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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
NANKAT0 SOLDIER
AUDITOR OF J0FFRE
LISTENED TO ADDRESS BY
ONCE FRENCH GENERAL
Gave GreatPraise to Americans
And Shook Hands With
The Boys

Mrs. Otto Willis HuDin is in re-
ceipt of the following letter:
Army Machine Gun School, Sep
TENDER g. 1918. Well here am back
from my leave, and q well satisfied
man TOO. l really did have a good
time all the time l was down there
wrote you once from there ana
should have written oftener but the
time goes so fast and before | real
lied it it was time for me to come
back home again. The trip has sure
done me lot of good. l feel like
going back to work now again with
new life and pep.
That place down there is sure a
wonderful part of the country and l
doubt if there is any place in the
United States that can compare with
it in respect to scenery and place
to take rest. 1 enjoyed every day
was down there and sorry to leave
it. We took mountain trips, went
swimming, played baseball, tennis,
enjoyed good music, singing and
everything that goes to make the
One can forget there that there ever
was a war; l will surely go back
there if / have the chance. | also
had privilege there that very few
American soldiers ever will have.
You of course remember Marshal
JOffre, the former French commander
of the French army. Well, he re-
tired sometime ago, and he now
lives at the place where l was at.
One afternoon several of us boys
persuaded the Y. M. C. A. man to
invite the marshal to the 'Y" and to
our pleasant surprise he accepted and
came over in his military uniform,
and he also told us that it was only
the second time he has had his
uniform on since he retired from com
mand lie can't speak any English,
but talked to us through his inter-
peter. He surely paid a high tribute
,, to the American boys. He said that
all the time he has lived there he
has seen different boys from our army
i coming there every seven days and
he was very much pleased to say
that he had yet to see the first one
| that, didn't behave himself like a
perfect gentleman and was a credit
to the army we belong to. He said
he knew of no other army in the
world that could boast of that. He
said it was the first time he had ever
visited with the American boys like
that and didn't know if he would
ever do it again because he does not
wish to appear at every public func
ton. He said he felt quite young
yet, but the fact however, was that
he was quite an old man. His hair
and mustache are white. He visited
with us for about two hours and
when he left he shook hands with
us and wished us all good luck and
hoped that we would always continue
| to be a credit to our country and
ourselves. He said he enjoyed him
self very much. We gave him three
cheers when he left and he saluted
with a smile. We were about fifty
soldiers at the lunch with him and /
consider it a rare treat to have been
lone of them.
On my way home l stopped one
| day at Lyon and it is sure some
city too. But would not care much
| to live there. l also crossed the
| Wilson bridge there. Otto Willis
| Hubin.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11

William Krohn of Nicollet has re-
turned to Mankato and will attend
commercial college.
Mr. and Mrs H. Abbott, of Denver,
Colorado, who have been on an ex-
tended automobile tour, were in the
city yesterday afternoon, enroute to
their home from the twin cities.
Misses Mamie and Alberta Smith of
Sioux City, Ia, were in the city be-
tween trains yesterday, and visited
friends.
DR.. w. G. Sutherland went to the
twin cities on business this afternoon.
Miss Anna Callaghan returned this
morning from a visit at Rochester,
MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nerbovig and
daughter, Ruth, of Sioux Falls, S. d.,
and niece, Miss Harriet Blanchard of
Superior, who spent couple of weeks
as their guest, motored to Mankato
the first of the week and visited at
the home of DR.. and Mrs. G. H. Ner-
bovig and family. Mr.. and Mrs. Ner-
bovig and daughter returned to their
home today and Miss Blanchard re-
manned in Mankato for a visit with
her aunt and uncle before returning
| to her home.
Misses Lydia and Mabel Korsell,
Edith Peterson and Bertha Eggenber-
ger left for Minneapolis this noon,
where they will spend the week with
friends. While at the twin cities
Misses Peterson and Eggenberger
and Miss Mabel Korsell will take the
state examination for trained nurses.
Mrs. A. ]. Wentworth has received
a card stating that her husband has
arrived safely overseas with the med
| ical corps of the A. E. F.
w. A. Streator of the Citizens Loan
and Trust company spent the day at
Mapleton on. business for the COM
pany.
F. B. knott, cashier of the Peoples
State bank of Madelia was business
caller in the city today.
/ Mr.. and Mrs M. F. Thew of Parry
street have received message stat
ing that their son, John Thew, who
/, went to Camp Grant, ILL.,. about a
month ago for military training, is Ill
in the military hospital there.
Mrs. M. ]. Aldrieh and Mrs. H. B.
Johnson of Fairmont were in the city
/ today and visited the formers daugh-
ter, Miss Hazel Aldrich, who is q
teacher in Mankato high school.
/ Mrs. Kenneth Hume Donaldson OF
j Clifton, Arizona. formerly Miss Lillian
Hughes of this city. is home to spend
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
KATHLEEN HART BlBRaWiLL
SING HERE

