The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-30
here visiting her brother and sister

here visiting her brother and sister
Louis and Luella Johnson.
Mrs. Eldred who has spent three
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. F. E
Jefferson went to Mankato Sunday tt
visit relatives and friends.
Mr.. Ballard and Mr.. and Mrs Ell
Michels visited at the Hanson home
Sunday.
Charles Johnson spent part of las
week at Tracy.
Arthur Nourie went to Donovan, Ill
last week to visit his wife and rela-
tives at that place. Mr.. and Mrs
Nourie returned the first of this week
Guy Trask and August Peterson
were collecting for the Red Cross in
Belgrade last week. They spoke OF
having the best of luck
Mrs. H. A. Hanson and little chill
dren Jesse and Jenetta went to Shell
don, ILL.,, Saturday to see Mrs. Han
sons mother who is sick.
DR.. and Mrs. Bruce Jarvis of St
Paul spent few hours Saturday
afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Purrier en-
tertained number of friends at a
card party Saturday evening.
Carrie Busby has been sick last
week and this week and is unable to
attend school,
Mr.. and Mrs Arden Jones of Lake
Crystal spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Willis Randall
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hopp took dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Otto in North
Mankato Sunday.
Mrs. James Hendley and children
of Hebron spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Parson.
Mrs. Willis Randall is entertain
ing her sister Mrs. E. Was of ST.
Paul.
Mrs. George Wilkinson and son
Charles and Mrs. Charles Miller of
Lake Wilson and Mrs. Wilkinson OF
Mankato spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cole. The Lake
Wilson party came through in their
Overland to attend the funeral of Mrs
Hanna sister of Mrs Cole and Mrs
Wilkinson.
Mr. and Mrs Louis Vain from the
Busby farm went to Belle PLANE
Wednesday to attend a wedding on
Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Cole, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifford Cole and Mrs. Chester
Steel spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cole.
Erwin Culp and sister Lucy drove
to Elysian Sunday to visit friends
They returned Monday.
Last week Tuesday evening Joe
Hodgson's barn burned. 1t may be
some tramp set fire to it.
Harry Parson has purchased truck
car
Friday evening fifty young people
of the neighborhood met at the town
hall and went together to the Kaneff
home to surprise the young people.
1t just happened that Miss Marietta
Kaneff was quietly celebrating her
birthday anniversary so the party
happened at the right time. Every
one had a fine time.
Mrs. Clifford Cole is spending the
week with Mrs. Chester Steel.
The corn that was husked early had
to be sorted over and now it is a
common sight to see corn spread out
on the ground in yards.
H. A. Hanson went to Iowa last
week and attended large stock
SALE
The Weiske auction Tuesday was
attended by a very large crowd and
things sold at good price. We under
stand that the Weiske family have
bought in Nicollet and will go there
to live.
Kort Curriers' second son Lorenzo
has enlisted The Currier and Rist
families were entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlie Severance Tuesday be-
fore the young man went away. The
brother, Archie went two or three
weeks ago.
Glade Randolph, wife and baby of
Lake Crystal moved to the neighbor-
hood Saturday Mr.. Randolph will
work for Oscar Door.
C. E. Busby is considered a very
sociable man and fond of company,
but the unlimited guests who visited
there Sunday evening were not well
come Mr.. Busby had butchered a
hog the last of the week which he
valued at fifty dollars. The meat VISA
ISlI W COOl ONcI ouuuty III thC Wdoh
house. Monday morning when the
family awoke the meat with the ex-
ception of little they had used was
gone. The sneak thieves happened
to miss a piece of ham which per-
haps Mr. Busby will give them if they
will ask for it, Let others in the
neghborhood be prepared for mid
night callers.