The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-09
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Miss Blanche Randall and her
brother Myron, are visiting their
sister, Mrs. Garener Murlaugh and
family in Granada.
A big community auction will be
held on the street of this village,
Saturday afternoon. A large. sale
and a. big crowd is the outlook. Lee
Cox will dispose OF considerable
stock and farm implements which
will not be needed as the farm he is
moving onto requires only about
half as much machinery as he has
here to- fore used, on the F. H.
Barnes farm.
Charles Bates was q business Wis
|itor in/Mankato Friday forenoon be-
tween trains.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. August Keit-
ger, Friday morning, February 2, a
baby daughter AS this is, the first
girl in family1of two boys, the ar
rival of the little daughter is doubly
welcome by all.
/, Alex Gray has been tussling with
a bad cold since last Monday night.
He was taken with a chill on the
way home from an auction of which
he and Will Dennison. had charge.
Since that time he has been confined
to his bed most of the time. He ex-
poets to be up town again today
looking after his business. II
A. w. Petrick received a. message
from Elgin this morning, saying that
his mother, who had been in very
poor health for number of years
had passed away. Mr.. and Mrs.
Petrick left on the four o'clock
train for the funeral at Elgin.
Robert McCracken. is expected
home this evening from a business
trip at Albert Lea.
Joe Robinson is enjoying a visit
from a cousin, who. lives in Saskat-
chewan, Canada.
Ben Baungard is in Elkton, S. D.,
on visit to his daughter, Mrs. Nell
lie Scherer and family.
Rev. Elem Reed and family. have
been transferred from Stevenson, N.
D., to Pequot, MINI, Their thir,.
udQSutSi, mloS Eoli.tl, VIII. dICStll
the school in. Vernon for the, re-
mainder of the year. She will live
with her aunt, Mrs. Joe Robinson.
From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. M. Burleson of Decoria was a
shopper in the city Saturday.
Miss Gladys Cooper of Vernon Cen.
ter was a business caller in the city
today.
Mrs. William Laffey Of Beaufort
was in the city shopping Saturday
Miss, Catherine Williams, of But
terfield visited with friends in the city
last Saturday.
Misses Nellie Hanson and, Celia. Sc
crest of Elmore. were shopping. in the
city Saturday.
A. L. and r. w. GoldeHstar; Gpcnt
the day at Comfrcy attending to
business matters
. Attorney Jesse N. Van Valkenberg
of Minneapolis, was business caller
in the city today. 49,
Misses Blanche Hanna and Hazel.
Hamm of Minnesota Lake were in
the. city shopping Saturday.
J. j. Waddell will leave tomorrow
with number of farmers
looking at Montana lands.
Miss Thresa Wetter of Kasota
spent Saturday and Sunday as the.
guest of Miss, Minnie Owen.
. DR.. G.. A. Dahl went to Minneapolis
this noon to attend to business matters
and will return on the late train to-
night.
Architect H. C. Gerlach went to
Comfrey this morning to open bids
on the new Swedish Lutheran church
to be built there according to plans
drawn at his office. 81
Mrs. Lillian E. Reid came back to
Mankato last evening, having spent
a visit of several days in Minneapolis
as guest. of her son, Harry Reid, and
her daughter, Mrs. R. C. Coffin.
Mrs, Marie. Cooper is, spending a
few days with her mother, Mrs. f. G.
Heinze, prior to going to. North Da-
kota to take a position as trimmer in,
a millinery store in Cooperstown.
Frank A. Day of Fairmont was in.
Mankato today. He came here to,
see what a real live city looked like.
He said the crop improvement meet
ing in his city, promised to be big
affair. XII!
H H Tompkins of Aberdeen, s. D.,
visited with his brother, !. N. Tomp-
kins over Saturday and Sunday. Mr..
Tompkins left for Rochester at, noon
today where he goes to continue an
examination at the Mayo clinic.
Mrs. Lyn Jones spent the weekend
at LIE Sueur, where Mr.. Jones and Mr.
Earl HOerr are now in the automo-
bile business. Mr. and Mrs. Jones will
move their household effects to LIE.
Speur. as soon as a suitable location
is found. * 80
Rudolph Robson, baggage. handler
at the Northwestern passenger de-
pot, and Chris Strusz, team driver
for William Page, have returned from
a trip to California. They have. been
gone about one month. They visited
at Can Francisco, Los Angeles, San
Diego, and other points. These two
travelling companions. one tall and
the other short, have been pointed
out frequently as suggesting Mutt
and jeff, of picture reel fame.
! A delegation of the members of
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