Kathleen Hart Bib, a Mankato girl
who has won fame as a singer, and is
a favorite musician and teacher in
Minneapolis, has been invited by
George M. Palmer, chairman OF the
Red Cross Chapter of Blue Earth
County, to give a benefit concert for
the Red Cross in Mankato, and has
kindly consented to do so. The Man.
kato Music Club will have charge of
the concert In giving the people of
Mankato an opportunity to hear Mrs.
Bibb this fall Mr.. Palmer and the
Music Club are doing the community
a real service. Mrs. Bibb recently
returned from the east where she ap-
peared in concert recital, and was
very favorably received Musical
critics united in pfaisiuEs her singing
and personality. The da1&of the con-
cert has not yet been set.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
plan To Be Worked Out BY Rocky
Mountain Association

DIR. Frederick A. Cook, William ana
Kynd and Joseph Taylor of Wyoming,
representing the Rocky Mountain
Sheep association, were in the city
Yesterday, making plans to place
band of sheep on every farm in Blue
Earth county. They brought car
load of sheep here and propose to
distribute more than one million
head of sheep in Minnesota, Iowa and
Wisconsin. The object is to save the
Young sheep from going to immediate
slaughter and parcel them out to the
farmers to be held over and used
for breeding stock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
Chief Engineer Of S. r. w. c. Victim
OF an Accident

st. Paul October Sd. F. Jurgensen
chief engineer of the state railroad
and warehouse commission, today is
suffering with broken arm in his
home in st. Paul, as the result of, an
automobile accident late yesterday in
Minneapolis. Oscar Palmer of Mr..
Jurgensens staff, suffered severe
bruises, and B. Breslin. st. Paul,
driver. severe injury to his hip. The
engineers were riding in a state own
ed automobile on telephone valuation
business. The steering gear locked.
the. driver said and the car struck
the curb.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
1t is Product From Farm of Henry
Prange, Good Thunder.

Henry Prange of Good Thunder has
set record for growing queer and
unusual ear of corn which few in the
county can hope to equal The freak
ear is now en- display at the State
bank and has caused a great deal of
comment. 1t is about ten inches long
and at one end is small and dwarfed
with few shriveled kernels on it.
At the other end the cob has broad
ened out into a peculiar cup shape,
fully as large around as a cup and
nearly as deep. Both on the inside
and outside of the cob there are kerr
nels of corn. Another peculiar feature
of the ear is the fact that although
the kernels are developed the silk
still remains on the cob. Mr.. Prange
states that in this hollow cup, formed
on the end of the ear, with the silk for
lining bird had made its nest and
this was destroyed only when the ear
was picked.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
BERT WICEN Went
THROUGH HELLF|RE
He SERVED ON THREE DIFF
FERENT BATTLEFR0NTS
Declares That the Americans
Never Take Back Seat For
Anything

