The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-30
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From Wednesdays Daily.
Arthur and Paul Sharp and Jack
Brown took dinner at the Sharp
home in North Mankato last Thurs
day.
r. e. Grice has spent the past week
with relatives and friends in North
Mankato.
Archie Currier spent last week at
his home at Swan Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Heise visited
ernoon last week.
Mary Steel OF North Mankato spent
the week end in the neighborhood at
the Steel and Johnson homes.
The social Friday evening was
very well attended and every one
had a good time. The amount made
from the sale of boxes was seventeen
dollars and seventy cents, ($17.70)
Blanche Swensen of North Manka-
to spent the week end with Jane
Parry
w. G. Clark returned Monday. He
has been visiting in Indiana.
The sacr lment of the Lords sup
per will be administered at the church
Easter Sunday morning. New mem
bers will be received at this time.
Mrs. Denzel spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs. Charlie Smith.
Ethel Peterson, who has been sick,
is improving.
Frank Small, who was hurt while
saving wood last week is at a hos
pital in Mankato. Sunday one of his
twin baby girls about two months
old died and was buried in Mankato
the first of this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goodridge
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. An
Gil Goodridge.
Fl. A. Hanson sold four horses last
week one to Mr.. Peterson in Man
kato, one to Mr.. Morrow who works
for Oscar Door and the other two
to Mr.. Hjerpe.
George Loucks entertained Aaron
Michels Saturday evening and Tom
and Bert Hanson and Evard Budde
for dinner and the afternoon Sunday.
Mrs. Charlie Smith spent Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Lucy Culp who
is better than she has been for some
time past,
Mabel Grice who is helping Mrs. L..
Rist spent Sunday with her parents
in North Mankato.
Mrs. Harry Burnett entertained a
few friends Tuesday afternoon in
-honor of her little son Bobbie, who
was two years old that day.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Burnett enter
tanned Mr. and Mrs Frank Loucks
and children and Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Burnett and little son for the aft
Groom and supper Sunday.
Paul Sharp spent several days last
week with his mother in North
Mankato, then came out in the coun
try Sunday and will work for his
brother Arthur this summer
Mrs. Joe Manns is improving and
was able to sit up a little while Sun
day.
Lucy Meurer spent Monday and
Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. Rob-
ert Busby.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. M Johnson who
have been living on the Joe Meuer
farm are going to move back to Illi-
nois.
The mail carrier has very hard
IlIlS lIdhllS Ills -tlIpS DIT pISoSuC Oli
account of bad roads.
Robert Busby spent Monday night
with his parents in North Mankato..
Miss Ida Steel of Mankato spent a
couple of days last week with her
sister, Stella.
The state examination was given
Thursday and Friday at the school
house and Miss Steel speaks very
well of the number who took the
examination. From her own school
in the eighth grade there were the
following: Virgil Kaneff, Luella
Johnson, Harvey Michels, Griffith
Morris and Humphrey Parry. From
1.-THE seventh grade there were Amy
Lindsay, Irene Hanson, Marcella
Parsons, Lizzie Parry, Raymond
Loucks, Lillian Michels, Leona Mi
chefs, Grant Trask, Warner Nordgren,
Hillegard Sontag and James Loucks.
From Marietta Kaneff's school there
were: Theodore Johnson, Andrew
Holmgren, Ida Steinbach, Otilla
Steinbach and Neil Pew and from
Miss. Anderson's school there were:
William Peterson and Warren Melvin.
This is the largest number ever
taking the examination here. 1t is
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