The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-06-15
alto, where the family have many

kato, where the family have many
friends.
Fred w. Johnson and ]. A. Ochs Of
New Ulm were in Mankato today. They
called at the Red Cross headquarters
in search of information relative tC
the work in hand A Red Cross chap
tier has been organized in New, Ulm
and it is very anxious to proceed with
its labors
Charles Dillman, editor of The Blue
Earth Post, was in MankatO today
He was accompanied by Mrs. Dill
man and their daughter. Mr.. Dill
man is one of the old time newspaper
men in Southern Minnesota and he is
| the prince of good fellows as well.
DR.. A. }. Wentworth of the Mankato
clinic is spending several weeks in
Chicago taking up post graduate work
DR.. K. B. Girvin and wife and two
children, and Mrs. Steffes from Vii
lard, Mimi, are visiting their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Girvin
lThey autoed down from Willard.
Mrs. Swan Johnson of West Sixth
street is visiting her daughter, Mrs
Lunke at Wilder. Mrs. Lunke's hus-
band is manager of the Wilder cream
iery
Walter Daniels transacted business
in LIE Sueur Center yesterday.
Walter N. Hansen of Minneapolis
was a business caller in the city yes
| terday.
! Mss Beulah Wells of Pennington
| who visited friends in the city the
| past week, left for her home today.
Miss Mary Allanson of this city has
gone to Center, North Dakota, where
she will spend the summer with rela-
| tives. ...
Oscar Wendtland of Good Thunder
visited friends in the city last even
ling. t..
F. X. Meagher of the National Citi-
zens' bank, has gone to Lakefield to
attend the bankers meeting.
Miss veronica Murray of Bancroft,
Ia, arrived yesterday, and has en-
rolled as a student at the Mankato
Commercial college.
Miss Lulu Coulter of Blue Earth
visited friends in the city yesterday.
V. Ferk, engineer at the office OF
]. H. A. Brahtz, has returned from
a business trip of investigation for
the Widell Construction company
having visited construction work al
Minot, N. D.; the construction of an
elevator at Kathryn, MD; and at
tended to business details for the
construction of $4,000 grain ele-
vator for the Farmers Elevator COM
pany at Graino, North Dakota
Architect H. C. Gerlach left today
on business trip to points in Iowa
Attorney S. B. Wilson is at st.
Paul, attending a meeting of the
Minnesota Commission on Public
Safety.
Miss Grace Holmes of Sioux Falls
S. D., is guest at the. home of her
aunt, Mrs. George Lang on Walnut
street.
Attorney Miles Porter spent yes
terday at Vernon Center and Amboy
He reports that near Amboy con-
siderable damage has been done to
corn by wire worms which have
destroyed many fields that were
growing nicely, and the farmers are
now busy replanting corn, hoping that
the crop viii mattt ne, before the
NJ M, and H Mrs; ] H. a: sHksahtz, Mr..
and Mrs. E. w. Goldenstar, and AL
Krost Of the WideH' Construction
company, took a one hundred and
forty mile trip yesterday, and at
tended the opening of the bids; on
the Owatonna bridge, at Owatonna,
The bid of the Widell company for
$4,000. was the lowest bid, but all
bids were. rejected. The Mankato
party combined business with pleas
ure, and visited Waseca,s Meriden
Faribault, Elysian, Madison Lake,
and other pleaces of interest en-
rOutp