Mr.. and Mrs C. L. Wigen have re-
Gently received a letter from their
son Bert, who is with the 151st
Field artillery in France.
Part of his letter is as follows:
1--WE have been somewhat busy since
l wrote you last / am feeling fine
and dandy and have been at the
front for about seven months. can
assure you that we have seen ever
thing in the line of warfare We
have been on three different fronts,
the last consisting of Americans"
only and believe me, they do not take
the backseat either AS for any more
of the war news l promise you get,
it from time to time in the news
papers. We are now at rest camp
for an indefinite time..> / have been
promoted again, and am now a
mechanic. l like it quite well, but
am kept real busy. Have just re-
ceived letter from Henry and am
about >to answer it now. l see the
Lang. boys from Mankato to chat with
occasionally. Give my regards to all
who inquiries about me. With love
from Your son and brother, Bert"
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. L. Wigen also
received the following letter from
their son Henry who had been re-
ported to be wounded for the second
time. Up to this writing, which was
September Z, he was well and getting
along nicely. Part of his letter is.
as follows: "Just line to let you
know how l am getting along. hope
that these few words will find you
all well and getting along as good as
usual l left the hospital about three
weeks ago. but did not go back to my
original company. To the readers
(This is in regard to his first wound
received in July. l am now on deA
tached service with the quartermas
ter department of certain United
States army hospital. When did you
hear from Bert last? I hope he is
getting on as well as l am. How
about it, are you having a fair there
this year? If so, suppose it is on
about now. What have you had there
this summer for entertainment? That
is has there been any circus there
whatever? We have a circus here
every day and don't have to go far
to see it either They have some
of the best music and also plenty of
it. That is up in the front line
trenches. / was UP to visit Walter
Strand last night and had quite a
chat with him. He has been looking
for me for some time as he knew /
was always near him but he couldn't
find me nor l couldn't find him until
last night l found out where he was
and went over to see him. He is
looking good and is in the best of
health as far as l know. We had a
terrible storm here yesterday, it
rained and hailed almost all after
noon. Helmets had to be worn to
stand the hail, hailstones fell as
4arge as pennies and as thick as a.
heavy rainstorm. Today has been
very nice. 1t is just year ago today
since left the good old U. S. A. and
hope another year finds me back
in 'kato if nothing happens. / don't
think it will be long. Well say hello
to all and tell them everything is
o. K. with me and / hope to find
them the same. From your loving
son and brother, Henry"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
Three Cars Were Stolen; Robbers
Made Their Gateway

Fairmont October 9.-Automobile
thieves had big time in Fairmont
Tuesday night, stealing three cars,
all of which, however, were discov-
cred today.
The robbers entered the Fairmont
Auto and Realty company's garage
through a window. e. c. Belina's
big Buick Sedan looked best to them,
so they moved car or two out of
the way, backed it out of the Second
street door filled it with gasoline from
the pump in front and drove away.
How's that for nerve?
Evidently the machine didn't suit
them, for after driving it some thirty
miles they returned and left it near
Evangelical ST. Johns church.
Scoring detection, they went back
to the garage, moved some more
machines around and stole Erwin
Olson's Buick roadster. This was
found in the Omaha stock yards late
today.
Robbers also entered the garage of
A. P. Presnall, two blocks east of the
Ripe mill, and pushed his car out
onto the street. MIR. Presnall had re-
moved the distributor and they were
unable to start the machine That
they did some hard work trying to
do so is shown by the fact that they
moved it a considerable distance.
They got into the garage with key.
1t is thought that the thieves went to
Presnall's before visiting them for
company.
In Olson's car were found two lap
robes, raincoat, and a supply of oil
and grease, evidently in preparation
for long trip. The machine was
discovered by George Stromberg. 1t
was partially hidden and the thieves
may have intended resuming their trip
tonight
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
American Casualties.

Washington, October 3.-The war
department issued a casualty list to-
day in which 529 casualties were re-
ported. The Minnesota men are as
follows: Killed in action, Private
James M. Knutson, Benson; severely
wounded, Private Chris Jensen,
Minneapolis; missing in action, Pri-
vate Michael Miller, Alexandria
wounded severely, Private Frank W.
Case, Foley; Private Edward j. Fee
han, Thellman; Private Joseph E.
Goodnature,. Blooming Prairie; Pri-
vate Aloyslls Malinski, Orleans.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
Thirty Employees of Brick Concern
Leave Their Jobs

Thirty employees of the Aufder-
heide Brick yards New Ulm, went on
strike Tuesday morning. They
demand higher wages and want them
made through union official. The
management says this is out of the
question that they cannot recognize
the union or pay the union schedule
and that therefore the contract prices
which it is possible to obtain must be
based on non union labor. The
troubles at The Eagle Mill and the
Saffert and Gugisberg Construction
company are settled and the men are
again working.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
LeSueur County District Court Jury
Hands Judgment for $4,000.

