The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-09-28
From Tuesdays Daily.
Mrs, E.. M. CringS has returned from


Chicago.
I. M. Grover and wife were in the
city yesterday. ....T
Mrs. Charles Brown of Madelia was
shopping in the city yesterday.
Professor Guy Morse and family oil
Winnebago are moving to this city.
Miss Genevieve Jordon will spend
Sunday with friends in the twin cities
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lowell of Fair
mont were in the city yesterday
visiting relatives.
Misses Louise and Mayme Sturm Of
this city left today for Mortified tc
visit with friends and relatives for a
few weeks.
Miss Beisenstein, formerly of Fort
Dodge and Des Moines, Ia, has &C
cepted a position as saleslady at the
George E. Brett store.
Mrs. David Baker and granddaugh-
ter of Seattle, and Mrs. Dennis Boyle
of Saltwater, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Butler. -, 4r"
NJ. w. Thompson, a former Mankatc
resident, now located at Hammond
Ia, was in the city September 20, and
stopped at the new Ben Pay hotel.
Miss Josephine Caldwell and hel
little niece, Roberta Graham, from st
P"ul are visiting in the city as guests
&c the formers brother, George B
Caldwell. !.
Benjamin Klugherz, who recently
returned from Montana, has accepted
p position as salesman at the George
E. Brett store, and started work this
morning.
Miss Agnes Rudberg, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Rudberg, who
taught school at Mortified, arrived
home yesterday i'll with typhoid fever
and is being cared for at the home
of her parents.
A. ]. Ellis and Charles Ellis of
Mapleton spent yesterday in the city
The former. to see his son take his
departure for Camp Dodge with the
rest of the soldier boys. ....
F. B. knott, cashier of the Peoples
State bank of Madison Lake, was a
business caller in the city yesterday
Henry Hodapp of Decoria trans
acted business in Mankato yesterday
A. P. Londroche, representing the
F. w. Dodge company of Minneapolis
was in the city today, getting infor-
nation in regard to any new build
ing projects that are being contem-
plated. ..-. ss.
Mrs. S. j. Erdmann, formerly Mrs.
Charles Andrews. Of Oakland, Cal,
arrived in the city today after two
years spent in Minneapolis, and is a
guest at the home of DR.. and Mrs. J.
w. Andrews. .H.'.
Charles A. Penn of Minneapolis,
manager of the Implement, Tractor
and Trade Journal, of Minneapolis,
Kansas City, and Omaha, spent the
past couple of days in the city get
ting information for coming edi-
ton of the journal, dealing particu-
larily with farm machinery.
Mrs. w. H. Johnston of Paonia,
is a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Ellis. Mrs. Johnston is a daughter of
Mrs. Harriet Benedict of Mapleton and
a graduate of the normal school of
this city. She taught school num-
Der of terms in this county before her
to Mr. Johnston who was a
son of the late John Johnston of
Sterling, one of the old settlers of
1856.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Schimmel and
daughter, Miss Maude, Mrs. Jane
Lloyd Jones of Cambria Wis, and
Miss Bessie Lloyd Chandler of
Beaver Darn, Wis, motored to Man
kato, arriving last evening, and are
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. B. Richards. Mesdames Richards
and Schimmel are sisters. The visit
ing party expect to motor home next
Monday.
Father Demetrius, Greek priest
from Waterloo, Ia, was in the city
yesterday, calling upon local Greeks
in the interest of a new Greek
church which he proposes to build at
Waterloo. The father was an imposing
figure in his long black robe and cap,
carrying a staff, and wearing long
black beard, and heavy gold cross
dangling down over his black robe.
He attracted considerable attention
as he passed up and down Front
street.
Madelia Times Messenger: Verne
Crandall arrived home Wednesday
from Allentown, Pa, where he has
been in training for several months.
He came for brief visit with his
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