The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-07-13
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| Kerns
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
| Saturday afternoon of this week with
Mrs. Oscar Evenson.
| M. nj. Cram did some surveying on
the R. Purrier farm last week, get
ting ready for the tile drainage.
]. Sontag has judicial ditch No. 6
nearly finished This ditch crosses l..
Rises farm and the outlet is at the
ravine by the Severance place.
M. M. Cram and Tom Smith of
| North Mankato were out last week
testing along ditch No. SO to see if
the work is satisfactory. The ditch
s nearly finished and Herman Heise
is doing the filling.
Misses Edna and Hazel Sharp and
Miss Selma Point Of North Mankato
! took supper with Mrs. Arthur Sharp
| last Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Vrooman and
! children and Mrs. Ella Rairdon of
| Hebron went to Princeton, Mimi, a
short time ago and visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Whitcomb.
Mrs. Ruby Howe has been very
sick at her home in Montana.
Mrs. G. w. Johnson went to Wa
SEGA last week to see her uncle, John
Wolff, who was very sick. Mrs. john
| son came home Wednesday and
Thursday received word of the death
of her uncle, so went back Saturday
to accompany the funeral party from
Waseca to New Strand.
Milo Bresler of Lake Benton visit
ed Charles Smith and Frank Loucks
| last week.
T. C. Peart of Minneapolis was in
Mankato several days a week ago and
called at the Joe Hodson home We'd
nesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Goodridge en-
| tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Grice of
| North Mankato Saturday and Sunday
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alec Bashaw of
Mankato Sunday.
| Mrs. w. M. Thomas and children
of Ishpeming, Mich, is visiting Mrs.
| Gust Peterson.
Eleanor Hogland of North Mankato
| is visiting Mrs. Milton Melvin.
Earl Peterson is visiting his uncle
at Bradley's Crossing.
Mrs. Willis Randall spent Tuesday
afternoon last week with her sister,
Mrs. c. Smith.
Harvey Parsons of Ormsby, a
brother of Mrs. Walter Johnson, is
among the young men who have en-
| listed.
Gust R. Peterson purchased a
| Carter car last week.
John and Anton Lind spent Sun
day with relatives at New Sweden.
Ella Keen Of Minneapolis spent
Saturday night and Sunday at the
Rist home.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Goodridge
| visited with Mr.. and Mrs. Ancil Good
| ridge over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Budde and
sons, Ben, Garrett, Ira and frankie
and daughter, Evelyn drove to Morgan
and back Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Eldred and
three children are spending the week
with Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Jefferson.
! Mrs. Meyer and children of Port
land, Ore, are visiting at the Hjerpe
and Nordgren homes.
Fern Parsons of Ormsy is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Walter Johnson.
Miss Naomi Randall of North Man
kato and her nephews, Kenneth and
Percy Reynolds, of Pipestone are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs Willis Randall
H. Hilmer, ST., was badly stung by
some bees last week.
| News has been received of the ar
rival of a little son at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Heise at Minneopa
Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Johnson are
visiting at Hector, Mimi.
Adolph Slick of Croton, S. D., and
Otto, Walter and Henry Heise OF
Minneopa spent Saturday night and
Sunday at the home of Adolph Heise.
Alberta Schuman of North Man
kato is spending the week with Mar
celia Parsons.
Blanche Swenson of North Man
kato is visiting Jane Parry
A baby girl arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Manning last Wednes
day.
| w. G. Clark of Kerns and Jesse
keene of LIE Hitler left Monday in
Mr. Clark's car for visit with rela-
tives in South Dakota.
A number from the neighborhood
attended the circus Friday.
! Frank Budde went to Waseca Fri
day to attend the funeral of his
uncle, John Wolff.
| Fields of grain are looking fine
Most corn fields are fine also. Some
corn is reported as knee high. Alfalfa
hay is being cut, and haying will be-
gin in earnest very soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Michels and
daughters Lillian, Leona and Blanche
and son Kermit drove out beyors
Mankato and visited Mr. and Mrs. Eli
Michels.
Gladys and Virginia Wolcott of
Granada spent Tuesday with their
aunt, Mrs. Frank Loucks.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Hanson and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Nourie
and children spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. o. Schultz at Jud-
son.
| The Ladies' Aid society of the Ger
man Catholic church will meet with
Mrs. j. P. Michels Thursday, july 10
Mrs. Robert Busby is on the sick
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