LIE Sueur Center, October 3.-The
case of John Spence against num-
Der of Montgomery men for personal
damages growing out of an assault
perpetrated by them upon him there
last June, was tried here this week.
Moonan and Moonan were attorneys
for Mr.. Spence and w. G. and w. F.
O'Dell, for the defendants. The jury
was out about five hours and brought
in verdict against all the defend
ants for $4,500 in favor of Mr.. Spence.
He had sued them for $4,000. The
defendants are: John Nestaval,
Adolph Hanek, Frank Filipek, John
Miller, Anton Benzick and August
Turek. The case had been on since
the middle of last week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
Allied Fleet Hammers Down Works
Located at Durrazzo.
TUniten Press Dispatch.

London, October A. Official an
nouncement was made this morning
that the allied fleet operating in the
Mediterranean sea had completely
destroyed the Austro- German SUBJ
marine base located at Durrazzo in
Albania. The raid was complete
success and it has been learned that
the raid was made with the assist
ance of American submarines which
have been in the Mediterranean for
several months past.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
Live Up To The Law Or the Traffic
Officers Will Get We

ViOIatOrS OF the traHlc OrulndHCeS
in Mankato are to fare hard hereafter,
Traffic Officers Edwards and Morrow
stated this morning. All during the
summer cars with but one license
number and drivers who persistently
neglected to light their tail light have
been passed up" and warned not to re-
peat the offense. From now on the
lid is clamped down solid and every
case where the law is violated is to
be prosecuted Yesterday morning
three autoists with paper numbers
were arrested and fined and every
case of improper numbers, lack OF
one number, driving with the tail
light out or other offense is to be
prosecuted hereafter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
EARN Iahorer Killed

Patrick Dewitt, farm laborer, died
at Rochester yesterday from injuries
received some time Wednesday after
noon when struck by Great Western
railway. train in the southern part OF
the yards between the round house
and the fair grounds in Rochester.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
CURB BUTTER PROFITS
Statement Made BY State Food Con

Statement Made BY State Food Con-
troIIer A. D. Wilson.
The food administration is turning
the full power of it's enforcement
machinery against dealers who are
attempting to reap large profits from
the rising butter market. Under
food administration rulings, butter,
both storage and fresh, must be sold
at prices not to exceed stipulated
margin over cost. : Dealers are not al
lowed to profit by abnormal advances
in market quotations.
That the food administration means
to emphasize the importance of sugar
saving is shown by the fact that two
fruits and produce dealers of Boston
have been deprived, by the food ad-
ministratio of Massachusetts, of all
their supply of sugar and have been
forbidden to sell sugar until January,
1919. These men in addition have
been obliged to post signs on their
premises for thirty days, saying that
they have violated the rules and reg
ulations of the food administration
and will be permitted to make no flu
ture sales of flour until the required
substitutes have been purchased.
Because of the diminishing of its
herds, Europe will face serious food
shortage for years after peace is
achieved. The United States food ad-
ministration makes this statement
with full confidence that American
farmers will make the most of it.
1t we save sugar by spoonfuls we
can. send it by shipfuls to "our boys"
Victory means more to those who
earn their bread in the sweat of their
brow than to any other class. Lloyd
George.
We carried the 1918 detectives
wheat, meat, fat, and sugar and now
we are settling down to steady push
all along the line.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
Was Owner and Publisher Of The Wi
ncna Republican and Herald.

Winona, Mimi, October 4.-William
Hayes Laird, owner and publisher of
The Winona Republican Herald, died
at his home here tonight Mr.. Laird
was fifty-nine years old He had been
in i'll health for three months.
Mr.. Laird was past grand master
of the Minnesota Masons and was
prominent in all Masonic affairs for
many years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
please Sneak American.

Lakefield, Mimi, October Sol
lowing the adoption of resolutions
by the Commercial club and Loyalty
legion, signs have been posted in all
business places and for miles around
reading. please speak American"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
neserters Driven Back.

IIInited Press Dispa tcftl
Amsterdam, October 3.-Germans
and Bulgarian deserters who attempt
ed to advance on Sofia are reported
to have been driven back.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
Plan Winter Peace camouflase.

