The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-24

ball hit Grimes in the leg and put him
away for two months, and another
grenade wound in the back suffered in
the fighting at Moquet Farm, sent him
to the hospital for the fourth time.
A man with four wonud stripes is
usually retired into some nom COM
| Blatant job, out Of danger, If he is still
of some use to the army. But Grimes
/ thought he could do more damage in
| the trenches so he went up again and
| was wounded in the foot. by shell at
Lesboeufs. Is
| His latest wound came in the big
push at Messines. An explosive bull
| let hit him in the left leg.
| Mr.. and Mrs. NJ NJ Cram and Mrs.
| c.. A. Noble, and son and daughter,
Marshall and Marvel, autoed about the
middle of last week to Cannon lake
near Faribault, and spent the week.
1 end there.
| Miss Gladys Craver is spending the
| week at Chatfield, as the guest of Miss
! Eleanor Erickson During her absence
Miss Katherine Deets is attending to
her duties at the office of DR.. G. H.
Nerboyig.
i Mrs. w. H. Johnston of Paonia,
EColo., arrived in the city last even
ling. Mrs. Johnston was formerly
miss May Benedict of Good Thunder
and a daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Benedict.
Mrs. J. E. Carrel Of Good Thunder
and Mrs. Theodore Carrel of Algona,
who is her guest, came to Mankato
yesterday for a few hours.
Mrs. John Cuddy drove her car to
Comfrey on Saturday and brought Mr.
Cuddy home to spend Sunday and
early this morning took him back
Mr.. Cuddy has charge of a large
fheating contract there.
pa Mr. and Mrs. c.. B. Wilkes and
-ehildren of RiceviIle, Ia, who were
! guests at the home of Mr.. and, Mrs,
lie. j.. Wilkes on lie Sueur street, have
returned to their home, making the
"TRIP in their automobile.
| Roy " Johnson came down from
/ Duluth last Saturday morning to visit
| with his sister and family, Attorney
and Mrs. A. c. Edwards over Sunday
Roy has been called into the service OF
kUncle Sam and will leave for camp
| about September 1.
| A. R. Wilder of Amboy, former pro-
4 prietor of The Amboy Herald, now a
member of the Second Regiment band
was in Mankato today en- route from
! Amboy to Faribault where the band is
4 stationed. Mr.. Wilder thoroughly en-
! Joys his service in the band.
/ G. H. Johnson, president OF the
L. D,,sI %vse,s oil nh on
| companied by his son, left Saturday
afternoon on an automobile trip to
Minneapolis, where they visited Mr.
| Johnson's mother at Lake Harriet
They returned home last night.
Ben Hovig and wife of st. Paul have
/ been visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
| Ole Hovig, on Pleasant street. They
went to Blue Earth where Mrs. Hovig's
parents reside They will return to st
Paul from that place. Mr.. Hovig is a
J linotype operator on The st. Paul
| Pioneer Press.
| John D. Campbell and daughter
from Duluth are visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. w. o. White, All
South Fourth street Mr.. Campbell
lis the father of Mrs. White. They
arrived last SATURDAY. and Mr.. Camp
bell will return this evening but
Miss Campbell will remain for a
week or two.
/ w. J. Rother, who recently re-
signed his position as physical direc-
Etor of the Mankato Y. M. c. A..
leaves tonight for Des Moines to as
sumo the position of assistant ply
steal director there. Otto Dethlofl
has been chosen to lead Company c
| of the home guards in calisthenic
| drill as Mr.. Rother has done. Mr.
Dethloff led the young mems class at
the Y. M. C. A. last year.
| George G. Krost and mother, and
eldest son, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Sheean left Thursday morning by au-
tomobile on a vacation trip to points
| of interest in the northern part of the
state, and returned home last evening.
having enjoyed a delightful outing. On
the first day of their journey they
reached Duluth, travelling the distance
of 258 miles in fifteen hours. They
found about one hundred miles of the
! road north of the twin cities in poor
condition and very sandy Near Virginia
and Bemidji the roads were fine.
They journeyed to Grand Rapids, and
home by Lake Mile Lac and Elk Riv-
err, and the twin cities. Mr.. Krost re-
ports that the potato crop in the
northern part of the state is wonderful
this year The farmers have planted
great fields to potatoes, which are
now in blossom, with the prospect OF
a fine crop. The trip was from Man
kato by way of ST. Paul, Pine City,
Sandstone. Hinckley, Duluth. Virginia,
! Hibbing, Grand Rapids, Aitkin, Elk
River, Anoka, Minneapolis back to
Mankato. They were impressed by
! the marks of forest fire ravages they
saw between st. Paul and Duluth and
over to the vicinity of Grand Rapids.
| They were much taken with the beau
] tiful scenery of the Mile Laos re-
gion. The splendid improvements OF
| the range towns, which have such big
properties that they can tax, were
| very impressive. In the downtown
portion of Hibbing there are eight
Iighted-way posts to block. with five
! lights on post, thus making forty
/ lights to block The great mine at
Hibbing was a wonderful sight. A
great valley has been dug and the ex-
vacation has piled mountains up
around it.