The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-08-17
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Butternut Valley

Mr.. C. J. Hall will lecture on pro-
hibition at the town hall Thursday
evening, August 16.
Florence Williams spent Friday at
Mankato.
Marjorie Williams of Lake Crystal
| is staying with her cousin, Jennie
Thomas.
Tom Williams has equipped his
farm buildings with lightning rods.
Ethel Wright of Lake Crystal is
staying with her sister, Mrs. Enoch
Jones.
Mrs. John H. williams returned
from New Ulm hospital, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hughes of
Chicago spent a few days here last
week, visiting relatives. Mrs Hughes
is cousin to j. e. Owens, Mrs. H. j.
Williams and Mrs. w. E. Jones :.
Mr.. Hughes is an employee of Marshal,
Field e Co.
Thomas Jones and I. E. Nelson
purchased autos during the week.
Miss Nora Johnson is visiting rela-
tives in the twin cities and Wiscon-
| sil.
John Meyer sold his threshing out
fit to South Bend parties last Friday.
He had just commenced operations
for the season when the buyers came
along and deal was made forth
with. Mr. Meyer has been threshing
for a lifetime and will be missed in
that line of work.
Mrs. Earl Willocks of Madelia and
Miss Rhoda Skobba of Lake Crystal
have been visiting at the o. Shaw
home of late.
! After a trip to Rochester in con-
fsultation with the Mayo doctors, Mrs.
Sever Olson is now in Iowa seeking
a cure for cancer of the breast. Her
many friends hope she will be sue
cessful and return soon.
Last Friday the school board of
| District No. IL closed a deal with
Conrad Wolf Of Mankato for the con-
struction of \ modern one-room
| school building of brick veneer. Same
to be complete by November Is and
to cost $4,000.
Mrs. Haakon Nelson and sons
James and Carl of Madelia and Nels
of Colorado visited at Erick Shaw's
Friday
Clifford Skobba, who is a member
| of United States marines and sta
| toned on the Virginia coast, was here
last week while on a ten day furlough
| to visit relatives. He has been in
| training all summer and thinks his
company will soon see fighting.
Mrs. Lars Laingen and daughter OF
Lake Crystal visited at Mrs. M. N
Thorstad's last Friday.
i A group of relatives and friends
surprised Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fuller
last Wednesday by inducing them to
come to the town hall where social
occasion had been prepared in honor
of their twentieth wedding anniver-
sary. Music and readings had been
provided and at the close of these
numbers the guests of honor were
presented with fine set of dishes,
Geo. Austin speaking on behalf of the
+ friends present. Congratulations and
! a dainty supper followed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bader of Man.
kato visited Thursday at the A. r.
CARTS home. On the same day Geo.
Bader and daughter, Mrs. Earnest
Brady and the Misses Elise and
Edith Bader of State Center, Iowa
arrived for visit at the same place
and also at William Leifheit's near
Madelia.
A general automobile exodus to
Fairmont and Fort Ridgely planned
for Sunday was nipped by the rain of
Saturday night.
Lonnie Evenson and Martin Hal
vorsen are building a garage jointly.
Oliver and Ed Christensen doing
| the work.
Mrs. Jennie Olsen and companion,
Miss Thorpe of Minneapolis visited
at Bert Sellands last week.