The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-12-14
Garden city
From Fridays Daily.

Ed Carpenter and family who have
! been living in Mrs. Belknap's house
moved to Amboy where Mr. Carpen-
ter will work for Charles Chamberlin.
J. G. Olmsted and family, who have
been visiting in Kansas and Nebraska,
are expected home this week. Mr.
j Olmsted will hold services next Sun
! day morning at the usual hour
Mrs. j. e. Stevens went to Mime
apolis last Saturday to remain some
time with Mrs. Nora Piper.
! ]. L. Wilson caught wolf and fox
last week.
! Mrs. Willard of Mankato visited at
the Warner home last Tuesday.
At the meeting held at the home of
Mrs. Jessie John last week Ten COM
fort kits and eight bandages were
made for the soldiers.
| Mrs. Byron Thomson and daughter
Elsie, have been visiting Mrs Thorn
sons sister in Mankato this week.
/ Miss Clara Boynton was a Lake
Crystal shopper last Tuesday.
/ l. H. Hazel went to st. Paul last
Tuesday on business on the evening
| train.
| Mrs. Ida Hunter of Mankato called
on Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts last We'd
nesday afternoon.
c. J. Boynton was in Minneapolis
the first of the week
| Several couples from Mankato en-
joyed a turkey supper at the Garden
CITY Inn last Saturday evening
The R. N. of A. held their election
of officers last Saturday afternoon at
the home of Mrs Jessie John, of
ficers elected were: oracle, Mrs Net
tie Osgood; vice oracle, Mrs Ella
Bixby; chancellor, Mrs. Hannah
Thomas; recorder, Mrs. Ada Wilson;
receiver, Mrs. Lizzie Hughes; marshal
Mrs. Hettie Roberts; manager for
three years. Mrs Olive Thurston.
The ladies of the Christian church
will hold their food sale and bazaar
Saturday afternoon. December Is. All
who are interested are kindly asked
to contribute articles for this bazaar
1t will be announced later where they
should be left.
Among those who were in Mankato
last Monday were Mr. and Mrs Les
ter Fleming, Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Crane,
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Roberts. Mrs. May
tie John, Mrs. Mary Buck, Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Duffield and Albert Beer.
Mrs. Hans Olson entertained for
dinner last Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs.
Floys Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Will Case,
Mrs. Buck and Vera and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jensen of Lake Crystal
George w. John attended the funer-
al of Mrs. Burrow in Lake Crystal last
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Swan of Cleve-
land, Ohio, visited at the Swan home
last Wednesday and Thursday
Among those Of the Garden City
BOYS who enlisted and were sent to
Jefferson Barracks were Allan Rob-
erts, D. Murphy, Carl Carlson and
Jens Hanson.
Clarence Camp of Mankato was a
day.
c. w. John and J. K Osgood were in
Mankato on business.
Mrs. Buck and Mrs Matte John
turned in to the Mankato Red Cross
Headquarters last Monday: Fifteen
nightingales. six bed shirts, 1 bath
robe, three bed jackets, sixteen paja-
mas, five wash cloths, twenty pairs
socks, six sweaters, seven mufflers,
four pair wristlets and several pack
ages of gun wipes that the children
made at school.
Over fifty-five dollars was raised at
the bazaar and chicken pie dinner held
in the Baptist church last Saturday
afternoon
Miss Jean Carr spent the week end
with her mother in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Hannah Waite is improving.
She is able to sit up for a short time
each day She hasn't recovered her
speech yet but we are all so hopeful
that she will soon be restored to good
health.
Mrs. Van Hagen and Archie Naylor
were guests at the home of Mrs. T.
H. Croswell several days last week.