The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-25
Many People Now Doing Their
"Bit" In the Gardens
RAIN is BADLY NEEDED
Mothers Day Was FittingIy
Observed In the Churches
On Sabbath
Especial to Free Press.l
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Vernon Center, May flowing
to the epidemic of measles and
w%hooping cough which is prevalent
in the village and vicinity which is
seriously in%terrupting the attendance
at school there will be no closing ex-
ercises in the public school this
year.
Rain is badly needed not only for
gardens, small grain and pastures but
to facilitate the work of preparing
the corr ground for planting which
is very hard and lumpy, especially
on spring ploughing. Several have
begun corn planting and by the lat
ter part of the week it will be under
way at every farm. About the usual
acreage will be planted.
A goodly number Of Vernon Center
.Masons motoIed to Amboy Tuesday
evening, and were guests of the A.
F. and A. M. lodge where work,in the
third degree was exemplified.
Measles have put in their appear
ance at the Methodist parsonage.
Sherley, June and Keith the three
! youngest daughters of Rev. and Mrs.
B.. f. Koch are quite ill with them.
Miss Ella Steiner is visiting her
! son and daughter-ir-law in Truman
this week and assisting them in
packinr IN their household goods
preparing to move. to Vernon.
w. w. Griffith had the misfortune
to lose a very valuable mare this
week. The animal was alright at
1890 in the evening and the next
morning at five o'clock on entering
the barn Mr.. Griffith found her dead.
The new regime at the Methodist
Episcopal church where by Sunday
school is held at 10 o'clock before
the preaching services worked very
satisfactory last Sunday.
Rev. B. F. Koch and Editor Harold
Burdick took the boy scouts to Gar
den City Saturday afternoon where
they he'd their first game of ball
with Garden City boys. The score
stood II to 10 in favor OF Garden
City.
Fred Flemming is driving a new
five-passenger Ford car.
Little Petra Halvorson is very sick
with the w%hooping cough and teeth
ing. She is being cared for by Grand
ma Randall which assured her of the
best of care.
Mrs. Albert Halvorson since her
return from Rochester is staying
with her sister, Mrs. Claude Meixell,
and seems to be gaining daily. The
Mayos advised her to live out doors
as much as possible, to live on milk
and eggs and rest as much as pos
/, sible. In a few months she would be
in her usual good health. The Meix-
ellis, who have a fine, large, SUNNI.
porch, thought It best to stay with
them for a few weeks when she will
return to her home in the west
part of the village.
The Ceresco Methodist Episcopal
people enjoyed the report of the late
state Sunday School convention dur
ing the preaching hour last Sunday
afternoon Rev. Koch making this pos
sible for them by inviting Mrs. Mabel
Halvorson to give the most splendid
report of this great convention,
which was so much enjoyed by YER
O people two weeks ago.
Mothers Day was fttingly OBJ
} served in the churches last Sunday.
1.-The Epworth league who for the
past several years has furnished
carnations for all mothers in the con-
gregation, did differently this year.
Instead of getting flowers, which
could be enjoyed for only a short
time, they purchased a beautiful flag,
which is placed above and at the
back of the pulpit, so those that.
enter the church doors are impressed
by its beauty and the cause which it
represents.
Mrs. F. r. Lowell returned On the
late train Saturday from a very
pleasant visit of ten days with her
son and family in Fairmont. Mrs.
Lowell, who has been rather poorly
for the past few months, came
home feeling quite like herself again.
Mrs. Owen McElmeel and Gather
inc and Eugene of Great Falls Mont,
who have been in Minneapolis for
the past month where the latter has
been taking treatments, came to
Vernon on Thursday where they
will stay until the first of June.
w. J.. Richter of Forbes, N. d., who
came down after his car which he
will drive back, was in town for a
few hours Monday calling on friends.
His father Mr.. julius Richter of
Mapleton was with him and seems to
be recovering in good shape from
his illness of the past winter. Walter
is greatly delighted with his new To-
cation and opportunities of North
Dakota. They have bought a fine
new home. Mrs. Richter and baby
aret doing well and are enjoying
North Dakota life.
|. A. C. Cray, who is having the mea-
sizes like an old timer, has been a
very sick man for the past ten days,
being confined to his bed and receiv-
ing semi-daily visits FROM ITO family
physician. Mr.. Gray sat up a few
minutes Monday and from now on it
is. hoped that daily Improvement will
be seen and that he will soon be able
to resume his business affairs.
Alice Warren has been out of
school a few DAYS with an attact of
topsilitis, and Andrew Meixell, Alice
and Harold Zumwalt are out of
school with the measles. Mrs. Yum
walt is the latest grown-up who has |,