Amsterdam, October Among the
important questions that are reported
to have come up for consideration at
the recent conference held by the kali
ser in Berlin was the matter of how
the winter peace offensive should be
conducted and what chances such =
campaign stood Of meeting with sue
cess.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
They Have Reached The farthes'
Point From Archangael

Archangel, Tuesday, OCTOBER Il
The American troops hold the farthest
point south reached by any allied
forces in the advance from Archang-
el This is a village thirty-five miles
south of Shenkursk and is 800 miles
southeast sof Archangel The bolshe-
Wiki stronghold of Vaga is only forty
miles distant.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11
Edward r. katzenoerger, seaforth,
Mimi, Was On Salem.

Washington, October 3.--The name
of Edward Richard Katzenberger OF
Seaforth, Mimi, Is included in the list
of eighteen enlisted men from the
cruiser Salem reported as missing as
the result of the capsizing OF a small
boat in which they were returning
from shore leave Sunday night near
Kew West, Fla.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11

several weeks visiting her parents,
Judge and Mrs. William F. Hughes.
Miss Louise Danielson has arrived
from her home in North Dakota and
has enrolled as student at Mankato
Commercial college.
Misses Caroline Poepke, Clara
Schuster, F, Statemeister, Hilma
Micken, Minnie Huffman, and Min
ME Gerth, six trained nurses of Man
kato who recently enlisted for army
service, received orders yesterday to
report to Camp Taylor, Kentucky,
and left for that place this afternoon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11

We carried the 1918 detectives
wheat, meat, fat, and sugar and now
we are settling down to steady push
all along the line
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-10-11

Victory means more to- those who
earn their bread in the sweat of their
brow than to any other class" Lloyd
George.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-24
THE UNION DRY GOODS COMPANY

| it that the wants of everyone were well
supplied. Special seats were reserved for
the recruits, and they were the objects of
much attention throughout the evening.
Alderman Duncan Mcmillan was the
presiding officer and he called indiscrim-
inately for songs, stories and speeches,
not neglecting the while to vary the pro-
gram with lively little contributions of
his own manufacture. He was happiest
in introducing the various participants,
and the responses were uniformly short
and pithy.
Among a large number who spoke stir
ringly were Charles H. Wishart. Alder
man A. j. Loranger, John Donetti, James
r. Coutts. Alderman Alex A Milne, CITY
Atty. William Wishart, A. H. Fasola and
w. G. Reynolds. Musical numbers came
from quartets and soloists. among them
being John Oltolini, William Steward.
f. NJ. Tobin, Paul Scampini, Tom Me-
Donald, Mr. Morrison, Z. C. Cutler,
Charles Collins, G. B. Gladding, Alto
Mariani, Z. j. Rulfo, A. j. Guthrie and
the well known comedian John Duncan
1t was an evening in which fraterniza-
tion was conspicuous, and while the pro-
gram carried the tinge that only the i'm
minence of parting lends, the affair was
very enjoyable.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-24
SOME PETITIONS DENIED.
Other Changes in Classification Made by
District Board.

Several hearings took place before the
district board of exemption Thursday
afternoon, in which some 80 cases were
considered, although many of them were
not disposed Of Those disposed of in
clude; Edward Dubic of Montpelier, petit
tion for Redistribution denied Joseph
Zanleoni of Barre, petition denied; Ar
thur Sinclair of Montpelier, petition de-
MED These all wanted deferred CLASH
fication on industrial grounds.
Grand Isle county, E. G. Patro, petition
denied on claim for deferred classified
tion. Caledonia county, William II.
Bailey of Lyndon, changed from class ?
to class l. Chittenden county, Henry
Mechanic, placed in class 2; Franklin
county, Charles Spall, jr., placed in class
la; Fred A. Boswick, the same. These
are sons in well to do families, it is
Rutland county, j. f. Ten
MEN, placed in class A. He is in the
canal zone and has dependents living in
Rutland; G. A. Campbell, placed in class
/ A; Fred Livingston, changed from class
I'D to class Ia. Windham county, w.
j. Keefe, Bellows Falls, changed from
class Ia to class BIB.