-06-15
Garden CITY
From THURSDAYS Daily.

! From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. Addie Thomson or Shell Lake
| Wis, was here last week to visit
| relatives; also number of members
of the Wallace Kendall family who
! were here from the west.
Earl Duffield was here over Mem
orial day, coming from Lewisville by
rail.
Mrs. Pugh was guest. of George
Richardson and family last week.
The meeting called in the interest
of the Red Cross last week was post
poned on account of the weather.
The E. W. Gates home is very much
! improved since the Encouragement
of the rooms, was complete.
| T. T. James went to Wisconsin
Wednesday of last week to attend the
funeral Of oaI brother, WIG died sud-
denly
The SCHOOL picnic last Friday was
! the most largely attended one for "a
number of years. The dinner was ar
| excellent one and was eaten in the
eating house on the fair grounds. The
/ baseball game in the afternoon result
1 ed in victory, for Nicollet. The Lake
Crystal school also held a picnic OF
the fair grounds on that day.
Mrs Pearson and granddaugfters
Helen, Irma and Lulu Yates are guests
at the G. W. John home. They are on
their way to Fairmont where they will
make their home with Mrs. Yates, who
has a position in a store and has lived
there some time. Helen and Irma as
sisted beautifully in the music al
church last Sunday morning.
Ray R. Thompson met his father
and mother, Hon. H. o. Thompson
and wife, at Lake Crystal Sunday on
their return from a winter spent in
the west.
The children of the community are
faithfully preparing exercises fol
Children's day. The Baptist church
will observe the day next Sunday aft
ernoon and the Christian church on
June II, at 1920. These exercises in
both churches are always well attend
ed and all are invited to attend this
year. ,' m
E. H. Monroe was Mankato bust
ness caller last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. D. Mills and Mrs
Emmeline Crane and A. w. Van Der
wort were entertained at dinner at
the parsonage last Wednesday. or
Thursday the guests at the parson'
age were Mrs. Emma Terry, Mrs
Lille Hughes and Mrs. ]. F. Osgood
Emil Nelson and Emil Knutson re-
turned from Southern Missouri las
Thursday. They went to look at farms
but returned saying Minnesota beats
the "Show Me-" state.
Miss Lulu Eager came last Weel
and is at home with her parents.
William Rambo of Vernon Center
transacted business here last Thurs
jday.
Miss Lois Clough and her Sunday
school class enjoyed breakfast IL
the church basement Saturday morn
ing. The girls are sorry to lose MISS
Clough as their teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gates enter
tanned j. G. Olmsted and family at din
ner Sunday, and later attended Sun
day school in the Watonwan church
where Mr.. Olmsted delivered shor
sermon. Plans may be made whereby
he will preach at this church on Sun
day evening every two weeks.
Jesse and George Cavett came las
week to be with their mother WIZ
seems to be improving somewhat IL
health.
Some of the Garden City people at
tended the funeral of Mrs Evan Jone:
in Watonwan Monday afternoon.
Sunday evening G. w. John ant
wife and nieces, Helen and lrm;
Yates and j. G. Olmsted motored t
Mankato where Mr.. John and MI
, Olmsted sang in a male quartet
the installation service for Rev. F. Fl
Groom, the new minister at tn
Christian church Mr.. Olmsted ais
|, spoke on "The Charge to the Church.
T. ]. Mills and family were shop
, lping in Mankato Saturday.
II E. V. Hernsworth and famil
! motored to Lake Crystal Saturda.
afternoon. st'f
Registration day was duly attends
to here Tuesday and up to the writin
of this item fifty-one names had BEEF
4 received
7 l.. d. Mills and family and Mrs
4 1911