The Mankato free press., 1917-11-09
Girl Is Thought to Have
Come to Mankato
NOT TO BE FOUND HERE
Left SteWartviIle Friday Night;
And Could Not Be Located
Since Then
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Mrs. Bertha Schroeder, living on a
farm near Stewartville, Mimi, came
to Mankato last evening to seek her
daughter, Nora Schroeder, sixteen
years old, who was thought to have
come to this city. Mrs. Schroeder said
the girl had been employed in the din
ing room of the Tews hotel and
roomed at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Lille Newman, in Stewartville. AS
Nora was not far from the home OF
her parents, the mother was able to
keep watchful eye over the inno-
cent, fun loving, inexperienced daugh-
ter Like other girls of that age, Nora
did not appreciate the necessity OF
her mothers guidance and counsel.
ana chafed bitterly under the re-
straint.
Friday evening, after completing
her work, Nora went to her room at
her sisters home as usual. 1t was
noticed that she moved about much
more than usual in her room that
evening. Nothing was thought of it a,
the time, but, as it afterwards de-
veloped, she was packing her clothing
and other belongings preparatory to
leaving.
Girl Was Gone.
The next morning the girl was gone
and her things were gone too. She
had evidently left some time during
the night or early n the morning, but
no one could tell when or how. The
mother could not tell whether it was
an automobile, or the early morning
six o'clock train that was her means
Of leaving town.
When Mrs. Schroeder heard of her
daughter leaving, she was not alto
gether surprised, for she knew that
the girl had planned some time before
on going away, and the other had
threatened to follow her up and take
her back home, if she dared to carry
out any such plan.
= Mrs. Schroeder had an idea that Nora
had gone either to Rochester or to
Mankato. At Rochester, Nora has a
sister, Alma Schroeder, who has a po-
sition there. At Mankato, Nora has
Two cousins, Leona and Elmina Carey
both employed at private residences in
this city
Mrs. Schroeder went first to Ro-
chester and sought her daughter there
but could find no trace of her. Then
she came to Mankato and reported to
the police. She sought and found
Leona Carey at 212 Fulton street and
Elmina Carey, located On Carroll
street, but neither could give any in
formation as to Nora's whereabouts,
or whether she had been in Mankato
at all.
Wanted Job jim Mankato.
Mrs. Schroer had the lea that her
daughter, in her runaway, might have
been accompanied by her cousin,
Lula Carey, also sixteen years old, who
until recently roomed with her at the
Newman residence in Stewartville
Lula more than a week ago wrote to
Elmina at Mankato, asking her to find
positions for Nora and Lula in Man
kato, but Elmina wrote back that she
would do no such thing unless the
parents of both were willing that they
should come to Mankato 1t was
found by calling up the home of the
father of the Carey girls at High For
est, not far from Stewartivlle that
Lula Carey did not leave home and
had not made the runaway with Nora
Schroeder.
Mrs. Schroeder thought it possible
that her daughter might have gone to
Plainview, where she and Lula have All
aunt, Mrs. E.. L. Dickerman. Yesterday
afternoon, Mrs. Schroeder and the two
Carey girls made exhaustive efforts to
find a trace of Nora in Mankato. They
inquired at all the hotels.
Mrs. Schroeder has been greatly dis
tressed over her daughters disappear
ance. More than once, while telling OF
the circumstances of the girls leaving
the mother burst into tears.
Nora Schroeder, the missing girl, is
described as being five feet seven in
ches tall, with ark hair and dark eyes
and round face, though she is OF
slender build. She wears glasses. Al
the time she left it is understood that
she was wearing dark blue coat with
black fur.
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