The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-03-23
STRONG CAST Is TO PRESENT
PLAY THIS WEEK
why Smith Left Home" the Bill That
Is Booked Thursday and Friday
Nights, March 22 and 20; Number
-l0f Events To Take Place in the
Village; Personal Gossip and News
Notes By Scribe

udy club will present their home
lent play why Smith Left Home"
Thursday and Friday evenings,
aareh % and %. The cast is a
,trong one and much care and
training and careful rehearsing make
1t an event to look forward to. The
cast is as follows:
John Smith .......... +. E. TrafZer
Gen. BilletdOux.. Nathan Coggeshell
Count Won Gugenheim ...........
................ Arthur Borchert
Major Duncombe. -. Thomas Hamp
Robert Walton ...... Howard Berry
Mrs Smith ..... Mrs. F. E. Trafzer
Miss Smith. Mrs. Charles Schweitzer
Mrs. Billetdoux. Miss Gladys Taylor
Rose Walton -. Mrs. T. C. Busse
Julia ......... Mrs. Charles Gilmore
Elsie ...... Miss Lucia Spaulding
Lavina DAILY Mrs. James Coggeshell
The play is in three acts. An or
chestra will play during the evening
and a large crowd is expected as the
cause is worthy one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Borchert en-
tertained Saturday evening at their
home on Third street. After pleas
ant evening dainty lunch was
served by the hostess.
The evangelistic services held in
the Baptist church closed last even
G with a capacity house. The large
orus choir occupied seats at the
I,ht and left of the speaker and
ad in the old songs SO dear to all.
he Illustrated songs service follow
i and as the pictures were present
d Rev. Sayles drove home the il
llstrations by his explanations. The
Iegular sermon followed for which
J te took as his text What Will You
DO With Jesus" After the sermon
he entire audience was asked to
rise and dispose themselves around
the room so that large circle was
formed and all sang "Blest Be the
Tie That Binds" followed by GOD
Be With You Till We Meet Again"
Nearly fifty have signed the decis-
ion cards. All have been awakened
to greater activity for Christ and
His church.
Mrs. H. Hanson fell on the slip
perry walk and hurt her shoulder,
but is able to be around as usual.
Miss Emma Miller, who has been
visiting at the home of her brother,
Albert Miller, Sundayed in Mapleton
at the home of Mrs. Belle Libby.
Julius Richter, who was operated
on at his home here is slightly i'm
proved His son Walter of Harvey,
N. D., arrived Thursday and found
his father little better.
4 Mrs. H. M. Berry is expected home
from Minor, N. D. 1t is feared she
is snow bound
Mrs. Herman Borchert visited her
children here on Thursday.
Oscar Randall, who stays with his
brother Charles, went to Mankato
Wednesday to be present at the in
/. section of Company H, of which he
y a member.
The announcement of the engage
ment of Miss Rose Kohler of Har-
tyey, NJ D., to DR.. Earl Girvin OF
Mankato' is pleasing news to her
friends here. Miss Kohler spent her
childhood here in Mapleton until
after graduating from the normal.
The Catholic people are to have
thirteen hour devotion on Thursday
Rev. Gossman will be assisted by
Rev. kaufman of Mankato.
The mothers in the whitney
district, south of town, of which
Elizabeth Bishop is the teacher
agreeably surprised teacher and pu-
pills at noon on Friday by appearing
with a hot dinner for ALL The aft
ernoon was very pleasantly spent as
it was the time of the meeting OF
the School Literary society. How
much those sort of things encour-
age teacher and pupils is only
known to those who have participated
M. A. Gilmore, who spent the frs
of the week in Mankato, is sick a
his home here.
Mrs. William Mcqueen had an at
tack of tonsilitis last week.
Mrs. M. NJ Pratt had the misfor.
tune to fall on the ice near he
home and nearly fractured her hip
Her many friends are very sorry II
hear of the accident and hope TO
her speedy recovery.
IA good story is told of wet
worker who was called in to use hi
influence to get wet votes in a tow
which some time ago voted on tn
license question. 1t is said he tool
! twp bottles of beer and went to Wis
It his friends and they had a fin
time visiting and drinking, at tn
conclusion of which he reminds
them to be sure to get out and vot
right. On election day they did vot
rsght dry and the town went DRY
The farmers enjoyed anothe
treat when w. A. McKerrow of tn
> United States department of agri
culture spoke at the Pastime theatr
mn "Cow testing" 1t is to be re
eretted that every farmer in til
community was not present.
I, On account Of the blizzard Frida
and the terrible condition of tn
roads no community auction wa
held Saturday No trains arrive
after the one from Mankato at 7:2
Friday morning until a snowplo'
PASSED through Sunday noon.
Tile first state examination wi
be given at the high school building
March % and 23 to the eighth grade
Hon. William Mcqueen returne
from Redwood Falls Friday ever
ing, having been on the way sine
wednesday on account Of the snoy
The dry result of the election hs
brought Mapleton face to face wit