The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-23
Garden City
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F.. Osgood were
Mankato callers last Thursday going
on the morning train and returning
at night. A
w. J. Arnold, a temperance lee
turer, spoke at the Christian church
on Thursday night. His audience was
not large but those who were pres
ent enjoyed his talk. Mr.. Arnold
was in Garden City and gave talk
about twelve years ago.
Mrs. Compton and daughters, Jes-
sic and Elsie, left last Thursday
morning on an early train for their
home in Saskatchewan, Canada.
They expected to leave some time
before but prolonged their visit with
relatives here because of the hard
storms interfering so with railway
service. ~.."dy. x
James Wolvecton and son, Harry,
left Saturday morning for St Paul,
where Mr.. Wolverton will spend a
few days with his son. ,sg + ~
Frank Thurston and Z. F. Mills
were in Mankato Thursday, These
men were, on the jury. ,osIo9E.
On Friday night Of last week came
the sixth number of Ing lecture
course. Mr.. and Mrs. Bohannan,
musical entertainers furnished the
evenings program. The. house was
well filed, There remains but one
more number on. this YEARS. course.
Let i'll give the last number a good
hearing.
The c.. w. B. M. meeting held
at the home of Mrs. l.. d. Mills last
Saturday was well attended and a
pleasing missionary program given.
There were three visitors present.
The icy roads made it impossible for
some of the country members to be
present.
Miss Ada L. Forester of Minneapo-
lis, filed the pulpit at the Christian
church on Sunday morning in the
absence of the regular pastor. Miss
Forester delivered a splendid ad-
dress on missionary work. Miss
Forester is always welcomed in
Garden City as she has many friends
here. The missionary offering at
the close of the meeting was very
creditable one. Miss Forester was
entertained at the home of E. w.
Gates. 1914. ....
W. II. Fl. Conklin, Herman Schultz
and Thomas James were in Mankato
Saturday.
Dr. John Williams spent Friday
night at The home of Herman Schultz
returning to Lake Crystal in the
morning train. Mrs Schultz and
daughter Ella have been quite i'll.
Covenant meeting was observed at
the Baptist church Sunday after
noon.
Dr. Clements made professional
calls in town last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Ward left last
Saturday morning for Minneapolis,
where they will visit for a short
time. They will then proceed south
to New Orleans, where they will
spend the rest of the winter visiting
Calvin F1emming, a brother of Mrs.
Ward. Mr.. and Mrs. David Flem-
ming will also visit in New Orleans
this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Olmsted spent
Saturday forenoon shopping in Man
Ekato. Mrs. Olmsted returned at noon
and Mr.. Olmsted going on to Mime
apolis where he will assist an evan
gelistic meeting at Minnehaha
Church of Christ.
Miss Ada Forester made many
calls on Monday and returned to
Minneapolis on the afternoon train.
Miss Forester's work of organizer OF
missionary work now takes her into
both North and South Dakota as
well as Minnesota.
Mrs. Albert Flemming will spend
some time in Minneapolis with her
daughter, Mrs. Hilyard.
Miss Matte lockwood of Madelia
has recently been visiting at the ].
M. Chapman home. She was taken
to Lake Crystal Wednesday and from
there returned to Madelia.
On Saturday, February II. at the
home of Mrs. Annie Hazel the Bap-
fist ladies will serve dinner. Every
one is cordially invited. Dinner 25c.
Last Sunday the home of Chef
Kendall md family was destroyed by
fire. A number of articles of furni-
ture were saved by the help of the
neighbors and friends. The family
spent the night at the Carpenter
home. Mr.. Kendall had expected to
tear down his building and build on
his own property.
Miss Palmer enjoyed visit from
her mother over Sunday.
The practising for the school en- /,