The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-09
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from Mondays Daily.
The Catholic Ladies' Aid enter
tanned their FRIENDS in the church
|parlors Tuesday evening. Refresh
ments we're served and the evening
passed very pleasantly.
Miss Ards Gilmore went to Man
kato Tuesday, to meet her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A, Gilmore, who
have been visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Davis in Minneapolis. They will
visit a few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Nerbovig Of Mankato, as Mr..
|Nerbovig expects to move his family
to Sioux Falls, South Dakota in a
short time.
The announcement of the death of
r. f. Fuller Of Redwood Falls "a a
surprise to Mapleton friends who did
not know OF his illness. Sympathy is
extended to Mrs. Fuller and the FAM
lily.
A baby girl is reported at the home
of William Albrecht.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid
postponed their supper indefinitely on
account of the
Fred Rathstock, Frank Pierce anG
Rudolph Albrech were st. Paul visit
ors during the first days of the car
nival.
The parent and teachers meeting
was postponed on account of bad
walking. The snow pillow could not
clean the walks as the snow vas too
hard.
At the meeting of the creamery as
ISOLATION, Wednesday at 10 a. m. the
attendance was small OF account of
the blizzard. Twenty-Five OF there
abouts were present and the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Otto Keller, vice president, Ernest
Kramer; second vice president, James
Cogshell; and the two local banks as
repositories. The reports of the Off
GERS showed the creamery to be in a
very prosperous condition. The new
buttermaker having taken his posi-
ton the first of January. Mr.. Pom
eroy is not new to the work having
been in charge of this creamery for
five years and two years went to
farm work for a change. He also is
well known to creamery men through
out the state. AS previously %announc-
ed the farmers and their friends were
called together in the Pastime theatre
at 100 p. m, when they were adj
dressed by w. F. Schilling of North
field who spoke along creamery and
other lines of vital Importance to the
farmers. The attendance was consid-
cred very good, considering that one
of the worst billiards. of the year was
raging outside. Those attending were
presented with a printed statement
of the financial condition of the in
stitution also the book given out by
the agricultural department. These
meetings are of great benefit to the
farmers and had the weather been
good a much larger number from a
distance would have been present.
But one train on the Milwaukee,
Wednesday and that had the snow
pillow for escort.
No trains on Thursday. Friday
noon the snow pillow and engine
passed through from Mankato to
Wells and back.
1t took one farmer four hours to
drive ten miles to town Friday. His
errand was for a casket for one of his
neighbours family.
| And the grounding could see his
shadow without a doubt. Six more
weeks of winter! Think of it!
Lou Cooper, John B. Cavey, P. j.
.McQuiggan and Tom Burmes were
caught in Mankato during the storm
DR.. L. w. Kruger went to Good
Thunder Wednesday and was showed
in being Obliged to stay NQtil Friday.
H. E. Hance of Mankato, who at
tended the creamery meeting was
showed in here.
w. F. Schilling of Mortified, the
speaker at the creamery meeting was
obliged to content himself with Maple
ton for several days before a train
came upon which he could return
home.
A number of the public school chill
dren froze their fingers, faces and
toes. Perhaps these who were used
up the most were, Orval Cooper who
lives on the T. B. Taylor farm, one
half mile from town, who froze his
feet. Also Frances Schinneler, son OF
William Schinneler, east of town who
had his feet frozen getting to school
Tb,,rcdou morning