The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-09
from Wednesdays Daily.


DR.. A. d. Hoidale of Tracy was a
caller in the city yesterday.
Attorney c.. o. Daley was in st.
Paul on legal business yesterday.
A. L. Goldenstar went to st. Paul
today to attend to business matters.
Henry Paul, merchant at Currie,
was a business caller in the city to-
day.
Born. Saturday, daughter, to Mr..
and Mrs Joseph Detinger of North
Fifth street.
Mr.. nj. Lynch of Minneapolis, spent
the past few days as the guest OF
John Macbeth.
Miss Eleanor Rogers of Rapidan
has been the guest of Miss Lois
Macbeth for several days.
William ;. Flachsenhar, attorney of
Terry, Mont, is in the city as a guest
of his brother, J. j. Flachsenhar.
Lester Lang, plumber in Detroit,
Mich, is home for a two weeks visit
with his parents at $40 North Sixth
street.
Pierre La Fontaine of Minneapolis,
representing the Studebaker Automo-
bile corporation, is in the city on
business.
Mrs. B. Fl. McCleery leaves today
for eastern markets to purchase her
spring stock of millinery for the La
Vogue shop.
Miss Minnie owen, who attended
normal school, left yesterday for Wa
SEGA, where she will spend the week
end with friends.
Norman Moe left today on a bust
ness trip to the twin cities and will
attend the Minnesota Surveyors and
Engineers convention.
John Fl. Hohmann went to Min
neapolis yesterday to attend the an
nual meeting of the Minnesota State
Automobile association.
Ralph >Hammett has returned to
resume his studies at the university,
after spending the time between Sc
mesters at his home here.
J. A. Lacy, business representative
of "The Princess Pat" an attraction
that will be at the Mankato theatre
February 16, was in Mankato today.
Mrs. Walter Laird, who underwent
an operation at one of the local hos
pitfalls yesterday, was reported TINS
afternoon as apparently making a
good recovery.
Henry Gerlach, Jr., has returned to
the state university to resume his
studies. after several days spent at
home with his parents, Architect and
Mrs. H. c. Gerlach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fabian Desermoux
departed this afternoon for the east
and south. They are on buying
trip for the Famous Millinery. They
will visit in the twin cities, Chicago,
possibly New Pork, and Kansas City
They will be absent about ten days.
Rev. DR.. William E. Gardner, gen
eral secretary Of the religious board
of education of the Episcopal church
| in America. whose headquarters are
at New York City, was snowbound in
Mankato, on his way to Sioux Falls
S. D., to hold conference. He spent
the time while here with local pas
tors.
! William Burkhart, manager of the
Golden Rule, one of the string OF
stores operated throughout the coun-
| try by the j. G.. Penny company, has
returned from Salt Lake City, where
he attended the annual convention OF
the managers and stockholders of
| the J. G. Penny stores. On the even
ing of January 10, banquet was
held in the Commercial club room at
Salt Lake City, 1877 people being pres
ent. The convention continued for
two weeks, and trade matters, plac-
ing orders for goods, and opening
new stores were among the topics dis
cussed. 1t was decided to open new
stores and a number of other enter
prising departures were also consid-
cred. A special train carried the man
ayers and stockholders from Salt
Lake City to st. Louis, and sixty
eight people continued to New York
where they attended to business fol-
their stores.